Mumbai, Dec 13 (IANS) The first of the indigenous Scorpene-class submarines, INS Kalvari, will be commissioned in the Indian Navy on Thursday in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other dignitaries, Navy officials…
Pyongyang, Dec 13 (IANS) Kim Jong-un, the top leader of North Korea has asked for further strengthening of his country’s nuclear force, the state media said on Wednesday. According to the Korean Central News Agency…
Pyongyang, Dec 13 (IANS) A delegation of the Russian Defence Ministry is visiting North Korea amid efforts “to revise the policy of mutual threat and intimidation”, media reports said. The delegation led by Victor Kalganov,…
Washington, Dec 13 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has signed a nearly $700 billion annual defense policy bill in the White House, which authorizes the US military to add troops, ships, planes and other equipment….
New York, Dec 13 (IANS) The US Attorney’s Office in New York has filed federal terrorism charges against a bombing suspect who was accused of detonating a pipe bomb in an underpass at Manhattan’s Port…
New York, Dec 13 (IANS) The man who faces terror charges over Monday’s bus terminal bombing in New York posted a warning to US President Donald Trump just before the attack. “Trump you failed to…
Kabul, Dec 12 (IANS) Afghanistan’s security forces on Tuesday captured a key Taliban commander and killed two other militants in Kunduz province, an Army official said. The security forces also injured three other militants in…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Dec 12 (IANS) At his meeting with Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that the military stand-off in Doklam had put a “severe” strain on…
Kolkata, Dec 12 (IANS) The Border Security Force on Tuesday seized 17 gold bars worth nearly Rs 50 lakh from near India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal and detaind one smuggler, a BSF official said. Acting…
Chennai, Dec 12 (IANS) A cadet at the Officers Training Academy (OTA) here died of injuries he sustained while participating in a boxing competition, a defence statement said on Tuesday. Gentleman Cadet Rony Scaria sustained…
Thiruvananthapuram/Kozhikode, Dec 12 (IANS) Search and rescue personnel on Tuesday recovered the bodies of eight fishermen from the sea off the Kozhikode coast in Kerala, official sources said, taking the death toll in cyclone Ockhi…
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) In a bid to boost their bilateral strategic partnership keeping the Indo-Pacific region in mind and to increase defence cooperation, India and Australia held their inaugural 2+2 Foreign Secretaries and…
Lyttelton (New Zealand), Dec 12 (IANS) Indian Navy sailboat INSV Tarini left Lyttelton port on Tuesday morning for the next leg of its journey towards Falkland Islands after completing the second leg of its circumnavigation…
Canberra, Dec 12 (IANS) Australia seeks to recruit spies who are smart, observant and capable of working abroad for the country’s interest, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Tuesday. The Australian Secret Intelligence Service has…
Srinagar, Dec 12 (IANS) Five soldiers were reported missing after avalanches hit two Army posts on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Tuesday. Two soldiers went missing in Kupwara…
Kabul, Dec 12 (IANS) An American soldier was killed after being injured in a vehicle accident in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, officials said on Tuesday. Two other US soldiers were injured in the Monday accident, Xinhua…
Kabul, Dec 12 (IANS) An American NATO-led Resolute Support (RS) service member died due to he sustained in a vehicle accident in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, the coalition forces announced on Tuesday. “Monday’s incident was not…
Srinagar, Dec 12 (IANS) Three soldiers of the Indian Army went missing on Tuesday after an avalanche hit their post on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district. “Three army jawans…
Tokyo, Dec 12 (IANS) Former US Army soldier Charles Robert Jenkins, who defected to North Korea in the 1960s and later lived in Japan, has died at the age of 77, a media report said…
United Nations, Dec 12 (IANS) The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) has said little is done to protect the children from the perils of the digital world and to increase their access to safe online…