Srinagar, Nov 10 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday said threat posters by the Hizbul Mujahideen outfit asking parents to keep youths away from functions of the army and other security forces were “irrelevant”….
Manila, Nov 10 (IANS) The Philippines and Australian navies on Friday began a 22-day joint maritime exercise at Mindanao Island in the country, officials said. “The engagement involves a series of meeting procedures, planning and…
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) India and Pakistan on Friday agreed for constant endeavour to maintain peaceful and tranquil borders as well as “utmost caution and care” in dealing with civilians during the bi-annual talks…
Chandigarh, Nov 10 (IANS) Claiming another major breakthrough in the recent killings of religious leaders in Punjab, the state police on Friday said it has arrested the main shooter involved in these crimes. The shooter,…
Ranchi, Nov 10 (IANS) Four security personnel were injured in a landmine blast triggered by Maoist guerrillas in Jharkhand’s Latehar district on Friday, police said. According to police, the blast took place when the security…
Srinagar, Nov 10 (IANS) Militants fired at a police vehicle on the Jammu-Srinagar highway on Friday, police said adding that no damage was, however, done in the attack. The incident occurred in the Qazigund area,…
Kabul, Nov 10 (IANS) Two persons were killed and five security personnel injured on Friday in a suicide attack in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, police said. The attack occurred outside a police checkpoint at Lashkar Gah,…
Islamabad, Nov 10 (IANS) Pakistan on Thursday rejected NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s recent remarks that Taliban still have bases in Pakistan, which he had described as a “big challenge” to efforts aimed at bringing…
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) A Tihar Jail official has told a court here that sexual harassment allegations raised by suspected Al Qaeda operative and British national Samiun Rahman are not true. “It is only…
Kabul, Nov 9 (IANS) Suspected Taliban fighters on Thursday seized six trucks belonging to the World Food Programme, the UN agency in charge of food aid, and kidnapped the drivers in a western Afghanistan province,…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Nov 9 (IANS) China on Thursday said President Xi Jinping and his visiting US counterpart Donald Trump have arrived at a consensus to jointly take on terrorism in South Asia. “This…
Srinagar, Nov 9 (IANS) Militants on Thursday shot and injured a Special Police Officer (SPO) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag, police said. The incident occurred outside the District Magistrate’s office in the south Kashmir town….
Ankara, Nov 9 (IANS) The Turkish police on Thursday detained 101 suspected Islamic State (IS) militants in the capital Ankara. The counter terror operation was carried out by the Ankara Public Prosecutor’s office with 1,500…
Srinagar, Nov 9 (IANS) Security forces started a massive search operation in over a dozen villages in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Thursday following intelligence reports about the presence of militants. Police said the…
Islamabad, Nov 9 (IANS) At least three policemen were killed and four others injured on Thursday in a blast in Pakistan’s Quetta city, authorities said. The explosion targeted Additional Inspector General Hameed Shakeel, who had…
Damascus, Nov 9 (IANS) The Syrian army and allied fighters on Wednesday liberated the city of al-Bukamal, the last Islamic State (IS) stronghold in eastern Syria, pro-government al-Ekhbaria TV reported. The bomb squads are mopping…
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) A court here on Wednesday sent nine persons, arrested in the Jammu and Kashmir terror funding case, to NIA custody till November 21. During in-camera proceedings, District Judge Poonam Bamba…
United Nations, Nov 8 (IANS) The Syrian government is responsible for the April chemical attack in Khan Sheikhoun town in which over 80 people were killed, according to the findings of an investigation mandated by…
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) A court here on Wednesday sent nine persons, arrested on charges of funding terror in Jammu and Kashmir, to NIA custody till November 21. During in-camera proceedings, District Judge Poonam…
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) One of the nine accused arrested by the NIA introduced himself as a former senior DRI official to facilitate exchange of spiked currency of Rs 36.34 crore, even as the…