Indian PM Modi meets Bhutan's King in New Delhi

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met the King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck in New Delhi and discussed issues of mutual interest to boost bilateral cooperation. As many as 11 people died and at least 25 were left injured after a mini-bus plunged into a deep gorge in Poonch district of India's Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. Porters and tea stall owners at railway stations in Pakistan have said they are struggling, with most train services suspended following floods that have ravaged large swathes of the South Asian nation. The work-charged employees of the electronic department in Pakistan-administered Kashmir recently observed a hunger strike against non-payment of salaries and to demand regularisation. The Taliban said on Tuesday that their forces had killed 40 rebel force members, including four commanders in Afghanistan’s Panjshir province. China's top legislator Li Zhanshu held meetings with Nepali leadership, including Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Tuesday to boost bilateral cooperation. India is all set to welcome cheetahs, the large carnivores which went extinct in the country in 1952, with a team of experts in Namibia making preparations for their translocation most likely within this month.