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Seven students of Sher-e-Kashmir University in India's Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir have been arrested and booked under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), said officials on Monday (November 27). They were arrested after they allegedly raised objectionable slogans and celebrated Indian cricket team's loss in recently concluded ICC Cricket World Cup.

The arrests were made after police investigated a complaint made by a student who accused his collegemates of harassing him and raising objectionable slogans after India's defeat in the final match. The student who lodged the complaint was not a local, as reported by Press Trust of India.

Taranjit Singh Sandhu, Indian ambassador to the United States, was allegedly heckled by a group of pro-Khalistani elements while on a visit to the Hicksville Gurdwara in New York's Long Island. Sandhu had gone to the gurdwara to offer prayers on the occasion of Gurpurab.

Sandhu can be purportedly seen in a video being confronted by the mob who were making statements about India-designated terrorists Hardeep Singh Nijjar and Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.

Passengers traveling through Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) Terminal 2 (T2) can look forward to a more efficient and hassle-free security screening experience as the airport has taken a new step to eliminate the need for removing personal electronic devices from handbags during pre-embarkation security checks. In simpler terms, you will soon not have to worry about removing devices like laptops, phones, earphones and more from bags for security check-ups at airports.

More than 14 years after the Sri Lankan government declared the death of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) chief Velupillai Prabhakaran, Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) General Secretary Vaiko on Sunday claimed that the Tamil Tiger leader is still alive.

He also said Prabhakaran's birthday was celebrated on Sunday by cutting a cake. 

With lack of local big names to mount the Congress challenge against the incumbent BRS party in Telangana, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) appears to have pushed almost 3/4th of its party government which won a thumping victory in adjoining Karnataka for its voter outreach ahead of the November 30 elections.

Over the last weekend alone, at least 8 to 10 Congress ministers including chief minister Siddaramaiah and deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar have been campaigning and criss-crossing across Telangana on behalf of the Congress party.