Kashmir was on 9 July rattled by widespread mob violence and clashes which left 12 people dead and 126 injured, including 96 security forces personnel, even as curfew was clamped across the Valley. Mobile internet services were suspended to contain the fallout of gunning down of militant commander Burhan Wani.

A top official said curfew has been imposed across the Valley and restrictions put in place to avert fresh trouble.

FOllowing the highly tense situation in Kashmir post the death of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today chaired a high-level meeting to review the law and order situation in Jammu and Kashmir.

The meeting comes in the wake of the soaring violence in the valley as the death toll in the clashes between security forces and protesters has reached 15, as three more civilians succumbed to injuries.

Earlier, eight civilians were killed in the clashes in south Kashmir, a day after Burhan Wani and his two associates were killed in an encounter in Anantnag.

In a fresh round of trouble for Vijay Mallya, his erstwhile group firm United Spirits on 9 July disclosed Rs 1,225.3 crore worth fund diversion and improper transactions with entities associated with the beleaguered businessman including Kingfisher Air and his Formula One team.

Making it clear that the settlement reached earlier with Mallya would not cover the latest disclosures that came to light after an 'Additional Inquiry', United Spirits -- now controlled by global liquor giant Diageo -- said the former Chairman would be liable for claims over the amount.

Mallya, who has been in the UK for months while evading arrest warrant in India, had reached a settlement with USL earlier this year under which he was promised an over Rs 500-crore 'sweetheart deal' to exit the company, including as its Director and Chairman.

World number one Serena Williams wins the women's singles Wimbledon title, equalling Steffi Graff's Open era record of 22 Grand Slam titles.

Williams avenged her defeat at the hands of Angelique Kerber at the Australian Open final in January, and went on to beat her by 7-5, 6-3 in the match that lasted 45 minutes.

Had Kerber won the final, she would have become the first German woman to clinch the Wimbledon title, since Steffi Graph in 1996.

After travelling to the Middle East last month, 15 young men and women from Kerala's Kasaragod and Palakkad districts are reportedly missing. Their families suspect that they may have joined the Islamic State.

State Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has directed the police to launch a probe into the matter urgently, Kasaragod MP P Karunakaran said.

The families of the youth, including a couple, have not heard from them since the last one month and fear they have been radicalised after having gone to the Middle East for religious studies.

Kasaragod District Panchayat member VPP Mustafa said that during Eid, the parents of two missing youth received Whatsapp messages saying, "We are not coming back. Here there is Divine Rule. You also should join us." "We have joined IS to fight US for attacking Muslims," read another message, he said, adding the veracity of the messages has to be checked.