New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Gujarat government on a petition by former top policeman Julio Francis Ribeiro challenging post-retirement three month extension given to Gujarat Police chief…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Former CBI Director Joginder Singh passed away here on Friday after a prolonged illness. He was 77. Singh, who was selected for the Indian Police Service at the age of…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Friday asked the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel to focus not only on physical but also on mental fitness. “India…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) The Indian Army has procured 50,000 bullet-proof jackets in the past two years and 186,138 more vests were in the process of being purchased from an Indian manufacturer, the Lok…
Islamabad, Feb 3 (IANS) The Pakistan Army is fully prepared to give a befitting response to any “misadventure” from across the border, the army chief said on Friday. “India is trying to divert world’s attention…
(18:38) New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) An internal committee has been set up by the Defence Ministry to study the recommendations of the Shekatkar panel on defence spending, Parliament was told on Friday. “An internal…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) An internal committee has been set up by the Defence Ministry to study the recommendations of the Shekatkar committee on defence spending, Parliament was told on Friday. “An internal committee…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Armed forces personnel are not facing any difficulties in charging their mobile phones and all communication equipment in use comes with integral power banks and generators, Parliament was told on…
Damascus, Feb 3 (IANS) Water supply has been cut off in the city of al-Raqqa, the main stronghold of the Islamic State (IS) terror group in Syria, after the recent bombing of two bridges over…
Srinagar, Feb 3 (IANS) Security forces on Friday arrested a local militant of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, officials said. “A local militant identified as Manzoor Ahmad of the LeT outfit…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) European defence firm Thales, which is supplying the radar and electronics equipment for 36 Dassault Aviation Rafale fighter jets that India is buying from France, on Friday appointed Emmanuel de…
Seoul, Feb 3 (IANS) Defence chiefs of South Korea and the US agreed on Friday to hold larger-scale joint war games early this year to contain possible provocations from North Korea, Seoul’s defense ministry said….
Srinagar, Feb 3 (IANS) Clashes broke out between protesters and security forces after Friday prayers here, police said. Unidentified youths threw a petrol bomb at a CRPF contingent deployed in Nowhatta area which was followed…
Washington, Feb 3 (IANS) The US ambassador to the UN made a strong condemnation of Russia at the UN Security Council, calling on Moscow to de-escalate violence in eastern Ukraine and saying that US sanctions…
Manila, Feb 3 (Xinhua) Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said on Friday that he has decided to lift the ceasefire with the Communist rebels, ordering the government troops “to go back to (military) camps, clean your…
Seoul, Feb 3 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has sacked the intelligence agency chief, the South Korean Unification Ministry said on Friday. Kim Jong-un’s decision came in response to alleged corruption and abuse of…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) After violent protests in Nagaland against 33 per cent quota for women in urban local bodies, CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury on Friday questioned the Modi government over the Nagaland peace…
United Nations, Feb 3 (IANS) Washington’s Crimea-related sanctions against Moscow will remain in place until the peninsula is returned to Ukraine, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley told the Security Council. “The US continues…
By Vikas Datta Jaipur, Feb 3 (IANS) The Islamic State may be defeated soon on the battlefield but this in itself is unlikely to bring peace to the Middle East unless the basic reasons resulting…
Seoul, Feb 3 (IANS) US Defence Secretary James Mattis on Friday reiterated Washington’s security commitment to Seoul and vowed to overwhelmingly respond to any use of nuclear weapons by North Korea. “America’s commitments to defending…