India

Fifteen miners were trapped deep inside the coal pit after water from the nearby Lytein river had gushed into the mine at Lumthari village in the Ksan area of East Jaintia Hills district on December 13 last year.

The decision comes as at least 40 passengers from both countries are believed to be stranded at Attari.

Former Indian diplomats and strategic affairs experts, however, say it is difficult to reconcile Pakistan’s aggressive actions and Imran Khan’s appeal for peace and dialogue.

MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said Pakistani planes targeted military establishments in Jammu and Kashmir, but were forced to retreat by alert Indian forces.

The shelling comes a day after the IAF carried out air strikes on Jaish-e-Mohammad terror camps inside the neighbouring country.

The apex court's order came on a plea by M M Kalburgi's wife, who had alleged that there was a common link between the murder of her husband and that of Dabholkar and Pansare, and hence the probe should be done by CBI.

India, for the first time, has broken a self-imposed psychological barrier of not resorting to first aerial attack.

The BJP ally in Maharashtra made the remarks after PM Modi conducted a 'charan vandana' (washing the feet) of select sanitation workers as a mark of respect for their efforts in keeping the Kumbh Mela clean.

Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said that the strikes were carried out on “the biggest training camp in Balakot”, which he said was being run by Maulana Yusuf Azhar, the brother-in-law of JeM chief, Maulana Masood Azhar.

The Pakistan Army on Tuesday alleged that the Indian Air Force violated the Line of Control (LoC) in Muzaffarabad sector.

PM Modi dedicated the national war memorial by lighting the flame positioned at the bottom of the stone-made obelisk. Rose petals were showered by IAF helicopters and a fly-past in 'Missing Man' formation was also part of the event.

The apex court had on January 27 cancelled the scheduled hearing for January 29 as Justice Bobde was not available that day.

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, also told Twitter to talk to Election Commission officials and ensure "real-time compliance" with the guidelines concerning free and fair elections.

Movement of people and vehicles, including cars, buses and trucks have been banned on the National Highway-67 and inter-state roads until further notice across Bandipur, which has a sprawling tiger habitat.

The plea, filed by 19-year-old Preeti Kedar Gokhale and 20-year-old Kajal Mishra, seeks the formulation of a policy to curb human rights violations of security force personnel citing mob attacks against the Army.

Once the new government is formed, NITI Aayog, along with Human Resource Development Ministry, will look into the dissemination of some of the best IT related educational practices of various state governments.