Chandigarh, May 27 (IANS) With the Punjab and Haryana High Court staying the Haryana government notification granting reservation in jobs and admission to Jats and five other communities and the Jat community threatening to re-launch…
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear, on May 30, plea by the central government challenging the Armed Forces Tribunal order imposing a cost of Rs.50 lakhs on the defence secretary, the…
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) High level appointments were announced on Friday in the Indian Navy, which is set to be headed by a new chief from May 31. As Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba is…
Srinagar, May 27 (IANS) At least six militants and a soldier were killed in two separate Kashmir gun battles on Friday amid flared up terrorist activities in the restive valley following increased levels of infiltration…
Tokyo, May 27 (IANS) A Korean Air passenger plane terminated takeoff from Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Friday after its left engine caught fire, affecting the travel of some 70,000 people with over 400 flights cancelled…
Riyadh, May 27 (IANS) A Saudi husband has been arrested for shooting a male doctor who assisted during his wifes childbirth. The shooter believed the doctor had no right to be present during labour and…
Damascus, May 27 (IANS) Doctors Without Borders, known by its French acronym MSF, said it was evacuating medics and patients from the Al Salamah in northern Syria as the Islamic State militants neared. It said…
Beijing, May 27 (IANS) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday reminded the international community of the scars left by the Nanjing massacre in 1937. Wang said while Hiroshima is worthy of attention, Nanjing should…
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) The attack on a Assam Rifles convoy in Manipur was not a planned one and happened possibly because the troopers had become “relaxed”, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said. In…
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) The government is looking at developing the Andaman and Nicobar islands, equipping them with infrastructure needed for pushing tourism as well as protecting India’s strategic interests, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar…
Srinagar, May 27 (IANS) Six militants and an army soldier were killed and another soldier was injured on Friday in two separate gunfights in north Kashmir’s Baramulla and Kupwara districts. Police said two militants hiding…
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has sought a report from the committee negotiating the price for the Rafale fighter jets as India looks at concluding the deal in a couple of…
Moscow, May 27 (IANS) Russia is considering the possibility of basing units of its Pacific Fleet on Matua Island in the Kurils chain, the media reported on Friday. The Russian Geographical Society and the military…
Singapore, May 27 (IANS) At least six Bangladeshis were charged with financing terrorism in Singapore on Friday, the first to be prosecuted under the Terrorism Act in the city state. According to a statement from…
By Anjali Ojha New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) A much-debated India-US logistics agreement will be of immense benefit as it will give India access to US military bases worldwide and does not involve any “war…
Imphal, May 27 (IANS) A trooper was injured when a patrol party of the India Reserve Battalion (IRB) was attacked by the outlawed Revolutionary People’s Front (RPF) underground organisation in Manipur, an official said. The…
By Arul Louis United Nations, May 27 (IANS) The UN’s rapid deployment force of 15,000 peacekeepers who can be rushed to trouble spots is expected to be ready by the end of the year, according…
Islamabad, May 27 (IANS) At least three people having links with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi were arrested as the Counter Terrorism Department of police foiled a terror attack on a shrine in Punjab province. They…
Srinagar, May 27 (IANS) At least four militants and a soldier were killed in a two-day-long gunfight near the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir’s Kupwara district, an official said on Friday. They were killed…
Chandigarh: Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi during a press conference in Chandigarh on May 24, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Panaji, May 26 (IANS) The Congress on Thursday slammed, as a “sell-out” the defence ministry’s move to appoint…