New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday assured the National Security Guard (NSG) of upgrading their infrastructure and training. Inaugurating the Composite Building complex of 52 Special Action Group here,…
Srinagar, Aug 23 (IANS) Indian army chief, Gen. Dalbir Singh Suhag, who visited Kashmir Valley on Tuesday to review the security situation, appealed to people to help restore peace and tranquility. Army chief, Gen. Dalbir…
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) National Security Guard Director General R.C. Tayal on Tuesday created a flutter when he claimed the NSG defused a bomb found at the DRDO building a couple of months back,…
Kabul, Aug 23 (IANS) Fifty Taliban militants were killed in the central Afghanistan Ghor province in air strikes by government forces, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday. “A total of 50 rebels, including Mullah Ahmad…
United Nations, Aug 23 (IANS) Spelling out at least 14 latest aliases used by wanted underworld don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar, the UN Security Council has listed three addresses under his name — all of them…
Kabul, Aug 23 (IANS) At least three Taliban militants died when a mine planted by them on a road in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province went off on Tuesday, police said. The incident occurred at 10 a.m….
Imphal, Aug 23 (IANS) Irom Sharmila said on Tuesday that she had only changed her strategy against a law which gives sweeping powers to security forces as years of fasting against it had not helped….
Srinagar, Aug 23 (IANS) A day before Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s visit, curfew was relaxed on Tuesday in parts of Srinagar from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. for the first time since July 9. And…
Mohd Asim Khan New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) The central government has started an apolitical initiative, involving civil society members — mostly prominent non-Kashmiri Muslim personalities — to help bring peace in Kashmir and a…
Islamabad, Aug 23 (IANS) A top Pakistani official on Tuesday began a five-day visit to Belarus and Kazakhstan for their support for Islamabad’s membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), officials said. Special Assistant on…
Srinagar, Aug 23 (IANS) At least 11 protesters were injured in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday as security forces opened fire at a stone-pelting mob, police said. The incident occurred in Nowgam village…
By Aroonim Bhuyan New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) The visit of Minister of State for External Affairs M.J. Akbar to war-torn Syria, which has been taken note of in many world capitals, will help India…
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) National Security Guard Director General R.C. Tayal on Tuesday claimed the NSG defused a bomb at the DRDO building two months back but the DRDO said it was a “vintage…
Damascus, Aug 23 (IANS) Turkey on Tuesday bombarded Islamic State (IS) militant group’s targets in northern Syria amid reports that Syrian rebels are to launch an offensive against the group. Artillery positions inside Turkey fired…
Srinagar, Aug 23 (IANS) Authorities continued restrictions in many parts of Kashmir Valley as life remained paralysed for the 46th consecutive day on Tuesday. Curfew would continue in old Srinagar city and Anantnag town while…
Lucknow, Aug 23 (IANS) Flood situation in many parts of Uttar Pradesh has worsened and schools were closed for the next few days in Allahabad and Balia, officials said on Tuesday. With the raging waters…
Nay Pyi Taw, Aug 23 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon will probably address Myanmar’s upcoming 21st Century Panglong Ethnic Conference, sources quoted Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) Secretary, Sai Kyaw Nyunt, as saying on…
Mexico city, Aug 23 (IANS) Mexico’s Foreign Minister Claudia Ruiz Massieu has asked the US Congress to restrict the sale of assault weapons as “they cause harm on both sides of the border”. Massieu made…
London, Aug 23 (IANS) Extremists in British prisons will be held in “special units”, and there will be a crackdown on their literature and tightened vetting of chaplains, Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has decided in…
Ankara, Aug 23 (IANS) The process to relocate Turkish military bases outside of city centres after the coup attempt has begun at military barracks in Ankara and Istanbul, local NTV reported on Monday. Six trucks…