13-year-old child injured in Pak shelling at LoC

Emmanuel Macron/ File PicFrench President Emmanuel Macron is urging US President Donald Trump to stick with the Iranian nuclear accord, arguing there's no "Plan B."Macron told Fox News in an interview today he thinks the 2015 deal curbing Iran's nuclear ambitions is imperfect. But the French leader, who begins a state visit to Washington on Monday, asked, "What do you have a better option?" Trump has vowed to withdraw from the Iran deal by May 12 unless US and European negotiators agree to fix w

Omar AbdullahFormer Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah claims that India and Pakistan have squandered a lot of good chances to resolve the Kashmir issue, however, there are still opportunities. He stressed the need for a dialogue process both internally as well as externally to address the issue."There are clearly two dimensions (to Kashmir issue). It is not simply a matter between New Delhi and J-K, nor is it a matter between Islamabad and J-K. A part of the state continues to

Rajnath Singh/ File PicHome Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday called up Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and inquired about the security situation in Gadchiroli district after 14 Naxals were killed by a special team of police, an official said.During the telephonic conversation, the chief minister briefed the home minister on the details of the operation in which the Maoists were killed.Singh also discussed with Fadnavis about the Left-Wing Extremism situation in Gadchiroli

Representational ImageFour people allegedly kidnapped a 14-year-old girl while she was sleeping in her house at a village in Yamunanagar district. Police on Sunday said that the girl was later taken to a secluded place and gang-raped her.According to a complaint lodged by the girl's family, the victim was alone in the house at the time of the incident on Saturday, they said. After the girl came back to her house and narrated her ordeal to her parents, a complaint was lodged with the women p

B.S Yeddyurappa/ File PicKarnataka BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa on Sunday said that he is all ready to contest against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah from Badami should the party's national chief Amit Shah asked him to do so."Our party's national president will decide whether I should contest or someone else. If I'm asked to contest, I'm ready. If he asks someone else to contest, they will contest," Yeddyurappa told reporters in Chikkamagaluru.The former Chief Minister further said, "But it is ce

Representational ImageA Pune farmer allegedly committed suicide on Sunday by jumping into a well at his village with an "unverified" suicide note. Police said that the suicide note blamed two Maharashtra ministers for the extreme step citing non-release of waters into a nearby irrigation canal."The body of Vasant Sopan Pawar (48), a farmer from Kardanwadi village in Indapur tehsil of Pune, was found in a well near his home today at around 11 am," said an official of Walchandnagar Polic

Representational ImageA 37-year-old truck driver died due to his vehicle hit a stationary tractor-trolley near Chaheru on National Highway 1 between Phagwara and Jalandhar, an official said on Sunday.The deceased was identified as Gurjinder Singh, a resident of Dilpur village, Subhanpur in Kapurthala district, Chaheru police post in-charge Baljinder Singh said.He said that Gurjinder was going to Jalandhar from Delhi in the truck when the incident took place. The truck driver was rushed to a priv

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with President Xi Jinping. Pic/PTIPrime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to visit China from April 27 to April 28 and hold an informal summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The meeting will take place in China's Wuhan city and is meant to exchange views on bilateral and international issues and to enhance mutual understanding between them, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced in Beijing on Sunday.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting the central Ch

PM Narendra ModiPrime Minister Narendra Modi called for collective work to mitigate the menace of climate change on the occasion of World Earth Day.The Prime Minister took to Twitter and said, "On #EarthDay, let us reaffirm our commitment towards creating a better planet for our future generations. Let us work together to mitigate the menace of climate change. This would be a great tribute to our beloved Mother Earth."On #EarthDay, let us reaffirm our commitment towards creating a better planet

Representational ImageA 58-year-old-man had raped a 14-year-old girl repeatedly for three months at his house at Champlai in Tripura's Khowai district. Police on Sunday said that the man had been allegedly raping the girl since February this year and threatened her with dire consequences if she revealed it to anyone."The person was arrested from his house on Saturday, who, according to the victim's allegation, had raped her eleven times since February this year," Superintendent of Police Khowai,

M.K Stalin/ File PicThe DMK on Sunday slammed the BJP-led government at the Centre on the Cauvery issue, saying that it was not concerned regarding the people and the farmers of Tamil Nadu.Recalling a Supreme Court verdict of 2014 that banned the bull-taming sport 'jallikattu,' DMK Working President M K Stalin said despite opposition to the ban and the state-wide agitations, the Centre had not allowed the sport subsequently citing the judgement."When the Supreme Court gave its order on the