New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The Union government on Friday gave a year’s extension to eminent nuclear scientist Sekhar Basu as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary of its Department of Atomic Energy,…
Panaji, Aug 5 (IANS) Goa Police is monitoring the movement of Kashmiris as well as refugees from the IS-affected regions, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar said on Friday. Parsekar also said that intelligence inputs indicated that…
New Delhi/Islamabad, Aug 5 (IANS) Following reports of repeated attacks on an Indian prisoner lodged in a Pakistani jail, the government on Friday said it has reiterated its request to the Pakistan government for consular…
Guwahati, Aug 5 (IANS) The Assam government will deal with the militants involved in Friday’s the attack very sternly, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said and directed the state police to be on high alert in…
Damascus, Aug 5 (IANS) At least 150 Islamic State militants were killed on Friday when the Syrian army foiled an attack in Deir al-Zour province. The army countered the IS attacks on military positions in…
Imphal, Aug 5 (IANS) Two persons — a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel and a two-year-old baby — were seriously wounded after a powerful bomb exploded near the State Museum, adjacent to Raj Bhavan…
Jammu, Aug 5 (IANS) Internet services on mobile phones were again suspended here on Friday to check the spread of rumours in the Jammu region, sources in the administration said. Mobile internet services had been…
Raipur, Aug 5 (IANS) Six Maoists were killed and several injured in an encounter in Chattisgarh’s Dantewada on Friday, police said. Besides, three Maoists were also arrested. Police officials said that on receiving information about…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The situation in Assam’s Kokrajhar town, where 13 civilians were killed in a terror attack on Friday, is being monitored by the Ministry of Home Affairs in coordination with state…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) A bill for setting up a National Defence University has been put online by the government for public consultation for six weeks. An official statement on Friday said the draft…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Indian Railway has approved the Integrated Security System (ISS) to strengthen surveillance mechanism at 202 railways stations, the ministry said on Friday. “ISS has been conceptualised as comprising of CCTV…
Moscow, Aug 5 (IANS) Russia is set to build another eight nuclear power plants (NPP) in Iran, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview on Friday. These new reactors come on the heels of…
Chandigarh, Aug 5 (IANS) Haryana Police plans to deploy 1,100 traffic police constables in Gurgaon following criticism over massive traffic jams in the wake of heavy downpour during monsoon this year, an official said on…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) As part of the 70th Independence Day celebrations, the army is organising a ‘Know Your Army’ fair here for the public on the theme ‘Indian Army: Know Our Might’, an…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that there has been “remarkable improvement” in the situation in Kashmir Valley which witnessed violent protests following the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The CPI-M on Friday demanded to know why police were lax in Assam’s Kokrajhar district – where terrorists killed 13 people — despite knowing it to be “terrorist infested”. Condemning…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Maintaining that fund constraints will not affect the work of Border Roads Organisation (BRO), Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday asserted that China has not constructed any road in Indian…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said he was saddened by the death of 14 people at the hands of terrorists in Assam. “Saddened by the attack in Kokrajhar. We…
Kabul, Aug 5 (IANS) At least 20 Afghan Taliban insurgents were killed in clashes that have erupted between supporters of leader Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada and his opponents in Herat province over the past four days,…
Istanbul, Aug 5 (IANS) Former Istanbul governor Huseyin Avni Mutlu was arrested on Friday over his link to the July 15 coup attempt in Turkey. Along with Mutlu, 11 other suspects — including seven governors,…