Baku, April 2 (IANS) Azerbaijan’s Defence Ministry on Saturday dismissed media reports of a helicopter having been downed by Armenian armed forces. “The information that the Azerbaijani helicopter was shot down along the line of…
Damascus, April 2 (IANS) The bodies of 40 people killed by the Islamic State militant group were uncovered in a mass grave in Palmyra city of Syria. A source told SANA that defence groups managed…
Washington, April 2 (IANS) The Central Intelligence Agency has admitted to accidentally leaving “explosive training material” under the hood of a Northern Virginia school bus for more than a week last month. The agency inadvertently…
Washington, April 2 (IANS) US Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Japan later this month to attend a Group of Seven foreign ministers meeting in Hiroshima, the State Department has said. The foreign ministers…
Washington, April 2 (IANS) An Indian-American Sikh military officer in US has been granted permission to wear a religious beard and turban while in uniform, the media reported on Friday. The US Army’s decision to…
United Nations, April 2 (IANS) The UN Security Council will deal with various issues related to Syria, Yemen and the Middle East under China’s rotating presidency in April, the country’s permanent representative to the world…
Ranchi, April 2 (IANS)) Five policemen were injured in a landmine blast triggered by suspected Maoist guerrillas in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad district on Saturday, police said. According to police, Maoists triggered the landmine blast at Topchanchi…
Kabul, April 2 (IANS) As many as 15 de-miners were kidnapped in Afghanistan’s western Herat province, an official said on Saturday. “At least 15 personnel of a mine clearance agency were on their way to…
Lucknow, April 2 (IANS) At least a dozen people suffered injuries in a jail riot in Varanasi when inmates attacked prison guards on Saturday and held hostage two senior jail officials, police said. Jail Superintendent…
Washington, April 2 (IANS) US President Barack Obama said that global efforts to improve nuclear security have removed from circulation material equivalent to 150 nuclear weapons, safeguarding it from extremists. “That’s material that will never…
Pyongyang, April 2 (IANS) North Korea test-fired “new-type anti-air guided rockets” under the observation of top leader Kim Jong Un The rockets accurately hit the aerial targets of the simulated enemy, the country’s official KCNA…
Washington, April 2 (IANS) US President Barack Obama said Donald Trump’s suggestion that Japan and South Korea should consider obtaining nuclear weapons demonstrates the Republican presidential front-runner’s lack of understanding about foreign policy. “The person…
Baghdad, April 2 (IANS) A total of 1,119 Iraqis were killed and 1,561 others wounded in acts of terrorism, violence and armed conflicts in March across Iraq, a UN statement said on Friday. The statement…
Washington, April 2 (IANS) India has finally decided to join “gift baskets” at the Fourth Nuclear Security Summit here on Friday even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held meetings with several leaders, including British Prime…
Cairo, April 2 (IANS/EFE) At least 65 alleged terrorists were killed on Friday in military operations carried out by the Egyptian army in the north of the Sinai peninsula, according to a statement by army…
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will underline that India will continue to reflect its nuclear obligations to the international community through its national actions at the Fourth Nuclear Security Summit here…
Bengaluru, April 1 (IANS) State-run Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) had a sales turnover of Rs.7,510 crore in fiscal 2015-16 as against Rs.6,695 crore in 2014-15, registering a 12 percent year-on-year growth. Exports for the fiscal…
Washington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit 2016, in Washington DC on April 1, 2016. (Photo: IANS/PIB) Washington, April 1 (IANS) Prime…
By Arun Kumar Washington, April 1 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned global leaders from over 50 nations gathered here to discuss nuclear terrorism that state actors working with nuclear traffickers and terrorists present the…
Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) The city police have brought murder charges among others against the Hyderabad-based IVRCL and detained at least ten of its employees in connection with the flyover collapse in the city that…