Lahore: A total of 97 Hindu pilgrims from India arrived in Pakistan through the Wagah Border to participate in the 314th birth anniversary celebrations of Shiv Avtari Satguru Saint Swami Shadaram Sahib.
Geneva: The arrest of Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez had a chilling effect on civil society, rights activists and journalists in the region, UN experts warned, reiterating their call for his immediate release by the Indian government.
Lucknow: A Dalit gang-rape victim has said that she was threatened by family members of one of the rapists to withdraw the case.
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that his government has made all preparations to contest the border dispute with Maharashtra in the Supreme Court.
New Delhi: A Muslim man was subjected to custodial killing by the police in Guna district of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
Geneva: The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) will hold meeting this week to consider launching an international investigation into the deadly crackdown on mass protests rocking Iran.
London: Lawyers for a woman who was stripped of her British citizenship after traveling to join the Daesh group in Syria challenged the decision, arguing she was a victim of child trafficking.
Moscow: The United States (US) opposes any military action that destabilizes the situation in Syria, a State Department spokesperson said, amid an escalation in retaliatory strikes by Kurdish militia near Syrian border.
Athens: Greece’s coast guard was rescuing a fishing boat with up to 500 migrants onboard in strong winds southwest of Crete.
Jakarta: The death toll from an earthquake that hit Indonesia's Cianjur town has risen to 268, the local government said on Tuesday.