Jamnagar (Gujarat), March 4 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday presented President’s Standard to 119 Helicopter Unit and President’s Colours to 28 Equipment Depot of the Indian Air Force here. One of the premier flying…
Beijing, March 4 (IANS) China is set to raise its defence budget by around 7 to 8 percent this year, an official said on Friday. At a press conference a day ahead of the National…
Islamabad, March 3 (IANS) Islamabad on Thursday said its nuclear arsenal is for the defence of Pakistan and its people. This comes days after US Secretary of State John Kerry asked the south Asian country…
Washinton, March 3 (IANS) At least 80 percent of Americans feel that the US is the main force fighting against the Islamic State terrorist group in Syria and European countries have no role in it….
Mumbai, March 3 (IANS) Pipavav Defence has been renamed Reliance Defence with the industrialist Anil Ambnani-led group getting a permission to this effect from the Registrar of Companies in Ahmedabad, a company statement said. “Reliance…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) The government on Thursday confirmed that no Indian was injured in the attack on the Indian consulate in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on Wednesday in which eight people were killed, including the…
Moscow, March 3 (IANS) New sanctions imposed on North Korea to punish it for nuclear tests and satellite launch is a “rigid but necessary” measure, the Russian foreign ministry said on Thursday. “The UN Security…
Washington, March 3 (IANS) Sartaj Aziz, foreign affairs adviser to the Pakistan prime minister, has said “India, not terrorism, is the biggest threat to the region”, and asked India to reduce its nuclear stockpile so…
Jamnagar (Gujarat), March 3 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee will present the President’s Standard to 119 Helicopter Unit and President’s Colours to 28 Equipment Depot of the Indian Air Force at the air force station here…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) India’s request to the UN to include the name of Masood Azhar, leader of the proscribed Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist group, in its list of designated terrorists, is now with…
Srinagar, March 3 (IANS) The army on Thursday killed an armed militant while he was trying to sneak in from the Pakistani side of the Line of Control, thus foiling an infiltration bid in the…
Srinagar, March 3 (IANS) The army on Thursday foiled an infiltration bid across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, killing one guerrilla while two soldiers were injured, defence sources said….
Jammu, March 3 (IANS) Border Security Force personnel on Thursday unearthed a tunnel near the international border in R.S. Pura sector of Jammu and Kashmir. “BSF personnel have discovered an underground tunnel at Allah Maie…
Islamabad, March 3 (IANS) Over 7,000 people in Karachi, Pakistan, who protested the execution of then Punjab governor Salman Taseer’s killer Mumtaz Qadri, were booked for promoting enmity between groups, rioting and misuse of loudspeaker,…
Srinagar, March 3 (IANS) Two soldiers were injured on Thursday in an ongoing operation against separatist guerrillas near the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, police said. The soldiers were injured in an ongoing…
Chandigarh, March 3 (IANS) The central government has set up a high-level committee identify critical issues and suggest measures to plug loopholes in vigil along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab, a state government official said…
Srinagar, March 3 (IANS) Chairman of the moderate faction of Hurriyat Mirwaiz Umer Farooq here on Thursday blamed the government for pushing talented and educated youth to pick up the gun. “Stifling of dissent and…
Colombo, March 3 (IANS) Sri Lanka on Thursday announced that it would ratify the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in order to make the country mines-free, Deputy Foreign Minister Harsha De Silva said. De Silva said…
Ankara, March 3 (IANS) Three Turkish soldiers and eight members of the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group were killed in clashes, the media reported on Thursday. The clashes took place on Wednesday when the…
Imphal, March 3 (IANS) A camp of former insurgents in Manipur was attacked by a group of militants who escaped before police could reach the site, authorities said on Thursday. The “peace camp” of the…