Dehradun, March 16 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday met the family members of three martyrs who died in separate incidents in Jammu and Kashmir. Soon after addressing a rally here, Gandhi went to…
Jammu, March 16 (IANS) Heavy firing exchanges took place on Saturday between Indian and Pakistani troopers on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, a defence official said. “At around 1.30…
Srinagar, March 16 (IANS) Militants killed a woman Special Police Officer (SPO) on Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district, police said. The terrorists shot dead Khushboo Jan from close range while she was on…
United Nations, March 16 (IANS) The UN Security Council has condemned “in the strongest terms” the terrorist attacks on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, which killed 49 people. The members of the Security Council…
Christchurch, March 16 (IANS) A 28-year-old man from Australia appeared in a local court here on Saturday and was charged with murder in connection with the mass shootings at two mosques in the New Zealand…
Washington, March 16 (IANS) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Washington is still hopeful for continued talks with Pyongyang. “We are hopeful that we can continue to have conversation, negotiations,” Pompeo told reporters…
Washington, March 16 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has vetoed a bill blocking his declaration of a national emergency at the southern border, the first such move in his presidency. Trump on Friday signed the…
United Nations, March 16 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is “shocked and appalled at the terrorist attack” at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, his spokesperson said on Friday. Guterres “recalls the sanctity of mosques…
Rome, March 16 (IANS/AKI) Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Friday deplored the “cowardly” gun attacks by suspected white supremacists at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, which left at least 49 people dead and…
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) When the nation’s attention was focussed on the Balakot air strike, Indian Army in a joint operation with Myanmaerese Army destroyed 10 camps belonging to an insurgent group in Myanmar…
Srinagar, March 15 (IANS) Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh, Northern Command chief, on Friday visited forward locations along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Valley. A Defence Ministry statement said here on Friday: “Army Commander…
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) One of the key prongs for the welfare of ex-servicemen — the Army Group Insurance Fund (AGIF) — has exposure to toxic IL&FS bonds amounting close to Rs 210 crore….
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Air India has ferried around 5,000 army and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel to Srinagar in special night flights in recent weeks as boots on the ground are being…
London, March 15 (IANS) More than 371,000 Syrians have been killed since the beginning of the Syrian Civil War in 2011, a United Kingdom-based war monitor reported on Friday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights…
Chandigarh, March 15 (IANS) The two-day national convention of War Decorated India began at the Manekshaw Auditorium in Chandimandir, the headquarters of the Western Command, near here, on Friday. “Some living gallantry award winners and…
Chandigarh, March 15 (IANS) The Punjab Police’s intelligence wing has busted an espionage ring in the state with the arrest of a Military Engineering Services employee posted in the crucial Jalandhar cantonment, a police spokesman…
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) With fake news spread on social media platforms coming under increased scrutiny ahead of the general election, a top government official on Friday said technology firms cannot escape responsibility for…
Jerusalem, March 15 (IANS) Militants in Gaza fired two rockets towards Tel Aviv, the first such attack since the war between Israel and Hamas in 2014, the media reported on Friday. Rocket sirens sounded in…
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Using music, dance and arts, members of India’s classical artistes fraternity will pay their respects and homage to the 40 CRPF troopers who were killed in the February 14 suicide…
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday moved a Delhi court seeking permission to question Altaf Ahmad Shah and another person in judicial custody in connection with the terror funding case….