By Arun Kumar Washington, March 1 (IANS) Warning Pakistan that anti-Afghanistan and anti-India terror groups were “stealing” its sovereignty and undermining its efforts to improve relations with its neighbours, US has welcomed Pakistan’s commitment not…
Kolkata, March 1 (IANS) Over 100 companies of central forces are being moved for extensive confidence building measures (CBM) in West Bengal districts ahead of assembly polls in the state, an Election Commission official said…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Non-state actors from Pakistan were involved in the Pathankot terror attack but they could not function smoothly without state support, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar told the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday….
Imphal, March 1 (IANS) Civil rights activist Irom Sharmila has said she will continue to use the democratic weapon of fasting to demand the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958, from Manipur…
Jammu, March 1 (IANS) The BSF and the Pakistan Rangers on Tuesday agreed to clear wild grasses and thick bushes in the international border area to improve visibility while patrolling, a police official said. A…
Mogadishu, March 1 (IANS) At least four soldiers were killed and several injured in a landmine explosion at Hawo Abdi, about 25 km south of Mogadishu, on Tuesday, authorities said. The officers were killed when…
Kolkata, March 1 (IANS) The headquarters Bengal Area (HQ BA), one of the oldest static formations of the Indian Army in the eastern region, entered in its 122nd year on Tuesday. Raised as the Bengal…
Jakarta, March 1 (IANS) Indonesia will deploy 14,178 officers to beef up security during the fifth summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) starting in Jakarta this Sunday. Convened under the theme “United for…
Mumbai, March 1 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation is planning to set up a cyber-crime investigation branch here, its director Anil Sinha said here on Tuesday. For this, the Maharashtra government has been requested…
Kabul, March 1 (IANS) At least 70 militants were killed as Afghan forces, after three days of fierce fighting, captured Taliban bastion in the northern Faryab province on Tuesday, a senior official said. “Finally the…
Baghdad, March 1 (IANS) At least 39 security members were killed in a suicide attack on army headquarters in Iraq’s Anbar province, the media reported on Tuesday. Two suicide bombers wearing explosive vests triggered blasts…
Baghdad, March 1 (IANS) At least 39 people were killed as two suicide bombers attacked an Iraqi army headquarters in the province of Anbar. Among the killed people was a senior general and a provincial…
Islamabad, March 1 (IANS) A Pakistani police constable was arrested after drugs, weapons and Indian passports were recovered from his house during a raid in Lahore on Tuesday, media reported. The accused identified as constable…
Kabul, March 1 (IANS) The only way left for Taliban militant group is to join the peace process in Afghanistan, Russian Special Envoy to Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov has said. “Taliban don’t have any ways other…
Kabul, March 1 (IANS) Three civilians were killed and two injured when militants fired a rocket towards Pul-e-Khumri city of Afghanistan on Tuesday morning. “The rocket fired by Taliban militants struck a house in Pul-e-Khumri,…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) A campaign against holding the next Defence Expo in Goa found an echo in parliament on Tuesday with Congress M.P. Shantaram Naik raising the issue in the Rajya Sabha. The…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) on Tuesday cleared a proposal to acquire two more Airborne Warning and Control Systems (AWACS) at the cost of Rs.7,500 crore under a tripartite…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has sought an explanation from the army regarding its recruitment rally in Bihar where candidates were made to appear in the written test in their briefs,…
Hyderabad, March 1 (IANS) Police shot dead six Maoists on the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border on Tuesday, police said. A gun battle erupted in the Chintavadu forests in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh near Khammam district in Telangana….
Kolkata, March 1 (IANS) The Indian Air Force’s Induction Publicity Exhibition Vehicle (IPEV), a mobile platform promoting its various activities across the country, will visit various colleges in Kolkata and adjoining cities from March 3….