By Rajnish Singh New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Members of a self-professed Islamic State module collected arms and ammunition to carry out terrorist activities in India and to target non-Muslims when they failed to go…
Srinagar, Aug 31 (IANS) Militants on Thursday shot and injured a police officer in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district. Police said the militants fired at Sub-Inspector Gowhar Ahmad at Imam Sahib area of Shopian town….
Islamabad, Aug 31 (IANS) Following the verdict in the 2007 Benazir Bhutto assassination case, the former Prime Minister’s children expressed their displeasure with the judgement on Twitter. Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari…
Baghdad, Aug 31 (IANS) Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Thursday declared full liberation of the city of Tal Afar and surrounding areas from the Islamic State (IS) terror organisation. “Tal Afar has been liberated…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Aug 31 (IANS) China on Thursday said India’s concerns over terrorism emanating from Pakistan will not be discussed at the BRICS Summit next week. Like in earlier occasions, China defended its…
Islamabad, Aug 31 (IANS) A Pakistani court is set to announce its verdict in the murder case of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on Thursday after about a decade, officials said. Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Judge…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said terror has no religion and it was unfortunate some people linked the two. “Terrorism is a big menace to society. Terror has…
By Rajnish Singh New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) The government is “open for dialogue with everybody” in Jammu and Kashmir but without preconditions, Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi said on Wednesday The government’s strategy was…
Dhaka, Aug 30 (IANS) An American youth of Bangladeshi descent has been charged in the US for attempting to join the Islamic State, after his capture in a Middle Eastern country, a media report said….
Islamabad, Aug 30 (IANS) Pakistan’s National Assembly on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution rejecting US President Donald Trump’s new policy for South Asia. The Assembly passed a resolution rejecting the “hostile and threatening” statements made…
Darjeeling, Aug 30 (IANS) One person was arrested in West Bengal’s Kalimpong district on Wednesday in connection with a blast outside Kalimpong police station on August 19 that killed a civic volunteer and injured two…
Srinagar, Aug 30 (IANS) Local militants have gone into hiding following pressure from security forces and are now giving space to foreign terrorists, the Jammu and Kashmir Police said on Wednesday. Inspector General of Police…
Sanaa, Aug 30 (IANS) At least seven persons, five civilians and two Houthi rebels, were killed in an airstrike allegedly carried out by the Saudi Arabia-led Arab coalition against a checkpoint near the Yemeni capital,…
Mumbai, Aug 30 (IANS) “Sameer”, a political thriller, is a fiction film and has nothing to do with the 2002 Best Bakery case, says its director Dakxin Chhara. The film’s trailer shows some scenes in…
Islamabad, Aug 30 (IANS) The US has given Pakistan “peanuts” and not “billions of dollars” in aid, said the country’s former Interior Minister Nisar Ali Khan on Wednesday as he lambasted US President Donald Trump’s…
Kabul, Aug 30 (IANS) At least four persons were killed in an explosion and firing at the house of an Afghan politician in Jalalabad city on Wednesday, officials said. The attack occurred in the morning…
Jakarta, Aug 30 (IANS) Asean Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) on Wednesday called on the government of Myanmar to take immediate action to protect civilians from violent clashes in the country’s western state of Rakhine….
By Arul Louis United Nations, Aug 30 (IANS) India has suggested diverting a portion of the peacekeeping budget to the under-funded peace-building activities because there can be lasting peace only with development and political solutions….
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday told the parliamentary consultative committee of his ministry that a declining trend in violent incidents in Maoist-affected states continued in the last three…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday framed charges against Indian Mujahideen (IM) militant Yasin Bhatkal and others in two cases related to the 2010 terror attack near Jama Masjid here. Additional…