Communal tensions were brewing in parts of Jammu and Kashmir’s Chenab valley for some time over a series of incidents involving members of government-supported VDCs and reaction thereto by Muslim residents.

Seeking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s intervention to ensure security for the minority community in Jammu and Kashmir after communal clashes broke out in Kishtwar town, the BJP on Friday expressed concern over the incident.

In a unique faceoff on the international border in Sikkim, the Indian and Chinese troops tried to calm things down with a friendly exchange of beer and rasgullas.

Youth Congress activists on Friday stopped the Delhi-Lahore bus on its way to Wagah Border on the outskirts of Amritsar.

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is expected to chair a Cabinet defence committee meeting next week to discuss the ongoing tension with India, officials said.

With the claim that its probe into the conspiracy leading to the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter was complete, the CBI is ready to file a supplementary chargesheet naming former Intelligence Bureau officials as accused.

Another disaster is staring Uttarakhand in the face. The Tehri dam water levels have reached full reservoir levels (FRL) and the Tehri Hydro Development Corporation (THDC) is in the throes of a major quandary. If they start releasing large quantities of water, it can lead to massive flooding in Hardwar, Rishikesh and other parts of western Uttar Pradesh.

As the government prepares to introduce legislation in Parliament that will enable implementation of the Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh, the Sheikh Hasina government is hoping that its passage will help bridge the growing “trust deficit” between the two neighbours.

Rubber trees are as green as any other trees but it has some difference. Unlike other trees or herbs or shrubs, the latex reach rubber leaves are not edible for human beings or animals or birds.

The Orissa government’s efforts to airlift the 14-year-old girl who was set on fire by youths at Kharanasi village on July 28 to Safdarjung hospital in New Delhi went in vain as the burn victim succumbed to her injuries on Thursday night.