Kabul, June 25 (IANS) At least 44 people were killed as clashes flared up between security forces and militants in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar and Badakhshan provinces, officials said. At least 30 Islamic State (IS) militants and…
Srinagar, June 25 (IANS) Clashes broke out on Saturday between the security forces and protesters in Srinagar when a protest march led by Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik was taken…
New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday directed authorities concerned to speed up development work in the Left Wing Extremism (LWE), or Maoist, affected areas of various states, an official…
Islamabad, June 24 (IANS) A Pakistani anti-terrorism court (ATC) here on Friday sentenced a Chinese national to nine years imprisonment for trying to smuggle weapons from Pakistan to China. The court also banned him from…
Kolkata, June 24 (IANS) The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has arrested four members of a Panama-based vessel for using a banned communication set that was used by terrorists in the Mumbai terror attack, an official…
Srinagar, June 24 (IANS) Eighteen policemen including two officers were injured Friday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara town after an irate mob attacked a police post with stones. “Eighteen policemen including the station house officer…
Imphal, June 24 (IANS) Home Minister Rajnath Singh has sought a report on how two former insurgents sheltered in a Manipur Rifles camp were shot dead. The killers escaped after the audacious Tuesday evening attack….
Agartala, June 24 (IANS) International borders of the northeastern states would either be fenced or sealed to check trans-border movement of militants and prevent infiltration and cross-border crimes, a top Union Home Ministry official said…
Brussels, June 24 (IANS) Britain would retain its position in Nato despite the change in the EU’s political landscape, said its secretary general on Friday after Britons voted to withdraw from the European Union. “The…
Jammu, June 24 (IANS) Lt General D.S. Hooda on Friday felicitated an army-trained team of boys and girls from Jammu and Kashmir that scaled the Himalayan ‘Friendship Peak’ at 17,340 feet. Defence Ministry sources told…
Kathmandu, June 24 (IANS) After a blast in Kabul that left 12 Nepalis and two Indian security guards dead and Nepal announced it would bring back migrants wanting to leave Afghanistan, the blast survivors have…
Kabul, June 24 (IANS) At least 14 Taliban militants were killed and five injured in clashes that erupted between Tehreek-e-Taliban and Afghan Taliban in Afghanistan’s Kunar province, officials said on Friday. Clashes erupted between both…
London, June 24 (IANS) A British Muslim extremist was sentenced for life in prison after plotting a ‘Lee Rigby’ style beheading on Remembrance day. Nadir Syed, 23, who was sentenced on Thursday, will serve a…
Ranchi, June 24 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas torched at least six vehicles and blasted a forest office in Jharkhand’s Seraikela-Kharsawa district early on Friday, police said. According to the police, 10-15 militants raided Harangada village and…
Srinagar, June 24 (IANS) Security forces on Friday defused an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by terrorists under a highway flyover here, averting a major tragedy. “A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) patrol detected an…
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By Gaurav Sharma Seoul, June 24 (IANS) China on Friday continued to oppose India’s entry to the Nuclear Suppliers Group, saying the global non-proliferation order would collapse if New Delhi was allowed exception. “If exceptions…
Srinagar, June 23 (IANS) Six unidentified militants were gunned down by troops in two separate gun battles in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Thursday, a defence spokesman said. Troops of counter-insurgency Rashtriya Rifles (RR)…
Tashkent, June 23 (IANS) India and Uzbekistan on Thursday took note of their growing defence cooperation and called for enhanced security ties as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks with Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov…
Kolkata, June 23 (IANS) A man posing as a high-ranking army officer and found clicking pictures around the Army’s Eastern Command Headquarters here on Thursday was apprehended and handed over to police, a defence official…