By Rahul Dass Title: On Intelligence – The history of espionage and the secret world; Author: John Hughes-Wilson; Publisher: Constable/Hachette India; Pages: 510; Price: Rs.599 Wars have been won – and lost – based on…
San Francisco, March 29 (IANS) The US Department of Justice (DOJ) scraped its request for Apple Inc.’s assistance to hack into the phone of a terrorist killer. The federal government department, on behalf of the…
By Arul Louis United Nations, March 29 (IANS) Drawing attention to the challenges posed by women’s under-representation in roles for preventing and ending conflicts, India has said that problem has to be met through broader…
LAHORE, March 28, 2016 (Xinhua) — A Pakistani woman stands with blood on her hands next to a body at the blast site in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore, March 27, 2016. At least 63 people including…
Yangon, March 29 (IANS) The Myanmar government has lifted the state of emergency imposed on western Rakhine state since 2012, said an announcement of the current President’s Office published on Tuesday. The state of emergency…
Washington, March 29 (IANS) A man was shot by police on Monday at a security checkpoint of US Capitol complex after he appeared to draw a gun and point it at police officers, according to…
congress Washington, March 29 (IANS) US Capitol police shot a male suspect on Monday afternoon following reports of gunfire at the Capitol Visitors Centre, CNN reported. A female civilian bystander was injured by shrapnel, but…
Washington, March 29 (IANS) The US Capitol and White House were on lockdown on Monday following reports of shots fired at the Capitol Visitors Centre, media reported. Congressional staffers were sent a notice to shelter…
New Delhi : The Pakistani Joint Investigation Team that is in India to probe the January 2 Pathankot terror attack; in New Delhi on March 28, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Amid…
Kolkata, March 28 (IANS) Ahead of the six-phase assembly polls in West Bengal, the Election Commission on Monday reviewed the law and order situation along the inter-state and international borders in the state, a poll…
Kolkata, March 28 (IANS) Braving the elements, a team of Indian Air Force pilots has created a national record by completing a 10,000-km paramotor adventure expedition that traversed over mountains, deserts and plains. Paramotor flying,…
Bhubaneswar, March 28 (IANS) As many as 184 security personnel and 259 civilians were killed by Maoists in Odisha from 2005 till date, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik told the assembly on Monday. As many as…
Pathankot, March 28 (IANS) Authorities at Pathankot airbase in Punjab will take the visiting Pakistan probe team only to specific and limited areas within the Air Force Station (AFS) when it arrives here on Tuesday….
Thiruvananthapuram, March 28 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy’s office was on Monday flooded with phone calls from across the world wanting to know the fate of Catholic priest Tom Uzhunnallil who was abducted by…
By Anjali Ojha New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) As India focuses on enhancing domestic production of military hardware, a surge in its export was recorded in nine months to end-2015, with the net value touching…
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of surrendering to Pakistan by allowing investigators from that country to probe the January terror attack on the…
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. (File Photo: IANS) Panaji, March 28 (IANS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday admitted that the Rafale aircraft deal was going slow, hinting that India was trying to get a “good…
Brussels, March 28 (IANS) The Belgian police on Monday released CCTV footage in an attempt to identify the third attacker involved in the Brussels airport blasts, whose bomb did not explode and who fled the…
Panaji, March 28 (IANS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday said India was getting increasingly assertive along the India-China Line of Actual Control (LAC), but that the border flare-ups between the two countries would be…
Islamabad, March 28 (IANS) A day after a powerful blast ripped through a public park in Lahore city killing over 70 people, Pakistani security forces on Monday launched an operation against militants, the media reported….