Tehran, Sep 25 (IANS) Iran blocked all flights to and from Iraq’s Kurdistan on Sunday and launched a large-scale military drills near Iraq’s Kurdistan borders. Closing off the borders by Tehran came at the request…
Rome, Sep 25 (IANS) A military plane of the Italian Air Force crashed while taking part in an air show in central Italy on Sunday, killing the pilot on board. The Eurofighter jet was flying…
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) The Congress on Sunday slammed the Narendra Modi government over the visit of absconding don Dawood Ibrahim’s wife to Mumbai last year, terming it a “failure of intelligence” and a…
Srinagar, Sep 24 (IANS) A major terror attack was averted after three Pakistani ‘fidayeen’ were shot dead in a gunfight in a forested area near the border town of Uri in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla…
Ranchi, Sep 24 (IANS) Three Maoist guerrillas were killed in a gun battle with security forces in Jharkhand’s Simdega district on Sunday, police said. An AK-47 assault rifle, a carbine and a machine gun along…
Islamabad, Sep 24 (IANS) Security forces killed three terrorists on Sunday in a clash in northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, the Pakistan Army said. The clash started after the terrorists riding motorcycles refused to stop at a…
Erbil (Iraq), Sep 24 (IANS) The US on Sunday warned its citizens resident in Iraq about possible unrest in the Arab country resulting from an independence referendum scheduled to take place in the autonomous region…
Dhaka, Sep 24 (IANS) At least 470,000 Rohingyas are in need of shelter in refugee camps in Bangladesh, the UN office in the south Asian country said on Sunday. According to a report by the…
Jerusalem, Sep 24 (IANS) Israel denounced Iran’s testing of a medium-range missile as a “provocation” to the US and its allies, Israeli Army Radio reported on Sunday. In defiance of US warnings, Iran on Saturday…
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said Lt. Nidhi Dubey and Lt. Swati Mahadik were two “extraordinary brave” women officers who evoked a new inspiration among millions of our countrymen….
Jammu, Sep 24 (IANS) Two Indian soldiers were injured on Sunday in Pakistani firing on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district. A Defence Ministry source said here that the Pakistan…
Srinagar, Sep 24 (IANS) An alert Special Police Officer (SPO) on Sunday threw back a grenade hurled by militants from inside a security force vehicle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Sopore town, averting casualties to over…
Indore, Sep 24 (IANS) Adequate security arrangements have been made at the Holkar Stadium here ahead of the third One Day International match between India and Australia on Sunday, a senior police official said. All…
Srinagar, Sep 24 (IANS) A militant was killed on Sunday in an ongoing gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir’s border town of Uri, police said. The security forces launched an operation after receiving specific inputs about…
Washington, Sep 24 (IANS) The US military, in a show of force, flew bombers in international airspace over waters east of North Korea, the Pentagon announced. The Pentagon said Saturday that B-1B Lancer bombers from…
Toronto, Sep 24 (IANS) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau along with US First Lady Melania Trump and UK’s Prince Harry inaugurated the Invictus Games for military veterans with disabilities or injuries here. The eight-day event,…
Kolkata, Sep 23 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Saturday that her government would thwart any plans to create division among the people during the upcoming religious festivals. “Our government would not…
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) India-US defence cooperation is set to get a boost when US Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis visits India next week during which he will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and…
United Nations, Sep 23 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday launched a stinging attack at the UN against Pakistan, saying India had grown as an IT superpower while Pakistan has emerged as a…
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) India on Saturday despatched around 1,000 tonnes of relief material, which can cater for around 62,000 families, for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, an official statement said. The material was loaded…