Gurgaon, June 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear next Wednesday a petition seeking a ban on WhatsApp on the ground that the messaging platform’s end-to-end encryption gives terrorists a means of communication that is…
Kabul, June 23 (IANS) Four Taliban militants including a group commander were killed in an ambush by security forces in Afghanistan’s Kunduz province on Thursday, officials said. “Acting on a tip-off, the security forces organised…
Berlin, June 23 (IANS) Kashmir issue is the major cause of tension between India and Pakistan, the Pakistan Army’s media wing chief has said. Director-General of Inter-Services Public Relations Lt.Gen. Asim Bajwa in an interview…
Srinagar, June 23 (IANS) At least three militants were killed on Thursday in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district. A defence source told IANS here that security forces began a…
Tokyo, June 23 (IANS) Following growing protests among locals against the presence of US troops, Japan is negotiating with the US a possible reduction of the latter’s military deployment in the Okinawa prefecture, Prime Minister…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) The Narendra Modi government has crossed the Rubicon in forging close military cooperation ties with the US, the CPI-M has said. “This is…
Kolkata, June 23 (IANS) The DRDO is working on a slightly reduced range of Nag, the indigenously-built third generation anti-tank guided missile, Director General S. Christopher said here on Thursday. Laying the foundation stone of…
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi will on Friday chair a review meeting with Secretaries of central ministries and states on issues of development in areas affected by Maoists. The Chief Secretaries…
Pyongyang, June 23 (IANS) North Korea on Thursday announced the launch of medium-range missiles on Wednesday was a success and it considered this a necessary weapon to increase the country’s capacity when carrying out a…
Islamabad, June 22 (IANS) A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Wednesday indicted six men accused of carrying out a deadly attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in March 2009. During the proceedings at Kot Lakhpat…
Chandigarh, June 22 (IANS) With the renewed Jat agitation for reservation not gathering enough steam and being withdrawn, the Haryana government on Wednesday said that para-military forces stationed in the state were being pulled out….
Abuja, June 22 (IANS) At least 26 people have been confirmed killed in violence that broke out early this week in central Nigeria’s Benue State, local authorities said on Wednesday. Three districts have so far…
Anantnag, June 22 (IANS) Defying the boycott call of the separatists, burqa-clad women in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag assembly constituency on Wednesday outnumbered men in this historic town in exercising their franchise. The polling ended…
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) The Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement (IESM) has moved the Supreme Court seeking implementation of one rank one pension scheme in a fair manner with an automatic revision on annual basis instead…
Islamabad, June 22 (IANS) Days after outrage against a Pakistani provincial government allocated Rs 300 crore for the Haqqania seminary, the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government on Wednesday clarified that the budgetary allocation was a step taken to…
Kathmandu, June 22 (IANS) Nepal on Wednesday received the bodies of the 12 Nepalis killed in a suicide bomb attack in Kabul. The bodies of those killed on Monday were airlifted to Kathmandu through Nepal…
Anantnag, June 22 (IANS) Polling in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag assembly constituency on Wednesday ended peacefully and nearly 34 per cent voter turned out was recorded as both men and women of the area came…
Colombo, June 22 (IANS) The Sri Lankan government on Wednesday suspended a private consultancy firm involved in the construction of the new defence headquarters. The former Sri Lankan government decided to shift the headquarters of…
Jerusalem, June 22 (IANS) Israeli cabinet ministers on Wednesday requested Facebook to delete inciting posts against the country within 24 hours as part of its struggle to quell a nine-month Palestinian uprising. Justice Minister Ayelet…
Shimla, June 22 (IANS) Former Union Commerce Minister Anand Sharma on Wednesday said allowing 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in defence meant “surrendering” to the pressure of the US lobby, a threat to…