Mumbai, May 30 (IANS) Vice-Admiral Girish Luthra took over as the new Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Western Naval Command from Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba at a ceremonial parade here on Monday. Vice Admiral Lanba, 58,…
Damascus, May 30 (IANS) The chief negotiator of Syria’s main opposition umbrella group has resigned over what he called the failure of peace talks. Mohammed Alloush, from the High Negotiations Committee (HNC), on Sunday said…
Canberra, May 30 (IANS) An Australian man has reportedly been killed while fighting against Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria. Social media accounts belonging to Kurdish military units claimed 45-year-old former Australian Defence Force (ADF)…
Guwahati, May 29 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday asked deputy commissioners and superintendents of police of 12 districts to expedite process for updating the National Register of Citizens within the stipulated time…
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Hours after union Home Minister Rajnath Singh condemned attacks on Africans in the national capital and asked police to be more active, Delhi Police said on Sunday that six people,…
Kolkata, May 29 (IANS) A 22-member Indian Army team on Sunday embarked on a 900-km-long challenging mountain terrain cycling expedition across Arunachal Pradesh along the India-China border, a defence ministry official said here. “The expedition…
Chandigarh, May 29 (IANS) With Jat leaders threatening to renew their agitation for reservation in Haryana from June 5, the state government and the police have started mobilising security forces at various places. Haryana Police…
Bhubaneswar, May 29 (IANS) Sahara India chief Subrata Roy on Sunday said it was unfortunate that he could not meet Sahara Pariwar members after authorities imposed restrictions at his meeting venue in Cuttack and the…
Islamabad, May 29 (IANS) The family of the taxi driver who was killed with Afghan Taliban chief Akhtar Mansour earlier this month in the US drone strike in Balochistan on Sunday filed a police complaint…
Jerusalem, May 29 (IANS) Israeli security forces have arrested five Palestinians who orchestrated an explosive attack on a Jerusalem bus in April, the Israeli army said on Sunday. At least 21 Israelis were injured in…
Bhubaneswar, May 29 (IANS) Apprehending trouble, authorities on Sunday imposed restrictions at Sahara India chief Subrata Roy’s meeting venue in Cuttack and people were asked to vacate the place, officials said. Section 144 of the…
Damascus, May 29 (IANS) Over 6,000 people have fled areas in northern Syria as a result of the attacks by the Islamic State (IS) militants, a monitor group reported on Sunday. The mass exodus was…
By Anjali Ojha New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) The Indian Army cannot operate in civilian areas without a contentious act that gives it sweeping special powers, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said, amid demands from…
Jammu, May 28 (IANS) A guerrilla hideout was busted in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Saturday and a quantity of arms and ammunition recovered, a defence official said. “Based on specific information, the Rashtriya…
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) If Pakistan does not have the capability to curb terrorist activity in its territory, it may seek India’s help, Home Minister Rajnath Singh has said. “I want to give a…
Dhaka, May 28 (IANS) Violence in the 5th phase polls of Bangladesh’s lowest tier of local government has left at least 10 persons dead as of Saturday night. Stray incidents of arson, vandalism, explosion of…
Paris, May 28 (IANS) An angry anti-fascist activist on Saturday threw a creamy chocolate cake at a top official of Germanys Left Party at a party congress. He said the action was prompted by the…
Imphal, May 28 (IANS) Newspaper editors in Manipur on Saturday decided not to yield to pressure from the NIA which has demanded they share source of underground press releases and other details which will lead…
Bogota, May 28 (IANS) At least two Colombian journalists, kidnapped by ELN rebels and held for four days have been freed, their employer Noticias RCN said on Saturday. The guerrillas released Diego D’Pablos and Carlos…
Pyongyang, May 28 (IANS) Shortly after being spotted online, a clone of the Facebook social network apparently set up in North Korea has been hacked. The website, StarCon, is modeled on the famous social network,…