The statement from the Mehbooba Mufti government on Monday comes as a jolt to Hindus who comprise more than 28 per cent of the state's population.

The female cat was said to have mauled to death seven people in the last three to four months in Chalisgaon taluka near Nashik. Its last claimed victims were a boy and a 70-year-old woman.

The Cabinet has backed a bid to launch the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017 in Parliament. It is expected to become a reality after getting clearance from politicians.

Manchester City are heading into Christmas all guns blazing as they rack up the goals at an astonishing rate. Sportsmail assesses the front four of each side of the top six.

TMC ahead of its rivals, leading in 212 seats, Congress-Left combine ahead in 68 and BJP in seven

Managers across the top flight are said to have held talks with players about plans to get back to the training pitch ahead of a proposed restart to the season following over a month of suspension.

Chelsea are reportedly closing in on a deal to bring Philippe Coutinho back to the Premier League from Barcelona. But how would the Brazilian best fit into Frank Lampard's team?

The decision would secure a Champions League spot next season for the Premier League's current top four of Liverpool, City, Leicester and Chelsea, with United, Tottenham and Arsenal missing out.

Cole has become the latest name from the football industry to offer help to overworked NHS staff following the coronavirus outbreak. He is looking to raise £1million and create PPE equipment

Lille are demanding around £60million for the 21-year-old Nigeria international while he also has strong interest from Italian sides Juventus and Inter Milan.

The Chelsea manager was unable to strengthen his attacking options in the January transfer window. He will make this a priority during the summer and is keeping tabs on Napoli's Dries Mertens.

Hakim Ziyech has revealed his 'connection' with Chelsea manager Frank Lampard convinced him to leave Ajax to sign for the Premier League club.

The Napoli forward was heavily linked with a move to Stamford Bridge in January but ended up staying in Serie A with his contract set to expire in the summer.

Antonio Rudiger feels the season should be ended immediately due to the dangers posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Chelsea defender feels that Liverpool must still be crowned champions.

The Premier League holds a pivotal meeting this morning to decide on the details of 'Project Restart', with plans to resume the season to be ironed out before they seek Government approval.

The 2008 Champions League final between Chelsea and Manchester United could've gone very differently if everything had gone according to John Terry's training plan. 

Kepa Arrizabalaga is determined to make his Chelsea stint a success, and believes his relationship with Blues boss Frank Lampard will help him do it after a dreadful season.

Frank Lampard worked with Bird when he was the manager of the Rams and is ready to clinch a £4.8million deal for the midfielder - £200,000 short of Derby's asking price.

ADRIAN KAJUMBA: Frank Lampard's career was record-breaking and by the end of it his CV was glittering. When it comes to knowing what it takes to reach the top, Lampard is as well-placed as anyone.

Frank Lampard also admitted he understands the burning desire to see Premier League action return but insisted it cannot come at the price of putting people's lives further at risk.

Kante has become one of the best midfielders in the Premier League, impressing with his energy and drive from the engine room for the Foxes and Chelsea, as well as for his international side.

The German goalkeeper made a costly gaffe as the Gunners crashed out of Europe to their London rivals Chelsea in the quarter-finals. He spilled Claude Makelele's shot for Frank Lampard to score.

The striker burst on to the European stage this season after his impressive form for Red Bull Salzburg earned him a £17million transfer to Borussia Dortmund in January.

Chelsea defender Fikayo Tomori has lauded manager Frank Lampard for giving him the confidence to emerge as one the club's breakthrough stars this season.

Chelsea manager Frank Lampard has insisted his players will need a proper pre-season as he wrestles with getting his side back to fitness for Project Restart.  

A team of researchers from UCLA and NASA's JPL have detected the smallest quantities of dark matter ever, slow moving 'clumps' near quasars identified with new data from the Hubble.

Stott, 57, is an American engineer and former NASA astronaut. She partnered with Olay for its #MakeSpaceForWomen campaign.

The NASA images, taken six months apart, capture the landscape between Seal Rocks and Byron Bay on the New South Wales north coast.

Trump announced a $4.8trillion budget proposal on Sunday that will slash spending on foreign aid and social safety nets but will request $2billion to build wall at US-Mexico border.

The White House is releasing President Trump's $4.8 trillion election year budget proposal, which slashes funding for social safety net programs.

She's never been one to play it safe with her fashion choices.  And Sinitta pushed the boat out for the 2020 NME Awards held at London's O2 Arena on Wednesday night.

The binary system of space rocks was discovered by radar images from the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico and is called 2020 BX12.

Each of the asteroids flagged by a computer algorithm at Leiden University are more than 328 feet wide and will pass close between the Earth and the moon between the years 2131 and 2923.

NASA has announced a new project to study the effects of rising sea levels on the Mississippi River Delta in Louisiana, which has had more than 5,000 square miles of land go underwater.

Using the High-Resolution Camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), scientists have brought the sand dunes on Mars to life in order to understand what conditions impact them.

Former NASA engineer Mark Rober spent six months planning the stunt with Australian YouTubers How Ridiculous which ended up involving a two-tonne trampoline with 144 garage door springs.

NASA's plans for a base on the surface of the moon will likely be delayed. The delay is attributed to technical complications with the lunar gateway used to stage construction materials.

A team of scientists from Georgia Tech have come up with a new explanation for how ice forms on Mercury despite scorching surface temperatures that can reach 750 degrees Fahrenheit.

Despite dramatic drops in fumes over cities in Italy, Spain and China it is too early to know if a long-term change has been made in the levels of nitrogen dioxide in quarantined areas.

Nasa's Earth Observatory has opened up an archive of pictures of Earth taken from space and is asking the public to vote for the winner in a knock-out-style competition.

NASA has released a detailed plan for an 'Artemis Base Camp' that will be home to first woman and next man on the moon in 2024, which will help the crew prepare for the journey to Mars.

ESA released satellite images Venice from this month and the same time last year to highlight a distinct lack of boat traffic following the lockdown in March to limit the spread of coronavirus.

NASA and the ESA have revealed a highly ambitious multi-billion plan to return Martian rock samples to Earth, which would involve three spacecraft, including the former's Mars 2020 rover.

Tiny 'nanocardboard' aircraft that are powered by light and inspired by corrugated paper cardboard could help NASA collect samples on Mars and discover more of the red planet.

Reddit's moderators who oversee the site's many subreddits say the 'Start Chatting' feature made the process of monitoring content and behavior more opaque and prone to abuse.

The controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI is in negotiations with several unnamed federal agencies and three US states to provide contact tracing services during.

Researchers studying a web browser loaded into the company's phones found that it was tracking nearly all of a users' web behavior including visited websites and search queries in Google.

A study from Dutch researchers found chest pain, sweating and shortness of breath are the main three symptoms of a heart attack

About the size of a postage stamp, the soft, flexible patch sits at the base of the throat and uses sensors to measure vitals in order to determine if you have coronavirus before symptoms emerge.

As reported by The Verge , the tech companies have provided samples of what eventual app interface systems could look like though they won't be developing the apps themselves.