One of the accused in Dadri lynching case dies at a hospital in Delhi: Police

Just In: Terrorists attack a police station in Yaripora in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district. More details awaited.

A complaint was on Tuesday filed against actor Om Puri for allegedly disrespecting Indian soldiers in a recent television show.

The Royal Air Forces world-renowned aerobatics team, The Red Arrows, will visit India this week to perform at the Indian Air Force Day on 8 October 2016.

Breaking from tradition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the historic Aishbagh Ramlila in Lucknow on Dussehra next week, seen as yet another attempt to connect to the people of poll-bound Uttar Pradesh.

Pakistan has handed over a dossier to the United States on 'grave human rights violations' by India in Kashmir and sought the country's intervention in the matter.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has reduced multiple Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova's ban from two years to 15 months.   

Taking on the politicians who cast 'doubt' on the Army's surgical strike across LoC, Union Minister Uma Bharti today said such leaders should take 'citizenship' of Pakistan.

"Those leaders who say that if Pakistan is demanding evidences about surgical strike, they should be given the evidences, such people should take the citizenship of Pakistan," Bharti said, replying to a media query.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa is under close observation by team of doctors. She has been advised further stay in the hospital for treatment, ANI quotes chief op officer as saying.

The officer said that Jayalalithaa continues to improve and the same line of treatment will be continued.

The Congress has rejected the statement made by party leader Sanjay Nirupam -- casting doubts over the surgical strikes conducted by army -- saying that the party fully trusts the Indian Army and backs the government of India over the issue.

"The Congress doesn't agree with the statements made by Sanjay Nirupam, we have taken a serious note of it," party spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said.

"The Congress fully trusts the army. This was neither the first surgical strike by the Indian army, nor will it be the last," Surjewala said.

He, however, also requested the Centre to 'unmask Pakistan's propaganda'.

"It's time that the government of India unmasks Paks false propaganda by revealing and making public the evidences we have," he said.

Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam had raised doubt over the veracity of the Army's surgical strikes along the Line of Control suggesting it was 'fake' even as he accused the BJP of indulging in politics over national interest.

'Every Indian wants surgical strikes against Pakistan but not a fake one to extract just political benefit by BJP. politics over national interest (sic),' Nirupam had tweeted.

JUST IN: Actor and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Roopa Ganguly nominated to Rajya Sabha.

In fresh ceasefire violations, the Pakistani forces today opened fire in Gigriyal, Channi and Planwala areas of Akhnoor. The firing is still on.

Yesterday, Pak troops had violated ceasefire four times by resorting to heavy mortar shelling and firing on Indian Army posts and civilian areas along Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, leaving five civilians injured and several shops ablaze.

In the latest development in Sunanda Pushkar death probe, the Joint Commissioner of Police (South) has asked Economic Offences Wing to handover all documents relating to Kochi Tuskers to the Enforcement Directorate.

The EOW was roped in to probe financial irregularities pertaining to Kochi Tuskers.

The probe concerns the Rs 75-crore sweat equity offered to Sunanda by Rendezvous Sports World, a member of the consortium that won the Kochi IPL franchise, the Times of India reported.

Sunanda had to give up the equity later as it caused a furore after ex-IPL chief Lalit Modi tweeted the ownership pattern in 2010.

Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam today raised doubt over the veracity of the Army's surgical strikes along the LoC suggesting it was "fake" even as as he accused BJP of indulging in politics over national interest.


"Every Indian wants surgical strikes against Pakistan but not a fake one to extract just political benefit by BJP. politics over national interest(sic)," Nirupam tweeted.


Later talking to reporters, Nirupam said it is upto the government to prove the surgical strikes did take place. He said his party was of the view that Pakistan should be punished.


"The way BJP was indulging in politics, putting up banners and taking credit gives a view whether such strikes did happen. In Goa, the Defence Minister (Manohar Parrikar) is being publicly felicitated. Why were earlier surgical strikes not announced in a press conference? Why was a press conference done now (by DGMO Lt Gen Ranbir Singh)?. Was there any pressure from the government?" he asked.


Army conducted surgical strikes on seven terror launch pads along the LoC on the intervening night of September 28 and 29, inflicting "significant casualties" on terrorists preparing to infiltrate from PoK.


The next morning, the DGMO had given this information to the media in a press conference. Pakistan, however, has been dismissing the claim as "fabrication of truth" and said India was creating "media hype" by re-branding cross-border fire as surgical strikes.

What can be bigger evidence than US NSA calling Ajit Doval just after operation, US Satellites have captured surgical-strike: Govt. sources.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday cut repo rate by 25 bps to 6.25 per cent. Reverse repo rate under the LAF stands adjusted to 5.75 per cent, and the marginal standing facility rate and the Bank Rate to 6.75 per cent. All six members of the monetary policy committee voted in favour of cutting repo rate.

The Indus Waters Treaty was not serving two barren Indian districts though it could, Narendra Modi thought. He called a meeting of senior officials in his government, who endorsed the view, and set in motion a process aimed at changing India's use of the pact. It was May 2002, and the proposal was shot down by then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.


Last week, Modi, now the Prime Minister, ordered a review of India's use of the bilateral treaty with Pakistan as part of New Delhi's diplomatic response to the Uri terror attack that left 19 soldiers dead. Modi's desire to take a re-look at the pact's use by India dates back at least 14 years.

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Peeve from former J-K CM Omar Abdullah, who tweets this picture saying: "And some people will lecture others about politicising the army action all the while turning a blind eye to hoardings like these that sprout. No reward for guessing that this one is in UP. For the BJP & sections of the shouting brigade it's always do as we say don't do as we do!!!"

Just in: Actor and BJP leader Roopa Ganguly nominated to Rajya Sabha.

The situation is "live" in the wake of the surgical strikes on terror launch pads across the LoC and the armed forces are ready to deal with any challenge, IAF Chief Marshal Arup Raha said today.


He also said it was just a "coincidence" that Pakistan's air force's "High Mark" exercise took place at a time when tension between India and Pakistan was high.


Even as he refused to take questions on the surgical strikes by the Army last week during his customary annual press conference ahead of the Air Force Day on October 8, Raha said the force has the power to punish its enemy, but a decision on using it in an offensive role will have to be taken by the government.


"Air Force, Army and Navy are always ready," Raha, who is also the Chairman, Chief of Staff Committee (COSC), said. When told would it not be a let down if he did not comment on the surgical strikes, Raha candidly said he was in "half a mind" to call off the media interaction because he knew everybody is charged up and he will be asked questions on the issue.


"I think I should not say anything because it is very sensitive and things are still live," the Air Chief Marshal said. He asserted that the IAF is capable of taking on any contingency that one can think of. Raha is the first chief among the three Services to face the media after the surgical strikes. Officials have remained tight-lipped about the operation except for a short and crisp statement by Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) Lt Gen Ranbir Singh.

"Will this surgical strike of ours put an end to Pakistani terror? And if not, what will we do when the next terror strike happens? Will there be another surgical strike or will we have to do something bigger? How big does it have to be to get Pakistan to totally stop," asks Aakar Patel.

Read the column here.

David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz win 2016 Nobel prize for Physics. The prize has gone to three physicists working in the field of condensed matter physics. They discovered totally unexpected behaviours of solid materials - and came up with a mathematical framework to explain these weird properties. The discoveries have paved the way for designing new materials with all sorts of novel properties.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), led by new governor Urjit Patel, has cut Repo Rate by 25 basis points to 6.25. He was largely expected to keep rates unchanged on Tuesday, with the prospect of a move later this year.


The Sensex reacted immediately, rising 100 points after the after RBI cuts. EMIs set to fall.


Earlier, former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan had the final say on interest rate cut decisions. Patel now has to go by the advice of a newly set up six-member monetary policy committee.


This is for the first time that decision-making on interest rates has shifted to the six-member panel which has equal representation from RBI and the government.

Former Pakistani singer Adnan Sami has earned himself  the status of Pakistan's Enemy #1.  


The veteran singer-composer, who is is now an Indian citizen had expressed his grief after the Uri attack that killed 19 Indian army soldiers.


After Indian Army carried out surgical strikes and smashed 8 terrorist camps in PoK, Sami tweeted his congratulations to the soldiers and hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for retaliating against terrorism. "Pakistan should thank India for killing the terrorists" in the 'surgical strike', he had tweeted.


Expectedly, Sami has received a lot of backlash from Pakistani citizens who went on to label him as "traitor".


At the India Today Safaigiri Awards the singer drew parallels between garbage and terrorism to explain his point. He said, "If I see garbage flowing from my neighbour's house and entering my house, I will complain against it to my neighbour. However, if the neighbour fails to do that, I will enter his house and clean the garbage myself, because you couldn't clean the garbage, I had to enter your house and clean it."


He further added, "For years, Pakistan has been saying that they too are victims of terrorism. Here, when your neighbour is helping you out, you dont want to even acknowledge it.

Urging Pakistan to join hands with India, he said, "Eliminate it (terrorism). If you won't do it alone, let us do it together so that we and our children can live in this world in peace. That is it. There is nothing more to it. It is as simple as that. Why are you taking this personally? You yourself know there are suicide bombers who blast themselves in mosques, so if someone is helping you eliminate it, you should be thankful."

Sami's tweets earlier had hurt the sentiments of Pakistanis, the singer explained that they were not targeted towards Pakistan. I never said a word against Pakistan."


Image: A file picture of Adnan Sami receiving Indian citizenship from MoS Home Kiren Rijiju

Exactly the opposite of 'too little, too late'; the Indian Army's response with surgical strikes on the terrorist bases across the Line of Control should be classified as 'just sufficient and right on time'. 

Yet, a credibility gap is now taking shape regarding the actual conduct of these multiple operations and the level of damage inflicted. These are the type of operations hardly witnessed anywhere else in a continuing military stand-off between two armies.The reason why few can realistically relate to such operations is because the LoC remains a grey zone as far as information is concerned. Read more

For lakhs along the Punjab border, war has already begun. As 15 lakh people are moved out of their homes, older residents are reminded of Partition. Read

Former Press Council chairperson Markandey Katju @mkatju gets lyrical: "Justice Lodha should get all BCCI officials tied naked to a pole and administered 100 lashes each on their behinds."

Roshni Gurunath Savar, Ishwar Namdev Savra, Sagar Shiva Wagh share three things in common: They all suffered from severe malnutrition; their parents are farm labourers who earned Rs 150 (less than $2 a day or the rate for which Internet consumers of Digital India buy 3GB of data) when they had work, which is approximately 45 days in a year; the third, and the most shocking of all is these three children -- all under 5 -- are dead now: Victims of societal and governmental apathy and Severe Acute Malnutrition, SAM.


Do Read Prasanna D Zore's riveting report from Maharashtra's Wada and Mokhada.

Amid growing incidents of bullying and discrimination against Sikh-American, South Asian and Muslim students in the US, California state has approved a new law to provide a safer school environment for children from the minority communities.


California Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 2845 also known as the "Safe Place to Learn Act," seeks to address bullying of South Asian, Muslim, and Sikh-American students as well as those mistaken to belong to those groups. "This is a landmark bill for California that will curb bullying and discrimination in the classroom," said Harjit Kaur, Community Development Manager for the Sikh Coalition. "AB 2845 ensures the right of every child to practice his/her faith freely in public schools," Kaur said. "(This bill) is very important to Muslim and Sikh children because both of our communities have seen a huge rise in the bullying of Muslim and perceived to be Muslim students," Saad Sweilem, civil rights attorney at CAIR-Sacramento Valley," told NBC News.

Seminal contemporary artist Yusuf Arakkal passed away this morning in Bengaluru, reports the Hindu. He is survived by his wife Sara Arakkal and son Shibu Arakkal. The senior figurative artist had been unwell for the past few months.


The artist recently released a book called "Faces of Creativity", which is a comprehensive collection of portraits of fellow artists. One of its kind, it was the first time, an Indian artist had done portraits of other artists. The artist even held a show of the portraits in Chennai.

Pound slumps to 31-year low versus dollar.

A day after Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal asked PM Narendra Modi to "unmask Pakistan's false propaganda" about the surgical strikes, the BJP today hit out at him asking him if he was "doubting the capacity of our jawans."   

The BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasad, held a press conference today saying, "Delhi CM needs to know he is a headline in Pak newspapers. Mr Kejriwal you need to know today you are the headline in Pakistan media; nothing sadder or more unfortunate. What proof is he asking for?"


In a video message yesterday, Kejriwal said, "For the last two or three days, we have seen that Pakistan has been taking foreign journalists to the border (with India). It has been trying to convince them that the surgical strikes did not take place.

"I appeal to the prime minister: Unmask Pakistan's false propaganda like the way you (Modi) and the army taught Pakistan a lesson on the ground."

Ravi Shankar Prasad responded today saying, "My appeal to Kejriwal is that please don't say anything that brings down the morale of our armed forces."

The BJP also hit out at senior Congress leader P Chidambaram saying, "I Want to ask him (P Chidambaram) is he also joining the bandwagon of doubting capacity of our jawans in conducting surgical Strikes? Is P Chidambaram seeking proof of surgical strike, the official line of the Congress party? Prasad asked.

US Vice President Joe Biden has assailed Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's ability to lead America, branding him as "dangerously uninformed" and "unqualified" while making a strong pitch for Hillary Clinton as the next president.


"Donald Trump is dangerously uninformed... His unabashed admiration for Vladimir Putin, one of the most disruptive and dangerous leaders in the world today, his lack of awareness that Russia has already invaded Ukraine, occupying Crimea '" to his credit, he financially realised, that Crimea is part of Ukraine," Biden said at an election rally in Florida.


"I've known every major world leader for the past 37 years personally. I have never in my career seen as many foreign leaders with such anxiety about the possibility that Donald Trump could be elected president," he said.

Bollywood actor Alok Nath's son Shivang has been booked for drunk driving on Monday midnight near the Khar police station. He was taken to Santa Cruz police station and has been fined Rs 2,600 for drunk driving. His car has been kept at the police station.


Image: Alok Nath's son Shivang. The picture was tweeted by dharmesh thakkar ‏@news_houndz

Madras High Court instructs concerned Tamil Nadu state officials to inform court about TN CM Jayalalitha health by tomorrow.


Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa was admitted to Apollo Hospital in Chennai for fever and dehydration 12 days ago. The hospital said on Monday that her health continues to improve, but the state government has maintained a studied silence about the CM's health.


In the bulletin, Apollo Hospital said, "The treatment plan including appropriate antibiotics, respiratory support and other allied clinical measures are presently being continued to treat the infection.


The bulletin said Jayalalithaa has been advised to remain in hospital for the time being.

Normal life remained affected in Kashmir for the 88th consecutive day today due to the separatist-sponsored strike, but the signs of fatigue from the nearly three month long unrest were visible as more people are resuming their day-to-day activities.


Many street vendors and hand cart vendors have set up their stalls along the TRC Chowk-Batamaloo axis in the city, selling fruits, vegetables, fresh juice, tea and snacks at many places and continue with their business activities throughout the day, officials said.

Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif reviewed the operational preparedness of the country's armed forces on Monday, even as the military claimed three instances of ceasefire violations by Indian forces across the Line of Control. Read more

India's armed forces have told the political executive that only a sustained six-month campaign will seriously damage the terror infrastructure in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Top military officers, speaking off record, told ET that after India went public with its surgical strikes+ across the Line of Control (LoC) last week, the armed forces brass had told the government that off and on strikes will not damage terrorists' capabilities, and a medium-term plan is needed.  Read more

Ten countries accounting for 2.5 per cent of world GDP are hosting more than half the world's refugees, Amnesty International said today as it slammed what it called the selfishness of wealthy nations.


In a report on the plight faced by the world's 21 million refugees, the London-based human rights body lamented that countries immediately neighbouring crisis zones bear the brunt of the global refugee problem.


Fifty-six per cent of refugees are being sheltered in 10 countries, according to the report, in which Amnesty proposed a solution whereby the world's countries find a home for 10 per cent of the planet's refugees every year.


"A small number of countries have been left to do far too much just because they are neighbours to a crisis," said Amnesty secretary general Salil Shetty, presenting the report entitled "Tackling the global refugee crisis: from shirking to sharing responsibility".


"That situation is inherently unsustainable, exposing the millions fleeing war and persecution in countries like Syria, South Sudan, Afghanistan, and Iraq to intolerable misery and suffering. "It is time for leaders to enter into a serious, constructive debate about how our societies are going to help people forced to leave their homes by war and persecution."


Amnesty said the top refugee hosting country was Jordan, which has taken in more than 2.7 million people, followed by Turkey (more than 2.5 million); Pakistan (1.6 million) and Lebanon (more than 1.5 million). The remaining six nations listed in the top 10 each hosted hundreds of thousands of refugees: Iran (979,400); Ethiopia (736,100); Kenya (553,900); Uganda (477,200); Democratic Republic of Congo (383,100), and Chad (369,500). The statistics are based on figures from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Amnesty said many of the world's wealthiest nations "host the fewest and do the least". "It is not simply a matter of sending aid money. Rich countries cannot pay to keep people 'over there'," it said. The "self-interest" of such countries meant the international refugee crisis was set to get worse, not better, Amnesty claimed. "If every one of the wealthiest countries in the world were to take in refugees in proportion to their size, wealth and unemployment rate, finding a home for more of the world's refugees would be an eminently solvable challenge," said Shetty.

Today's monetary policy review will be the first by the six-member MPC as well as Governor Urjit Patel, who as the deputy governor had described the RBI as an owl when it comes to inflation management.


According to the experts, the newly-constituted Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is unlikely to lower rates at its maiden policy review as it awaits more supporting data on inflation


According to Bank of Maharashtra Managing Director and Chief Executive R P Marathe Experts "don't think the Reserve Bank is going to change rates as inflation -- both WPI and CPI -- have not softened much' August retail inflation eased to a five-month low of 5.05 per cent but WPI inflation climbed to a two-year high of 3.74 per cent.

Before the dip in August, both the retail as well as wholesale price indices were on a continuous upward spiral The government had in August notified 4 per cent inflation target with a range of plus/minus 2 per cent for the next five years under the monetary policy framework agreement with the Reserve Bank.


Patel was the one who wrote the inflation glide path for RBI when he was deputy to former Governor Rajan, and analysts say it is unlikely that he will jettison his guard on price rise, especially under the new inflation targeting framework.


"RBI is unlikely to cut rate this time," Union Bank of India Chairman and Managing Director Arun Tiwari said. On his policy expectations from the new Governor, he said Patel may announce "some more measures related to resolution of non-performing assets'

Rape allegations against Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh: The trial deferred for Thursday (Oct 6) in the Trial Court.

"No non-state actor can exist without support from visible or invisible state elements and certain external players. A vigilant state and society can certainly defeat their nefarious designs," says Tariq Khosla in the Dawn. Read more

Members of the Armys crack commandos who carried out surgical strikes in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) are likely to fly down to the national capital in the coming days and meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi who wants to personally congratulate the team, reports the Economic Times.


The ET reports that the troops are likely to be invited to New Delhi in the coming days as per the schedule and availability of Modi, who has closely monitored the entire operation from conceptualisation to the public announcement by the Director General of Military Operations on September 23.


The prime minister has so far maintained silence on the surgical strikes.


He had also quietly met soldiers of the 21 Para Special Forces last year, days after they executed cross-border operations in Myanmar to take down militant training camps.


Close to 50 troops had crossed into Myanmar to target insurgent camps after an Army convoy was targeted in Chandel, killing 18 troops.

Justice RM Lodha reacts to BCCI's threat of cancelling the ongoing New Zealand series. In a reaction to a Television news channel, he says, "There is absolutely no constraint on current expenditure. Matches/Series must go on as these are routine expenses."

Justice RM Lodha also denies that the bank accounts of BCCI were freezed or funding for the ongoing New Zealand series was stopped.

India has been threatening war against Pakistan but there is no war in which India can ever beat Pakistan. No Pakistani is afraid of war: Everyone is brave enough to put up a status online asking for war. As long as I do not have to fight in it, I support every war.

Hilarious piece in Pakistan's Express Tribune. Do read.

Artisans work on a giant model of goddess Durga made of jute at a pandal for the upcoming Durga Puja festival in Central Delhi.  

What should you do after you've been attacked by a bear -- twice? Put it on Facebook, of course.


That's what Todd Orr did over the weekend, after he was attacked by a grizzly bear in Madison County, Montana, not once but twice. Orr was on an early morning hike on a trail Saturday, scouting for elk. He had just stepped into an open meadow when he was spotted by a bear with cubs on the other end of the meadow.


"I yelled a number of times so she knew I was human and would hopefully turn back. No such luck," he wrote on his Facebook post. "Within a couple seconds, she was nearly on me. I gave her a full charge of bear spray at about 25 feet. Her momentum carried her right through the orange mist and on me."  Read more


Image: Todd Orr suffered several bite marks on his arm and face. This was the least bloody of the images he posted on Facebook.

As the dust settles following the so-called September 29 "surgical strike" which witnessed the publicly acknowledged employment of Indian special forces across the Line of Control (LoC) for the first time in over a decade, it is useful to take stock of the larger implications -- what the operation does and does not mean for India's broader strategic dynamic with Pakistan. 
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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has expressed confidence that any economic impact arising from recent tensions with Pakistan and incidents like the surgical strikes undertaken by Indian special forces will be "extremely marginal".


Addressing a gathering at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management, Jaitley said that any impact that had been felt on the markets and the rupee had been "temporary", and that foreign direct investment into India "continues to increase".


"Even recently, when the news came that India had made certain surgical strikes at the launch pads where the terrorists used to cross into Indian boundaries, there was obviously a certain amount of speculation as far as the markets were concerned. The impact was not what it would have been years ago," he said. Economic impact arising from recent tensions will be "extremely marginal", he said.

Actor and climate activist Leonardo DiCaprio proposed Monday that individuals who do not believe in climate change ought to be banned from running for political office in the U.S.

"The scientific consensus is in and the argument is now over," DiCaprio said at South by South Lawn, a White House event intended to replicate Austin, Texas's famous art, music and ideas festival South by Southwest.

"If you do not believe in climate change, you do not believe in facts, or in science or empirical truths and therefore, in my humble opinion, should not be allowed to hold public office."  Read more

A graphic artist with a right-wing local newspaper, a Malayalee working in Oman for the last five years and an engineering student who dropped out are among the six members of the alleged Islamic State (IS) module busted in Kerala on Sunday, who are suspected to have been engaged in propagating the terror group's ideology, according to NIA.The six were produced before a special court in Kochi on Monday and sent to the NIA's custody until October 12.  Read more


Image: The suspects being taken into custody.

Reacting to the Justice RM Lodha committee's direction to banks to freeze its accounts, a disgruntled BCCI has decided to cancel the ongoing New Zealand series, which has a Test and five ODIs remaining.


After witnessing constant defiance of its recommendations, the Supreme Court-appointed Lodha panel had written to the banks, where BCCI holds accounts, not to disburse any sort of funds for the financial decisions taken by the Board at its Special General Meeting on September 30.

There is renewed uncertainty over election strategist Prashant Kishore's continuation with the Congress. Kishore, who is looking after Congress electoral campaign in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, is said to be disillusioned with the grand old party's style of functioning.


The delay in Rahul Gandhi formally taking over the Congress, AICC treasurer Motilal Vora's reported reluctance in clearing I-PAC bills (Kishore's cross party advocacy group) and the Congress's poor poll prospects in Uttar Pradesh are said to be some key factors responsible for his sense of disillusionment. Read more

Villagers in large numbers gathered outside the home of Border Security Force Constable Nitin Kumar's home to pay respects to the fallen soldier.

The Jhelum Express, which connects Pune to Jammu Tawi, met with an accident today early morning.

Suspected terrorists tonight decamped with five rifles from a police post in south Kashmir's Kulgam district, police said.