Gurgaon, June 2 (IANS) Gurgaon district civil and police authorities on Thursday held a meeting with various Jat groups in the area ahead of the proposed renewal of the community’s agitation from June 5 for…
Mathura, June 2 (IANS) A senior police officer was killed and dozens of people, including at least two senior police officials, were injured on Thursday afternoon in exchange of firing between police and encroachers in…
Mumbai, June 2 (IANS) In view of recent increase in online attacks on financial institutions’ information systems, India’s central bank on Thursday advised commercial banks to immediately put in place a cyber security policy in…
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) India on Thursday rejected the contention of an Islamabad conference that the Kashmir issue had “global dimensions”, and said that Pakistan needed to instead “vacate its illegal occupation” of parts…
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) In a riposte to Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain’s statement that Kashmir was the main reason of bilateral tensions between the two neighbours, India on Thursday said terrorism and “Pakistan’s repeated…
Islamabad, June 2 (IANS) Pakistan’s powerful Army Chief General Raheel Sharif said on Thursday that the army was aware of all “hostility” being perpetrated against the multi-billion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, in an apparent reference to…
Islamabad, June 2 (IANS) A day after Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain blamed India of “running away” from bilateral talks, the Foreign Office on Thursday accused New Delhi of conspiring “to create instability in Karachi and…
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) India has joined the Hague Code of Conduct (HCoC) Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation, the government announced on Thursday. India has joined the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation…
Bengaluru, June 2 (IANS) Authorities on Thursday arrested Karnataka state police association leader V. Shashidhar for planning to spearhead a strike on June 4, protesting exploitation, low pay and poor working conditions. His wife said…
Balaghat (Madhya Pradesh), June 2 (IANS) Police in Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat have recovered Maoist posters with “death warrants” issued against the names of security forces and police informers in Maoist-affected areas, the police said on…
Chandigarh, June 2 (IANS) With Jat community leaders giving a call to re-start their agitation for reservation from June 5, the Haryana Police on Thursday announced that leave of all police personnel has been cancelled….
Dhaka, June 2 (IANS) Bangladesh’s border security force will recruit its first batch of female troopers, a top official announced on Thursday. Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Aziz Ahmed said 97 women will…
Baghdad, June 2 (IANS) Iraqs Fallujah offensive against Islamic State has temporary ground to a halt as 50,000 people, including 20,000 children, were feared to be trapped inside the city and running out of supplies….
Brussels, June 2 (IANS) The European Union (EU) and the US have signed the “Umbrella Agreement”, which puts in place a comprehensive high-level data protection framework for criminal law enforcement cooperation, an official statement said…
Seoul, June 2 (IANS) South Korea on Thursday welcomed a decision by the US to include North Korea in the list of countries which are primarily responsible for money laundering, a move aimed at strengthening…
Jammu, June 2 (IANS) An army soldier was injured overnight due to an accidental firing on the line of control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu region. “An Army jawan of B ihar regiment was…
Damascus, June 2 (IANS) At least 15 people were killed when airstrikes targeted a town in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib on Wednesday, a monitor group reported. Airstrikes by unidentified aircrafts targeted the town of…
Bengaluru, June 1 (IANS) Warning of stringent action against indiscipline, the Karnataka government on Wednesday banned the state police force from striking work on June 4 and invoked the Essential Services Maintenance Act (Esma) to…
Imphal, June 1 (IANS) The Indian Army on Wednesday seized five powerful bombs from Chandel district in Manipur during combing operations in villages along the 398-km Indian border in Manipur with Myanmar, intelligence sources said….
Chandigarh, June 1 (IANS) While being in a denial mode over the prevalence of drug addition in the state, the Punjab government on Wednesday said that it will conduct drugs test on candidates applying for…