Srinagar, Oct 14 (IANS) A Jammu and Kashmir policeman was killed and another injured when militants attacked a police vehicle in the state’s Kulgam district on Saturday evening, police said. Police said constable-driver Khurshid Ahmad…
Kabul, Oct 14 (IANS) Taliban militants have overrun seven checkpoints in the strategically important Mirza Olang area in Afghanistan’s northern Sari Pul province, a local official said on Saturday. “Taliban militants in an overnight operation…
Ottawa, Oct 14 (IANS) Canadian Joshua Boyle, who along with his American wife and three children was held hostage by the Taliban for five years and freed just days back, has spoken about the terror…
Kabul, Oct 14 (IANS) Afghan security forces on Saturday killed 10 Islamic State (IS) militants after repulsing an attack outside Assadabad, police said. “Mullah Zahir, a local commander of the IS group, was among those…
Agartala, Oct 14 (IANS) The outlawed National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) terrorist outfit has called upon tribals to observe a “Black Day” on Sunday to protest Tripura’s merger with the Indian Union and for…
Imphal, Oct 14 (IANS) At least 11 persons, including two children, were wounded in a grenade blast at a fairground in the state capital on Friday night, police said. Hospital sources said some of the…
Srinagar, Oct 14 (IANS) Two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants were killed on Saturday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, leading to protests in which a civilian died. LeT district…
Srinagar, Oct 14 (IANS) A district commander of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit was among the two militants killed on Saturday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Wasim Shah…
Srinagar, Oct 14 (IANS) Two militants were killed on Saturday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Based on specific intelligence inputs about the presence of militants in Litter…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Oct 14 (IANS) Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has asked the deadlocked Security Council to push the Myanmar government to allow the Rohingya refugees sheltered in Bangladesh to return…
Moscow, Oct 14 (IANS) The Russian military has said less than eight per cent of Syrian territory remains in the control of the Islamic State (IS) as Syrian government troops supported by Russian jets have…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Oct 14 (IANS) Major General Jai Shankar Menon has completed his assignment as the force commander of the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), which monitors the Syria-Israel ceasefire in the…
New Delhi/Kohima, Oct 13 (IANS) The National Investigating Agency (NIA) on Friday arrested three Nagaland government officers and a retired official for allegedly diverting government funds to various rebel groups, including the Myanmar-based National Socialist…
Islamabad, Oct 13 (IANS) A Canadian-American family who was rescued by the Pakistan Army from Taliban captivity after five years were on a flight to London on Friday, an official said. Joshua Boyle, a Canadian,…
Srinagar, Oct 13 (IANS) A Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militant, who hurled a grenade at a Jammu and Kashmir minister’s cavalcade last month, was arrested from the state’s Pulwama district on Friday, police said. Gulzar Ahmad Dar…
Srinagar, Oct 13 (IANS) Gunmen on Friday looted cash from a branch of the Jammu and Kashmir Bank in south Kashmir Shopian district. Police said the gunmen today looted Rs 198,000 from the Ratnipora branch…
Mexico City, Oct 13 (IANS) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has expressed his gratitude to his nation’s allies for their help in rescuing a native family from the Taliban who held them hostage since 2012…
Islamabad, Oct 12 (IANS) As the Pakistan Army on Thursday rescued a Canadian-American family held hostage by the Taliban after it acted on intelligence shared by the US, the US President applauded the development and…
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) A senior Kashmiri separatist leader and a businessman arrested on charges of receiving funds from Pakistan to sponsor terrorist activities and stone-pelting in Jammu and Kashmir have moved the court…
Islamabad, Oct 12 (IANS) The Pakistan Army on Thursday said it had rescued a family of foreign hostages held by a militant outfit “safe and sound” after it acted on intelligence shared by the US….