New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) Leaked documents on the Scopene submarine include details of the capabilities of the SM39 anti-ship missile expected to be used on the submarine, The Australian has said in its latest…
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Sunday left for a tour of the US, where he will be meeting Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Monday, officials said. The two sides are…
Kabul, Aug 28 (IANS) At least 60 Taliban militants have been killed by Afghan security forces after six days of fierce fighting in Afghanistan’s Sar-e Pol province, authorities said on Sunday. “The security forces, as…
Kathmandu, Aug 28 (IANS) A fact-finding team formed by the Nepal government has recommended lifting of the ban on sending workers to war-torn Afghanistan by ensuring that they get adequate security, it was reported on…
Islamabad, Aug 28 (IANS) Four terrorists, including three who were charged in the 2009 attack on a visiting Sri Lankan cricket team, were killed late on Saturday in Pakistan’s Punjab province, the provincial Counter-Terrorism Department…
Damascus, Aug 28 (IANS) At least 20 civilians were killed on Sunday in Turkish shelling of a border town in Syria, a monitor group reported. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Turkish airstrikes…
By Anjali Ojha New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) As the Indian Navy investigates the leaked documents pertaining to its six Scorpene submarines, top officers say they do not expect the project to be delayed and…
Kabul, Aug 28 (IANS) Kabul has deported 250 Pakistani workers as tension persists at the Pakistan-Afghan border in Chaman which remained closed for the 10th consecutive day on Sunday. The Bab-e-Dosti gate was closed on…
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) Unity and compassion have been the key words while dealing with the unrest in the Kashmir Valley, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday. Modi said these two words invariably…
Islamabad, Aug 28 (IANS) At least four terrorists involved in the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in 2009 in Lahore were killed by security forces on Sunday. Zubair, Abdul Wahab, Adnan and Atique…
Srinagar, Aug 28 (IANS) Authorities on Sunday continued curfew and restrictions in Kashmir for the 51st consecutive day. Police said curfew will remain imposed only in Anantnag town while restrictions under section 144 of the…
Dhaka, Aug 27 (IANS) Bangladesh police stormed a militant hideout near Dhaka on Saturday, shooting dead three alleged Islamist extremists, including the suspected mastermind of the cafe attack that killed 22 mostly foreign hostages last…
Beijing, 27 Aug (IANS) Some low-end inn operators in the Chinese port city of Guangzhou have been instructed by the local police to turn away guests from five major Muslim-majority Asian and Middle East nations,…
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) The leaked data on Scorpene submarine has changed a few hands, after being taken from DCNS by a subcontractor, before reaching the whistleblower who gave it to The Australian newspaper,…
Dhaka, Aug 27 (IANS) Bangladesh police on Saturday said they have killed the mastermind of last month’s terror attack on a Dhaka cafe and two other militants during a raid on a house outside the…
Washington, Aug 27 (IANS) The UN Security Council (UNSC) has unanimously condemned the recent missile launch by North Korea and agreed to adopt “significant measures” in addition to existing sanctions against the communist state. The…
Dhaka, Aug 27 (IANS) Mastermind of the Dhaka cafe attack along with two other militants were killed on Saturday during a raid in the Bangladeshi capital, officials said. Monirul Islam, chief of Dhaka Metropolitan Police…
Srinagar, Aug 27 (IANS) Curfew and restrictions continued for the 58th day across Kashmir on Saturday, as the death toll rose to 72 in the ongoing unrest. Militants killed a police constable identified as Khurshid…
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) The leaked data on Indian Scorpene submarines was given by a “whistleblower” to The Australian, the newspaper said in a report, adding that the “whistleblower” would hand over the disk…
New Delhi: Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar at Parliament in New Delhi, on April 28, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) India on Friday reiterated the leaked Scorpene documents will not hurt the…