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,…
Islamabad, Aug 5 (IANS) All crew members aboard a Pakistani helicopter that crashlanded in Afghanistan were safe, Afghan Ambassador in Islamabad Omar Zakhilwal said on Friday. Six people, including a Russian national, aboard were taken…
By Chaitanya Mallapur Forty-one military aircraft — including trainers and helicopters — have crashed between April 1, 2012 and July 2016, killing 65 defence personnel and civilians Thirty-six defence personnel were killed in 39 crashes,…
Bengaluru, Aug 5 (IANS) The Indian Army chief, General Dalbir Singh, will on Saturday flag off a mega rally at Madikeri for the benefit of veterans and war widows living in Karnataka’s Kodagu region. “The…
Imphal, Aug 5 (IANS) Suspected Kuki militants in Manipur, who are signatories to the suspension of operations (SOO), stormed a village and killed a person and injured the village chieftain critically, officials said on Friday….
Tokyo, Aug 5 (IANS) Japan would maintain an order to intercept missiles for an indefinite period as safeguard against threats of further North Korean launches, the media reported on Friday. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration…
Washington, Aug 5 (IANS) Exiled Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen, while denying his role in the July 15 coup attempt, has dismissed an arrest warrant issued against him by a court in Istanbul. “It is well-documented…
By Vishnu Makhijani Book: “Not War, Not Peace?”; Authors: George Perkovich & Toby Dalton; Publisher: Oxford University Press; Pages: 297; Price: Rs 695 The Partition of the Indian sub-continent in 1947, with its violent consequences…
Singapore, Aug 5 (IANS) Singapore has formed a new bureau to conduct investigations into air and marine accidents since August, said a Ministry of Transport (MOT) statement on Friday. The new Transport Safety Investigation Bureau…