Srinagar, May 6 (IANS) The management of Jammu and Kashmir Bank on Saturday denied media reports about closure of some of its branches in south Kashmir’s Pulwama and Shopian districts. Reacting to media reports that…
Chandigarh/Shimla, May 6 (IANS) A husband-wife officer couple of Himachal Pradesh who have offered to bear the educational expenses of the school-going daughter of an Indian soldier who was killed and mutilated by the Pakistan…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 6 (IANS) T.P. Senkumar on Saturday took charge as Kerala police chief, a day after he was reinstated as the Director General of Police by the state government. Senkumar was unceremoniously shunted out…
Srinagar, May 6 (IANS) Around two dozen students were injured on Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Handwara town following clashes with security personnel after a Pakistani flag was hoisted on a college building. Students of…
Paris, May 6 (IANS) More than 50,000 security personnel will be deployed for the second and final round of the French presidential election slated to be held on Sunday in order to ensure maximum security,…
Damascus, May 6 (IANS) Syrian government forces bombed several areas in Homs and Hama provinces, which are included in the safe zone agreement that came into force early Saturday, a British war monitor reported. The…
Berlin, May 6 (IANS) Around 50,000 people in Germany’s Hannover city will be evacuated from their homes on Sunday while experts defuse five Second World War bombs, officials said on Saturday. The operation is the…
Ranchi, May 6 (IANS) Several landmines were recovered in a joint operation of the state police and the CRPF in Jharkhand’s Lohardagga district, two days after massive arms and ammunition was ere recovered from the…
Kabul, May 6 (IANS) Taliban militants overran Qala-e-Zal district in northern Afghanistan on Saturday, an official said. The district in Kunduz province collapsed to the group after two days of heavy clashes between the militants…
Islamabad, May 6 (IANS) The firing by Afghan military in Balochistan has ended after the Director Generals of Military Operations (DGMOs) of Pakistan and Afghanistan held talks over hotline, during which Kabul “admitted its mistake”…
New delhi, May 6 (IANS) In a path-breaking step, the Indian Air Force for the first time is opening the NCC special entry route for women cadets of the Air Wing who hold a C…
Moscow, May 6 (IANS) Russia has banned Chinese instant messaging app WeChat, saying its operator failed to register with the appropriate authorities. Vadim Ampelonsky, spokesman of Russian telecommunication watchdog Roskomnadzor, said on Friday: “WeChat did…
Washington, May 6 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s second pick for Army secretary announced that he was withdrawing his name from consideration, the media reported. “It is with deep regret today (Friday) I am withdrawing…
Jammu, May 6 (IANS) The Indian Army has apprehended a minor Pakistani boy in Jammu and Kashmir’s Nowshera sector of the LoC, whom they suspect might have been sent across to probe infiltration routes, an…
Damascus, May 6 (IANS) The de-escalation zones deal, signed by Russia, Iran and Turkey, went into effect in Syria at midnight on Saturday, media reports said. Earlier on Friday, Russian media reports cited Russia’s head…
Bogota, May 6 (IANS) A member of the high command of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) called on dissident members of that guerrilla group to free a UN official they kidnapped two days…
Pyongyang, May 6 (IANS) North Korea condemned the US test launch of an inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM) earlier this week, media reports said. The test-fire of an ICBM on May 3 followed an earlier one…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Indian warships, INS Mumbai and INS Aditya, which are art of the Indian Navy’s overseas deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and Africa’s West Coast, arrived at Egypt’s Alexandria on Friday…
Krishnanagar (West Bengal), May 5 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday expressed her discontent over the law and order situation in Nadia district and instructed police to maintain “strict vigil” to check…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) With Australia seeking a role as an “observer” in the India-US exercise Malabar, US Pacific Fleet commander Scott H. Swift said on Friday that discussions are still on over the…