Yangon, Sep 2 (IANS) More than 2,600 houses have been burned down over the past week in the Rohingya-majority areas of the country’s northwest, the Myanmar government said on Saturday, in one of the deadliest…
Baghdad, Sep 2 (IANS) At least eight persons were killed in a suicide attack on a government power station in northern Iraq on Saturday, a security official said. The attack occurred in the morning when…
By Gaurav Sharma Xiamen (China), Sep 2 (IANS) The three-day BRICS summit is set to begin on Sunday in China’s southwestern city of Xiamen where India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping…
Chennai, Sep 2 (IANS) Political parties and student organisations in Tamil Nadu held protests and shouted slogans against the state and central governments on Saturday following the suicide of 17-year-old Dalit student S. Anitha, who…
San Francisco, Sep 2 (IANS) Black smoke was seen billowing out of a chimney at the Russian consulate in San Francisco, just hours ahead of its closure, the media reported. A Russian official told CNN…
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) The CBI on Friday filed a chargesheet in Rs 3,726 crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper case against former Indian Air Force chief S.P. Tyagi and eight others. The agency submitted the…
Jammu, Sep 1 (IANS) A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper was killed on Friday in a ceasefire violation by Pakistan troops on the line of control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, police sources said….
Jammu, Sep 1 (IANS) An FIR was lodged against two army officers in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district on Friday for interfering with an accident investigation, police said. Police said two passengers of a cab…
Srinagar, Sep 1 (IANS) A policeman was killed and seven others injured as militants attacked a police vehicle in the city’s outskirts on Friday, police said. Militants ambushed a vehicle of the state armed police…
Ahmedabad, Sep 1 (IANS) The Indian Coast Guard on Friday said it rescued eight Indian fishermen who were stranded off the Gujarat coast for three days due to bad weather. Their fishing boat Mayur Sagar…
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) The controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) has been extended in Assam for the next six months, a Home Ministry official said on Friday. “The state government has for…
Darjeeling, Sep 1 (IANS) A Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) activist was allegedly killed in police firing while at least nine party leaders were arrested by the police during a raid in south Sikkim’s Namchi on…
Colombo, Sep 1 (IANS) Sri Lanka has played down India’s concerns regarding Hambantota port, with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe saying Colombo won’t enter into a military alliance with any country or make its bases available…
Washington, Sep 1 (IANS) Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi may be still alive and hiding in the border area between Syria and Iraq, a senior US general has said, contradicting a claim by Russia…
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) The CBI on Friday filed a chargesheet in Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper case against former Indian Air Force chief S.P. Tyagi and nine others. The agency submitted the…
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Swedish aerospace major Saab and Indian infrastructure conglomerate Adani Group on Friday announced collaboration in the aerospace and defence sector, eyeing to produce the Gripen fighter jets in India under…
Bengaluru, Sep 1 (IANS) Indian organisations rank quite low in cyber-security preparedness, with online fintech startups being the worst performer among them, a report said on Friday. According to a report by Bengaluru-based cyber-security startup…
Jammu, Sep 1 (IANS) Thirteen soldiers were injured on Friday when an Army vehicle plunged into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, police said. The vehicle went out of the driver’s control…
London, Sep 1 (IANS) Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) on Friday started accepting applications from women to join the RAF Regiment — its ground-fighting force, the media reported. The Royal Air Force has become the…
Manila, Sep 1 (IANS) At least 801 people have been killed in the last 102 days in the Philippine city of Marawi as the army continues with its efforts to clear it of Islamic State-backed…