Mumbai, Aug 15 (IANS) Maharashtra celebrated the 70th Independence Day on Monday with joy and patriotic fervour. School and college students, citizens, politicians, freedom fighters and others enthusiastically participated in scores of colourful events organised…
Srinagar, Aug 15 (IANS) A CRPF commandant and two militants were killed in a gunfight here on Monday despite a strict curfew in the Kashmir Valley in view of terror threats on India’s Independence Day….
Bangkok, Aug 15 (IANS) A forensic analysis by the Royal Thai police links the chain of attacks, which left four people dead and 35 injured last week, to insurgents active in the southern part of…
Srinagar, Aug 15 (IANS) A senior paramilitary officer and two militants were killed in a gunfight here on Monday, the state police said. Pramod Kumar, commandant of the 49 Battalion of the Central Reserve Police…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 15 (IANS) The Independence Day was celebrated with much patriotic fervour in Odisha on Monday. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik hoisted the national flag at Mahatma Gandhi Marg here. About 64 troupes, including school…
Srinagar, Aug 15 (IANS) The main Independence Day function passed off peacefully here on Monday although a militant attack in the old city area left 10 security personnel injured. “Militants attacked a security forces troop…
Hong Kong, Aug 15 (IANS) The leaders of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement, which saw mass rallies in 2014, were sentenced on Monday. Joshua Wong, 19, who became the teenage face of the protests, was given…
New York, Aug 15 (IANS) Police have given the all-clear at New York’s JFK International Airport after there were reports of shots fired inside Terminal 8 on Sunday night. Port Authority police evacuated the terminal…
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday thanked the soldiers who guard India’s borders. The Prime Minister in his Independence Day speech from the Red Fort said India cannot forget the…
Bengaluru, Aug 15 (IANS) Security has been tightened across Karnataka, especially in Bengaluru and all districts for peaceful celebrations of the 70th Independence Day on Monday, police said. “Additional forces have been deployed at the…
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee, in his capacity as Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces, has conferred Ashok Chakra (posthumously) on Havildar Hangpan Dada of the 35th Battalion of the Rashtriya…
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) Six Indian Coast Guard personnel have been chosen for the President Tatrakshak Medal and Tatrakshak Medal on the occasion of the 70th Independence Day for their gallantry, distinguished and meritorious…
Mogadish, Aug 14 (IANS) The US Special Forces have killed more than 30 Al-Shabab militants including senior commanders during two separate operations in southern Somalia, a source said. Sources close to the government army told…
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Sunday commended the efforts of the Indian armed forces in tackling terrorists in the Kashmir Valley and thwarting the attack on the Pathankot airbase in…
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh reviewed on Sunday, the eve of Independence Day, the “over all security situation” in the country, an official said. “The minister with his whole team,…
Mosul (Iraq), Aug 14 (IANS) Iraqi Kurdish security forces have on Sunday freed nine villages from the Islamic State militants in Mosul, a major stronghold of the group, a Kurdish security source said. After heavy…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 14 (IANS) Elaborate security arrangements have been made across Odisha for the 70th Independence Day celebrations, police said on Sunday. Police sources said high alert has been sounded in Maoist-prone areas, and combing…
Srinagar, Aug (IANS) Dozens of people were injured on Sunday in clashes between security forces and protesters as authorities foiled a march called by the Hurriyat leadership in the Kashmir Valley, witnesses said. The protesters…
Kabul, Aug 14 (IANS) At least 25 militants were killed as Afghan security forces targeted Taliban hideouts in Helmand province, an official statement said on Sunday. The airstrikes pounded Taliban positions in Garmsir, Chah-e-Anjir and…
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) The actual parameters of the first 1,000 MW unit of the Russian-built Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu are better than its original design characteristics, a leading member…