A panel of intellectuals including actors, filmmakers and journalists appealed to the people to join activist Irom Chanu Sharmila in her demand of annulling Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) in Manipur.

Expanding its product portfolio, Tata Motors on Monday said it has launched its new premium hatchback Vista D90 in Nepal, priced up to NPR 26,95,000 (about Rs 17 lakh). "The Vista D90 is altogether a new car, which is power-packed, has first-in-class technologies and sportier looks for thrill-seeking car buyers.

Twenty one people were injured when an aircraft skidded off Nepal's Jomsom airport and fell into a river on Thursday, police said.

Suspected Hizbul militant Liyaqat Shah, arrested by the Delhi Police for allegedly conspiring to carry out terror attacks in the national capital, was on Friday granted bail by a special NIA court.

Over 1,400 prisoners went on hunger strike at Kot Lakhpat Jail on Wednesday where Indian national Sarabjit Singh was killed, to protest the hostile attitude of the prison staff.

Over 50,000 retail and wholesale pharmacists in Maharashtra on Friday joined the all-India strike called by the All India Organization of Chemists and Druggists Associations (AIOCDA) in support of various demands, a top official said.

An association of chemist and drug retailers on Thursday threatened to go on a day-long strike and shut down medical shops on Friday against the ‘unjustified’ policies of the government.

A Syrian activist group on Monday said that Israel's weekend airstrike on a sprawling military complex near the Syrian capital Damascus has killed at least 42 Syrian soldiers.

An all India grouping of chemists and druggists on Friday called for a nationwide bandh on May 10 to protest against the ‘unjustified’ government policies, which include reduction in prices of medicines and implementation of FDI in the sector.

Life returned to normal in Nepal on Sunday at the end of a two-day nationwide public transport strike, as the agitating transport associations and the government reached a 14-point deal incorpotrating provisions like formation of a separate ministry for the sector.