2 militants killed near Srinagar
Srinagar, Oct 24 (IANS) Two militants were killed on Wednesday in a gunfight with the security forces in the outskirts of Srinagar city, police said. Security forces early in the day started searches for hiding…
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Gunfight on near Srinagar
Srinagar, Oct 24 (IANS) A gunfight started on Wednesday between holed up militants and security forces on the outskirts of Srinagar city, police said. Following specific information about militant presence the security forces laid a…
Pakistan arrests 16 Indian fishermen
Islamabad, Oct 24 (IANS) The Pakistani authorities detained 16 Indian fishermen on Tuesday for alleged violation of the country’s maritime boundary, security officials said. The Maritime Security Agency (MSA) said that three boats of the…
I am puzzled by US’ unprovoked moves: Putin
Moscow, Oct 24 (IANS) The President of Russia met on Tuesday with the United States’ national security advisor on the second day of the latter’s visit to Moscow and told him that his government was…
Poonch army camp explosion caused by Pakistan shelling: Official
Jammu, Oct 23 (IANS) The explosion inside an Army camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Tuesday was caused by Pakistani shelling, a Defence Ministry spokesman said. “Today (Tuesday), approximately at 10.30 a.m., in…
Ten injured in stampede at Bengal railway foot overbridge
Kolkata, Oct 23 (IANS) At least 10 people, including two children, sustained severe injuries on Tuesday in a stampede at a railway foot overbridge at Santragachhi station in Howrah, police said. The stampede occurred around…
India, Iran, Afghanistan discuss Chabahar port
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) In the face of fresh sanctions imposed by Washington on Tehran over its nuclear programme, India, Iran and Afghanistan discussed the full operationalisation of the Chabahar port that the three…
Rajnath appeals to Kashmiris not to visit gunfight sites
Srinagar, Oct 23 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday expressed condolences with the families who lost their dear ones in the Kulgam explosion and announced relief of Rs 5 lakh for each bereaved…
3 Maoists arrested in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Oct 23 (IANS) Three Maoists were arrested from two districts of Jharkhand on Tuesday, police said. Two Maoists were arrested in Khuti district and one in Palamau district, said Ashawani Kumar, Superintendent of Police….
7 killed in Iraq car bombing
Baghdad, Oct 23 (IANS) At least seven people were killed and 20 others wounded in a car bomb explosion in Iraq’s Mosul city on Tuesday, the military said. The blast took place in the morning…
India summons Pakistan High Commission official, lodges protest
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) The External Affairs Ministry on Tuesday summoned a senior official of the Pakistan High Commission here and lodged a strong protest over the cross-border infiltration attempt in Jammu and Kashmir…
Mirwaiz Umer defies house arrest, shifted to police station
Srinagar, Oct 23 (IANS) Senior Kashmiri separatist leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq defied house arrest on Tuesday and tried to march towards the Lal Chowk area here. According to the police, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq who was…
US sails warships through Taiwan Strait
Washington, Oct 23 (IANS) Two US Navy warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait in a show of force that comes amid heightened Washington-Beijing tensions. The USS Antietam, a guided missile cruiser, and the USS Curtis…
Army disposes 555 bombs buried underground for past 14 years
Lucknow, Oct 23 (IANS) An Indian Army bomb disposal team has successfully extracted and destroyed 555 unexploded bombs that were buried underground for the past 14 years here, a spokesperson said on Tuesday. The task…
Explosion in Poonch army camp in J&K
Jammu, Oct 23 (IANS) An explosion occurred inside an army camp on Tuesday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district though there has been no casualty, a Defence Ministry spokesman said. The blast occurred in an…
29 Chhattisgarh-bound Tripura troopers injured in accident
Agartala, Oct 23 (IANS) Twenty nine troopers of Tripura State Rifles (TSR) bound for poll-related duties in Chhatisgarh have been injured after their bus fell into a deep gorge, police said here on Tuesday. The…
US-led coalition struck Syrian IS ‘command centres’ inside mosques
Washington, Oct 23 (IANS) The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State (IS) terror group in Syria conducted two strikes against two “command centres” that were operating inside mosques in Abu Kamal district in less than…
US will build up n-arsenal: Trump
Washington, Oct 23 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has warned of bolstering the American nuclear arsenal to put pressure on Russia and China. Moscow has retaliated that it will respond in kind if the US…
France to have memorial for Indians who took part in World War I
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) A memorial dedicated to Indians who fought in World War I would be unveiled in France next month. The national memorial, located at Villers-Guislain, about 200 km from Paris, will…
Saudi Arabia: World’s 3rd largest weapons buyer with US as its top supplier
Copenhagen, Oct 22 (IANS) Saudi Arabia is the world’s third-biggest purchaser of weapons, two-thirds of which are supplied by the US according to an annual arms trade report published Monday by the Stockholm International Peace…