Washington, Feb 8 (IANS) US President Donald Trump got his facts wrong again, this time in a meeting with a group of sheriffs officers where he repeated a falsehood about the murder rate in America,…
Islamabad, Feb 8 (IANS) Pakistan on Wednesday summoned the Indian Deputy High Commissioner here to protest Indian security forces “unprovoked ceasefire violation” along the Line of Control (LoC). “The Director General (SA & SAARC), Mohammad…
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Describing nuclear terrorism as a global threat, India on Wednesday called for a comprehensive global response to counter it. Inaugurating a three-day meeting of the Implementation and Assessment Group of…
Jammu, Feb 8 (IANS) Authorities imposed restrictions and shut educational institutions in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kalakote town on Wednesday following clashes between National Conference and BJP activists. Prohibitory orders will remain in force in the…
By Rajnish Singh New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) A paramilitary trooper’s complaint on social media about stale food might have gone viral last month, but a deeper malaise exists: Indebtedness, disputes relating to property and…
By Admiral Arun Prakash (retd) The peremptory rejection of the shipborne variant of the Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA) by the Indian Navy seems to have surprised most navy-watching analysts. Their confusion has been compounded…
Washington, Feb 8 (IANS) Angry at civilian casualties incurred recently in the first commando raid authorised by President Donald Trump, Yemen has withdrawn permission to the US to run ground operations on its soil, a…
Washington, Feb 8 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has expressed his commitment to NATO and bilateral cooperation with Spain during a telephone call with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, a media report said on Wednesday….
Washington, Feb 8 (IANS) An US appeals court that questioned whether President Donald Trump’s travel ban discriminates against Muslims, witnessed steep grilling of lawyers by a federal judges bench, a media report said on Wednesday….
Brasilia, Feb 8 (IANS) More than 1,000 troops are patrolling the streets of Brazilian city Vitoria after a police strike led to a crime wave that has left dozens of people dead, a media report…
Mogadishu, Feb 8 (IANS) Somali government on Tuesday announced a ban on flights arriving and departing from Mogadishu airport and also beefed up security ahead of the Wednesday presidential elections. Transport and Civil Aviation Minister,…
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Clearing its stand on the duration and extent of the ban on the black-listed firms, the government on Tuesday informed Parliament that the ban on the six firms will remain…
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre told the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday that the special rations given to troops stationed at Siachen Glacier have been extended to all troops…
Riyadh, Feb 7 (IANS) More than 39,000 Pakistanis have been deported from Saudi Arabia in the past four months, the media reported on Tuesday. Quoting security sources, the Saudi Gazette newspaper said the deportations were…
Washington, Feb 7 (IANS) US President Trump has said that the news media was playing down the terrorist threat posed by the Islamic State (IS) and journalists were reluctant to report on the militant groups…
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) With the US moving the UN to put Pathankot attack mastermind and chief of the Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohamed, Masood Azhar, on the list of international terrorists, India has again…
Kabul, Feb 7 (IANS) At least 12 people were killed and dozens wounded on Tuesday when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives in the parking lot of the Afghanistan Supreme Court building in central Kabul,…
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) There is a growing concern for cyberbullying, terror recruiting, sexting, revenge porn and sextortion among Indian users as internet penetration shows an increase, a new study released by Microsoft on…
Kabul, Feb 7 (IANS) At least four persons were killed and 15 injured in a blast outside the Afghan Supreme Court in Kabul on Tuesday, officials said. A local journalist cited health officials as saying:…
Chandigarh, Feb 7 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) gunned down a Pakistani intruder in Gurdaspur sector of Punjab on Tuesday, officials said. The incident took place near Simbal. “A Pakistani intruder crossed the border…