Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) The Narendra Modi government on Friday said it was determined to bring those guilty in the AgustaWestland chopper deal bribery case to justice…
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) India is all set to participate in Exercise Red Flag, an advanced aerial combat training exercise of the US Air Force, in Alaska with the main conduct phase set to…
Shillong, April 29 (IANS) Assam Rifles chief Lt. Gen. Harminderjit Singh Sachdev on Friday said India and Myanmar had started joint border patrolling in some stretches of their “unfenced border”. “The patrolling has not started…
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) The Congress on Friday dared the Modi government to reveal within two months the names of those who took kickbacks in the AgustaWestland deal. “If the government has the guts,…
Kolkata: BJP chief Amit Shah . (Photo: Kuntal Chakrabarty/IANS) New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) BJP chief Amit Shah on Friday renewed attack on Congress president Sonia Gandhi over the AgustaWestland VIP chopper deal, asking on…
Damascus, April 29 (IANS) The Syrian army on Friday announced that a “regime of silence” will be observed in hotspots near Damascus and the province of Latakia after midnight. “In order to uphold the agreed-upon…
Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday said 100 percent indigenisation in defence production will not be “feasible”, and achieving 70 percent self-sufficiency…
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) There was no incursion by Chinese troops into Indian territory, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar told the Lok Sabha on Friday. In a written…
Kolkata, April 29 (IANS) At least 10 crude bombs were found in the city on Friday, a day ahead of the crucial fifth phase of West Bengal assembly polls involving 53 constituencies across Kolkata, South…
Kolkata, April 29 (IANS) Two police officers were shifted in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district ahead of the polls there in the sixth and final phase of West Bengal assembly elections on May 5, officials…
Jammu, April 29 (IANS) India has told China to case its reported construction activities in parts of Pakistani Kashmir, the Indian Army said on Friday. A spokesman for the army’s Udhampur-headquartered Northern Command said in…
Jammu, April 29 (IANS) As many as 41 soldiers have died from 2013 till March 31, 2016, at the Siachen Glacier in Jammu and Kashmir, a senior army official said on Friday. “Ten soldiers died…
Islamabad, April 29 (IANS) The Afghanistan government has raised questions over a trip by a Taliban delegation from Qatar to Pakistan, the media reported on Friday. The delegation reportedly arrived in Pakistan this week to…
Kabul, April 29 (IANS) Kabul has reacted sharply to the Taliban leaders’ visit to Pakistan shortly after the group announced it will hold talks on refugees and border issues with the Pakistani authorities. Taliban will…
Mumbai, April 29 (IANS) Reliance Defence, a part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group, has inked a pact with Ukrain’s state-owned Ukroboronprom to collaborate for assembling and maintaining the Antonov series of military and commercial…
Kathmandu, April 29 (IANS) Helicopter firms are carrying out unauthorised sightseeing flights over the upper reaches of Mount Everest, Nepalese officials say. Sherpas have expressed concern that vibrations caused by the helicopters could trigger avalanches,…
Srinagar, April 29 (IANS) Security forces in north Kashmir on Friday gunned down a militant after a brief exchange of fire with militants, police said. The militant, who was yet to be identified, was killed…
(160414) — SHANGHAI, April 14, 2016 (Xinhua) — Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull delivers a speech at the Shanghai Expo Center in Shanghai, east China, April 14, 2016. Turnbull was on an official visit to…
BERLIN, Nov. 13, 2015 (Xinhua) — Visiting Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull attends a press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on Nov. 13, 2015. (Xinhua/Zhang Fan/IANS) Canberra, April 29 (IANS) Australian Prime Minister…
Juba, April 29 (IANS) The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) condemned an attack on its compound in South Sudan’s Bentiu region where a grenade partly damaged one of the containers located in the…