Supercop K.P.S. Gill dead
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) ‘Supercop’ K.P.S. Gill, who had played a major role in wiping out militancy from Punjab in the ’90s and had advised Gujarat and Chhattisgarh governments on security, died here on…
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Modi condoles K.P.S. Gill’s death
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday condoled the death of former Director General of Punjab Police K.P.S. Gill and said he will be remembered for his service to the nation…
BAT attack repulsed in Uri, two infiltrators killed: Army
Srinagar, May 26 (IANS) The Army said on Friday it has foiled Pakistan’s Border Action Team (BAT) attack on the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir and…
18 Afghan soldiers killed in Taliban attack
Kabul, May 26 (IANS) At least 18 Afghan soldiers were killed in an attack by the Taliban on a military base in Kandahar province, a local media report said on Friday. Sixteen persons were wounded…
Amit Shah lauds Major involved in human shield incident
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah on Friday lauded Major Nitin Leetul Gogoi for “saving” the lives of people by tying a man in front of his jeep as…
23 Coptic Christians killed in Egypt bus attack
Cairo, May 26 (IANS) At least 23 people were killed and 25 injured when gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying Coptic Christians in central Egypt on Friday, the state media reported. The incident occurred…
Former Punjab police chief K.P.S. Gill dies at 82
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Former Punjab top cop K.P.S. Gill, who is credited with having played a big role in eliminating terrorism from Punjab, died here in a private hospital. He was 82. Gill,…
Pakistani national held in Haryana with Indian ID
Chandigarh, May 26 (IANS) The Haryana Police have arrested a Pakistani national who was living illegally in an Iskon temple in Jhajjar district with Indian identities for over nine months, an official said on Friday….
Army patrol attacked in Uri, two Pakistani border personnel killed
Srinagar, May 26 (IANS) An Indian Army patrol was attacked by the Pakistan Army’s Border Action Team (BAT) in Uri sector near the Line of Control on Friday, in which two BAT personnel were killed,…
Mobile ransomware grows three-fold in Q1: Kaspersky Lab
Moscow, May 26 (IANS) As global ransomware attacks show no signs of slowing down, the volume of mobile ransomware has grown over three-fold during the first quarter of the year, a cyber security firm said…
China completes first nuclear project
Beijing, May 26 (IANS) China has completed construction of the first nuclear power project equipped with a new generation of reactors using Chinese-developed Hualong-1 technology, officials said on Friday. The containment dome, weighing 340 tonnes…
Wreckage of missing Sukhoi-30 found, no trace of pilots
Guwahati, May 26 (IANS) The wreckage of a Sukhoi-30 fighter jet that went missing on May 23 after taking off from Tezpur airbase in Assam has been found though there was yet no information about…
China says ready to help India trace missing Sukhoi jet
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, May 26 (IANS) China said it is ready to help India if it asks for assistance in the search for the missing Sukhoi-30 fighter jet and two pilots, even as the…
New arrest in Manchester attack
London, May 26 (IANS) A new suspect has been arrested in Manchester during a large-scale counter-terror operation launched in the wake of a suicide attack that struck a pop concert in the city earlier this…
Wreckage of missing Su-30 found
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) The wreckage of the Sukhoi-30 fighter aircraft with two pilots, that had gone missing a few days back after taking off from Tezpur airbase, has been found, IAF sources said…
Modi inaugurates India’s longest river bridge in Assam
Dibrugarh, May 26 (IANS) Marking the third anniversary of the NDA government at the Centre, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated the country’s longest river bridge — the Dhola-Sadiya Bridge over the Brahmaputra river…
Maoists torch Jharkhand railway station
Ranchi, May 26 (IANS) More than 50 Maoist guerrillas have torched a railway station in Jharkhand’s Bokaro district to protest changes made in two land acts in the state, police said on Friday. The Maoist…
FBI declines to provide Comey memos to Congress
Washington, May 26 (IANS) The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has refused Congress’ request to turn over the memos that sacked Director James Comey wrote in which he detailed his interactions with President Donald Trump….
Jared Kushner under FBI scrutiny in Russia probe
Washington, May 26 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner, has come under the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) scrutiny in its ongoing probe over alleged Russian interference in the 2016…
US-led strikes kill 35 civilians in eastern Syria
Damascus, May 26 (IANS) At least 35 people were killed by US-led airstrikes on areas in eastern Syria, a British monitor group said. The airstrikes on Thursday targeted areas under the control of the Islamic…