NCRB launches FICN compilation system portal
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) on Friday launched a web portal as a tool in its armoury to easily compile the precise data of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN)…
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Pregnancy advisory to women fighter pilots not ‘legally binding’: IAF
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) An advisory that three women training to be IAF fighter pilots should avoid pregnancy for the next four years is not “legally binding”, officials said on Friday. “It is a…
‘DPP nearly finalised, DAC may meet again in March’
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) on Friday “almost finalised” the new Defence Procurement Policy (DPP), and may meet again later this month to put a final stamp of approval, defence…
56 Maoists surrender in Chhattisgarh
Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh), March 11 (IANS) As many as 56 Maoist guerrillas surrendered in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region on Friday while in a separate incident three central paramilitary personnel were wounded in a tunnel explosion. In the…
Taliban gun down Colonel in Pakistan
Islamabad, March 11 (IANS) Gunmen shot dead a senior military officer in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Friday in a terror attack, officials said. The banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility shortly after the incident….
OROP campaigner in Haryana arrested on embezzlement charge
Gurgaon, March 11 (IANS) A court here on Friday remanded ex-servicemen C.K. Sharma, 75, in one-day police custody in a case of alleged misappropriation of funds of a society that organised the ‘One Rank One…
Kolkata police assure elaborate security for Pakistan
Kolkata, March 11 (IANS) The city police has assured the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) of putting in place elaborate security arrangements for the visiting Pakistan team and the World Twenty20 matches to be played…
Pakistan team get nod for World T20 in India
Islamabad, March 11 (IANS) The Pakistan government on Friday officially decided to send the national men’s and women’s cricket teams to India to take part in the ongoing World Twenty20 tournament. The national cricket teams…
South Gujarat n-plant shut down after leak
Ahmedabad, March 11 (IANS) The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited’s (NPCIL) atomic power plant at Kakrapar in South Gujarat was shut down on Friday morning following a leak in its Primary Heat Transport System…
First India-made Scorpene submarine to start trial this year
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The first of the Scorpene class submarine Kalvari will start its trial this year, Vice Chief of Naval Staff P. Murugesan said here on Friday. “Some time his year, the…
Israel arrests 177 ‘illegal’ Palestinian workers
Tel Aviv, March 11 (IANS) Israeli police on Friday said 177 “illegal” Palestinian workers were arrested overnight, on the third day of a crackdown following a fatal terror attack. Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said the…
Army chopper makes emergency landing in Punjab
Chandigarh, March 11 (IANS) Two army officers sustained minor injuries when an Indian Army helicopter made an emergency landing in agricultural fields on Friday at Mailli village in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur district, police said. Police officials…
World T20: Rajnath assures security to Pakistan team
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said the Pakistan cricket team will be provided adequate security during their World Twenty20 campaign…
Colonel gunned down in Pakistan
Islamabad, March 11 (IANS) A colonel of the Pakistan Army was killed on Friday in a firing incident in Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. A police official from Peshawar’s Hayatabad area said that Colonel Tariq Ghafoor, who…
Russia to deliver S-300 missile system to Iran
Tehran, March 11 (IANS) Moscow is set to deliver Russian-made surface-to-air S-300 missile defence systems to Iran before the end of this year, an official said. “I think we will deliver the S-300 by the…
Secure mobile phones soon for soldiers: Minister
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The government will soon provide secure mobile phones to soldiers along the international borders and in Naxal affected areas, Minister of State for Home Affairs Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary said here…
Apple says US smearing it with claim of being ‘corrosive’
Washington, March 11 (IANS) Apple has accused the US Justice Department of trying to “smear” the company with “desperate” and “unsubstantiated” claims. It followed the Justice Department’s latest court filing over its demand that Apple…
US Senate rejects move to block F-16 sale to Pakistan
Islamabad, March 11 (IANS) A resolution moved in the US Senate intended to block F-16 aircraft sale to Pakistan has been rejected. The rejection of the resolution would pave the way for the deal to…
US resolution on sex abuse triggers debate in Security Council
United Nations, March 11 (IANS) The UN Security Council convened a meeting on sexual abuse by peacekeepers where a draft resolution, pushed by the US for strong action against perpetrators of such misconduct, has triggered…
Japan wants countries to end Fukushima food import embargo
Tokyo, March 11 (IANS) Five years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan hopes 37 countries will lift their embargo on food imports from the region, the government announced on Friday. The earthquake and subsequent tsunami…