Calling the issue of statehood for Jammu and Kashmir a sensitive one, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ravinder Raina said that the elected government of the union territory and the union government should hold discussions together to work for the security of the people.
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MND) said that six Chinese military aircraft and seven naval vessels were detected near its territory until 6 am (local time) on Sunday.
In response to Chinese military activity, Taiwan sent aircraft and naval ships and deployed coastal-based missile systems to monitor People's Liberation Army (PLA) activity.
Earlier on October 9, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the Assam Police have pushed back a total of 128 Bangladeshi infiltrators in the last two months.
Three Bangladeshi nationals have been apprehended in two days while trying to enter Indian territory by negotiating the border fence, Border Security Force (BSF) said.
Following the initial report about two terrorists eliminated after crossing into Israeli territory from Jordan, south of the Dead Sea, additional reinforcements have been deployed.
Indian Coast Guard has successfully conducted the Coastal Security Exercise 'Sagar Kavach' on October 16-17 for the State of Gujarat and the Union Territory of Daman & Diu.
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MND) said that out of the 19 People's Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, 15 crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered Taiwan's northern, central, and southwestern Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ).
"It was a constitutional misdemeanour to have reduced the state of J&K to a Union Territory. It was wrong for the Supreme Court not to have decided that issue. Time to restore statehood. This is the constitutional right of the people of J&K."
A day after taking oath as a first Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah on Thursday chaired his first cabinet meeting, officials said.