Nalini granted one-day parole
Chennai, March 8 (IANS) Nalini Sriharan, one of the convicts serving life term for her role in the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, was granted one-day parole on Tuesday by the Madras High…
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Daily calls for better Pakistan-India ties
Mirpur: Fans during the fourth match of AsiaCup 2016 between India vs Pakistan at Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur of Bangladesh on Feb 27, 2016. (Photo: Surjeet Yadav/IANS) Islamabad, March 8 (IANS) It is…
Morocco arrests 5 suspects planning to join IS
Rabat, March 8 (IANS) Moroccan police announced on Monday that they have arrested five Islamic State (IS)-linked suspects who were planning to join IS branch in Libya, the Moroccan interior ministry said. The suspects, who…
Syrian armed rebels ‘help dozens to desert IS’
Aleppo, March 7 (IANS/AKI) Around 40 militants have defected from the Islamic State in Syria’s northern Aleppo province, aided by the main local armed group Faylaq al-Sham, the opposition Ara News website quoted a rebel…
Aden attack: Mother Superior flown from Yemen to Abu Dhabi
Thiruvananthapuram, March 7 (IANS) The Mother Superior, of the old age home in Aden, which was attacked last week, has been flown out to Abu Dhabi, said Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy. Chandy told IANS…
17 killed in Pakistan suicide bombing
Peshawar, March 7 (IANS) At least 17 people were killed on Monday when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden vest in Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, police said. A Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) factional group Jamatul Ahrar, in…
Rajnath discusses security matters with officials
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday met top officials to discuss important security matters. The meeting, termed as “routine” by a home ministry official, assumes importance as it was…
Rajnath discusses security matters with officials
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday met top officials to discuss important security matters. The meeting, termed as “routine” by a home ministry official, assumes importance as it was…
Eight killed in Pakistan suicide blast
Islamabad, March 7 (IANS) At least eight people, including two police personnel, were killed and 16 injured on Monday in a suicide bombing in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, police said. The bomber blew himself up as…
Eight killed in Pakistan court bomb attack
Islamabad, March 7 (IANS) At least eight people were killed and 14 injured on Monday in a suicide attack in the premises of a court in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said. The attacker was…
51 people killed in Iraq bombing
Baghdad, March 7 (IANS) At least 51 people were killed and 70 injured in a suicide truck bomb attack on a security checkpoint in Iraq’s central Babil province, a security source has said. “Casualties from…
Hizbul guerrilla killed in Kashmir gunfight
Srinagar, March 6 (IANS) A guerrilla of the separatist Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) outfit was killed in an ongoing gunfight with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir Kulgam’s district on Sunday , police said. “A Hizbul…
Gunfight breaks out n Kashmir
Srinagar, March 6 (IANS) A gunfight between security forces and separatist guerrillas broke out in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Sunday evening, police said. “Following specific information about the presence of militants in Buchroo…
Gujarat beefs up security after high alert
Ahmedabad, March 6 (IANS) NSG teams were put on standby and Mahashivratri festivities at the historic Somnath temple were suspended in Gujarat after the Centre on Sunday sounded a high alert amid reports that 10…
Aden attack: Indian Mother Superior of aid home to be evacuated
Thiruvananthapuram, March 6 (IANS) The Indian government will shift, out of Yemen, the Indian mother superior of an aid home in Aden where four nuns including were killed and an Indian priest kidnapped in an…
Gujarat steps up security after high terror alert
Ahmedabad, March 6 (IANS) Two teams of the National Security Guards (NSG) landed in Gujarat on Sunday following a high alert sounded by the central government amid reports that 10 terrorists from Jash-e-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Taiba…
Gujarat on high alert following terror advisory
Gandhinagar, March 6 (IANS) Gujarat has been put on high alert after information was received that some suspected terrorists might have entered the state, state Home Minister Rajanikant Patel said here. “We had received inputs…
Aden attack: Indian priest, nun still missing, Sushma assures all help
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. (File Photo: IANS) Thiruvananthapuram, March 5 (IANS) There is no trace of the Catholic priest from Kerala, taken away by unidentified gunmen following Friday’s attack on a care home for…
Court drops charges against LeT’s Tunda in fourth case too
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) A court here on Saturday dropped charges against suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) bomb maker Abdul Karim Tunda in 1998 case under the Explosive Substance Act – the fourth case he was…
Aden attack: Priest still missing, narrow escape for nun
Thiruvananthapuram, March 5 (IANS) There is no news of the Catholic priest from Kerala who was taken away by unidentified gunmen following Friday’s attack on a care home of the elderly in Yemen’s Aden, run…