New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Women Union Ministers on Thursday visited the border areas of the country, including Siachen and Tawang, and celebrated the festival of Raksha Bandhan by tying rakhis on soldiers guarding the…
Islamabad, Aug 18 (IANS) At least 11 militants were killed in joint aerial and ground operations in different parts of Pakistan’s resistive Khyber-Agency, the army’s media wing said on Thursday. A statement issued by the…
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) India has been “constructively engaging” with the UN’s Office of the High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) to project the correct picture in violence-hit Jammu and Kashmir, a senior government…
Srinagar, Aug 18 (IANS) The Indian Army on Thursday said its role was limited to security and anti-militancy operations in Kashmir while law and order continued to be the responsibility of the state police. Speaking…
Srinagar, Aug 18 (IANS) Security forces clashed with protestors on Thursday in the Kashmir Valley after the house of an MLA was attacked in south Kashmir, police said. An irate mob attacked the house of…
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi referred to the Balochistan issue during his Independence Day speech as he was moved by the messages he received from the people of that Pakistani province,…
Kabul, Aug 18 (IANS) At least three Afghans were killed and 49 injured on Thursday in a mortar attack in the country’s eastern province bordering Pakistan during the country’s Independence Day celebrations, officials said. The…
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday reviewed the progress of capital acquisition proposals in the current financial year, sources said. Since May 2016,…
Damascus, Aug 18 (IANS) At least 70 rebels were killed in airstrikes that struck Syria’s Aleppo city, the state-run news agency Sana reported on Thursday. As many as 74 airstrikes were conducted over the past…
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar has accepted his Pakistani counterpart Aizaz Chaudhry’s invitation for talks but has made clear that the agenda should concern only issues related to terrorism, a top…
Geneva, Aug 18 (IANS) The UN Special Envoy to Syria on Thursday sent out a strong message calling off a humanitarian task force meeting after only a few minutes due to “lack of progress on…
Islamabad, Aug 18 (IANS) Pakistan on Thursday termed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent statement on Balochistan as an “unsuccessful attempt to hide Indian atrocities in occupied Kashmir”. Referring to Modi’s August 15 speech, Foreign…
Damascus, Aug 18 (IANS) At least 25 people, including children, were killed in a bombing in Syria’s Idlib town, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Thursday. The Human Rights observatory said the victims…
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Indian Naval Ship ‘Satpura’ on Thursday arrived at Pohnpei, Micronesia, on a two-day visit for an operational turnaround as part of its deployment in the Western Pacific Ocean, an official…
Sanaa, Aug 18 (IANS) At least six women have been killed in airstrikes by the Saudi-led military coalition, officials said on Thursday. The coalition warplanes fighting Shia Houthi rebels to restore President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi’s…
Islamabad, Aug 18 (IANS) Pakistan is to “forcefully” present its stance on India’s “state terrorism” in Jammu and Kashmir at the upcoming UN General Assembly in New York, the Foreign Office said on Thursday. “Prime…
Juba, Aug 18 (IANS) South Sudan’s former Vice President and rebel leader Riek Machar has sought refuge in a neighbouring country, opposition officials said in a statement on Thursday. Machar served as the first Vice…
Ankara, Aug 18 (IANS) Turkish police launched simultaneous operations against 204 companies in 18 cities across the country on Thursday over the failed July 15 coup attempt. The companies were accused of offering financial support…
Siachen, Aug 18 (IANS) Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday tied rakhis on several Indian Army soldiers here on the ocassion of Raksha Bandhan. She visited the army base camp in Siachen, the highest…
Seoul, Aug 18 (IANS) South Korea is set to conduct its largest artillery exercise on Thursday with live-fire close to the border with North Korea as a warning to Kim Jong-un’s regime. Around 300 artillery…