New Delhi - At least 15 people were injured in an explosion in a market in Indian capital New Delhi on Saturday, media reports said.

The explosion occurred in a shop in the flower market in the southern Mehrauli area at 2.15 pm (8.45 am GMT), NDTV network reported.

Witnesses told the news channel that it was a "big" bomb-blast and the explosive was planted by two men on a motorcycle.

But the police did not confirm whether it was a terrorist attack and were investigating the nature of the explosion.

Firemen, ambulances and police teams rushed to the scene.

Srinagar, Kashmir - Indian troops on Saturday foiled an infiltration attempt by suspected Muslim militants who tried to sneak into the state of Jammu and Kashmir under cover of firing by Pakistani

Jammu, Sept 27: Indian troops today foiled an infiltration bid by a group of armed militants, who tried to enter a border district in Jammu and Kashmir under the cover of firing by the Pakistani fo

Islamabad, Sept 27: Goods trade between India and Pakistan through truck service will start on October 21 through the Uri-Muzaffarabad road in the Kashmir Valley, and through the Poonch-Rawalakot route on October 28, as hectic preparations are on, on both sides of the international border dividing India and Pakistan, reported The News.

The centre at Poonch, coming up at Rangar near the Chakan-da-Bagh crossing point on the Line of Control, will have truck terminal, godowns, customs and immigration offices, scanning chambers with X-ray machines, weighing bridge and security posts.

A three day international conference was held by the Department of Polymer Science and Rubber Technology, Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat), and the Kerala branch of Indian Rubber Institute, to put forward the advantages of Polymer Technology. In this conference, nearly 350 delegates from India and abroad took part and total of 80 research papers were presented. 

The recycling of plastic was of the main concern in this conference. It was suggested by everyone, that some constructive decision needs to be taken in this direction in a time-bound manner. 

Poonch/Srinagar, Sept 27 : Civil construction work is progressing fast in Kashmir to facilitate trade with Pakistan administered Kashmir.

A trade centre and a truck terminal near the Chakan-da-Bagh crossing point on the Line of Control (LoC) is under construction, authorities said.