Jammu Division

A pigeon has been arrested by police in India on suspicion of being a spy from Pakistan.

The bird was seized on Thursday after being spotted carrying a "stamped message" on its body.

The message was written partly in Urdu, the official language of Pakistan. It also contained a Pakistani phone number, according to reports.

Pakistan's opposition leader thanked Turkish and Chinese leaders on Aug. 19 for their weigh behind his country in the current crisis of Jammu and Kashmir.

Turkey's National Assembly speaker on Aug. 9 spoke over the phone with the head of the Pakistan parliament and discussed the situation arising out of India's move to ditch the special status of the disputed Jammu Kashmir region.

Hindu nationalist authorities made Presidential Decree which abolishes Special status of the state Jammu and Kashmir, guaranteed under Indian Constitution.
Home Minister Amit Shah introduced the measure in parliament despite massive protests from the opposition. He said it would become law as soon as it was signed by the president.