Meryl Streep, regarded as the finest actress of her generation, will get the Golden Globes lifetime achievement award at the annual ceremony in January, organizers announced on Thursday.

After showing off its might through silent marches in parts of Maharashtra, the Maratha community has now decided to organise a bike rally in Mumbai on November 6 to press for their various demands.

Pakistan's foreign ministry says an Afghan woman who gained fame in 1984 after a photograph of her as a refugee girl was published on the cover of National Geographic has been hospitalized after falling ill while in custody.

As many as 314 villages along the International Border and the Line of Control in Jammu region have been affected by the recent spell of firing and shelling by Pakistani troops. 

Rahul Gandhi has been taken from Feroz Shah Road in a police van.   A clash broke out between police and Congress workers protesting over Rahul's detention.

"Delhi Police has abducted Rahul Gandhi and taken him where? We're trying to lodge a complaint; It's worse than emergency," Congress' Jitendra Singh says.

Earlier, Congress workers staged a protest against the detention of Rahul.

Rahul Gandhi speaks on his 'detention' by Delhi police:

"We are asked to remain in the car by the police. They are not telling where are they going to take us now?"

"Have been inside car for the past half an hour, not letting us out; not even taking us to police station; was told we were removed because of Section 144."

"It's almost half-an-hour and we are still here in the car. The way the (ex-serviceman's) family was treated and dragged, the government should apologise for it," says Rahul.

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has been taken away from Jantar Mantar and detained while he was headed to join a protest by his party over ex-servicemen Ram Kishan Grewal suicide.

This is his third detention in two days.

CNN News 18 quoted Ajay Maken as saying that Rahul has been taken to Tughlak Road police station. Initially, it was said that he was taken to Parliament Street Police Station.

ANI reported that police escorted Rahul away from the protest site 'due to security concerns'.

Earlier, Congress members took out candle-light march for Grewal.

Jammu and Kashmir police has detained four people under Public Safety Act in connection with burning of schools.

"Apart from these four, 12 people have been arrested and 26 have been questioned so far," Kulgam Superintendent of Police Shridhar Patel said.

The Jammu and Kashmir high court had on Monday directed police and civil administration officials to devise modes and methods for protecting schools from miscreants in the Valley.

The high court took suo motu cognisance of the reports about 26 schools being burnt in Kashmir Valley over the past 115 days of the unrest which started following the killing of terrorist organisation Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani in July.

Hitting out at Union Minister V K Singh's comment on his deceased father, Dilwar Singh Grewal, son of the ex-serviceman who reportedly committed suicide, said that his father did not sacrifice his life for his own benefit, but did it for the welfare of the army veterans across the nation.

Singh had also alleged that Grewal had fought the sarpanch elections on a ticket from Congress.

"Sarpanch election is different than regular national elections .He was not from any party, he was just working for the people. He sacrificed his life not for the family but for his co workers," said the ex-serviceman's son.

State leaders will play a key role in Bharatiya Janata Party's bid to capture power in Uttar Pradesh as the party today announced details of its four 'Parivartan Yatras' which will start from various corners of the state between November 5-9.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address six regional meetings during the 192-day-long exercise ending in December 24, while Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Kalraj Mishra, two leading saffron faces from the state, will be the key speaker at 10 meetings each.

BJP president Amit Shah will address 10 other rallies. The party has planned 30 rallies of its national leaders. Uma Bharti will attend six of them. Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad was joined by two other senior party leaders -- Bhupendra Yadav and Anil Jain -- at a press conference today where details of the yatra was announced.

The four yatras will converge in Lucknow on December 24 after traversing over 17,000 km, Prasad said. The first yatra will start from Saharanpur on November 5, second from Jhansi on November 6 and third and fourth from Sonbhadra and Balia on November 8 and 9, respectively.

Shah and Mishra will be present during the launch of all the four yatras, while Singh will be present at three venues, except Saharanpur.

BJP allies Ram Vilas Paswan and Ramdas Athawale, two Dalit faces of the National Democratic Alliance, and Uprendra Kushwaha will also be joining the yatras.

Iraqi forces have entered Islamic State-held Mosul for the first time in more than two years, the Iraqi defense ministry said, in an operation to free the key city from the militant group's control.

The new GST or Goods and Services Tax will range from 5 to 28 per cent, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today. The GST panel fixes rates at 5%, 12%, 18% and  28%. Several items will be transferred to to 18% GST rate from 28% now, FM Arun Jaitley announced after the GST council meet.

The 5% GST rate will be applicable on items of mass consumption. Additional revenue from 28% slab will be used for 5% slab. Items taxed at 30-31 pc (excise plus VAT) will be taxed at 28 pc. Considering the inflation impact of having one standard rate, therell be 2 standard rates of 12% and 18%.

The GST on gold will be announced later.

The tax rate has to now be approved by parliament.

Digging in his heels after being ousted as Chairman of Tata Sons, Cyrus Mistry plans to continue as Chairman of all Tata group firms, including Tata Steel, TCS and Tata Motors. According to sources close to Mistry, he has no plans to quit as Chairman of these firms. "He will discharge his fiduciary duty as required by law in all his positions in the Tata group,' a source close to Mistry said.


Tata Sons is the main holding company of the group. The Tata group has been hoping that Mistry will step down from the positions he occupies in the group firms after being replaced as Chairman on October 24.


At present, he is the Chairman of Tata companies such as Tata Steel, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Motors, Indian Hotels Co Ltd (IHCL), Tata Power Company, Tata Global Beverages, Tata Chemicals, Tata Industries and Tata Teleservices. Mistry is slated to chair the upcoming board meetings of IHCL and Tata Chemicals on November 4 and 10 respectively to approve quarterly results.


In a surprise move, Tata Sons board had ousted Mistry as Chairman of the company and replaced him with Ratan Tata as interim Chairman. The group has said it would find a successor within four months.


A day after Mistry wrote a letter to the board members of Tata Sons levelling a series of allegations against Ratan Tata and contended that he was pushed in to a position of "lame duck' chairman and changes in decision making process created alternate power centres in Tata group.


Since then there has been a continuing war of words between Mistry and the Tatas.On Monday, in a letter to group employees, Tata had termed the decision to replace Mistry as a well-considered but difficult and a serious one which was "absolutely necessary for the future success of the Tata Group'.

Chinese and Indian troops are locked in a stand-off at the icy heights of Ladakh division since yesterday after People's Liberation Army (PLA) personnel entered an area where an irrigation canal was being built under the MNREGA scheme and stopped the civilian work.


The incident took place yesterday afternoon in Demchok sector, located 250 km east of Leh, where the work for linking a village with 'Hot spring' was being undertaken under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA).


Around 55 Chinese troops arrived at the scene and halted the work in an aggressive manner, prompting the army and Indo-Tibetan Border Police(ITBP) personnel to rush to the spot and stop the high-handedness of Chinese troops, official sources said today.

India rejects Pakistan's claim of ceasefire violations by Army. MEA spokesperson Vikas Swaroop said in a statement that Indian forces don't initiate nor violate ceasefire, they only retaliate. 2/3rds of ceasefire violations by Pakistan have taken place in the last five weeks. It is important for Pak to desist its failed policies which has led to its diplomatic isolation. "We reject Paks allegations of any unprovoked firing, we have lodged a strong protest with Pak for killing our civilians," Swaroop said.

India also completely rejected as baseless and unsubstantiated allegations made by Pakistan against certain officials of the Indian High Commission in Islamabad. Indian officials falsely implicated were working in fields of promoting people to people and trade, economic contacts between the two countries.


The root cause of problems between India and Pakistan is it's support to cross border terrorism and its promotion as an element of state policY.

"Mehmood Akhtar revealed information about anti-India activities going inside the Pakistan High Commission," he said.  Pakistan High Commission staffer Mehmood Akhtar, in a videotaped statement to police, named four officials of the Pakistan mission commercial counsellor Syed Farrukh Habib and first secretaries Khadim Hussain, Mudassir Cheema and Shahid Iqbal as being part of the alleged spy ring. Akhtar is a Pak embassy staffer accused of spying.

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said Pakistan is waging a proxy war in Jammu and Kashmir but the neighbouring country will be given a befitting reply.

"Pakistan has always been trying to occupy Jammu and Kashmir, and we consider this land (Jammu and Kashmir) and its people as our integral part.

The ruling AIADMK has said Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has "started living a normal life" after being admitted to a hospital here more than a month ago, amidst visitors thronging the hospital to know about her health. Party workers continued to organise prayers for the Chief Minister's speedy recovery.


"The doctors said there is no need for any concern and I am so happy to note that," actress Sarada told mediapersons outside the hospital today as she equated Jayalalithaa with Rani Lakshmibai.


Yesterday the ruling AIADMK had said Jayalalithaa has "progressed well" and "started living a normal life".


"She is very well and is consuming normal food. She has started living a normal life. she will return soon and resume public service," party leader C R Saraswathy said. Party spokesperson Panrutty S Ramachandran had said Jayalalithaa (68), had "progressed well", adding, "People are confident (of her return) and their prayers are yielding results."


Jayalalithaa was admitted to the Apollo Hospital on September 22 after she complained of fever and dehydration. Later, the hospital had said she was being treated for infection with respiratory support among others. In its last medical bulletin on October 21, the hospital had said the Chief Minister was interacting and progressing gradually.


Specialists from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, and from London among others have treated Jayalalithaa.

High-level panel recommends leading Hindi news channel be taken off air for a day on Pathankot attack coverage.


Earlier this year, the Information and Broadcasting ministry sent a show cause notice to Hindi news channel NDTV India over its coverage of the terrorist attack on Pathankot airbase which "prima facie" violated norms.


The ministry has decided to issue a show cause notice to the prominent news channel after it observed that sensitive information was broadcast by it even when the operation was still on and two of the terrorists were known to be alive.


It is learnt that during the telecast, the channel mentioned facilities like the fuel tank etc, which should have in any case been avoided when the operation was still on, officials said.


The I&B ministry has repeatedly asked for restraint by TV channels in their reporting of terror attacks especially when the operation is still on, they added.

Senior JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav will attend the silver jubilee celebrations of Samajwadi Party in Lucknow on November 5, in what is being seen as a step towards bringing in renewed unity in the socialist camp ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

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A former nun's tell-all story which details illicit relationships, sexual harassment and bullying in the convent where she spent three decades is causing ructions in the Catholic Church in the south Indian state of Kerala.


In Amen -- an autobiography of a nun, Sister Jesme says when she became a nun she discovered priests were forcing novices to have sex with them. There were also secret homosexual relationships among the nuns and at one point she was forced into such a relationship by another nun who told her she preferred this kind of arrangement as it ruled out the possibility of pregnancy.

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After questioning retired soldier Ram Kishan Grewal's 'mental state' yesterday, Union minister VK Singh triggered yet another controversy today by saying Grewal was in fact a Congress worker who fought Sarpanch elections on a Congress ticket. Calling the suicide unfortunate, VK Singh said Grewal's issue was with the bank and not with OROP. "Also, how did he procure Sulpha tablets and who gave it to him?" the minister asked insinuating that Grewal had been coerced into killing himself.  


on Wednesday VK Singh said the mental state of the ex-serviceman, who allegedly committed suicide over pension issues, needs to be probed before drawing conclusions.

He has committed suicide. No one knows the reason behind it. Orop (one rank one pension) is being shown as the reason. What his mental state was we do not know. Let it be probed first. Orop should be kept above politics, Singh told reporters, reacting to the death of retired soldier Ram Kishan Grewal.

Former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad Yadav did not mince his words and questioned VK Singh's mental state. 

Former Mumbai Police Commissioner turned-BJP MP Satyapal Singh on Thursday said Delhi Police had mishandled the protest which took place after the suicide by ex-serviceman Ram Kishan Grewal over delay in the implementation of the One Rank, One Pension (OROP).

"I think Delhi Police should have handled the situation better, as they completely mishandled it," he said.

"Opposition parties have nothing to do with the victim or with the army. Same people were questioning the army over the surgical strike and they just want to score their political browny points," he added.

"There is no harm in letting anyone meets the family of the ex-serviceman but Delhi Police should have managed it in a better way," the BJP MP from Baghpat said.

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal were on Wednesday detained by police in Delhi for several hours -- Gandhi twice -- in an apparent bid to prevent them from meeting the bereaved family.

Several leaders of Congress and AAP including Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia were also held by the police even as Rahul and Kejriwal tore into Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Implementation of National Food Security law, entailing an annual subsidy of over Rs 1.4 lakh crore, has covered the entire nation from this month with two large states Kerala and Tamil Nadu coming on board, the government said today. As many as 80 crore people are covered under this law across 36 states and Union Territories.


"When we came to power, food law was being implemented in only 11 states. I am happy to share that National Food Security law is being implemented in all states and union territories," Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said at a press conference.


Only two states, Kerala and Tamil Nadu were left, and they too have implemented it from November, he said.


Under the law, which was passed by Parliament in 2013, the government provides 5 kg of highly subsidised foodgrains per person, per month at Rs 1-3 per kg. On the subsidy outgo, Paswan said: "It will be Rs 11,726 crore per month or about Rs 1,40,700 crore annually." Reiterating that the government is prepared for the important step, he said: "Foodgrains have been allocated. Under this law 80 crore people are being covered."

The Independent reports: Theresa May prompted widespread confusion and mirth across the House of Commons after congratulating Jeremy Corbyn on the birth of a granddaughter that never actually happened.


The Labour leader had prefaced his first query during the Prime Minister's Questions session by offering his best wishes to Labour MP Conor McGinn on the birth of his daughter on Friday.


The Prime Minister followed up by saying to Mr Corbyn: "First of all can I congratulate the right honourable gentleman on the birth, I understand of his granddaughter and' no?'After extended howls of laughter from across the chamber, and a shake of the head from the Labour leader, she said: "I'm sorry, in that case I'm completely mislead."

Retorting to the reports of stitching a Bihar style grand alliance with the Congress Party ahead of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said that the final call in this regard will be taken by party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Akhilesh, during his 'Vikas Rath Yatra' told ANI, "Netaji will decide about any alliance or any kind of 'mahagatbandhan'."

In the past, Akhilesh Yadav and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi have often praised each other on different occasions.

According to reports, the Congress is said to agree to play the second fiddle to the ruling Samajwadi Party in the upcoming polls in Uttar Pradesh if Akhilesh is declared the face of the proposed grand alliance to take on both rivals the BJP and the BSP.

At least 19 people were today killed and 50 others injured after a passenger train crashed into a stationary train in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi. The accident occurred in Gaddafi Town in Landhi area at 7:18 am when Zakaria Express collided with the stationary Fareed Express at Juma Goth Train station.


Two bogies of Fareed Express and one bogie of Zakaria Express were completely destroyed in the collision. TV footage showed mangled and overturned carriages, and local media reported rescuers were working to free people trapped in the wreckage.

The mortal remains of retired Army jawan, Ram Kishan Grewal, who committed suicide over the One Rank One Pension (OROP) issue, were consigned to flames on Thursday as his last rites were perfumed at his native village here.


Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi along with leaders Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Kamal Nath, Kiran Choudhry and Shailaja attended the cremation. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was also present during the last rites of Ram Kishan.Grewal had allegedly consumed poison on Tuesday.


The 69-year-old former jawan was protesting over the OROP issue at the Jantar Mantar in Delhi when he committed suicide on Tuesday.


The suicide plunged the capital into chaos yesterday with the police detaining and releasing Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia and Rahul Gandhi.

'Ex-jawan Ram Kishan is a martyr. We will give compensation of  Rs 1 crore to his family', says Delhi CM Kejriwal

'Ex-jawan Ram Kishan is a martyr. We will give compensation of  Rs 1 crore to his family', says Delhi CM Kejriwal

Gas leak in Harrow Hall School (Park street, Kolkata); source of gas leak yet to be ascertained. Students evacuated.

National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi chief secretary to hold a meeting urgently with all concerned authorities today in connection with the extremely high toxic air levels.

Interim post mortem reports says unknown poison caused death of ex-serviceman Ram Kishan Grewal. More details awaited

Meanwhile, Haryana Transport Minister, Krishan Lal Panwar announces Rs 10 lakh compensation to family of Ram Kishan Grewal, the Army veteran who committed suicide, and a job to one family member.


Congress VP Rahul Gandhi was among a series of politicians including Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Congress senior Kamal Nath and Derek O' Brien from the TMC who traveled this morning to the Haryana village of Ram Kishen Grewal, a former soldier who committed suicide over an insufficient pension. Parties deny that they are mining a tragedy for political leverage, claiming they want to honour an army veteran and force the government to deliver an important policy. 

-- UP CM Akhilesh Yadav's hi-tech rath breaks down after barely a kilometre into the journey. Repair work has begun and the CM continues in a car.


Akhilesh Yadav's new rath is a snazzy set of 10 wheels, a modified red Mercedes bus that will be the 43-year-old chief minister's home for the next many days as he tours Uttar Pradesh ahead of assembly elections.

Yadav set off on his Vikas Yatra after a show of strength by his supporters who clashed with supporters of his father and uncle.

After brief speeches by all the three SP bigwigs, Akhilesh set off on his rath, only to have it breakdown within a kilometre.

The rath has a hydraulic lift that will allow Akhilesh Yadav to be raised and address crowds during road shows and rallies from the bus. It has a CCTV camera, LCD televisions, sofas, a bed.

It has a long and controversial history, gracing the covers of countless magazines and catching the eye of many a gentleman.


But the cleavage has had its day, Vogue has declared.


Vogue magazine, the fashion bible, has claimed "the cleavage is over" as women fight back against the judgment of social media to pack away their push-up bras. An article in this month's edition claims fashionistas are turning their backs on showing off their breasts, choosing instead to show more demure flashes of the shoulder, stomach or leg in a bid to outwit "creepy" online feedback.


Even high fashion labels renowned for their "ample displays" have this year "sent out girl after girl with legs, midriffs and cut-outs on show but no cleavage", it said, adding it was a clear sign "something's up. Or more pertinently, not up".


"The cleavage - those magnificent mounds pushed together to display sexual empowerment, to seduce, to inspire lust or even just to show off - is over, or at least, taking a well-earned break," the magazine declares.


"The tits will not be out for the lads. Or for anyone else, for that matter."

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Damning and true. Former Kejriwal supporter, Mayank Gandhi tweets: @mayankgandhi04 All politicians are vultures. They thrive on everything that gets them votes, even dead bodies.

Veteran Congress leaders Kamal Nath, Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Kumari Selja are accompanying Rahul Gandhi in Bhiwani. Heavy security at the place.  

Politics over the alleged suicide of an Army veteran over his pension shifts from Delhi to his village in Haryana today, with Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi reaching Bhiwani for the funeral. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has also confirmed his presence for the funeral.


Retired Subedar Ram Kishen Grewal's funeral will be held in his village in Bhiwani, a little over a 100 km from Delhi. "Will go to their village and meet Ram Kishan ji's family there today," Arvind Kejriwal has tweeted this morning. He will be accompanied by other top leaders of his Aam Aadmi Party.


Rahul Gandhi reached the village at around 11 am. Derek O' Brien of Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Party drove through the night and reached early this morning.

The subedar, who served in the Army for 30 years, ate sulpha tablets on Tuesday afternoon in the lawns of a government building in the heart of the capital. He died in hospital on Wednesday. The veteran's family and friends said he had been trying to get in touch with Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar with a petition to demand the pension promised to him under the government's One-Rank-One-Pension or OROP scheme.

The veteran's son has said all his father wanted was a Rs 5000 hike.

Akhilesh will take a break to be in Lucknow on November 5 for the silver jubilee celebrations of his party. The function is largely being associated with his uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav, state president of the party. Ironically, while Akhilesh's rath also has picture of Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, there is no mention of him on Akhilesh's vikas rath.


"Ek taraf seema pe jaan pe khel ke jawan hume suraksha de rahe hai, wahi jawan aatmahathya bhi kar rahe hai. To yeh sochna padega ki desh kiske haath mei hai aur kaha leke ja rahe hai woh log. Ye desh ki rajneeti badalne ka chunaav hai," Akhilesh says.


After Mulayam Singh addresses the crowds, Akhilesh enters his Mercedes rath and is off.

Akhilesh says that amid talk of army pride jawans have been killing themselves. "Yeh sarkar dobara laane ka samay hai. Logon ne shaazish ki, hum thoda sa dagmagaye hai. Lekin mujhe khushi hai ki naujawaano pe, aise yuva aaye hai jo SP ideology ko aage leke jaaenge," he says.

Supporters of Akhilesh Yadav clash with those of his father and uncle at the yatra venue even as all three SP leaders address the crowds.

UP CM Akhilesh Yadav reaches the venue of the "Vikas Rath Yatra' function in Lucknow. SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and his brother Shivpal Yadav are at the venue of the function in Lucknow. Mulayam Singh sits between the warring brother and son on the dais. Addressing unruly supporters of Akhilesh and Mulayam who clashed at the site, Shivpal Yadav said, "Mai Akhilesh Yadav ko shubh kaamnae dena chahata hoon ki SP ki sarkar UP mein aaye. I would like to give my best wishes to Akhilesh Yadav and hope that Samajwadi Party returns to form the government in UP."

Akhilesh thanked his father, 'Netaji' and his uncle for lending their presence to the occasion.

Yesterday, utter confusion prevailed in the Samajwadi Party camp over whether Mulayam Singh Yadav and Shivpal would appear at Akhilesh's rally.

The rally is seen as a showdown or show of strength just two days ahead of another gala event to mark SP's silver jubilee, all eyes are on party patriarch Mulayam and Shivpal, the state unit chief, as their presence or absence would reflect as to how far SP was united before Uttar Pradesh assembly polls early next year.


When Shivpal was specifically asked whether he would be present at the rath yatra flagging off event, he ducked the question adding to the suspense."I am engaged in preparations for silver jubilee celebrations. If there is yatra on November 3, there is silver jubilee show on November 5," he said, leaving everyone guessing about his participation.

The suspense ends.

One of the 20 vehicles damaged in the pile-up on the Yamuna Expressway. Three days after Diwali, the air quality in Delhi and large swathes of north India remain poor. 

20 vehicle pile-up on Yamuna Expressway, many reportedly injured. Details awaited.

New Delhi, popularly known as 'dil walo ka dilli', continues to be under a thick blanket of smog leading to poor visibility conditions.

This morning, Delhiites woke up to apocalyptic grey skies as heavy smog hung over the city.

Three days after Diwali, the capital's air quality continued to be in the "severe" category despite experts predicting that it would improve to "very poor" by Wednesday.

Prolonged exposure to severe category air may affect healthy people and seriously impact those with existing diseases while very poor category may cause respiratory illness. Children, elderly and the sick are considered most vulnerable to the harmful effects of hazardous air.

The National Air Quality Index also reported air quality in Delhi at 'severe', with PM 2.5 being the prominent pollutant.

Pollution peaks in the national capital during Diwali as a hazardous mix of noxious gases and respirable pollutants hang very close to the surface due to low temperature and near-stagnant wind movement.

The daily life in Manjakote village has been severely affected as two women were killed and a child was severely injured on Wednesday after Pakistan troops violated ceasefire which targeted Indian posts and border villages in India's northern Jammu and Kashmir state casts fear among the residents.


The women were killed in heavy firing and mortar shelling in Manjakote Sector of Rajouri district.


"Two women have been killed in Manjakote. I would say that from Poonch to Jammu continuous firing is going on from Pakistan side and has resulted in several casualties and also huge damage to property," said Shabbir Khan, former state health minister.


A 14-month old girl was injured in cross-border firing in Jammu.
Doctor Tariq Azad, General surgeon, Jammu Hospital said the child was hit by shells in the stomach and was operated upon.

"She was hit by shells in stomach and suffered holes in three spots in the intestine which we now have operated. We had to remove a portion of her intestine so that her healing could be possible," said Dr. Tariq Azad.

Pakistan has been targeting army posts and civilian areas, escalating the tension between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.

Tensions have escalated sharply since India announced on September 29 its special forces had carried out a surgical strike against militants camping in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and inflicted significant casualties.

Pakistan denied such a strike had taken place but vowed to retaliate against any Indian aggression.

The raid by Indian military was a direct response to a militant attack on an army camp in Uri that killed 19 soldiers, the deadliest toll in nearly two decades.

India said the attackers had come from Pakistan but Islamabad demanded credible proof.

People of Niaka, village which came under the fire, are living under the shadow of heavy shelling has severely disrupted daily life of locals in villages around the border. People have been asked to stay indoors as shelling continues.

The mortar affected the residential areas along the Line of control as it damaged the houses and killed animals for past many days.

Authorities in Indian Kashmir have already evacuated hundreds of people from villages along the frontier with Pakistan following frequent ceasefire violations.

Incidence of border skirmishes between the arch rivals has also increased since New Delhi's military raid.

Three days since Diwali, air quality in Delhi still 'severe', national capital remains covered under smog.

Ex-serviceman Ram Kishan Garehwal's cremation to take place in Bhiwani today, Rahul Gandhi likely to attend.

With one week remaining until Election Day, Donald Trump now leads Hillary Clinton by 4 points in a new poll of U.S. adults, according to a Los Angeles Times/USC poll conducted Oct. 31.

The Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged on Wednesday in its last policy decision before the United States election, but signaled it could hike in December as the economy gathers momentum and inflation picks up.

- Am sacrificing my life for my country and fellow jawans: Veteran's suicide note