Shillong, Nov 4 (IANS) A state-of-the-art Joint Training Warfare Centre for conducting joint exercises with foreign armies will be inaugurated at Umroi Cantonment in Meghalaya on November 6, a defence official said on Saturday. The…
Chandigarh, Nov 4 (IANS) The Punjab government has decided to separate the investigation duties of the police from their law and order function in order to further strengthen policing in the state and ensure proper…
Kabul, Nov 4 (IANS) In yet another jolt to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Afghanistan on Saturday imposed a 20-day ban on WhatsApp in the country — nearly a month after China reportedly blocked all the…
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) India is among the top seven countries for ransomware circulation as cyber attacks on not just Windows but on Android, Linux and MacOS systems have significantly increased this year globally,…
Srinagar, Nov 4 (IANS) Two policemen were injured as militants attacked a police party in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday, police said. The militants fired at the police personnel outside the Rajpora police…
Ahmedabad, Nov 4 (IANS) Crime Branch officials here on early Saturday arrested Ajmeri Abdul Rashid, one of the accused in the 2002 Gandhinagar Akshardham Temple terror attack case, from near the airport. Rashid, one of…
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) India is among the top seven countries for ransomware circulation as cyber attacks on Windows, Android, Linux and MacOS systems have increased this year globally, a new report has said….
Gonikoppal (Karnataka), Nov 4 (IANS) Chief of Army Staff General Bipin Rawat on Saturday here said it was time to recommend Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa’s name for the highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna. “Time has…
London, Nov 4 (IANS) Already under lens for its role in Russia’s meddling into the 2016 US eelction, Facebook has admitted that up to 270 million accounts on the platform are either fake or duplicate….
Washington, Nov 4 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s administration has released a new batch of documents about President John F. Kennedy’s assassination that included a secret FBI analysis which portrayed civil rights leader Martin Luther…
United Nations, Nov 4 (IANS) The UN received 31 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse within its system in the third quarter of the year, spokesman Stephane Dujarric said. Not all of the allegations have…
Tripoli, Nov 4 (IANS) A Libyan lawmaker and a number of his escorts were released after being kidnapped in Tripoli by an armed group, a Parliament member revealed. Abdassalam Al-Morabit and his escorts were kidnapped…
Beirut, Nov 4 (IANS) Ali Akbar Velayati, the top adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has said that Tehran will “protect Lebanon’s stability and government”. He added that Iran supports Lebanon’s independence. Velayati…
Tbilisi, Nov 4 (IANS) Four NATO ships made a port call in Batumi on Georgia’s Black Sea coast, the Interior Ministry said. The maritime group, which includes the Romanian frigate Regele Ferdinand, Bulgarian BGC Shkval…
Washington, Nov 4 (IANS) Security measures have been taken in response to a brief shutdown of US President Donald Trump’s personal account, social media giant Twitter said. “We have implemented safeguards to prevent this from…
Washington, Nov 4 (IANS) The US forces conducted two separate airstrikes against the Islamic State in northeastern Somalia, killing several terrorists, the Pentagon said. The first strike occurred at approximately midnight local Somalia time with…
Washington, Nov 4 (IANS) US Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, charged with desertion in Afghanistan, dodged a prison sentence after a special military court sentenced him to demotion and a dishonorable discharge, a media report said….
Tripoli, Nov 4 (IANS) Unknown gunmen kidnapped four foreign workers, including three Turks and one German, in southern Libya, a media report said. They worked in a power plant in the southern Libyan city of…
Baghdad/Erbil, Nov 4 (IANS) Iraqi armed forces have re-captured the district of al-Qaim on the border with Syria, driving out the Islamic State, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said. Haider al-Abadi congratulated the army on Friday…
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) There has been a 21 per cent reduction in violent Maoist incidents across the country this year compared to the corresponding period in 2016, it was announced at an high-level…