Restrictions were lifted from most areas of Kashmir, except some parts of Srinagar, on Monday even as the stalemate in the Valley following abrogation of Article 370 entered its 36th day with schools closed and public transport off the roads, officials said.

Congress leader P Chidambaram, in jail for alleged corruption in clearances given to INX Media when he was Union finance minister, on Monday said no officer had done anything wrong and he did not want anyone to be arrested.

"I got to know two days after he died that I was pregnant. But then a few weeks later I lost my child as well. Doctors say it was because my body couldn't cope with the stress. We really wanted a child," Shahista, Tabrez Ansari's wife, is grief-stricken while speaking to The Quint from Jharkhand.

British Airways said Monday it has been forced to cancel almost all its UK flights on the first day of a two-day strike by pilots. "After many months of trying to resolve the pay dispute, we are extremely sorry that it has come to this," BA said in a statement.

Music icon Asha Bhosle turned 86 on Sunday and the veteran singer had a special birthday message from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Ruling BJD MLA Ananta Narayan Jena was on Sunday penalised Rs 500 for violating traffic rules, police said.

Her dream to touch the sky has catapulted a tribal woman from Odisha's Maoist-hit Malkangiri district to become the first female pilot from the backward region.

Three policemen, including a sub-inspector, were suspended for allowing Union minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey's vehicle go without verification of papers during a drive to ensure implementation of the amended motor vehicles act in Patna on Sunday, an official statement said.