Ankara, Aug 1 (IANS) At least 11 soldiers who belonged to the group that stormed the hotel where Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was staying during the failed coup attempt on July 15, were arrested…
Damascus/Moscow, Aug 1 (IANS) A Russian Mi-8 helicopter was on Monday shot down by ground fire in Syria after it had delivered humanitarian supplies to Aleppo, the Russian Defence Ministry said. Three crew and two…
Damascus, Aug 1 (IANS) Rebel fighters in the Syrian city of Aleppo have launched a major military operation aimed at breaking a weeks-long regime siege of the opposition-controlled eastern part of the city, media reported…
Dhaka, Aug 1 (IANS) Bangladesh police has information about eight to nine more militants who were involved in the terror attack at a cafe in upscale Gulshan area here that left 22 people, mostly foreign…
Mumbai, Aug 1 (IANS) Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba on Monday urged the naval forces, including ships, submarines and aircraft, to remain ‘combat ready’ at all times to carry out the responsibility of…
Kathmandu, Aug 1 (IANS) Indian security agencies have made it mandatory for travellers from Nepal to carry valid identity cards, local media said here on Monday. According to Nepal’s national news agency, Rastriya Samachar Samiti…
Moscow, Aug 1 (IANS) The Islamic State (IS) militant group’s threats against Russia can not influence Moscow’s stance on the fight against terrorism, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday. “Such threats are not able…
Damascus, Aug 1 (IANS) A Russian Mi-8 helicopter was on Monday shot down by ground fire in Syria following delivery of humanitarian supplies to Aleppo, Russian Defence Ministry said in a statement. The three crew…
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 1 (IANS) A controversial security law which came into force on Monday in Malaysia will give sweeping security powers to the government and possibly restrict civil liberties, rights groups fear. The new…
Panaji, Aug 1 (IANS) A provision has been made for a naval air enclave spread over five acres at the upcoming Mopa International Airport in North Goa, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar told the assembly on…
Ankara, Aug 1 (IANS) Turkey’s counter-terrorism police forces briefly closed the Nato’s Incirlik Air Base to prevent a new coup attempt. The shutdown operation on Sunday carried out by the police forces, was completed in…
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 1 (IANS) Malaysia on Monday enforced the National Security Council law aimed at widening the fight against terrorism, while activists claimed that it could also be used to silence political opposition. The…
Chandigarh, Aug 1 (IANS) Border Security Force (BSF) troopers foiled an intrusion attempt from the Pakistani side in Punjab’s Ferozepur sector and killed one intruder, officials said on Monday. The intrusion attempt was made on…
Abu Dhabi, Aug 1 (IANS) Nearly 80 per cent of expatriates in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where six major fire accidents occurred in the past one year, are not insured against fire damage. “We…
Srinagar, Aug 1 (IANS) Curfew and restrictions amid protest shutdown called by separatists continued in Kashmir on Monday. Curfew continued in south Kashmir’s Pulwama, Kulgam and parts of Shopian district and restrictions were still imposed…
Bengaluru, July 31 (IANS) Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara on Sunday apologised for the alleged police brutality on women in Dharwad district during the state-wide shutdown against an inter-state tribunal’s verdict on sharing of Mahadayi…
Manila, July 31 (IANS) The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) on Sunday said it was open to declaring a unilateral truce with President Rodrigo Duterte who lifted a ceasefire with the communists on Saturday….
Srinagar, July 31 (IANS) No major incident of violence occurred anywhere in the Kashmir Valley Sunday as over 10,000 candidates sat for the common entrance test (CET) for selection to medical course in various colleges…
Chennai, July 31 (IANS) There is no stepping down of search operations for the missing AN-32 plane belonging to Indian Air Force with 29 people on board on July 22 despite no signs of debris…
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Air Marshal B. Suresh on Sunday assumed charge as the Indian Air Force’s Air Officer-in-Charge Personnel (AOP) at Air Headquarters. A graduate of the Rashtriya Indian Military College, Dehradun and…