Dehradun, Nov 15 (IANS) The Uttarakhand government will raise special police units in the state’s 13 districts to deal exclusively with crime against women. A decision to this effect was taken at a Cabinet meeting…
Islamabad, Nov 15 (IANS) Pakistan on Wednesday summoned India’s Deputy High Commissioner J.P. Singh over alleged ceasefire violations by Indian forces along the Line of Control in which a woman was reportedly killed. Director General…
Imphal, Nov 15 (IANS) Two troopers of Assam Rifles were critically wounded and an unidentified insurgent was killed in a gun battle in Manipur’s Chandel district on Wednesday, police sources said. The troopers recovered an…
Washington, Nov 15 (IANS) The US House of Representatives has passed a defence policy bill of nearly $692 billion for the 2018 fiscal year, the media reported. The House on Tuesday voted 356-70 to approve…
Nay Pyi Taw, Nov 15 (IANS) A human rights group on Wednesday reported “mounting evidence” of “genocide” against the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. Fortify Rights documented “widespread and systematic attacks on Rohingya…
Imphal, Nov 15 (IANS) Two troopers of the 4 Assam Rifles and another man were killed in a gun-battle between security forces and insurgents in Manipur’s Chandel district on Wednesday. Intelligence sources told IANS that…
Ghaziabad, Nov 15 (IANS) A man was shot at and wounded by security personnel at the Hindon airbase in Uttar Pradesh around midnight when he tried to slip into the high-security zone, police said on…
Harare, Nov 15 (IANS) The Zimbabwe Army on Wednesday took control of the state broadcaster here, denying reports of a coup and insisted the action was taken to “target criminals” and not against President Robert…
Ghaziabad, Nov 15 (IANS) A man was shot at after he tried to enter the Indian Air Force (IAF) base in Hindon here by scaling the wall of the airbase, informed sources said on Wednesday….
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) Speaking of an “increasing pressure” on the global rules-based order, Australian envoy Harinder Sidhu on Tuesday criticised China’s actions in the south China sea, saying they have been “confronting the…
Jaipur, Nov 14 (IANS) Activists of a caste-based organisation Karni Sena on Tuesday vandalised a theatre in Kota in Rajasthan after reports that it was showing a trailer of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s upcoming movie ‘Padmavati’….
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre will represent India at the UN Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial Conference being held in Vancouver, Canada, said an official on Tuesday. Bhamre is scheduled…
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) The Delhi government has floated a tender for installing nearly 1.5 lakh closed-circuit TV sets across the city, Public Works Department Minister Satyendar Jain said on Tuesday. The Minister said…
Panaji, Nov 14 (IANS) Being a Defence Minister is “a thankless job”, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Tuesday and added that executing the “surgical strike” across the LoC was one of the highlights…
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Delhi government to consider stringent punishment for the crime of snatching of chains and other valuables in the national capital. The court…
Bengaluru, Nov 14 (IANS) Southern Air Command Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Air Marshal R.K.S. Bhadauria on Tuesday flew the indigenous multi-role fighter jet Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas. “Air Marshal Bhadauria flew Tejas for 30 minutes…
Srinagar, Nov 14 (IANS) A soldier and a militant were killed and two security personnel injured on Tuesday in a gunfight between security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Police said a…
Manila, Nov 14 (IANS) Backing a rules-based regional security architecture, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday favoured India and the Asean grouping coming together for a joint fight against terrorism and violent extremism. He also…
Imphal, Nov 14 (IANS) The bodies of two troopers of Assam Rifles killed in a bomb attack in Manipur were flown to their respective states on Tuesday, officials said. Chief minister N. Biren Singh and…
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) The Indian Coast Guard on Tuesday shot down reports that they fired rubber bullets at fishermen off Rameswaram, and said the boat “Jehovah Jireh” was involved in illegal trawling in…