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India rejects OIC resolution
NEW DELHI, July 6 (PTI) — India today rejected the Pakistan-mooted resolution on Jammu and Kashmir passed by the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) last week in Kuala Lumpur asserting that the OIC “has no locus standi whatsoever on the subject of J and K or any other subject that relates to India’s internal affairs”. Toeing Islamabad’s line, the OIC foreign ministers had endorsed the demand for “self-determination” for the people of J and K.

Indo-Nepal talks
KATHMANDU, July 6 (UNI) — India and Nepal today rounded off two days of home secretary-level official talks reaffirming their commitment to jointly combat regional terrorism and fighting cross-border criminal activities. The two neighbours agreed to monitor, and eventually control, the movement of criminals across each other’s borders, an official spokespersons here said, adding that the two sides had reached “a technical agreement” in the regard.