Gadchiroli (Maharashtra), April 20 (IANS) Security forces gunned down a dreaded woman Maoist leader, carrying a cash reward of Rs.6 lakh on her head, in a gun-battle in the thick forests of Bhamragad, an official…
Imphal, April 20 (IANS) Three troopers were injured on Wednesday in Manipur when two powerful foreign-made bombs were detonated near Moreh, a town on the Myanmar border. The injured, belonging to the 11th Battalion of…
Srinagar, April 20 (IANS) The wife of a senior army officer was killed on Wednesday when a vehicle in which she was travelling hit a tree in Jammu and Kashmir, police said. A senior paramilitary…
Beijing, April 20 (IANS) Female pilots will fly the Chinese Air Force’s FBC-1 bombers for the first time, the PLA Daily reported on Wednesday. The FBC-1 fighter jet, also known as the Flying Leopard, is…
Mumbai, April 20 (IANS) At least three sailors were injured, and one of them lost a leg, when a bailout bottle exploded aboard diving support ship INS Nireekshak, an Indian Navy official said here. The…
Nay Pyi Taw, April 20 (IANS) At lease eight people were killed and 60 went missing as a motor boat capsized in Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine, the media reported on Wednesday. With about 100…
Ankara, April 20 (IANS) Turkey’s military killed 32 Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq’s Mosul province on Tuesday in retaliation to their attack on a Turkish tank in the Bashiqa training camp. Ten militants were…
Bengaluru: Vehicles torched during garment factory workers demonstration to protests against amendment in Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 in Bengaluru, on April 19, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Bengaluru, April 19 (IANS) Police on…
Bengaluru: Vehicles torched during garment factory workers demonstration to protests against amendment in Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 in Bengaluru, on April 19, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Bengaluru, April 19 (IANS) A massive…
Moscow, April 19 (IANS) Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif is scheduled to visit Russia at the end of April to attend an international security conference. Asif will discuss bilateral military-technical cooperation with Russian officials as…
Kolkata, April 19 (IANS) The Election Commission on Tuesday removed the officers in charge of two police stations in West Bengal, a poll panel official said. “Two officers-in-charge, one in Shantipur police station in Nadia…
Amritsar: Minister of State for Defence Rao Inderjit Singh and others BJP leaders during a programme organised on the occassion of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel`s birth anniversary in Amritsar on Oct 31, 2015. (Photo: IANS) New…
Damascus, April 19 (IANS) At least 12 people were killed on Tuesday in government airstrikes against areas in the rebel-held province of Idlib in northwestern Syria, a monitor group reported. The strikes targeted the town…
Srinagar, April 19 (IANS) Indian Army chief General Dalbir Singh on Tuesday visited the Kashmir Valley for a security review after five people were killed last week in clashes with security forces in the frontier…
Islamabad, April 19 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif condemned the deadliest suicide attack on Tuesday in Kabul and called for coordinated approach with Afghanistan to counter the common threat. Taliban claimed the responsibility for…
Jammu/Srinagar, April 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked the youth of Jammu and Kashmir to carry forward India’s growth story invoking Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s refrain of “humanity”, “democracy and “harmony” for peace…
Amritsar, April 19 (IANS) The body of Indian prisoner Kirpal Singh, who died under suspicious circumstances in a Lahore jail last week, arrived in India on Tuesday. His family members alleged that his body bore…
Paris, April 19 (IANS) The French navy rescued hundreds of migrants who had spent several days in the Mediterranean in an attempt to enter Europe, government officials said on Tuesday. As part of Frontex, NATO’s…
Srinagar, April 19 (IANS) Indian Army chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag Tuesday visited north Kashmir’s Kupwara district where five people were killed last week in clashes with security forces. Defence spokesman Colonel N.N. Joshi told…
Srinagar, April 19 (IANS) Restrictions imposed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Handwara town were completely lifted after six days after the four-hour curfew relaxation on Tuesday remained peaceful. Life returned to normal as markets opened when…