Jammu and Kashmir

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah's sister and daughter have been released from jail, 30 hours after they were detained on Tuesday for protesting against abrogation of Article 370.

Going by the promise of administration, postpaid mobile phones in Kashmir started buzzing from Monday; however, outgoing calls remained another issue. The mobile users found that the mobile companies have charged them for the 72 days of blockade and for many the outgoing call facility has been barred due to non-payment of the bill.

Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and China President Xi Jinping will be holding discussions over bilateral, regional and global issues on their second day of the informal summit in Chennai.

"The two leaders held detailed discussions on their respective national vision," said Gokhale. They also discussed trade-related issues to enhance bilateral trade volumes.

The decision to lift the curb was announced by the governor Satya Pal Malik on Monday following a “situation-cum-security review” meeting with the advisers and the chief secretary.

After the meeting, senior NC leaders Akbar Lone and Hasnain Masoodi told NDTV, "We had come to ask about their well-being. No politics was discussed".

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday asked the residents of PoK to not cross the Line of Control after India revoked the special status of the state two months back.

Two months after Indian government removed Article 370 of the Indian constitution from Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated it into two Union Territories, the Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday allowed a delegation to meet detained NC leaders Omar Abdullah and Farooq Abdullah.

Tension between India and Pakistan are getting bitter with every passing day; in a latest Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi boycotted S Jaishankar’s opening statement at the SAARC Council meet. He did not turn up for S Jaishankar’s statement and keep the other ministers waiting without any prior notificaiton.

The Punjab government on Wednesday made shocking announcement that drones have reportedly been dropping weapons across the Punjab border. The mega-exercise conducted in July was aimed at tightening vigil along the porous border. The force was directed to strengthen their watchtower and man sentry posts more efficiently, besides organising multiple patrolling.