Riyadh, Nov 4 (IANS) A Saudi prince arrested for criticising a crackdown on corruption is reported to have been freed from detention, authorities said on Sunday. Relatives of Prince Khaled bin Talal shared pictures on…
Tripoli, Nov 4 (IANS) Deputy Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya Maria Ribeiro has stressed support of the UN to national and international efforts to establish stability in Libya. Ribeiro made her remarks…
Baghdad, Nov 4 (IANS) Iraqi security forces have began a large-scale security operation to clear areas in western Iraq from the Islamic State (IS) militants, the Iraqi military said. The operation is designed to hunt…
Mumbai, Nov 3 (IANS) A set of twin British-era cannons each weighing 22-tonne, was found in Maharashtra Raj Bhavan, an official said on Saturday. They lay buried under some earth and discovered during a tree…
Guwahati, Nov 3 (IANS) Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will celebrate Diwali with troops in forward areas of Dibang Valley in Arunanchal Pradesh, said a defence official on Saturday. There are military posts separated from the…
Tehran, Nov 3 (IANS) Iran has beaten the US throughout 40 years of confrontation, the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday. Khamenei’s comments came at a meeting with students a day before…
Guwahati, Nov 3 (IANS) Assam continued to be tense on Saturday over the killing of five persons by unidentified gunmen at Tinsukia district even as the 12-hour Assam bandh call by some organisations over the…
Islamabad, Nov 3 (IANS) Pakistan on Saturday summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner J.P. Singh over alleged ceasefire violations by Indian forces across the Line of Control (LoC) in its administered Kashmir, which it said left…
Srinagar, Nov 3 (IANS) Family members of a Kashmiri youth, who has purportedly joined terror outfit Islamic State, on Saturday urged him to abjure violence and return home. Bilal Ahmad, in a video message to…
Sabarimala (Kerala) Nov 3 (IANS) Kerala’s Sabarimala town where the famed Lord Ayyappa shrine is located came under complete police control on Saturday ahead of its day-long opening on November 5, a senior official said….
By Arul Louis United Nations, Nov 3 (IANS) Calling terrorism “the worst form of violation of human rights”, India has decried attempts by some countries to prevent a unified international response to the threat. “Terrorism…
Jammu, Nov 3 (IANS) Curfew continued for the third day in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Saturday which was imposed after the killing of BJP state Secretary Anil Parihar and his brother on Thursday…
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) Indian Navy has inducted a submarine rescue system with a Deep Submergence Rescue Vessel (DSRV) along with associated equipment, it said on Friday. This system has a ‘Side Scan Sonar’…
Bengaluru, Nov 2 (IANS) State-run aerospace major Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) will roll out more Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas from its new production facility at Nashik in Maharashtra, a top official said on Friday….
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) Signalling that women could be inducted as sailors, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba has said that inclusion of women in warships was also being considered in the near…
Moscow, Nov 2 (IANS) Moscow is ready to cooperate with Washington to maintain global stability, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday. “More and more contradictions have accumulated between Russia and the US, two…
Bengaluru, Nov 2 (IANS) State-run aerospace major Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) was “unaware” of the previous Rafale fighter deal being scrapped by the NDA government, a top company official said on Friday. “We were not…
London, Nov 2 (IANS) Two people were stabbed at Sony Music’s headquarters in west London on Friday, the police said. The Metropolitan police said officers with firearms and the London ambulance service were called to…
Jammu, Nov 2 (IANS) Muslim preachers in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Friday urged the community to participate in the cremation of slain Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Anil Parihar and his brother. During…
Patna, Nov 2 (IANS) More than 300 constables went on a rampage here damaging properties and attacking officers after a woman colleague who had been reportedly refused leave died early on Friday, leaving at least…