Srinagar, Jan 19 (IANS) One militant was killed and a soldier was injured on Thursday during a gunfight in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, police said. Following a tip-off, security personnel surrounded the Khosa Mohalla area….
Havana, Jan 19 (IANS) Cuba and the US on Wednesday signed an agreement that will allow greater bilateral cooperation in air and maritime search and rescue operations, officials said. The pact, signed in Havana by…
London, Jan 19 (IANS) Manchester United has become the first football club in Britain to appoint its own counter-terrorism chief. The club has appointed a former police officer to the full-time role at its Old…
Moscow, Jan 19 (IANS) Russia and Turkey conducted their first joint airstrikes against positions held by the Islamic State terror group in Syria, military sources said. The joint aerial exercises on Wednesday were carried out…
Kolkata Jan 18 (IANS) Angry protesters damaged cars and continued road blockades on Wednesday in several villages of West Bengal’s Bhangar II block, the scene of large-scale violence since Monday over “forcible” land acquisition for…
Srinagar, Jan 18 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday rescued 80 persons from an avalanche-prone area in Kulgam district of south Kashmir. “The Jammu and Kashmir Police launched a rescue operation in Waltengoo…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday posted for January 25 the hearing on a plea of the Central Bureau of Investigation seeking cancellation of bail to former Indian Air Force…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) The road to make America great again – as the US President-elect Donald Trump promised during his election campaign – passes through Beijing, an American expert on US-China dynamics said…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) India should be concerned about China’s growing influence in South Asia and its closeness with Pakistan, US Pacific Command chief Harry Harris said on Wednesday. Admiral Harris also said India…
Islamabad, Jan 18 (IANS) Pakistan’s government has said it would not hand over to the US or release the doctor who helped the CIA hunt down Osama bin Laden, a newspaper here reported. Justice Minister…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Ahead of the Republic Day Parade fly-past, the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Wednesday appealed to citizens of Delhi not to throw eatables, garbage, or animal carcasses in the open…
Ankara, Jan 18 (IANS) Turkish prosecutors have issued arrest warrants for 243 military personnel over the coup attempt in July last year. The suspects are believed to have used Bylock, an encrypted cell phone messaging…
Indore, Jan 18 (IANS) Two persons, including a terrorist who fled from a high security prison in Nabha city of Punjab in November, have been arrested here in Madhya Pradesh, police said on Wednesday. Kulpreet…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) There has been a surge in the number of cyber security incidents in the country with 39,730 such incidents till October 2016, a study by an industry chamber said on…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) An NIA team reached Bihar’s Motihari district on Wednesday to investigate the alleged role of Pakistan’s ISI behind the Indore-Patna Express train derailment near Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur that claimed over…
Washington, Jan 18 (IANS) Outgoing President Barack Obama has commuted the majority of the remaining prison sentence of Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning, who was convicted of stealing and disseminating 750,000 pages of documents and videos…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Calling terrorism the most serious threat to global security, Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar on Wednesday asked for a serious global response to it. “Terrorism remains the most pervasive and serious…
Davos, Jan 18 (IANS) Pakistan’s former army chief General (retd) Raheel Sharif said 2016 witnessed a significant decrease in terrorism and that “intelligence sharing is a very important component of strategy to combat terrorism”. Addressing…
Mumbai, Jan 18 (IANS) Reliance Defence and Engineering on Wednesday said it has delivered another 74,500 DWT new, Ice-class Panamax Bulk Carrier “Sea Amber” to an international customer. “Thus far, Reliance Shipyard has delivered seven…
Beijing, Jan 18 (IANS) Beijing launched a new specialist police force on Wednesday. Lan Yang, deputy chief of the force under the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau, said the force will have over 150 officers…