Geneva, Aug 19 (IANS) Unicef on Friday warned that the ongoing fighting in the Syrian city of Aleppo was affecting over two million people of the city who have no access to safe drinking water….
Moscow, Aug 19 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday arrived in Crimea where he is due to attend a security meeting amid heightened tensions in the region. Putin’s visit to the peninsula comes days…
Mon (Nagaland), Aug 19 (IANS) Heavy exchange of fire took place on Friday between Assam Rifles and banned terrorist outfit NSCN (Khaplang) after the soldiers allegedly raided some of the villages along the Indo-Myanmar border….
Seoul, Aug 19 (IANS) North Korea warned on Friday that South Korea will pay dearly for its largest live-fire artillery drill on Thursday near the border, the media reported. The Kim Jong-un regime described the…
Srinagar, Aug 19 (IANS) At least four Border Security Force troopers were injured when militants attacked their camp in Kupwara district of Kashmir on Friday. A gunfight began in the area when the militants attacked…
Singapore, Aug 19 (IANS) Four Singaporeans have been prosecuted under the Internal Security Act for their involvement in terrorist activities, the Home Affairs Ministry said on Friday. Rosli bin Hamzah, 50, Mohamed Omar bin Mahadi,…
Dhaka, Aug 19 (IANS) At least 18 Jamaat-e-Islami activists were arrested here on Friday from a school run by executed war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami’s wife, police said. Police said they were arrested from the…
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has deplored the deaths in the current unrest in Jammu and Kashmir and also offered his good offices to facilitate dialogue between India and Pakistan to…
Pasighat (Arunachal Pradesh), Aug 19 (IANS) India on Friday activated its forward airfield at Pasighat in southeast Arunachal Pradesh that will allow big fighter aircraft to operate in times of emergency along the Chinese border….
Simferopol, Aug 19 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday arrived in Crimea for a briefing with members of the Russian Security Council, media reported on Friday. Putin is also scheduled to visit the Tavrida…
Jaipur, Aug 19 (IANS) A Pakistani national, believed to be a spy, has been arrested in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan following intelligence inputs, police said on Friday. Police sources said maps and some other documents…
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday took over the probe into the gangrape of a woman and her teenaged daughter in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr district on an order…
Moscow, Aug 19 (IANS) Russian Armed Forces have carried out a military exercise, transferring troops and equipment to the Crimean peninsula from the mainland, authorities said on Friday. The exercise involved vessels of the Black…
Manila, Aug 19 (IANS) Top leaders of a Philippine leftist rebel group were released on Friday from detention to participate in the resumption of peace talks next week in Norway. “The couple Benito and Wilma…
Srinagar, Aug 19 (IANS) Authorities continued curfew and restrictions across Kashmir on Friday as the separatists announced extension of the protest shutdown till August 25. “Curfew shall continue in Anantnag, Magam town and parts of…
New York, Aug 19 (IANS) In its continued effort to curb terrorism-related activities, the micro-blogging website Twitter has suspended an additional 235,000 accounts for violating its policies related to promotion of terrorism in the last…
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Army Chief General Dalbir Singh on Thursday briefed Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar about an affidavit in which he accused former Army chief General V.K. Singh, who is now a minister…
Kolkata, Aug 18 (IANS) The Coast Guard has rescued 31 crew members of two Bangladeshi fishing boats off the West Bengal coast after the vessels became non-operational due to engine failure in the mid-seas. The…
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) The AAP on Thursday demanded the removal of Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh from the Cabinet, saying the former army chief had become a “national liability” for…
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Women Union Ministers on Thursday visited the border areas of the country, including Siachen and Tawang, and celebrated the festival of Raksha Bandhan by tying rakhis on soldiers guarding the…