Srinagar, May 26 (IANS) A separatist called protest shutdown on Thursday affected life in the Kashmir Valley although authorities did not impose any restrictions. “There will be no restrictions anywhere in the city today,” a…
Tehran, May 26 (IANS/AKI) As many as 17 prisoners were executed in Iran in the past two days for crimes including murder, rape and drugs trafficking, the Iran Human Rights (IHR) website reported on Wednesday….
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday launches 20 Nirbhaya buses of Rajasthan State Transport Corporation with multiple safety measures to better protect women passengers. “Certain unfortunate…
New Delhi: The Chief of Army Staff, General Dalbir Singh addresses at the President’s ‘Standard’ presentation ceremony, at Jaisalmer Military Station, in Rajasthan on March 16, 2016. (Photo: IANS/PIB) Imphal, May 25 (IANS) Army chief…
Tokyo, May 25 (IANS) Around 4,000 people in Okinawa rallied in front of the US Kadena Air Base on Wednesday, protesting against the murder of a local woman by a US military-affiliated civilian. The protesters,…
Imphal, May 25 (IANS) An Indian Army patrol team and unidentified insurgents exchanged heavy gunfire along the international border in Manipur early Wednesday, intelligence sources said. There was no report of any casualty on either…
Damascus, May 25 (IANS) Several bombings rocked positions of the US-backed rebels in northern Syria on Wednesday, a monitor group reported. A powerful blast rocked the rebel-held city of Azaz in Syria’s Aleppo province, near…
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) A 13-year-old mentally challenged girl is under treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for the past week for critical injuries she received after a sexual assault…
Srinagar, May 25 (IANS) A policeman was seriously injured on Wednesday as separatist militants attacked a security guard attached to a National Conference (NC) leader and snatched his service rifle in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district….
Chandigarh, May 25 (IANS) The Haryana government has offered land to the Indian Army for setting up a medical college in Panchkula, near Chandigarh. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar made the offer to Lt….
Islamabad, May 25 (IANS) Pakistan supports increase in the number of seats for Africa in the UN Security Council, Radio Pakistan reported on Wednesday. Pakistan’s permanent representative to the UN Maleeha Lodhi, in a 15-member…
Seoul, May 25 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in South Korea on Wednesday for a six-day visit that has spurred speculation of a possible bid for the presidency in his native country. Ban, who…
Nagpur (Maharashtra), May 25 (IANS) Indian Mujahiddeen activist Mirza Himayat Baig, sentenced to life imprisonment for possessing explosives and forged documents, on Wednesday allegedly attacked murder convict Rajesh Daware, who is sentenced to death, in…
Lahore, May 25 (IANS) A school was attacked by angry locals in Lahore city of Pakistan during a protest against sexual assault on an eight-year-old boy by his teacher and the boy’s subsequent disappearance. Police…
Seoul, May 25 (IANS) South Korea’s defence procurement agency on Wednesday said it plans to import arms worth some $2 billion this year, in a bid to bolster its military capabilities against North Korea. The…
By Ruwa Shah Srinagar, May 25 (IANS) Divided Kashmiri separatist leaders have found a new cause to join hands against the government’s purported plans to set up enclaves for migrant Hindu families and soldiers who…
Shimla, May 25 (IANS) The mortal remains of two troopers, who were killed along with four others of 29 Assam Rifles in an ambush in Manipur, were brought to their villages in Himachal Pradesh and…
By Nishant Arora New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) When Facebook-owned mobile messaging service WhatsApp announced to turn on end-to-end encryption for its over one billion monthly active users last month, CEO Mark Zuckerberg hailed this…
By Vishnu Makhijani Book: Multi-party Democracy in the Maldives and the Emerging Security Environment in the Indian Ocean Region; Publisher: Pentagon Press (in association with IDSA), Price: Rs.750; Pages: 192 India would like democracy to…
Washington, May 25 (IANS) Protesters lit fires, smashed a door and threw rocks outside a Donald Trump rally on Tuesday night in the state of New Mexico — the latest scuffle to follow the presumptive…