Vientiane, Sep 6 (IANS) US President Barack Obama on Tuesday announced doubling of the assistance to efforts to help remove millions of unexploded bombs and explosive ordnance (UXO) in Laos. The announcement to increase funding…
Bengaluru, Sep 6 (IANS) State-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) on Tuesday conducted a maiden test flight of its prototype Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) here. “The 15-minute flight by our test pilots marks the beginning of…
Srinagar, Sep 6 (IANS) Another youth injured in clashes with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir succumbed on Tuesday raising the death toll in the ongoing unrest to 76. Naseer Ahmed, 21, injured in…
Paris, Sep 6 (IANS) French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Tuesday that 15,000 radicalized individuals are being monitored, inclduing 689 in Syria. Valls pointed out during an interview with RTL radio station that there…
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) The welfare of people along the borders is crucial to effective border security, Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra said on Tuesday. “Today external and internal security challenges are intricately…
Guwahati, Sep 6 (IANS) In another blow to the anti-talk faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland, Assam Police said a senior cadre of the outfit was a gunned down early on Tuesday after…
Berlin, Sep 6 (IANS) German Finance Minister Wolfgang Shauble announced Tuesday that spending on internal security and defence would increase significantly in the next few years. Shauble argued that terror threats and public fear are…
London, Sep 6 (IANS) Hate preacher Anjem Choudry was on Tuesday sentenced to five-and-half years imprisonment after being convicted of drumming up support for the Islamic State terror group, the media reported. The 49-year-old British-born…
Karachi, Sep 6 (IANS) A provincial court in Pakistan on Tuesday overturned a ban on a movie “Maalik” months after the federal information industry put a ban on the release of the film. Director Ashir…
Kabul, Sep 6 (IANS) Four terrorists and a civilian were killed here on Tuesday after an 11-hour gun battle that began overnight following three huge blasts that left 35 to 43 people dead, officials said….
Moscow, Sep 6 (IANS) Russian defence forces have begun a massive exercise to test combat readiness and cooperation between different branches of the country’s military. “The exercises aim to check the level of readiness of…
London, Sep 6 (IANS) Flights at London City Airport were suspended Tuesday after protesters took the runway, according to airport officials. Activists from the international group “Black Lives Matter UK” claimed responsibility for the disruption…
Moscow, Sep 6 (IANS) Russian defence forces have begun a massive exercise to test combat readiness and cooperation between different branches of the countrys military. “The exercises aim to check the level of readiness of…
Kabul, Sep 6 (IANS) A massive, third explosion was heard in the Kabul city late Monday night, hours after back-to-back explosions left at least 30 persons dead and over 90 wounded. Security sources said the…
Ranchi, Sep 6 (IANS) Two Maoist guerrillas were killed in a gang war in Jharkhand’s Palamau district on Tuesday, the state police said. The police on Tuesday recovered two bodies of Maoists belonging to Tritiya…
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) The four Union Home Ministry officials suspended over issuing Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) licence to Islamic tele-preacher Zakir Naik’s NGO Islamic Research Foundation have got a former Home Secretary’s…
Dhaka, Sep 6 (IANS) The Bangladesh Police on Tuesday cordoned off a multi-storey building at Dhaka’s upmarket Gulshan area, after reports that some youths forcibly entered a showroom here. Additional Commissioner Md Shahabuddin Qureshi told…
Baghdad, Sep 6 (IANS) At least five persons were killed and 19 others injured in a car bomb explosion at a crowded commercial area in Iraq’s capital Baghdad, a police source said on Tuesday. The…
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) The maintenance of internal security and public order is extremely important for border guarding, Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra said here on Tuesday. “It is significantly important that security…
Srinagar, Sep 6 (IANS) The authorities imposed curfew-like restrictions in the old city areas of Srinagar and some other parts of the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday as the toll in ongoing unrest rose to 75,…