Responding to the hue and cry raised in the state legislative assembly by opposition Congress and the regional National Conference (NC) legislators over the government's proposal to set up composite townships for migrant Pandits in the valley, Sayeed said: "We have no proposal to set up separate satellite townships for migrant Pandits."...

The body of one of the five undertrials gunned down by the police in Telangana in an alleged shootout on Monday is yet to be claimed by his family while four others were buried here on Wednesday night amid tight security....
A court in Pakistan on Thursday ordered the immediate release of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack's alleged mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday embarked on a three-nation tour of France, Germany and Canada that will focus on boosting bilateral trade and economic ties, including in defence and railways....
The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed, for two months, the hearing by the Gujarat High Court on former state minister Maya Kodnani's appeal against her conviction and sentencing in the Naroda Patiya massacre during the 2002 Gujarat riots....

Global ratings agency Moody's on Thursday enhanced India's sovereign rating to positive from stable, expecting positive steps from policy-makers to spur growth and put the country ahead of peers -- a development that finance ministry said was significant. ...
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Thursday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure that air evacuation being carried out by the Indian government in Yemen continues till Saturday....
Tehran and Islamabad on Thursday called for an urgent resolution of the crisis in war-torn Yemen through diplomacy and dialogue. ...
Indian mining giant Adani on Thursday dismissed the refusal by France's three biggest banks to fund the group's multi-billon-dollar coal mine projects in the Australian state of Queensland....
The Jammu-Srinagar highway remained open on Thursday for traffic from Jammu to Srinagar in a bid to ease the shortages of essentials in the Kashmir Valley....