By Vishal Gulati Chandigarh, Aug 24 (IANS) Chandigarh and its nearby Panchkula town were on Thursday turned into fortresses with curfew-like restrictions in place as tens of thousands of followers of Dera Sacha Sauda sect…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 24 (IANS) Odisha Police has asked all district police authorities to take steps for removal of the deadly ‘Blue Whale Challenge’ online game from social media, an official said on Thursday. The direction…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s new policy on Afghanistan, which says that India can play a greater role, was on Thursday hailed by the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF). “President Donald…
Singapore, Aug 24 (IANS) The US Navy on Thursday revealed the identities of the one deceased sailor and nine others still missing after its destroyer USS John S. McCain collided with an oil tanker near…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) India on Thursday reaffirmed its cooperation with Nepal in all areas, including economic and post-earthquake reconstruction, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that the two neighbours were interdependent on each…
Chandigarh, Aug 24 (IANS) As thousands of followers of Dera chief Ram Rahim descended on Panchkula, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday asked the Centre to provide additional forces ahead of the judgment…
Kolkata, Aug 24 (IANS) Calling upon India and China to peacefully resolve the Doklam stand-off, British High Commissioner to India Dominic Asquith on Thursday ruled out any intervention on the part of his country as…
Islamabad, Aug 24 (IANS) Top civil-military leadership in Pakistan on Thursday rejected US allegations that it was harbouring and sheltering terrorists, and asserted that Islamabad would not allow militants to use its soil against any…
Kabul, Aug 24 (IANS) A top US general in Afghanistan on Thursday vowed to annihilate the Islamic State militant group and crush the remains of Al Qaeda after US President Donald Trump announced a new…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) India on Thursday reaffirmed its cooperation with Nepal in all areas, including economic and post-earthquake reconstruction, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that the two neighbours were interdependent on each…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Saying the Modi government was getting into a deeper strategic embrace with the US, the CPI-M has alleged that this will prove to be a serious threat to India’s sovereignty…
Islamabad, Aug 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday met the top military leadership to formulate a response to the new US policy on Afghanistan that includes greater pressure on Islamabad to do…
Washington, Aug 24 (IANS) The White House is set to issue a guidance on President Donald Trump’s ban on transgenders in the military that gives the Pentagon six months to oust “non-deployable” transgender service members,…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Aug 24 (IANS) China on Thursday said India has “slapped its own face” by deciding to build a road near Pangong Lake in Ladakh and it would only worsen the Doklam…
Chandigarh, Aug 24 (IANS) Keeping in view the gravity of the situation, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday asked the Centre to provide additional forces ahead of a judgment by a CBI court…
Singapore, Aug 24 (IANS) The US Pacific Fleet on Thursday ruled out a body found by the Malaysian authorities as being one of the 10 missing sailors of an American destroyer that had collided with…
Panaji, Aug 24 (IANS) The amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor and the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit arrived in Goa for a scheduled port visit on Thursday. The USS Pearl Harbor is a Whidbey…
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that defence cooperation between India and Nepal is important to keep borders of the two countries secure as New Delhi and Kathmandu signed…
Srinagar, Aug 24 (IANS) Protests broke out in Handwara town in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday following accusations that security forces had killed a youth in cold blood. Officials failed to persuade the protesters to…
Washington, Aug 24 (IANS) The White House is set to issue a guidance on President Donald Trump’s ban on transgenders in the military, including instructions to reject transgender applicants, a media report said. According to…