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…
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) The arrest of a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist in Jammu and Kashmir last month is yet another proof of Pakistan’s continued involvement in cross-border terrorism and infiltration into India, the government…
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) In a strong counter to Islamabad raking up the Kashmir issue with the UN, India on Thursday said that Pakistan has no locus standi on Jammu and Kashmir. The reaction…
Damascus, Aug 11 (IANS) Intense battles raged on Thursday in Syria’s Aleppo city, hours after government troops unleashed pre-emptive strikes on rebel positions in its countryside. Fierce fighting continued between the Syrian army, backed by…
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…
Kiev, Aug 11 (IANS) Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Thursday instructed all military units near Crimea and the eastern Ukrainian Donbass region to be at the highest level of combat readiness. Poroshenko gave the order…
Dhaka, Aug 11 (IANS) Police in Dhaka are preparing an information log on foreign nationals living in the Bangladesh capital, in order to provide more security to foreigners following a string of attacks on them,…
Aizawl, Aug 11 (IANS) The Mizoram government has initiated peace talks with Manipur-based terror outfit Hmar People’s Convention – Democratic to find a solution of the outfit’s demand for an autonomous council. The Manipur based…
London, Aug 11 (IANS) Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will be questioned by Swedish prosecutors inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, a media report said on Thursday. The Ecuadorian attorney general delivered a document agreeing to…
New York, Aug 11 (IANS) A US judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Twitter that accused the micro-blogging site for the rise of the Islamic State (IS) terror group by providing “material support to IS”…
Srinagar, Aug 11 (IANS) Curfew and protest shutdown on Thursday continued to paralyse life in Kashmir for the 34th consecutive day. “Restrictions will continue in Pulwama, Kulgam, Shopian and Anantnag towns today (Thursday),” a senior…
Kiev, Aug 11 (IANS) Ukraine has denied a statement by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) on troops attempting to invade Crimea and plotting terror attacks on the peninsula. “The FSB’s statement does not correspond…
Nay Pyi Taw, Aug 11 (IANS) Myanmar’s House of Representatives (the Lower House) has adopted an anti-corruption proposal where measures will be introduced in accordance with the directives of the government, parliament sources said on…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11 (IANS) Nobody was hurt when a bullet struck one of the stables at the Olympic equestrian center here on Wednesday, a spokesman for the 2016 Rio Games organising committee said….
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) The BJP leadership has asked all its women ministers and Members of Parliament to visit border areas and celebrate Raksha Bandhan on August 18 with soldiers by tying them ‘rakhis’….
Kolkata, Aug 10 (IANS) Over 60 fishermen aboard several fishing trawlers continue to be missing in the Bay of Bengal even as the Coast Guard on Wednesday rescued five boats that went missing a day…
Islamabad, Aug 10 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif told the National Assembly on Wednesday that his government will pursue the fight against terrorism with more vigour, two days after a suicide bomber killed at…
Islamabad, Aug 10 (IANS) In a fallout of the Turkey coup, Pakistan-Turkey (Pak-Turk) International schools have removed Turkish principals of 28 schools and colleges across the country, and the management of the chain also dissolved…
Vijayawada, Aug 10 (IANS) Two Dalit brothers were stripped and thrashed by a group when they were skinning a dead cow in Andhra Prades’s East Godavari district. Police said eight persons were arrested for involvement…
Juba, Aug 10 (IANS) South Sudan on Wednesday accused the UN and US of plotting to put the government under UN trusteeship by revising the mandate of the protection force that was agreed by regional…