Islamabad, Aug 12 (IANS) The Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis has said that Islamabad could not ask the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to intervene in the matter of Pakistani workers stranded in Saudi Arabia. “Pakistan is…
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF) does not fly any aircraft that has completed its prescribed age, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar told the Lok Sabha on Friday. “The IAF inventory is…
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) In the last 24 months, there has been no loss of life in any aircrash involving Indian Air Force (IAF) planes — barring the unfortunate accident with An-32, the government…
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) Emphasising that investigation plays an important role in ensuring justice to the victim, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said that police stations must be modernised as the initial investigation…
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) BJP’s Rajya Sabha member Shwait Malik on Friday raised the issue of what he said were “security lapses” at Wagah-Attari Joint Check Post (JCP) on the India-Pakistan border, and claimed…
Kabul, Aug 12 (IANS) At Least four civilians were killed on Friday in a roadside bombing in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, an official said. “One vehicle touched off an improvised explosive device along a road in…
Islamabad, Aug 12 (IANS) Private hospitals in Peshawar city of Pakistan have begun to lay off employees due to a decrease in number of Afghan patients following the implementation of border management measures, senior doctors…
Jammu, Aug 12 (IANS) Troops and police on Friday launched a search operation in Kunjwani area of Jammu city after receiving information about “suspicious movement” in the Jammu and Kashmir winter capital. Army spokesperson Lt…
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) Emphasising that investigation plays an important role in ensuring justice to the victim, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said that police stations must be modernised as the initial investigation…
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) The government is not considering making the National Cadet Corps (NCC) training compulsory in schools and colleges, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar told the Lok Sabha on Friday. “We can increase…
Mumbai: Actor Shahrukh Khan during the launch of fashion designer and BJP leader Shaina NC’s book Movers & Makers a tribute to Make in India in Mumbai on April 27, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, Aug…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 12 (IANS) Members of Brazil’s elite FNS police force, deployed here to provide additional security for the 2016 Olympic Games, surrounded a pair of Rio shantytowns after one of their comrades…
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Delhi Police on Thursday prohibited the movement of sub-conventional aerial platforms like paragliders and microlights in the national capital from August 12 to October 10. The order, under Section 144…
Islamabad, Aug 11 (IANS) In an apparent reference to India, Pakistan on Thursday said involvement of “foreign elements” can not be ruled out in the deadly suicide bombing in Quetta this week in which 74…
Ankara, Aug 11 (IANS/AKI) Turkish warplanes will “actively participate” in bombing raids against the Islamic State jihadist group in Syria, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday. “We have to fight against Daesh altogether,” Cavusoglu…
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has asked the External Affairs Ministry to provide consular access to arrested Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Bahadur Ali, an official said on Thursday. This comes following Ali’s…
Islamabad, Aug 11 (IANS) Pakistan on Thursday expressed its concerns over continuing violence in Jammu and Kashmir and urged the international community to check the “brutalities” in the Valley. Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakariya…
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) A two-day national conference of investigators from all security agencies of central and state governments will be held in the national capital to discuss common problems and improve coordination among…
Islamabad, Aug 11 (IANS) At least four militants were killed in a shootout with paramilitary troops in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi on Thursday, local media reported. Dawn News said the militants were planning to…
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) The government on Thursday said that it has asked the Pakistan government to release an Indian national, Hamid Nehal Ansari, who is lodged in a Pakistani jail where he was…