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…
Riyadh, Aug 10 (IANS) Yemen’s Shia Houthi rebel group said it fired two ballistic missiles against military targets in Saudi border cities on Wednesday, according to the Houthi-controlled Saba news agency. One missile struck an…
Ankara, Aug 10 (IANS) Turkey and Russia have agreed to build a mechanism on Syria which includes officials from the intelligence services, foreign ministries and armed forces, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said here on…
Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir), Aug 10 (IANS) Despite curfew, scores of people in this south Kashmir district on Wednesday rallied in dozens of boats in the Jhelum river, shouting pro-freedom slogans. As a large number…
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution expressing concern over the situation in the Kashmir Valley and said it is necessary to take steps to restore normalcy there….
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday claimed that arrested Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Bahadur Ali was trained by military experts in Pakistan. NIA said Bahadur Ali, who was arrested from…
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) Vietnam appreciates India’s position on the South China Sea dispute following the ruling last month by the Permanent Court of Administration (PCA) in the Hague in favour of the Philippines…
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said the current unrest in the Kashmir Valley was “sponsored” by Pakistan. “Whatever is happening in Kashmir is Pakistan sponsored,” Rajnath said while…
Kabul, Aug 10 (IANS) Hundreds of Taliban militants launched a massive offensive in Afghanistan’s northern province on Wednesday, a local official said. “Hundreds of Taliban militants stormed Dahna-e-Ghori district earlier today and fighting between militants…
Islamabad, Aug 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said Pakistan’s intelligence agencies are working day and night to defeat designs of the country’s enemies. This comes two days after the country’s restive Balochistan…
Islamabad, Aug 10 (IANS) Pakistan on Wednesday issued a terror alert, warning that the Pakistani Taliban was planning to strike on the Wagah border with India around the Independence Day ceremonies of the two neighbours….
Copenhagen, Aug 10 (IANS) A man on Wednesday climbed up on the roof of an asylum centre on the Danish island of Funen and threatened to blow himself up, police said. “The person is on…
Dhaka, Aug 10 (IANS) A special tribunal in Bangladesh on Wednesday sentenced a former lawmaker to death and seven others to life in prison for their crimes committed during the country’s War of Independence in…
By Parminder Singh Bariana Chandigarh/Hoshiarpur, Aug 10 (IANS) In a major swoop ahead of Independence Day, security agencies and the Punjab Police have busted a Khalistani terror module with links to NRIs and Pakistan’s notorious…
Imphal, Aug 10 (IANS) A bomb exploded near the Manipur University in Imphal on Wednesday, hours after a four-year-old girl was injured when insurgents attacked a Border Security Force (BSF) patrol at Maphou village in…
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not speaking in parliament about the month-long deadly unrest in the Kashmir Valley and urged the government…
Beijing, Aug 10 (IANS) Chinese authorities on Wednesday suspended a French-Chinese nuclear waste recycle plant project, following several days of protests led by thousands of inhabitants of the area. The government in Lianyungang city announced…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Aug 10 (IANS) China on Wednesday launched a high-resolution satellite for the protection of its maritime rights as the South China Sea dispute continues to simmer. The Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)…
Bangkok, Aug 10 (IANS) Thai authorities have expressed concern about mobile game Pokemon Go and are working on regulations to prevent possible accidents by fixing playing zones, the media reported on Wednesday. Since its launch…