9 Afghan militants killed
Kabul, July 3 (IANS) At least nine militants were killed and 12 others were injured in a clash between security forces and the Taliban in Afghanistan’s Saripul and Faryab provinces, an official said on Sunday….
Terrorism
Bring killers to book in Bangladesh: CPI-M
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) The CPI-M on Sunday urged Bangladesh to bring those responsible for unending killings of secular nationalists and others in the country to book. “The recent spate of attacks against secular…
Sonia condemns Baghdad bomb blasts
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Condemning the bomb blasts in Baghdad in which more than 80 people were killed early on Sunday, Congress President Sonia Gandhi said the world must unite to fight and defeat…
Dhaka attack: No justification for such violence, says Ansari
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari on Sunday strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Dhaka, asserting that there can be no justification for such barbaric acts while warning that all pluralist…
England’s tour to Bangladesh in balance now
Dhaka, July 3 (IANS) The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) says it will follow government instructions about the team’s Bangladesh tour in the wake of an unprecedented hostage crisis in Dhaka on Friday night….
Dhaka terrorists were highly educated: Police
(160702) — DHAKA, July 2, 2016 (Xinhua) — Bangladeshi army personnel stand by during a rescue operation after an attack at a Spanish restaurant in Dhaka’s diplomatic enclave Gulshan, Bangladesh, July 2, 2016. Gunmen killed…
Bangladesh mourns victims of terror carnage
(160702) — DHAKA, July 2, 2016 (Xinhua) — Relatives of the hostages cry near the site of an attack at a Spanish restaurant in Dhaka’s diplomatic enclave Gulshan, Bangladesh, July 2, 2016. Gunmen killed 20…
Former classmates identify three Dhaka terrorists
Dhaka, July 3 (IANS) Three of the terrorists who slaughtered 20 people in the Bangladeshi capital city have been identified by their former friends after their photographs were released. One of the terrorists, Nibras Islam,…
84 people die in car bomb attacks in Baghdad
Baghdad, July 3 (IANS) Two suicide car bomb attacks at two crowded commercial areas in the Iraqi capital early on Sunday killed 84 people and wounded more than 130 others, officials said. One attack took…
Pakistan again seeing ‘good’ and ‘bad’ militants?
Islamabad, July 3 (IANS) Asking Pakistan to have a clear stand against terrorists, a leading Pakistani newspaper on Sunday wondered if Islamabad was again differentiating between “good” and “bad” militants. “The security of Pakistan and…
20 militants surrender in Afghanistan
Kabul, July 3 (IANS) Twenty Taliban militants surrendered to the government in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province, police said on Sunday. “Taliban militants under Mawlawi Ikramudin gave up fighting and handed over their weapons to police in…
Maoists kill two in Jharkhand
Ranchi, July 3 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas killed two men, accusing them of being police informers, in Jharkhand’s Giridih district on Sunday, police said. According to police, the guerrillas abducted the two men from their home…
Bangladesh mourns cafe attack victims
Dhaka, July 3 (IANS) Bangladesh on Sunday mourned the victims of the attack on a cafe in Dhaka in which Islamic State terrorists killed 20 persons, mostly foreigners, one of them an Indian. The national…
12 people killed in car bomb attacks in Baghdad
Baghdad, July 3 (IANS) At least 12 people were killed and 27 others injured in two car bombings at busy commercial areas in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad early Sunday, an Interior Ministry source said….
White House condemns Dhaka terror attack
Washington, July 3 (IANS) The White House on Saturday condemned the terrorist attacks carried out by Islamic State (IS) terrorists in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in which 20 people were killed, including an American and Indian citizen….
Five killed terrorists were wanted in Bangaldesh: Police
Dhaka, July 3 (IANS) All the attackers in the assault on a cafe in Dhaka in which Islamic State terrorists slaughtered 20 civilians, mostly foreigners, including an Indian, were Bangladeshi citizens and five of them…
Family of Indian teen killed in Dhaka recall last conversation
Lucknow, July 2 (IANS) Nineteen-year-old Tarishi Jain, who was killed in the Dhaka terror attack, had made a terrified call to her family in Uttar Pradesh from a toilet of the Holey Artisan Bakery as…
Varun pays respects to terror attack victims
Mumbai: Actor Varun Dhawan during the launch of song Sau Tarah Ke from the film Dishoom in Mumbai on June 16, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, July 2 (IANS) Actor Varun Dhawan on Saturday utilised a…
Indian among 20 killed in Bangladesh’s worst hostage crisis
Dhaka/New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Islamic State terrorists slaughtered 20 civilians, mostly foreigners, including an Indian, during an overnight siege at an upscale cafe in the Bangladesh capital before security forces rescued 13 hostages and…
Mukherjee condemns Dhaka terrorist attack
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday condemned the deadly terror attack in Dhaka which at least 20 foreigners, including an Indian girl, were killed. “It was with sorrow that I received…