National Conference patriarch Farooq Abdullah today contradicted Union Home Minister Amit Shah's comment in parliament that he has "neither been detained nor arrested". "I was detained in my house... I feel sad that Home Minister can lie like this," the 81-year-old told NDTV from Srinagar.
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah is neither under detention nor arrest and he is at his home of his own will, Home Minister Amit SHah informed Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
Australian batsman Steve Smith on Tuesday overtook India's Cheteshwar Pujara to grab the No.3 spot in the ICC rankings after consecutive hundreds in the opening Ashes Test in Edgbaston.
The situation in all three regions of Jammu and Kashmir is totally peaceful, amid unprecedented security cover and restrictions, top officials said on Tuesday.
The Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Tuesday sought to know from the government whether Jammu and Kashmir was an internal matter or a bilateral issue, saying the United Nations has been monitoring the situation there since 1948. Chowdhury's remarks triggered protests from treasury benches.
Pakistan has intensified its efforts at increasing the strength of terrorists in launch pads along the Line of Control over the past few days and pushing infiltrators into Jammu and Kashmir, a top Army officer said on Tuesday.
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Senthil on Tuesday informed that 160 suspected cases of Dengue were reported in the District in last four days, he also added that since January this year 656 cases of Dengue have been reported in the District’s 202 hospitals.
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Senthil on Tuesday warned against illegal transport and smuggling of cattle in the backdrop of Bakri-Eid while also warning the fringe elements who take law into their hands and manhandles situation when they notice someone transporting/smuggling cattle.
Low-lying areas in Maharashtra's Kolhapur district were flooded on Tuesday following incessant rains, forcing around 10,000 people to leave their homes and shift to safer places, a senior official said.
Mangaluru: Torrential rains in the region over the last couple of days has inflicted heavy damage in Padubidri, Kapu and Ucchila.
