Chennai, July 3 (IANS) India’s first insurance policy covering public liability to an atomic power plant operator has been issued to Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) but the reinstatement of insurance value post…
Valsad (Gujarat), July 2 (IANS) A Coast Guard helicopter on Saturday rescued nine persons from the flooded Damanganga river in Valsad district as the entire south Gujarat region received torrential rains, officials said. The rescue…
Dhaka, July 2 (IANS) There were around 20-22 guests, including foreigners, at the popular Holey Artisan Bakery cafe in Gulshan area when a group of gunmen shouting “Allahu Akbar” raided the cafe at 8.45 p.m….
Dhaka, July 2 (IANS) At least three Bangladeshi nationals were reportedly among the 20 hostages killed by terrorists who attacked a cafe popular with foreign nationals. Transcom boss Latifur Rahmans daughter Simeen Hossain’s youngest son,…
New Delhi/Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday intensified vigil along the Indo-Bangladesh border in West Bengal in the wake of the terror attack in Dhaka after the government sounded a…
Dhaka, July 2 (IANS) Condemning the terror attack on a restaurant popular among foreigners in Dhaka, Bangladesh opposition leader and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia on Saturday asked the government to initiate an all-party effort…
Rome, July 2 (IANS) Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Saturday condemned the terror attack at a cafe in Dhaka as he confirmed that Italians were among the 20 killed by Islamic State gunmen. Renzi…
Dhaka, July 2 (IANS) Heavily armed militants chanting “Allahu Akbar” asked their hostages at a popular eatery here to recite Quranic verses to know who among them were Muslims. Others were hacked to death, according…
(160702) — DHAKA, July 2, 2016 (Xinhua) — Security personnel patrol near a restaurant attacked by gunmen in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 2, 2016. Gunmen have shot dead two police officials, police said, in the first…
Belgrade, July 2 (IANS) At least five persons were shot dead and 20 injured as a gunman opened fire in a cafe in north-eastern Serbia on Saturday. Police said the gunman killed his wife and…
Dhaka, July 2 (IANS) Islamic State militants slaughtered at least 20 civilians, most of them foreigners, with sharp weapons before security forces on Saturday morning rescued 13 hostages and gunned down six gunmen, ending a…
Washington, July 2 (IANS) US authorities are ramping up security measures for the long Independence Day holiday weekend in the wake of deadly terrorist attack at Istanbul airport. Washington is always a popular July 4…
Nay Pyi Taw, July 2 (IANS) A mob of Buddhists set fire to a Muslim prayer hall in Myanmar on Friday, the day that UN Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee appealed to the government to put…
Kabul, July 2 (IANS) At least two civilians were killed and 17 persons were injured on Saturday when a suicide bomber hit the vehicle of a local leader in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, an official said….
Washington/ Dhaka, July 2 (IANS) The US State Department has said it “cannot yet confirm” if the Islamic State militant group was involved with the hostage crisis at a restaurant in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka…
Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) In the wake of the deadly terror attack in Dhaka, the Border Security Force (BSF) has intensified vigil across the Indo-Bangladesh border in West Bengal, an officer said on Saturday. “The…
Manila, July 2 (IANS) The headless body of a Canadian who was kidnapped by theAbu Sayyaf militant group in June has been recovered, a military official said on Saturday. The body, believed to be that…
Tokyo/Dhaka, July 2 (IANS) A Japanese was rescued while seven are still unaccounted for in the siege at a Dhaka cafe by Islamic State terrorists. At least eight Japanese citizens were among the hostages taken…
Dhaka, July 2 (IANS) Bangladesh Army on Saturday confirmed that the Islamic State terrorists who laid siege to a Dhaka cafe late on Friday killed at least 20 hostages, including many foreigners. The army said…
Islamabad, July 2 (IANS) Pakistan on Saturday condemned the “senseless terrorist attack” that left many persons killed and injured as about six to eight gunmen attacked a restaurant in the diplomatic quarter of the Bangladeshi…