Pakistan on Tuesday denied that its troops were involved in an attack across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir that killed five Indian soldiers, saying it was committed to the ceasefire agreement of 2003.

With the principal Opposition BJP on board, the government has decided to bring an amendment bill to disband the collegium system of appointing judges in the Supreme Court and high courts by replacing it with a Judicial Appointment Commi-ssion (JAC).

China’s world number one mixed doubles pair were given a scare in their opening match at the badminton world championships on Tuesday after dropping the first game in an intense clash.

While speculation of the BJP’s election campaign committee chief Narendra Modi contesting the Lok Sabha elections is refusing to die down in the political circles, the Congress officials are predicting that he may not fight.

Reaching out to Afghanistan in the aftermath of the attack on the Indian consulate in Jalalabad on Saturday, India has announced generous financial assistance for the next of kin of those who died as well as for the injured.

England captain Alastair Cook praised his side’s resilience as they just did enough to secure a draw with Australia in the third Test at Old Trafford that saw them retain the Ashes.

Under attack from the Opposition over the killing of soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch sector, the government Wednesday said that violation of the Line of Control (LoC) will not be tolerated.

UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and his ministers on Tuesday vented their ire on the media in the Durga Shakti Nagpal case.

Amid a raging controversy over the introduction of lessons from the Bhagawad Gita in school textbooks, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Tuesday his government has withdrawn the notification issued in this regard.

Australia coach Darren Lehmann believes his side have exposed some “cracks” in England’s top-order batting which they will look to widen before the end of this Ashes series.