Earlier in the day, Supreme Court allowed a plea by the Centre seeking allocation of Rs 5,000 crore, out of Rs 24,000 crore deposited by the Sahara group with market regulator Sebi, to repay depositors of the cooperative societies.

The explosion was heard within the limits of the Hiranagar police station near the international border in the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, the official said.

When anyone tries to access the Twitter account of the Pakistan government, it says, “Account Withheld @GovtofPakistan’s account has been withheld in India in response to a legal demand.”

“BJP has made the election system corrupt. They have started “Operation Lotus”. They spend lots of money. The Election Commission should conduct the election in a free and fair manner. We hope they will do it,” Siddaramaiah said.

The ECP in a notification said that the elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will be held on October 8. Pakistan’s electoral body said that the election schedule will be issued in due course of time.

Matteo Bruni said that Pope Francis in recent days complained of some respiratory difficulties and he was taken to Policlinico A Gemelli for a medical checkup.

Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev on Wednesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed issues of bilateral cooperation between the two nations.

National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas killed nine soldiers in an attack on an army base in Colombia.