Ninet-een people have been arrested in connection with the incidents of protests and violence in Jammu and Kishtwar districts, a senior police official said on Tuesday.

Heavy exchange of fire erupted on the border as Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire yet again on Tuesday morning — the eight in the last four days — targeting Indian border posts in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir.

A special CBI court on Tuesday sent senior IPS officer P.P. Pandey, an accused in 2004 Ishrat encounter killing case, in judicial custody, after he surrendered before the court here.

Senior opener Gautam Gambhir admitted that his statemate Shikhar Dhawan has “raised the bar” for him and all others with his stupendous performance at the international level.

He is the likely successor when Mahendra Singh Dhoni decides to relinquish national captaincy but India vice-captain Virat Kohli named Mumbai batsman Rohit Sharma as a captaincy material.

A confident India A, boosted by Shikhar Dhawan’s brilliant double century, will take on their consistent Australian counterparts in what promises to be a high-scoring tri-series final on an absolute featherbed at the LC de Villiers Stadium on Wednesday.

Sophisticated leather-working equipment found in a cave in France offer the first evidence that Neanderthals had more advanced bone tools than early modern humans, researchers said on Monday.

Oprah Winfrey says she’s sorry a media frenzy emerged after saying she experienced racism during a trip to Switzerland.

Funnyman Jim Carrey might feature as a villain in the upcoming superhero movie The Amazing Spider-Man 2 after he was spotted visiting the sets in March.

After suffering complications with her pregnancy, model Katie Price is preparing to give birth early via Caesarean section.