By Arul Louis United Nations, May 27 (IANS) The UN’s rapid deployment force of 15,000 peacekeepers who can be rushed to trouble spots is expected to be ready by the end of the year, according…
Islamabad, May 27 (IANS) At least three people having links with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi were arrested as the Counter Terrorism Department of police foiled a terror attack on a shrine in Punjab province. They…
Srinagar, May 27 (IANS) At least four militants and a soldier were killed in a two-day-long gunfight near the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir’s Kupwara district, an official said on Friday. They were killed…
Chandigarh: Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi during a press conference in Chandigarh on May 24, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Panaji, May 26 (IANS) The Congress on Thursday slammed, as a “sell-out” the defence ministry’s move to appoint…
By Anjali Ojha New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday said there was “101 percent” political interference in the AgustaWestland helicopters deal, and added that the then defence minister A.K. Antony…
Vientiane, May 26 (IANS) China and Indonesia on Thursday vowed to push forward military relations and strengthen cooperation on bilateral and multi-lateral levels. The pledge was made during a meeting between Chinese Defence Minister Chang…
Imphal, May 26 (IANS) The coordinating committee (corcom) of six proscribed underground organisations has claimed responsibility for ambushing a patrol party of 29 Assam Rifles near Hengshi village in Chandel district of Manipur on May…
Gaza, May 26 (IANS) Palestinian sources on Thursday said Israeli warplanes struck the Gaza Strip twice, with no human casualties reported. The sources told Xinhua news agency that the two airstrikes targeted two locations belonging…
Srinagar, May 26 (IANS) Two militants were killed on Thursday in an ongoing gunfight with security forces in Nowgam sector of the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district. A senior police…
By Anil Giri Kathmandu, May 26 (IANS) Police in Nepal are probing a suspected link of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim in cocaine smuggling in the international market via Nepal. This follows the recent arrest by…
Srinagar, May 26 (IANS) Security forces and militants were engaged in a gunfight in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district near the LoC on Thursday. A senior police officer told IANS in summer capital Srinagar: “On specific…
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 Presidentâs âStandardâ 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….