Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. (File Photo: IANS) Shillong, May 2 (IANS) The Indian government has no plans to re-enter into a ceasefire agreement with Naga insurgent group NSCN-K, a home ministry official said on…
A picture of Zaventem airport in Brussels after two massive explosions devastated the departure area of the airport triggering panic in the Belgian capital on March 22, 2016. Photo shared by Arab News on twitter.port…
Geneva, May 2 (IANS) US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday urged all parties to the Syrian conflict to end violence and restore the cessation of hostilities during his second day of talks focusing…
Ranchi, May 2 (IANS) A shutdown call by Maoists hit normal life in rural areas of Jharkhand on Monday, but there was no effect in the urban parts. The banned group CPI-Maoists called for a…
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The government and the opposition parties on Monday blamed each other for disrupting the functioning of the ongoing parliament session by politicising and raking up the AgustaWestland chopper scam issue….
Washington, May 2 (IANS) A secret section of the 9/11 Commission Report that reportedly details Saudi Arabian funding for the attacks contains uncorroborated, un-vetted information and should not be released, the director of the Central…
Imphal, May 2 (IANS) Indefinite curfew was clamped on Monday in a town in Manipur following clashes between residents and followers of a self-styled godman, in which many people were injured and vehicles were damaged….
Islamabad, May 2 (IANS) At least 14 people, including four children, were wounded when unidentified assailants lobbed a hand grenade at a madrassa (seminary) in Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province late on Sunday, it was reported on…
Damascus, May 2 (IANS) The Syrian army on Monday said the state of regime of silence near the capital Damascus will be extended for 48 hours. It is the second time the “regime of silence”…
Washington, May 2 (IANS) US spy agency Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) “live tweeted” the military raid that killed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan five years ago, drawing criticism and satire on social…
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Hamid Ansari on Monday asked Trinamool Congress (TMC) member Sukhendu Sekhar Roy to “withdraw” from the house for the rest of the day for creating disturbance…
By Mayabhushal Nagvenkar Moscow, May 2 (IANS) Firing Kalashnikovs, flying gunships, stomping about in tanks and sweating it out in army fatigues, that’s Russia’s cutting edge arsenal of ideas for attracting tourists. Amid the annexation…
Sydney, May 2 (IANS) Hundreds of employees at New South Wales (NSW) state parliament in Sydney were evacuated earlier on Monday, following the discovery of a suspicious package in the area. A NSW police spokesperson…
Paris, May 2 (IANS) Eighteen people were arrested and two others injured when people took to the streets to call for the withdrawal of a labour reform during May Day rallies across France on Sunday….
Baghdad, May 2 (IANS) French and US warplanes launched two separate strikes to destroy “an important logistic site” of the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq, the French defence ministry said. The strikes were conducted on…
Melbourne, May 2 (IANS) Australia’s Victoria state has come under fire of softening its stance on youth crime, after introducing laws which make breaching bail no longer an offence for those under 18. From Monday,…
Gurgaon, May 1 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday announced that police personnel in the state would now be entitled to a weekly off. The Haryana government also plans to strengthen the…
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) India is set to participate in a multinational maritime exercise in the strategically important South China Sea, which will have the US, Japan, Russia, Australia and China along with other…
Mumbai: “Kalvari”, the Scorpene class submarines, being built at the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd Mumbai ventures into the sea for the first time as sea trials begin off Mumbai coast on May 1, 2016. (Photo:…
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. (File Photo: IANS) Panaji/New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Sunday said he will speak on the AgustaWestland issue in parliament on Wednesday, and give a detailed chronology…