STC NEWS MONITORING DESKSRINAGAR, FEBRUARY 19 (STC): High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has admitted a writ petition urging the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to ensure consular access to Kashmiri engineer, Abdul Rafi Baba, jailed in Saudi Arabia on cyber-crime and terror charges, as mandated under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations,…
STC NEWS MONITORING DESKFEBRUARY 14 (STC): US President Donald Trump in a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi has confirmed the extradition of Tahawwur Rana, a terrorist linked to 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, to India.The confirmation came during bilateral talks between US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday which have been…
STC NEWS MONITORING DRSKFEBRUARY 11 (STC): Saudi Arabia has reportedly rolled out significant changes to the 2025 Hajj pilgrimage. In one such change, children have been prohibited from accompanying pilgrims for performing Hajj.According to the reports, the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah citing reasons for banning children during Hajj 2025, said “in light of the…
STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, FEBRUARY 05 (STC): Member of Parliament, Syed Aga Ruhullah Mehdi, has appealed to the External Affairs Minister, Dr. S. Jaishankar, to intervene in the case of a Kashmiri engineer, who has been detained in Saudi Arabia for the past four years. Aga Ruhullah, in his appeal has urged the Ministry of External…
STC NEWS MONITORING DESKFEBRUARY 03 (STC): The Indian rupee opened at a record low on Monday, breaching 87 per US dollar for the first time, as Asian currencies slumped amid a surge in US dollar after US President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on the country’s largest trading partners. The rupee dropped 0.5% to a low…
