United Nations: India on Friday said the revoking of Jammu and Kashmir's special status was "entirely an internal matter" with "no external ramifications" and firmly told Pakistan that it has to stop terrorism to start talks, as the UN Security Council held a rare closed door meeting on the Kashmir issue.

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath visited AIIMS on Friday to enquire about the health condition of former finance minister Arun Jaitley, who is stated to be "critical", the sources said.

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.

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.

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.