An all-party meeting called by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) is being held in the Darjeeling hills, with the Trinamool Congress (TMC), Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), Congress and Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) staying away, as the indefinite bandh entered the 10th day Monday, paralysing normal life.

Amarnath yatra from Jammu remained suspended for the third consecutive day Monday in the wake of curfew and tense situation triggered by communal clashes in Kishtwar district here, police said.

Jammu and Kashmir minister of state for home Sajad Kitchloo Monday submitted his resignation to chief minister Omar Abdullah pending judicial inquiry into Kishtwar communal violence.

BJP Monday charged the Jammu and Kashmir government with playing politics on the Kishtwar riots and cautioned that this was another Pakistan design in which separatist forces were involved.

Escalating border tension, Pakistani troops Monday violated the ceasefire for the fifth time in the last three days by targeting forward Indian posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district with mortar shells, rockets and small arms firing.

Jammu and Kashmir government Monday decided to order a judicial inquiry into the communal clashes in Kishtwar district that left two persons dead and 20 others injured.

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A day after more than 100 people were arrested for their alleged involvement in a sex racket, the police on Sunday sought to rectify its mistake and said that only nine persons were involved in the offence.

Onion prices have soared to `60 per kg in the retail market of the capital due to lower supply from producing regions.

Ahead of his meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on separate statehood demands by a number of groups in Assam, chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Sunday warned of strong action against shut downs and blockades.