Jammu, April 26 (IANS) After obtaining mandatory permission from the Election Commission, the Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday ordered the transfer of three senior police officers. An order issued by the Home Department said…
Colombo, April 26 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Friday announced that Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara will resign later in the day, after he was asked to quit over mishandling of…
Srinagar, April 26 (IANS) A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper on Friday tried to commit suicide in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar district, police said. He tried to commit suicide inside a camp in Qamarwari area…
Colombo, April 26 (IANS) A suicide bomber who blew himself up at the Shangri-La Hotel in Colombo, one of the targets in the Easter Sunday bombings, had obtained empty cartridges discarded by the Army, a…
Washington, April 26 (IANS) US President Donald Trump is aiming for a grand nuclear deal with Russia and China, that he sees as a potential signature foreign policy achievement, the media reported on Friday. Administration…
Colombo, April 26 (IANS) Sri Lankan security authorities have extracted vital information from the terror suspects arrested in connection with Easter Sunday bombings, the media reported on Friday. A person arrested in Dambulla has been…
Colombo, April 25 (IANS) Sri Lanka on Thursday revised down the toll in Easter Sunday bloodbath to “about 253” even as Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando resigned accepting responsibility for the attack and security forces continued…
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Former Indian Army chief, Gen. Dalbir Singh Suhag (retd.) was Thursday named Indias next High Commissioner to Seychelles. An official release said that he is expected to take up the…
Colombo, April 25 (IANS) Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando on Thursday resigned accepting responsibility for the Easter Sunday bloodbath in Sri Lanka even as security forces continued a search for accomplices of the suicide bombers who…
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) In a historic development, the Indian Army on Thursday started the process of recruiting women, three months after the government announced its decision to open the entry of women as…
Colombo, April 25 (IANS) Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando resigned on Thursday, accepting responsibility for failing to prevent the Easter Sunday suicide bombings that killed 359 people. Fernando told an international news agency that…
(This story has not been edited by Social News XYZ staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which is contesting all the city’s seven Lok Sabha seats, on Thursday promised steps to make Delhi the “safest city” in India for women and…
Colombo, April 25 (IANS) Nearly 4,000 military personnel with sweeping police powers to arrest suspects were on Thursday tasked to provide security to churches and other religious places across Sri Lanka in the wake of…
Colombo, April 25 (IANS) Police in Sri Lanka on Thursday arrested three suspects during a raid in Colombo and seized 21 hand grenades, six swords and a van. The raid was carried out by the…
Colombo, April 25 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s Tourism Ministry said on Thursday that it has kept its new visa-on-arrival programme on hold until further notice due to the security situation in the island nation following the…
Colombo, April 25 (IANS) A Sri Lankan warship docked in Manila on Thursday for a four-day goodwill visit, the first since the two countries established diplomatic relations nearly 60 years ago. A contingent of the…
Colombo, April 25 (IANS) The use of all drones and unmanned aircraft within the Sri Lankan airspace has been suspended with effect from Thursday until further notice, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said. It said…
Colombo, April 25 (IANS) A minor explosion occurred in the outskirts of the Sri Lankan capital on Thursday, although there were no reports of casualties or damages in the incident that came four days after…
Colombo, April 25 (IANS) A minor explosion was reported on Thursday in Pugoda on the outskirts of the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, police said, adding there were casualties or damages in the fresh blast that…