Panaji, Sep 9 (IANS) Precautionary measures are being taken vis-a-vis information about the making of the Scorpene submarines which is said to have been leaked by an Australian newspaper last month, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar…
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) India and Nepal have reviewed security cooperation between the two neighbours and agreed to strengthen it further, it was announced on Friday. “The India-Nepal Home Secretary-level talks were held on…
Washington, Sep 9 (IANS) The US has refuted reports that relation between Washington and Islamabad had hit a low point and said that the ties between the two countries were “in fact strong”. State Department…
Seoul, Sep 9 (IANS) North Korea on Friday said it “successfully” conducted a nuclear test, its fifth and the “most powerful” test so far, Yonhap news agency reported. The North Korean Central TV Broadcasting Station…
Cotonou, Sep 9 (IANS) At least 100 people were killed and more than 200 injured in an explosion at a waste-burning site in Benin’s largest city and economic capital Cotonou, the media reported on Friday….
Mumbai, Sep 9 (IANS) Former Bollywood actress Mamta Kulkarni, an accused in a Rs 2,000 crore narcotics drugs case, on Friday denied all allegations against her, saying she was a “yogini” and “innocent”. “I am…
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) New Zealand fast bowler Mitchell McClenaghan was on Friday ruled out of the five-match One-Day International (ODI) series against India with a pelvis injury. “Mitch is out with a pelvis…
Lucknow, Sep 9 (IANS) At a time when the issue of triple “talaq” is pending adjudication before the Supreme Court, the All-India Shia Personal law Board on Friday came up with what it called a…
Mumbai, Sep 9 (IANS) Profit booking, coupled with negative global markets and lower crude oil prices, dragged the Indian equity markets lower on Friday. Both the key equity indices provisionally closed the day’s trade in…
Panaji, Sep 9 (IANS) The increase in deployment of troops in the troubled state of Jammu and Kashmir is only for sealing the India-Pakistan border so as to prevent infiltration and not to tackle ongoing…
Bengaluru, Sep 9 (IANS) India’s technology capital shut down on Friday, as hundreds of IT firms, back offices and multinationals logged out to protest Karnataka releasing Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu on the Supreme…
Washington, Sep 9 (IANS) The US encourages “stronger relations” between India and Pakistan and desires that both countries work to de-escalate tensions, deputy spokesperson of the State Department Mark Toner has said. Responding to a…
Singapore, Sep 9 (IANS) Addressing institutional investors here at an event organised by Indian firm ICICI Securities, Indian Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday highlighted the potential of the huge Indian market and said he…
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) The Indian telecom regulator on Friday met service providers – Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular – to discuss the issue of mobile network interconnection among various…
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) Liquor baron Vijay Mallya on Friday sought exemption from personal appearance in a court here and said he is unable to return to the country and face trial in a…
Paris, Sep 9 (IANS) Three “radicalised and fanatical” women who allegedly planned an “imminent and violent” attack in France have been arrested, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve has said. “An anti-terrorism operation led to the…
Islamabad, Sep 9 (IANS) Pakistan Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry has proposed partnership with India on nuclear safety and security, media repored on Friday. Chaudhary said this on Thursday while addressing a conference here on “Assessing…
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) Without naming Pakistan, Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar on Friday said that there cannot be a segmented fight against terrorism by differentiating between state and non-state actors. “The state cannot escape…
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) As battery explosion fears led to a global recall of Samsung’s premium Galaxy Note 7, the south Korean giant has for the first time revealed what caused the “rare” overheating…
Kayamkulam (Kerala), Sep 9 (IANS) An amateur scientist has designed a mosquito net that can double up as a bed sheet. The product is expected to be priced at Rs 1,000. M.C. David, 60, has…