India

Noida (UP), Feb 26 (PTI) After over two weeks of sit-in demonstration, some farmers here have launched an indefinite fast to press for their demands, including enhanced compensation in lieu of their land acquired by the Noida Authority over the years.

Scores of farmers, under the banner of 'Kisan Astitva Bachao Andolan', have been protesting outside the authority office in Sector 6 since February 12. Some farmers launched the indefinite fast on Monday.

KANPUR: As many as three students have been caught in the ongoing Chatrapati Sahuji Maharaj University (Kanpur University) graduation examinations. Looking over the arrangements Vice-chancellor Prof Nilima Gupta expressed her annoyance at the paucity of seating plan display on the main gate of examination centres. She directed the centre in-charges to paste a seating plan on the entrance. She also found that voice recorder gadget was not put at the SN Sen Degree College.

KANPUR: Insanitation is not tolerable to anyone. If the state’s chief minister pinpoints at the flaw, it becomes vital to correct the municipal employees' mistake.  Upon such a filthy sight the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s anger was bound to escalate. What he saw on the road near Harjinder Nagar during the passing fleet of President of India on Monday, he could not control his anger. The repercussion was certain to come and the Municipal Commissioner ordered the suspension of four employees in this matter.

Jammu, Feb 27 (PTI) Pakistani fighter jets Wednesday violated Indian air space in Nowshera sector of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district but were pushed back by Indian aircraft, a top official said.

"The jets entered into Indian air space over Nowshera sector this morning," the official said.

They were immediately pushed back by Indian jets on air patrol.

Kolkata, Feb 27 (PTI) The West Bengal government has shifted 14 Pakistani prisoners, lodged in two correctional homes here, to separate barracks and "high-security" cells, amid soaring tension between India and its western neighbour, a senior official said.

The state government's move comes days after a 50-year-old Pakistani convict was allegedly killed by fellow inmates in Rajasthan's Jaipur Central jail.

New Delhi, Feb 27 (PTI) The entire airspace north of the Indian capital has been vacated, official sources said on Wednesday.

The skies above New Delhi were vacated as nine airports in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab were closed for civilian air traffic on a day of rapidly escalating tensions between India and Pakistan.

Srinagar, Feb 27 (PTI) Srinagar, Jammu and Leh airports were Wednesday closed for civilian air traffic shortly after an IAF jet crashed in Budgam district and amid escalation of cross-Line of Control shelling between armies of India and Pakistan.

"The civilian air traffic has been suspended temporarily in view of the emergency," an official of the Airport Authority of India told PTI.

Islamabad, Feb 25 : A court in Pakistan rejected the bail application of deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday, refusing to grant him relief on medical grounds in a corruption case.

The reasons will be given in a detailed judgment to be issued later.

Sharif, 69, has been serving a seven-year jail term in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills corruption case.

The Islamabad High Court's two-member bench comprising Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani announced that the bail application was "dismissed".

Itanagar, Feb 25; PTI/GANASHAKTI:  Army patrolled the streets of Arunachal Pradesh capital Itanagar Monday as people spilled out into the streets defying curfew despite Chief Minister Pema Khandu's assurance that grant of permanant residence to six non-native communities in the state was a "closed issue", officials said.

Indian news agency ANI reports quoting sources in the Indian Air Force that at 0330 hours on February 26, a group of Mirage 2000 Indian Fighter jets struck a major terrorist camp across the LoC and completely destroyed it.

The Indian Air Force has not yet responded to the claims. A statement is awaited.

9:00am The Ministry of Defence has told Reuters news agency that it has no information about  allegations that Indian aircraft violated Pakistani airspace.