Jerusalem, June 10 (IANS) Israeli security forces were on high alert for the first Friday prayers offered in Ramadan, two days after four Israelis were killed in a Tel Aviv shooting attack. Thousands of Israeli…
Kabul, June 10 (IANS) A female Indian aid worker has been abducted by unknown gunmen in this Afghan capital, a security officer said. The 40-year-old woman, working with a non-governmental organisation, was kidnapped late on…
Dhaka, June 10 (IANS) An inmate of a Hindu ashram was hacked to death in Bangladesh’s Pabna town on Friday morning, police said. Nityaranjan Pandey, 60, a volunteer at a Hindu ashram, was murdered during…
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) Army Chief General Dalbir Singh on Thursday felicitated an all-girl team of NCC that scaled Mt. Everest last month. The expedition was led by Col. Gaurav Karki along with 10…
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) Naval ships from India, US and Japan are all set to kickstart the Malabar exercise, set to take place off Okinawa island in Japan. The exercise scheduled to take place…
Beijing, June 9 (IANS) China on Thursday vindicated its stand over a documentary based on the Mumbai 26/11 terror attacks, alleging Pakistani involvement in the brazen attack. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said in its weekly…
Raipur, June 9 (IANS) Maoist rebels on Thursday fired rockets and opened fire at an ITBP camp in Kondagaon district of Chhattisgarh. Senior Superintendent of Police of Kondagaon Santosh Singh said the three-hour-long attack was…
Agartala, June 9 (IANS) The Tripura government will increase the number of women police personnel to at least 20 per cent of the total strength, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said on Thursday. “Currently, 13 per…
Lucknow, June 9 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Police Regulations will be updated by removing provisions and references incorporated since the British Raj times, Inspector General of Police (Rules and Manuals) Amitabh Thakur said on Thursday….
Islamabad, June 9 (IANS) Pakistan will raise in the United Nations the issue of US drone attacks as they are against the country’s sovereignty, top Foreign Affairs Advisor Sartaj Aziz said on Thursday. Aziz was…
Panaji, June 9 (IANS) TheIndian Navy and Coast Guard saved a merchant vessel from sinking off the Goa coast after it started listing in the water, an official statement said. The incident occurred on Wednesday…
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) India has formally asked the United States for Predator C Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAVs), a leading defence journal says. Reliable sources told India Strategic (www.indiastrategic.in) that the Predator C…
New York, June 9 (IANS) Soon after the news of Twitter co-founder Evan Williams’s account hack surfaced on Thursday, another report said that hackers might have used malware to collect more than 32 million Twitter…
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) The CPI-M on Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of making India “a strategic junior partner of the US global strategic designs”. Commenting on the Indo-US Joint Statement issued during…
Mexico City/New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) India’s diplomatic efforts to gain entry to the exclusive Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) appear to be gaining traction after it bagged crucial support from Switzerland and Mexico, two countries…
By Sujit Chakraborty Agartala, June 9 (IANS) A war museum, hillocks, verdant valleys, lake, plants, sculptures — this is not just a park but much more than that. Welcome to the Bharat-Bangladesh Maitri Udyan built…
Tokyo, June 9 (IANS) Japan on Thursday protested after a Chinese frigate entered the waters near a disputed island chain in the East China Sea. A Japanese Navy destroyer detected the Chinese ship as it…
Wellington, June 9 (IANS) The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) said on Thursday that along with Australian forces, it will soon have trained 7,000 Iraqi troops in the fight against Islamic State (IS) militants. The…
Beijing, June 9 (IANS) Beijing authorities have ordered the inspection of all running tracks in the capital’s schools, following reports of several cases of students taking ill after running on them. The order was passed…
By Arul Louis United Nations, June 9 (IANS) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has appointed Swedish Major General Per Lodin, a logistics expert, to head the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP)…