Israeli airstrikes kill boy in Gaza
Gaza, March 12 (IANS) A ten-year-old boy was killed on Saturday morning in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, Xinhua quoted medics and security officials as saying.
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Fresh fighting forces South Sudanese to flee homes
Juba, March 12 (IANS) Fresh fighting in previously peaceful areas of South Sudan’s Western Equatoria state has forced thousands of people to flee into countries including Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Uganda and even…
Opposition to DefExpo 2016 political: Goa CM
Panaji, March 11 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Friday hit out at critics of the DefExpo 2016, scheduled to be held in the state later this month, terming the opposition “political”. “The four-day…
Russian company to supply auxiliary power units to IAD
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Technodinamika, a holding company of Russian Rostec State Corporation, on Friday announced it has got a contract to supply nine new auxiliary power units for the IAF’s Ilyushin-76 (IL-76) fleet….
Russia defends Kurds’ participation in intra-Syrian talks
Moscow, March 11 (IANS) The exclusion of the Syrian Kurds from the upcoming intra-Syrian reconciliation talks in Geneva will only feed separatism in the war-torn country, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday. “A…
HAL delivers Dornier structures to Swiss firm
Bengaluru, March 11 (IANS) State-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) on Friday announced it has delivered the first set of structural assemblies to Swiss firm Ruag Aviation for its new generation Dornier aircraft. “We have manufactured…
Boy who crossed LoC handed back to Pakistani authorities
Jammu, March 11 (IANS) The Indian Army on Friday handed back to Pakistan authorities a boy who had inadvertently crossed the line of control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, an army official said. “Yesterday (on…
NCRB launches FICN compilation system portal
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) on Friday launched a web portal as a tool in its armoury to easily compile the precise data of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN)…
Pregnancy advisory to women fighter pilots not ‘legally binding’: IAF
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) An advisory that three women training to be IAF fighter pilots should avoid pregnancy for the next four years is not “legally binding”, officials said on Friday. “It is a…
‘DPP nearly finalised, DAC may meet again in March’
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) on Friday “almost finalised” the new Defence Procurement Policy (DPP), and may meet again later this month to put a final stamp of approval, defence…
56 Maoists surrender in Chhattisgarh
Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh), March 11 (IANS) As many as 56 Maoist guerrillas surrendered in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region on Friday while in a separate incident three central paramilitary personnel were wounded in a tunnel explosion. In the…
Taliban gun down Colonel in Pakistan
Islamabad, March 11 (IANS) Gunmen shot dead a senior military officer in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Friday in a terror attack, officials said. The banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility shortly after the incident….
OROP campaigner in Haryana arrested on embezzlement charge
Gurgaon, March 11 (IANS) A court here on Friday remanded ex-servicemen C.K. Sharma, 75, in one-day police custody in a case of alleged misappropriation of funds of a society that organised the ‘One Rank One…
Kolkata police assure elaborate security for Pakistan
Kolkata, March 11 (IANS) The city police has assured the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) of putting in place elaborate security arrangements for the visiting Pakistan team and the World Twenty20 matches to be played…
Pakistan team get nod for World T20 in India
Islamabad, March 11 (IANS) The Pakistan government on Friday officially decided to send the national men’s and women’s cricket teams to India to take part in the ongoing World Twenty20 tournament. The national cricket teams…
South Gujarat n-plant shut down after leak
Ahmedabad, March 11 (IANS) The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited’s (NPCIL) atomic power plant at Kakrapar in South Gujarat was shut down on Friday morning following a leak in its Primary Heat Transport System…
First India-made Scorpene submarine to start trial this year
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The first of the Scorpene class submarine Kalvari will start its trial this year, Vice Chief of Naval Staff P. Murugesan said here on Friday. “Some time his year, the…
Israel arrests 177 ‘illegal’ Palestinian workers
Tel Aviv, March 11 (IANS) Israeli police on Friday said 177 “illegal” Palestinian workers were arrested overnight, on the third day of a crackdown following a fatal terror attack. Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said the…
Army chopper makes emergency landing in Punjab
Chandigarh, March 11 (IANS) Two army officers sustained minor injuries when an Indian Army helicopter made an emergency landing in agricultural fields on Friday at Mailli village in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur district, police said. Police officials…
World T20: Rajnath assures security to Pakistan team
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said the Pakistan cricket team will be provided adequate security during their World Twenty20 campaign…