Kolkata, March 11 (IANS) The city police has assured the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) of putting in place elaborate security arrangements for the visiting Pakistan team and the World Twenty20 matches to be played…
Islamabad, March 11 (IANS) The Pakistan government on Friday officially decided to send the national men’s and women’s cricket teams to India to take part in the ongoing World Twenty20 tournament. The national cricket teams…
Ahmedabad, March 11 (IANS) The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited’s (NPCIL) atomic power plant at Kakrapar in South Gujarat was shut down on Friday morning following a leak in its Primary Heat Transport System…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The first of the Scorpene class submarine Kalvari will start its trial this year, Vice Chief of Naval Staff P. Murugesan said here on Friday. “Some time his year, the…
Tel Aviv, March 11 (IANS) Israeli police on Friday said 177 “illegal” Palestinian workers were arrested overnight, on the third day of a crackdown following a fatal terror attack. Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said the…
Chandigarh, March 11 (IANS) Two army officers sustained minor injuries when an Indian Army helicopter made an emergency landing in agricultural fields on Friday at Mailli village in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur district, police said. Police officials…
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said the Pakistan cricket team will be provided adequate security during their World Twenty20 campaign…
Islamabad, March 11 (IANS) A colonel of the Pakistan Army was killed on Friday in a firing incident in Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. A police official from Peshawar’s Hayatabad area said that Colonel Tariq Ghafoor, who…
Tehran, March 11 (IANS) Moscow is set to deliver Russian-made surface-to-air S-300 missile defence systems to Iran before the end of this year, an official said. “I think we will deliver the S-300 by the…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The government will soon provide secure mobile phones to soldiers along the international borders and in Naxal affected areas, Minister of State for Home Affairs Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary said here…
Washington, March 11 (IANS) Apple has accused the US Justice Department of trying to “smear” the company with “desperate” and “unsubstantiated” claims. It followed the Justice Department’s latest court filing over its demand that Apple…
Islamabad, March 11 (IANS) A resolution moved in the US Senate intended to block F-16 aircraft sale to Pakistan has been rejected. The rejection of the resolution would pave the way for the deal to…
United Nations, March 11 (IANS) The UN Security Council convened a meeting on sexual abuse by peacekeepers where a draft resolution, pushed by the US for strong action against perpetrators of such misconduct, has triggered…
Tokyo, March 11 (IANS) Five years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan hopes 37 countries will lift their embargo on food imports from the region, the government announced on Friday. The earthquake and subsequent tsunami…
Srinagar, March 11 (IANS) A major tragedy was averted on Friday as security forces detected an improvised explosive device (IED) on the Srinagar-Baramulla highway in Jammu and Kashmir. A senior police officer told IANS: “The…
(151103) — PYONGYANG, Nov. 3, 2015 (Xinhua) — Photo provided by Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Nov. 3, 2015 shows top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un (L,…
Washington, March 11 (IANS) The Pentagon confirmed on Thursday that intelligence from a captured Islamic State (IS) chemical weapons expert had led to US-led coalition airstrikes against the extremist group’s chemical weapons production facilities. Calling…
Baghdad, March 11 (IANS) At least 11 Islamic State (IS) militants, including a group leader, were killed in air strikes on positions of the extremist militant group in Iraq’s western province of Anbar, a security…
Panaji, March 10 (IANS) Actor Priyanka Chopra may have made it big internationally as an FBI sleuth in television serial ‘Quantico’, but for Goa policewomen, it is her role as spunky cop Abha Mathur in…
Sukna: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a press conference at Sukna of Darjeeling District, West Bengal on Nov. 5, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Kolkata, March 10 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on…