J&K National Conference leader Omar Abdullah and Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehooba Mufti have been allowed to meet their families nearly a month after their arrest on August 5, sources said.  The two former Chief Ministers were taken into custody as a "precautionary measure"

DHAKA: The Islamic State (IS) group has claimed responsibility for Saturday night's bombing that targeted the security protocol of LGRD Minister Tajul Islam in Science Lab Intersection of Dhaka, leaving two policemen injured. SITE Intelligence Group confirmed responsibility of the

Sirhan Sirhan, the man convicted of assassinating Robert F Kennedy, has been stabbed at a California prison, US media reports say. Authorities said a stabbing happened at a prison near San Diego on Friday afternoon. In a statement, the California Department of Corrections and

At least five people have been killed and many more injured in the second mass shooting in the US state of Texas in a month. First to be shot was a policeman who stopped the gunman's car between the cities of Midland and Odessa. The gunman went on to shoot at numerous motorists

Demonstrations are taking place across the UK against Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament in the run-up to Brexit. Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in cities including Manchester, Leeds, York and Belfast. Parts of central London were brought to a

At least 13 people were killed and 58 others injured in chain explosions of nitrogen gas cylinders at a chemical factory in Maharashtra's Dhule district today morning, the police said. A leaking chemical from a barrel triggered fire which led to serial explosions in the factory at

The fires burning in the Amazon rainforest are exceedingly hot, according to a new report from NASA. New images released by NASA show areas in Brazil and Bolivia where the surface temperatures exceeded the maximum measurable temperature of the instrument's sensor -- about 220

The US Treasury has blacklisted an Iranian tanker it claims is being used to ship oil to Syria. The Adrian Darya 1, previously known as Grace 1, was detained by British authorities in Gibraltar in July after it was suspected of moving oil to Syria in breach of EU sanctions. It was

Nineteen lakh people have been left out in the final National Register of Citizens or NRC -a list intended to identify legal residents and weed out illegal immigrants from Assam. Coming just weeks after the centre struck down Jammu and Kashmir's decades-old autonomy, the NRC too is

A trial date has been set for Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, the alleged architect of the 9/11 attacks on the US. Mr Mohammad will be tried, along with four other men, at a military court in Guantánamo Bay from 11 January 2021. The men are charged with war crimes including terrorism and

The co-founder and chief executive of Twitter had his own account on the service briefly taken over by hackers. A group referring to itself as the Chuckling Squad said it was behind the breach of Jack Dorsey's account. The profile, which has more than four million followers,

The personal assistant to US President Donald Trump has been forced to resign from the White House after leaking intimate information about his family. Madeleine Westerhout, 29, was abruptly removed on Thursday after Mr Trump learned she had shared the details at a dinner with

KOLKATA: A court here sentenced six persons including four Bangladesh nationals to 10 years in prison each, in Burdwan blast case. Judge Siddharth Kanjilal of Kolkata Metropolitan and Sessions Judge's Court announced the verdict Friday (August 30).  13 others handed down jail

The government agency that manages Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has downgraded its outlook for the corals’ condition from “poor” to “very poor” due to warming oceans. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority’s condition report, which is updated every five years, is

Chinese soldiers stationed in Hong Kong are not there merely for symbolic purposes and they will have "no reason to sit on their hands" if the situation in the city worsens, an editorial in the China Daily newspaper said on Friday (Aug 30). China on Thursday completed what it called a

Boris Johnson has promised a renewed effort to secure a deal with the EU before the Brexit deadline. The UK's Brexit negotiators will now meet their EU counterparts twice a week next month, in the run up to a crucial summit on October 17-18. It follows a backlash from MPs and

Political leaders of J&K will be released in due course as part of a phased withdrawal of restrictions in the Valley based purely on assessment of the ground situation by the local administration, a government functionary said on Thursday, reports Times of India.  “As the situation

Security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir have been accused of carrying out beatings and torture in the wake of the government's decision to strip the region of its autonomy. The BBC heard from several villagers who said they were beaten with sticks and cables, and given

Ports in Gujarat are on high alert after inputs that Pakistani commandos are likely to infiltrate into Indian waters through the Kutch area and use the sea route to try and incite communal trouble or carry out a terror attack in Gujarat, according to security agencies. An alert has

Brazil has banned setting fires to clear land for 60 days in response to a massive increase in the number of fires in the Amazon rainforest. The decree was signed by President Jair Bolsonaro, who has faced intense criticism at home and abroad for failing to protect the rainforest. A