Lucknow, Oct 20 (IANS) A major section of the 302 km Agra-Lucknow Expressway, which cuts down travel time considerably between the city of the Taj and the state capital, will be closed for vehicular traffic…
Agartala, Oct 20 (IANS) An officiating Commandant of the Border Security Force (BSF), who was seriously injured in an attack by cattle smugglers in Tripura on Sunday night, succumbed to his injuries on Friday at…
Patna, Oct 20 (IANS) One person was killed and two injured as police opened fire on a group of people protesting the killing of a local shopkeeper in Bihar’s Samastipur district, an official said on…
By Bertil Lintner (Editor’s Note: For far too long, Neville Maxwell’s narrative on the 1962 war — which sees India as the aggressor and China as the victim — has held court. Nearly 50 years…
Geneva, Oct 20 (IANS) Nearly fifty-eight per cent of the about 600,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are children who suffer from severe malnutrition, a UN report released said. The UN Children’s Fund (Unicef) report also…
Aden, Yemen, Oct 20 (IANS) At least five militants of the Yemen-based Al Qaeda branch were killed when a US drone strike hit their vehicle in the country’s central province of al-Bayda on Thursday, a…
Islamabad, Oct 20 (IANS) A Pakistani Taliban group on Thursday confirmed that its leader Omar Khalid Khorasani has been killed in a recent US drone strike on the Afghan side of the border. Asad Mansoor,…
New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) The India-Russia annual joint military exercises called INDRA is set to begin on Friday, officials said on Thursday. This year, all three services are involved in the 10-day exercises being…
New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday conveyed Diwali greetings to the crew of Indian Naval Sailing Vessel (INSV) Tarini, currently on a mission to circumnavigate the globe. Modi also communicated…
Gurez (Jammu and Kashmir), Oct 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday celebrated Diwali with soldiers in this idyllic valley of Jammu and Kashmir, telling them how he gets engergised by spending time with…
Srinagar, Oct 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday celebrated Diwali with soldiers deployed along the Line of Control (LoC) that divides Jammu and Kashmir between India and Pakistan. Official sources said Modi reached…
Kabul, Oct 19 (IANS) At least 43 soldiers were killed and another nine wounded on Thursday in a coordinated attack by the Taliban on a military base in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province. A suicide bomber detonated…
Srinagar, Oct 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday arrived in the border town of Gurez to celebrate Diwali with the soldiers protecting the country’s borders. Official reports said in summer capital Srinagar that…
By Bertil Lintner (Editor’s Note: For far too long, Neville Maxwell’s narrative on the 1962 war — which sees India as the aggressor and China as the victim — has held court. Nearly 50 years…
Chandigarh, Oct 19 (IANS) Border Security Force (BSF) troopers celebrated Diwali on Thursday along the border out posts of Punjab’s international border with Pakistan. Reports of celebrations were reported in border areas of Amritsar, Gurdaspur,…
Islamabad, Oct 19 (IANS) A senior Pakistani Taliban leader Omar Khalid Khorasani is presumed dead in recent air strikes on the Afghan side of the border, local media and the militant sources said late on…
Kabul, Oct 19 (IANS) The Afghan police arrested five officers in connection with the recent Taliban attack on a police centre in Paktia province in eastern Afghanistan, an official told EFE on Wednesday. In the…
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday raised several questions with regard to recent reports of China getting engaged in construction activity in the Doklam area. He was taking part…
Srinagar, Oct 18 (IANS) Army chief General Bipin Rawat arrived in Srinagar on Wednesday to review the security situation in the Kashmir valley, an official said. The Army chief was received by Northern Army Commander…
Washington, Oct 18 (IANS) Ahead of his India visit, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Wednesday that the US expects Pakistan to take decisive action against terrorist groups, and warned that countries that…