Srinagar, March 9 (IANS) Two militants and a civilian were killed on Thursday during a gunfight between militants and security forces in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The civilian, identified as Aamir Wani, was killed with…
Srinagar, March 9 (IANS) One militant was killed on Thursday in a gunfight with security forces in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said. As soon as the security forces cordoned off Padgampora village following information…
United Nations, March 9 (IANS) US officials have dismissed China’s suggestion that North Korea could halt its missile and nuclear test in exchange for a suspension of US military activity in the region, a media…
Damascus, March 9 (IANS) US Marines arrived in northern Syria with artillery to support Washington-backed local forces fighting the Islamic State (IS) terror group, according to top officials. The US-backed fighters are preparing to move…
Washington, March 9 (IANS) The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on Wednesday refused to confirm the validity of the information on electronic spying techniques made public by WikiLeaks, but it said that disclosures of this kind…
Srinagar, March 9 (IANS) A gunfight erupted on Thursday between militants and security forces in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said. As soon as the security forces cordoned off Padgampora village following information about the…
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Asking the Central government to complete soon the fencing of the India-Bangladesh border, where it has not been done, to check illegal immigration from Bangladesh into Assam, the Supreme Court…
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) The Delhi Police on the occasion of International Women’s Day on Wednesday felicitated 200 women who were trained in the art of self-defence. These women were trained with the help…
Bhubaneswar, March 8 (IANS) A woman Maoist fighter surrendered before police in Odisha’s Rayagada district on Wednesday and alleged physical and mental exploitation of women cadres in militants’ camps. Reena Mallik (25), a woman cadre…
Shillong, March 8 (IANS) A trans-border tunnel along the India-Bangladesh border was detected in Meghalaya’s militancy-prone South West Garo Hills district on Wednesday, the BSF said. The tunnel, at a depth of 20 to 25…
Kabul, March 8 (IANS) At least 30 persons were killed and 70 injured when three explosions rocked a military hospital here on Wednesday, media reports said. The deaths in the attack on Sardar Daud Khan…
Chandigarh, March 8 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) has recovered 4.6 kg of heroin, along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab’s Abohar sector, a BSF official said on Wednesday. The seizure was made in the…
Chennai, March 8 (IANS) The Indian Coast Guard on Wednesday apprehended two Sri Lankan fishing boats in Indian waters, a day after a 21-year-old fisherman from Tamil Nadu was shot dead in Sri Lankan waters….
Lucknow, March 8 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Police on Wednesday said the youth killed in an anti-terror operation here on Wednesday morning and his five arrested associates were “self radicalised” and were trying to build…
Beijing, March 8 (IANS) China on Wednesday proposed that North Korea suspend its tests of missile and nuclear technology to “defuse a looming crisis”. Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the US and South Korea could…
Kanpur, March 8 (IANS) The father of suspected Islamic State operative Saifullah, who was killed in an anti-terror operation in Lucknow early on Wednesday, has refused to take the body of a “traitor”. Sartaj, father…
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) The NIA on Wednesday said it had released two Pakistani teenagers arrested last year in connection with the attack on an Army camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Uri and handed…
Tehran, March 8 (IANS) Iran on Wednesday said the country will counter the US visa ban against Iranians, a media report said. “Our earlier countermeasure against Trump’s order (to stop visa issuance for Iranians) is…
Kabul, March 8 (IANS) At least three persons were killed and 66 injured when three explosions rocked a military hospital here on Wednesday. The Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for the attack. The first blast…
Srinagar, March 8 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir’s Director General of Police S.P. Vaid on Wednesday warned militants to leave families of policemen out of conflict. “This is between police and militants and families should not…