Brussels, July 6 (IANS) A Belgian court has sentenced a group of Islamic State suspects up to 16 years in jail for last year’s Paris terror attacks that left more than 130 persons dead. The…
Patna, July 6 (IANS) The Bihar government has decided to install CCTVs in all police stations across the state to ensuretransparency and control crime, an official said. The cabinet, at a meeting chaired by Chief…
Geneva, July 6 (IANS/AKI) There are almost 30,000 foreign jihadists fighting in war-ravaged Syria and neighbouring Iraq currently, the head of the UN Security Council’s counterterrorism agency said, warning that the risk of attacks in…
Ahmedabad, July 5 (IANS) The sudden mysterious disappearance of a 22-year-old Syrian citizen from aboard a cargo ship docked at the Hazira port near Gujarat’s Surat city on Tuesday has set the security agencies on…
Hyderabad, July 5 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday conducted searches at three places in Hyderabad as part of the investigations into the suspected Islamic State (IS) terror module busted in the city…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Border Road Organisation (BRO) on Tuesday succeeded in opening the National Highway connecting Rudraparayag-Joshimath-Mana, the main axis of Badrinath Yatra in Uttarakhand after the road was blocked due to landslides,…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) India and Hungary on Tuesday agreed to boost bilateral trade that has touched $600 million across multiple sectors, including automobile industry, IT and pharmaceuticals. According to sources, External Affairs Minister…
Dhaka/Rome, July 5 (IANS) Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Mario Giro on Tuesday returned to Rome with the bodies of the nine Italians killed in the Dhaka cafe terrorist attack. A special flight carrying Giro and…
Singapore, July 5 (IANS) A Bangladeshi man was arrested in Singapore for attempting to illegally enter the island state, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said on Tuesday. According to a statement, ICA officers at…
Srinagar, July 5 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday withdrew cases against 634 youth booked for stone-pelting in different police station areas of the state as a goodwill measure ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, an…
Dhaka, July 5 (IANS) The Bangladesh government will bear the cost of the treatment of at least 40 persons who were injured in the terrorist attack at a Dhaka cafe. “The government would bear the…
Puri, July 5 (IANS) The annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath and his siblings starts here on Wednesday with the district administration expecting about 10 lakh people to take part in the nine-day chariot festival….
Kolkata, July 5 (IANS) A 25-year-old man, suspected to have links with the Islamic State (IS) was arrested here on Tuesday by the West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID). The accused, identified as Mohammad Masiuddin…
Riyadh, July 5 (IANS) A suicide bomber who blew himself up in the city of Jeddah was a Pakistani national, according to the Saudi interior ministry. A ministry spokesman identified the bomber as Abdullah Qalzar…
Cascais (Portugal), July 5 (IANS) India and the European Union (EU) can and should work together in the areas of counter-terrorism and security, Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh has said “One area…
New York, July 5 (IANS) Scientists have found that three-dimensional paper-based microbial fuel cells can create power in an environmentally-friendly way without the use of any outside power. “All power created in this device is…
Sydney, July 5 (IANS) A shark warning was issued on Tuesday in Western Australia after a 12-metre humpback whale weighing up to 40 tonnes washed up on a popular beach. Western Australian authorities said the…
Jakarta, July 5 (IANS) A suicide bomber blew himself up at a police station in Indonesia’s Central Java province on Tuesday, officials said. The blast took place just after the bomber entered the gate of…
Tokyo, July 5 (IANS) A Japanese governmental agency that carries out aid projects in developing nations may withdraw from Bangladesh after seven Japanese workers were killed in the terror attack at a cafe in capital,…
Tokyo, July 5 (IANS) A plane carrying the bodies of seven Japanese nationals killed during the terror attack at a cafe in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, arrived in Tokyo on Tuesday. The aircraft landed at Haneda…