Rio de Janeiro, July 25 (IANS) An emergency task force of more than 500 workers has been contracted to fix problems at the Rio 2016 Olympic village, organisers said. The announcement came on Sunday after…
Baghdad, July 25 (IANS) At least 12 people were killed and 25 injured on Monday in a suicide car bomb attack in Iraq’s Diyala province, officials said. “The latest report said 12 people, including three…
Chennai/New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Search for the AN-32 Indian Air Force plane that went missing over the Bay of Bengal continued for the fourth day on Monday, with no trace of it being found….
Kabul, July 25 (IANS) The Afghan civilian casualties have increased in first six months of the year in comparison with the same period in 2015, a UN Mission said on Monday. “Between January and June…
Sydney, July 25 (IANS) Australia will continue detaining those convicted of terror-related offences as part of a raft of new counter-terrorism laws, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Monday. “The measures we are announcing…
Jammu, July 25 (IANS) A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper on Sunday stabbed a colleague and escaped with the latter’s light machine gun (LMG) on the border in Jammu and Kashmir. Trooper Rajeev Rajan, a…
Agartala/Guwahati, July 25 (IANS) The Union Home Ministry has alerted all the eight northeastern states to maintain a maximum vigil to deal with any threat of jihadi activities in the region, a top official said…
Srinagar, July 25 (IANS) Authorities on Monday imposed curfew in four south Kashmir districts to prevent a separatists called protest march. Police said strict curfew will remain in Anantnag, Kulgam, Shopian and Pulwama districts while…
Srinagar, July 25 (IANS) The “Karvan-e-Aman” peace bus service between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad in Pakistan will resume on Monday after a two weeks suspension, officials said. “After remaining suspended for two weeks, the Karvan-e-Aman bus…
Munich, July 25 (IANS) A failed asylum seeker from Syria killed himself and injured 12 others after setting off a bomb near an open-air music festival in the German city of Ansbach, officials said early…
Chennai/New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) An Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft which disappeared on Friday with 29 people on board remained missing on Sunday despite an intensive search and rescue operation, codenamed ‘Operation Talash”, and…
Chennai/New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) An Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft which disappeared on Friday with 29 people on board remained missing on Sunday despite an intensive search and rescue operation, codenamed ‘Operation Talash”, even…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) The government on Sunday assured the families of service personnel who were aboard the missing AN-32 aircraft that it stands by them in this difficult hour. The assurance came as…
Munich (Germany), July 24 (IANS) The German-Iranian teenager who shot dead nine people in Munich on Friday started planning the attack one year ago, a German official said on Sunday. David Ali Sonboly, 18, began…
Tehran, July 24 (IANS) Iran’s Foreign Ministry has condemned the recent suicide bomb attack in the Afghan capital of Kabul, urging a collective campaign against terrorism, Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday. The attack is…
Srinagar, July 24 (IANS) Separatist leaders in Kashmir have called for a protest march on Monday to Anantnag in the worst hit south Kashmir region in the recent unrest, throwing a security challenge to the…
By Sarwar Kashani Srinagar, July 24 (IANS) Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday urged Kashmiri youths to end their protests and ordered security forces to avoid pellet guns to bring peace in the Kashmir Valley….
Chennai/New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) An Indian Air Force (IAF) which disappeared on Friday with 29 people on board remained missing on Sunday, with the navy saying it has sought satellite imagery of the area….
Srinagar, July 24 (IANS) Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday appealed for peace and said the government can talk to anybody to bring normalcy in the Kashmir Valley but flayed Pakistan for stoking trouble in…
Srinagar, July 24 (IANS) Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday appealed for peace in Jammu and Kashmir and also asked Pakistan not to interfere in Kashmir’s affairs. “I appeal to people to restore peace and…