India

Braving cold weather, Ghani and Modi offered prayers at the most holy place of the Sikh religion and wrote remarks in the visitor's book maintained by the Sikh Gurdwara Parbhandak Committee.

In the wake of Nagrota terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, India is likely to isolate Pakistan in the two-day Heart of Asia summit scheduled to be held (December 3-4) in Amritsar on Saturday.

"We were also hoping to operate the LCA (Light Combat Aircraft-Tejas) from these two aircraft carriers.

Hitting out at the Centre over killing of Indian soldiers on the border, the ruling BJP's ally Shiv Sena on Friday sought to know why there was a 'spurt' in such attacks after the November 8 announcement of demonetisation.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee continued to stay put at the state secretariat today protesting against army presence at toll plazas in several parts of the state and asked whether it was an "army coup".

Two brave hearts from Maharashtra- Major Kunal Manndadir Gosavi and Lance Naik Sambhaji Yeshvantrao Kadam, who attained martyrdom in Nagrota terror attack, were on Thursday cremated at their native places with full state honours.

In separate incidents, four pickpockets were on Thursday arrested here for allegedly stealing thousands of rupees from people standing outside banks to withdraw money, police said.

The main reason given by the government for demonetising high denomination notes was to curb black money.

A panchayat official has been suspended and the manager of a college booked for allegedly posting objectionable pictures of Prime Minister Modi in separate WhatsApp groups.

Combing operations on Wednesday resumed at the army camp in Nagrota, where seven defence personnel were killed in a terror attack, to flush out any remaining militants.

The Winter Session of the Parliament is expected to begin amid an uproar on Wednesday with the Opposition all set to trigger the government on the issue of demonetisation.

Two officers and five jawans have been killed after suicide bombers carrying guns and grenades stormed an Army unit at Nagrota near Jammu, a Defence spokesperson said on Tuesday evening.

NIA on Tuesday arrested two more persons for allegedly being involved in the conspiracy to carry out bomb explosions by a group sympathising with terror outfit al-Qaeda.

Telangana CM K Chandrashekhar Rai has suggested certain measures for smooth implementation of demonetisation particularly keeping in view the inconvenience being caused to the common man – farmers, small businesses and the poor.

Dozens of Pakistani refugees living in a slum settlement were rendered homeless as nearly 30 shanties were gutted in fire on Sunday.

In a sensational jailbreak, armed men attacked the maximum security Nabha prison and escaped with two terrorists.