New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) The Indian Air Force on Monday inducted its frontline Su-30 MKI fighter aircraft into the 221 Squadron, ‘Valiants’, at its base in Punjab, enhancing the IAF’s capabilities, an official release…
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) India and France on Monday began their week-long bilateral naval exercise Varuna in France’s Toulon port, a navy statement said. The Indian contingent comprises Indian Naval Ships Mumbai, Trishul and…
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday fixed a timeline for recruitment of police personnel including Sub-Inspectors, head constables and the constables in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Karnataka and Tamil…
Kabul, April 24 (IANS) Five persons were killed and eight injured in a suicide car bombing, claimed by Taliban militants, near a US-operated military base in Afghanistans Khost city on Monday, police said. “The bomber…
Damascus, April 24 (IANS) At least seven civilians, including one child, were killed in a bombing by unidentified military warplanes on a market in the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun in the north, said a…
Chandigarh, April 24 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has given the go-ahead for setting up an Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) to break the nexus flourishing between militants and gangsters in the state’s prisons, an official…
Kabul, April 24 (IANS) US Secretary of Defence James Mattis arrived in Kabul on an unannounced visit on Monday where he slammed Taliban militants and called them “barbaric enemy”. Mattis visited the headquarters of Operation…
By Vishav New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) In a radical departure, the new 15-year long-term vision being worked out by the NITI Aayog would also include defence and internal security within its ambit, V.K. Saraswat,…
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi intended to hold talks in a “conducive atmosphere” with all stakeholders to bring order to the…
Srinagar, April 24 (IANS) At least 15 policemen, including three senior officers, were injured here on Monday in clashes between protesting students and security forces. Students of S.P. College, S.P. Higher Secondary School and Government…
Athens, April 24 (IANS) At least six persons died when a boat carrying refugees from Turkey to Greece capsized off Lesvos island, the Greek Coast Guard said on Monday. A pregnant woman was rescued by…
Manila, April 24 (IANS) The Philippine and the US militaries are set to hold their annual joint exercises in May, the US embassy in Manila said on Monday. According to a statement, Balikatan or Shoulder-to-Shoulder…
Raipur, April 24 (IANS) Eleven CRPF troopers were killed and seven others injured when Maoists ambushed a road-opening party in Chattisgarh’s Sukma district on Monday, an official said. The personnel of the Central Reserve Police…
Dubai, April 24 (IANS) Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al-Baker said here on Monday that American Airlines, Delta and the United Airlines were not representing the American people, but only themselves. Al-Baker made the remarks on…
Raipur, April 24 (IANS) At least 11 CRPF troopers were killed and seven others injured when Maoists ambushed them in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Monday, an official said. The attack on the Central Reserve Police…
Kabul, April 24 (IANS) A suicide car bombing near an airport rocked eastern city of Khost in Afghanistan on Monday, a source said. “A suicide car bombing struck near the old airport in Khost. We…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, April 24 (IANS) India should focus more on its economy rather than building its aircraft carriers to check China’s increasing presence in the Indian Ocean, an influential daily said on Monday….
Beijing/Tokyo, April 24 (IANS) US President Donald Trump spoke to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday where he discussed North Korea with the two Asian leaders amid heightened…
Seoul, April 24 (IANS) The Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday urged the Chinese government not to repatriate eight North Korean defectors, who would face “a real risk of torture, incarceration in forced labour camps…
Pyongyang, April 24 (IANS) A US citizen, teaching at the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST) and detained here on Saturday, has been identified as Kim Sang-duk, also known as Tony Kim, a media…