Kabul, Oct 2 (IANS) Twelve security personnel were killed after Afghan aircraft mistakenly pounded their positions in Helmand province, a defence official said on Monday. “The airstrike took place in Otrang village of Gereshk district…
Canberra, Oct 2 (IANS) A Sri Lankan refugee who was being detained by Australia in Papua New Guinea was found dead on Monday in a hospital, the media reported. The body was found in the…
Jammu, Oct 2 (IANS) A 10-year-old boy was killed and five other civilians injured on Monday in heavy shelling and firing by the Pakistan Army on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s…
Jammu, Oct 2 (IANS) Indian and Pakistan troops traded heavy fire on Monday on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district. Police sources said heavy shelling and firing started between the…
Washington, Oct 2 (IANS) Three people were killed and two others were wounded in a shooting in downtown Lawrence, US state of Kansas, authorities said on Sunday. Police officers were near the area of 11th…
Beirut, Oct 2 (IANS) Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday of undermining the Iran nuclear deal and igniting a war in the region. “He (Netanyahu) is currently working…
Shillong, Oct 1 (IANS) The IAF’s Eastern Air Command conducted its annual Air Fest here on Sunday leaving the viewers enthralled though adverse weather conditions delayed the flypast. The flypast could not be due to…
Barcelona, Oct 1 (IANS) The disputed independence vote of Spain’s Catalonia province descended into chaos on Sunday as national police fired rubber bullets and used baton on people attempting to vote in Barcelona, the media…
Sanaa, Oct 1 (IANS) A US-made pilotless plane was shot down by a Houthi missile north of Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Sunday morning, Houthi officials and residents said. The plane, seen by a Xinhua photographer…
Damascus, Oct 1 (IANS) At least 3,000 people including 955 civilians were killed in September in the ongoing civil war, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday. Over 70 per cent of the…
Ottawa, Oct 1 (IANS) A policeman in Canada’s Edmonton city was rammed by a motorist who then attacked him with a knife on Saturday night while four pedestrians were hit by a van later in…
Agartala, Oct 1 (IANS) In a display of religious harmony, thousands of Muslims across Tripura took out processions on the occasions of “Ashura”, the tenth day in the Islamic month of Muharram on Sunday while…
Ottawa, Oct 1 (IANS) A motorist in Canada’s Edmonton city rammed into a policeman and then attacked him with a knife on Saturday night while a van driver went on to hit four pedestrians in…
Kolkata, Oct 1 (IANS) Ignoring heavy-to-light rain, thousands of Muslims across West Bengal took out large processions, beat drums and thumped their chests on Sunday to mourn the martyrdom of Prophet Mohammed’s grandson Imam Hussain…
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) The government has approved the sale of 10 per cent stake in Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), a defence Public Sector Undertaking, it was announced here on Sunday. As part of…
Srinagar, Oct 1 (IANS) Nearly 90 commissioned and non-commissioned officers, being trained at the Indian Army’s High Altitude Warfare School (HAWS), have scaled a 17,530-feet peak in Kashmir as part of their preparations for mountain…
Kolkata, Oct 1 (IANS) Elaborate security arrangements were made in Kolakata on Sunday for mourning processions by Shia Muslims on 10th of Muharram, the first month of Islamic calendar, police said. “Nearly 7,000 to 8,000…
By Anjali Ojha Ambala, Oct 1 (IANS) The Indian Air Force airbase here, one of IAF’s oldest, is getting a slew of upgrades, including new hangars, tarmac and simulator for flight training, as it prepares…
Kochi, Oct 1 (IANS) A Navy official died on Sunday after he mysteriously sustained a bullet injury onboard a hydrograhic survey ship anchored in this Kerala coastal city that houses the Southern Naval Command, police…
Kochi, Oct 1 (IANS) Kerala Catholic priest Tom Uzhunnallil, who was rescued last month from an undisclosed location in Yemen, arrived here on Sunday. He was given a rousing welcome by his family, church and…