Five accused in SSB camp attack arrested
Jammu, Oct 8 (IANS) Five accused in the terror attack on the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district last month have been arrested, police said on Sunday. The five include…
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Soldier shoots himself dead in J&K
Srinagar, Oct 8 (IANS) A soldier shot himself dead with his service rifle on Sunday in Jaamu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, police said. The soldier, who killed himself in Pahalgam area, has been identified as…
Bangladesh was alert against Myanmar’s provocations: Hasina
Dhaka, Oct 8 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her government was very cautious and did not respond to any provocations by Myanmar, thereby defusing tensions between the two neighbours in the wake…
Prepared to fight at any time: IAF chief
Ghaziabad, Oct 8 (IANS) Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal B. S. Dhanoa, on Sunday said the Indian Air Force (IAF) is prepared to fight at any time. “Notwithstanding the pace of ongoing…
Modi, Kovind hail air warriors on Air Force Day
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed the air warriors and extended greetings on the occasion of 85th Air Force Day. “On Air Force Day,…
Car hits crowd near London museum, many injured
London, Oct 7 (IANS) A car mounted the pavement and ploughed into pedestrians near the Natural History Museum in London on Saturday, the police said. The Metropolitan Police said a “number” of people had been…
CRPF officer injured in J&K militant attack
Srinagar, Oct 7 (IANS) A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officer was injured in a militant attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday evening, police said. Police said militants fired at a CRPF…
Police can’t be ‘brute’ in 21st century, will have to be ‘civilised’: Rajnath
Merrut, Oct 7 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday that police cannot be a “brute force” in 21st century and it will have to work like a “civilised force”. The Home Minister…
Russian opposition groups protest on Putin’s 65th birthday
Moscow, Oct 7 (IANS) Supporters of Russian anti-corruption opposition figurehead currently serving a 20-day jail sentence pushed ahead with nationwide protests on Saturday, coinciding with President Vladimir Putin’s 65th birthday. Alexei Navalny, a prominent critic…
Haryana reinstates police officer suspended after Dera violence
Chandigarh, Oct 7 (IANS) The Haryana government on Saturday announced re-instatement of IPS officer Ashok Kumar, suspended on August 26 for a “grave mistake” related to thousands of Dera Sacha Sauda sect followers assembling in…
Government to invest Rs 15,000 cr in ‘strategically important; A&N Islands
Port Blair, Oct 7 (IANS) Acknowledging the strategic importance of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the central government plans to invest Rs 15,000 crore for various developmental projects here, it was announced on Saturday. Road…
Superbikers give ‘rev salute’ to BSF
Amritsar, Oct 7 (IANS) A group of 15 bikers rode from the national capital to the Attari-Wagah border in Punjab to give a ‘rev’ salute to the Border Security Force (BSF) guards. The bikers from…
Pakistan’s ties with terror: Can Trump cut the Gordian knot?
By C. Uday Bhaskar Almost 16 years to the day since the US embarked upon its war on terrorism against the Afghan Taliban on October 7, 2001, as reprisal for the enormity of the 9/11…
Over half million Rohingya fled Myanmar, 2,000 per day, says UN
Dhaka, Oct 7 (IANS/AKI) Some 2,000 Rohingya refugees a day continue to stream across the border to Bangladesh, bringing the total number people who have fled there from violence in Myanar since late August to…
Patrols in Doklam for protecting territory: China
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Oct 7 (IANS) Amidst media reports that it has stepped up the presence of troops and widening the road in Doklam area, China on Friday said it has the right to…
Indian naval ship thwarts piracy attempt on Indian merchant vessel
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Indian Naval Ship Trishul on Friday thwarted a piracy attempt on an Indian merchant vessel in the Gulf of Aden, Indian Navy said. All 26 Indian crew on board the…
NCW probe indicts former Vice Chancellor for violence at BHU
Varanasi, Oct 6 (IANS) The National Commission for Women (NCW) team probing the violence in Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in September, on Friday indicted the former Vice Chancellor for the incident. Acting Chairperson of NCW…
Arunachal Governor, CM condole deaths in IAF chopper crash
Itanagar, Oct 6 (IANS) Arunachal Pradesh Governor Brigadier B.D. Mishra (retd) and Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Friday condoled the death of seven people in an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter Mi-17 V5 crash in…
Status quo continues in Doklam, says India on new Chinese activity
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) India on Friday said there are “no new developments” at the face-off site and its vicinity in Doklam along the India-China border and status quo continues, after reports that China…
India, EU agree to combat terror, talk on free trade
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) India and the European Union on Friday agreed to cooperate in the fight against terrorism while deciding to resume talks on a free trade agreement. At the 14th India-EU Summit…