Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) on Friday said its chief Gulam Ahmed Mir was put under house arrest by the authorities here.

Lucknow: Magsaysay Award-winner Sandeep Pandey claimed he was put under house arrest on Friday by police in a bid to prevent him from participating in a candlelight march here against the scrapping of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and shutdown in the Valley.

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday discussed the Kashmir issue with US President Donald Trump over phone, as the UN Security Council held a closed door meeting to discuss India revoking the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.

New Delhi: SpiceJet on Friday said that it is going to start 12 new flights from the first week of October and 10 of these flights would be connecting Delhi with other cities.

Srinagar: Iltija Mufti, the daughter of former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, has said in an open letter that Kashmir has been engulfed in "clouds of darkness" ever since the special status given to Jammu and Kashmir was abrogated and feared for the safety of Kashmiris.

Nagapattinam: Two sanitation workers were asphyxiated while cleaning a sewage tank in Nagapattinam on Friday, police said.

Hejamady: The employees of Hejamady toll gate on Friday protested against non payment of salaries to the staff.

Jaipur: The father of a Dalit man who was allegedly beaten to death last month after his motorcycle hit a woman in Rajasthan's Alwar district, has committed suicide, police said on Friday.