New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) INS Betwa, the missile frigate that toppled over during undocking in December last year, has been made upright and will be operational before April 2018, an Indian Navy official said….
Kabul, Feb 22 (IANS) At least three persons lost their lives and 22 others were injured on Wednesday as a motorbike bomb struck a bazaar in Paktika province in eastern Afghanistan, a provincial government spokesman…
By Anjali Ojha New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Despite India expanding its military ties with the US, Europe and Israel, Russia remains New Delhi’s number one supplier of weapons with America at a distant second,…
Vatican City, Feb 22 (IANS/AKI) As record numbers of people flee conflict, persecution and poverty, governments, citizens and the Church have a moral obligation to safeguard migrants and show solidarity with them, the Pope has…
United Nations, Feb 22 (IANS) US ambassador to UN Nikki Haley has said the US will not compromise on its support for the European Union and NATO in its quest to improve relations with Russia….
Washington, Feb 22 (IANS) Mass deportation is not the goal of the Trump administration, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has said after new memos on Tuesday outlined a plan to detain and deport certain…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) India and Bangladesh have decided to implement the Coordinated Border Management Plan in “letter and spirit” to curb the menace of trans-border crime, including smuggling of arms, drugs, and fake…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) For more accurate reporting of road accidents, an expert panel has suggested a uniform accident recording format with different sections like location, road condition, vehicles involved and victim details, designed…
Narayanpur, Feb 21 (IANS) Seven Maoists were killed in a gunfight with security forces here on Tuesday. A joint team of state police and paramilitary forces seized two rifles, two handguns and explosives from the…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Further expansion of a coastal surveillance system, which was put in place after the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, was approved on Tuesday by the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), under which…
Panaji, Feb 21 (IANS) Union Minister for Railways Suresh Prabhu on Tuesday commissioned Indian Coast Guard ship ‘Shaunak’, built by Goa Shipyard Limited, in the port town of Vasco, near here. ‘Shaunak’, an offshore patrol…
Kolkata, Feb 21 (IANS) Border Security Force (BSF) personnel seized ten gold biscuits weighing around 1.16 kg, valued at Rs 35.38 lakh, in West Bengal’s Nadia district on Tuesday, an official said. Acting on a…
Beijing, Feb 21 (IANS) China on Tuesday said it hoped the US will contribute to peace and stability in the South China Sea as an American aircraft carrier strike group began patrolling the region. “China…
Jerusalem, Feb 21 (IANS) An Israeli military court on Tuesday sentenced a soldier to 18 months in jail for killing an injured Palestinian attacker in March 2015. As part of the sentencing, Elor Azaria was…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) on Tuesday cleared the establishment of 38 additional radar stations along the Indian coastline as part of the second phase of costal surveillance system. The…
Islamabad, Feb 21 (IANS) Within days of the Pakistan Army summoning Afghan diplomats to demand action against militants sheltering in Afghanistan and involved in attacks in Pakistan, Kabul has handed over a list of Afghan…
Washington, Feb 21 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has named Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster as his national security adviser, replacing Gen. Michael Flynn, who was last week asked to resign from the position. McMaster is…
Beijing, Feb 21 (IANS) China on Tuesday said it will announce more sanctions against North Korea to implement in its entirety the latest UN Security Council resolution in response to Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme. The…
Abu Dhabi, Feb 21 (IANS) Trade and investment issues figured prominently at a meeting here between Anil Ambani, chairman of India’s diversified Reliance Group, and the UAE Prime Minister and ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed…
Beijing, Feb 21 (IANS) Chinese warships have conducted a drill in the Indian Ocean. “Chinese Navy flotilla carries out high-seas training in east Indian Ocean,” Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday. It gave no further…