Tokyo, Feb 23 (INAS) Japanese Defence Minister General Nakatani on Tuesday said the country’s civilians still have control over the Self-Defence Force. He downplayed the report that senior officials in the SDF demand a bigger…
Kabul, Feb 23 (IANS) The Afghan government has beefed up security measures ahead of the four-nation Afghanistan peace talks expected to open here on Tuesday. The fourth round of the key four-nation talks to open…
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry  (Xinhua/Bao Dandan) Washington, Feb 23 (IANS) The US and Russia announced on Monday the plan for a cessation of hostilities in Syria that will begin on February 27, the…
Panaji, Feb 22 (IANS) Being on guard was the best preparation for a terror threat, Goa’s top naval official said on Monday. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a trilateral naval exercise being conducted…
Ahmedabad, Feb 22 (IANS) The BSF has recovered a suspected Pakistani fishing boat in a creek area of Arabian Sea off Koteshwar in Gujarat’s Kutch district, official sources said on Monday, adding this is the…
Jammu, Feb 22 (IANS) Captain Tushar Mahajan of the elite Para regiment, who was killed in the gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pampore, was on Monday cremated with full military honours in his hometown Udhampur….
Panaji, Feb 22 (IANS) The fifth edition of the 11-day IBSAMAR naval exercise between Brazil, India and South Africa is currently underway off the coast of Goa, the Indian Navy said on Monday. This is…
Chandigarh, Feb 22 (IANS) Captain Pawan Kumar, who was killed in the gunfight with militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pampore, was on Monday cremated with full military honours in his village in Haryana’s Jind district….
Chandigarh, Feb 22 (IANS) The army took control of the Munak canal in Haryana’s Sonipat district, traffic was restored on the busy NH-1 and curfew was relaxed at various places as Haryana crawled towards normalcy…
Jerusalem, Feb 22 (IANS) Israel and the US started a joint exercise on Sunday focusing on defence against the threat of ballistic missiles, the Israeli army said. The US European Command and the Israeli Defence…
Chandigarh, Feb 21 (IANS) Security forces failed to secure the Munak canal, which supplies water to national capital Delhi, in Haryana’s Sonipat district on Sunday even though one person was killed in firing by the…
Captain Pawan Kumar of Armyâs 10 PARA and Captain Tushar Mahajan and Lance Naik (corporal) Om Prakash of 9 PARA were killed while fighting militants. (Photo: DC) Srinagar, Feb 21 (IANS) Another officer of the…
Srinagar, Feb 21 (IANS) Another officer of the Indian army’s elite Para Regiment was killed on Sunday evening in the ongoing gunfight between guerrillas and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district while an…
Indian cricketer MS Dhoni. (File Photo: IANS) Mumbai, Feb 21 (IANS) India’s limited-overs cricket skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Sunday asked his countrymen to show respect to the armed forces, saying that the nation is…
A file photo of Indian peacekeepers on patrol in South Sudan. By Arul Louis United Nations, Feb 21 (IANS) Indian peacekeepers are “taking robust measures to protect South Sudan refugees sheltered in a massive camp…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The Indian Army has asked the people of Haryana to extend their support “in giving a befitting farewell” to late Captain Pawan Kumar who was killed fighting terrorists in Jammu…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Indian Air Force chief, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha on Sunday embarked on a five-day official visit to Bangladesh. An official statement said the visit, till February 25, is intended…
Kabul, Feb 21 (IANS) A US drone crashed in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province with no loss of life on the ground, the NATO-led Resolute Support (RS) mission confirmed on Sunday. “An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)…
Srinagar, Feb 21 (IANS) An army official was killed on Sunday when security forces raided a multi-storeyed building near Pampore town in Kashmir to flush out hiding guerrillas. “A captain of 10 para regiment was…
Belgrade, Feb 20 (IANS) The two Serbian embassy employees kidnapped last November in Libya were most probably killed during the US airstrikes against the Islamic State, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Saturday. Dacic…