United Nations, Nov 1 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday announced the appointment of Noirin O’Sullivan of Ireland as the new Assistant Secretary-General for safety and security. Upon taking office, O’Sullivan succeeds Fadzai Gwaradzimba…
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Border Security Force’s (BSF) trick riding team ‘JANBAZ’ created two world records on Wednesday, making total seven world records since October 15. On Wednesday, Inspector Awadhesh Kumar Singh, team Captain…
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) The demonetisation decision of government in 2016 broke the backbone of Maoists in Chhattisgarh, leading to more number maoist arrests than ever and less number of attacks by them, claimed…
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought more information from the government on the Rafale combat jet deal, including details of its pricing and deemed advantages. “The court would also like…
Bhubaneswar, Oct 31 (IANS) The Odisha government on Wednesday said it would install CCTV cameras in hostels run by the ST and SC Development Department for the safety of tribal students. Department Minister Ramesh Majhi…
Washington, Oct 31 (IANS) US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have called on all parties in the Yemen civil war to agree to a truce “in the next 30 days”…
Tehran, Oct 31 (IANS) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday said that the US officials have retreated from their earlier stance to cut down Iran’s oil exports to zero. “At the beginning, they said they…
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) chief S.S. Deswal was on Wednesday appointed Director General of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), a para-military force mandated to guard the 3,488-km Sino-Indian border. He…
Moscow, Oct 31 (IANS) A 17-year-old boy detonated a bomb at an office of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) in Arkhangelsk city on Wednesday, killing himself and injuring three agency officers, officials said. The…
Raipur, Oct 31 (IANS) A Chhattisgarh policeman on Wednesday succumbed to his injuries here at a hospital, taking the toll to four in a Maoist ambush in Dantewada in which a Doordarshan cameraman and two…
Kabul, Oct 31 (IANS) At least seven people were killed and eight others wounded after a suicide bomber struck a vehicle carrying prison employees on the outskirts of capital on Wednesday, officials said. Kabul police…
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) The Congress on Wednesday said the Supreme Court move to seek more information from the Modi government about the pricing and deemed advantages in the Rafale deal was “extremely critical”…
Islamabad, Oct 31 (IANS) Radical Islamist groups protested on Wednesday in a number of Pakistan cities against the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the death sentence of Christian woman Asia Bibi, who had been convicted…
Jammu, Oct 31 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday confirmed Dilbag Singh as the full time Director General of Police. Singh, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the 1987 batch, was appointed…
Srinagar, Oct 31 (IANS) Indian and Pakistani troops on Wednesday traded heavy fire on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Police said the Pakistan Army targeted Indian posts in Tangdhar…
Damascus, Oct 31 (IANS) More than 1,500 bodies have been found in a mass grave in Syria’s Raqqa province, the former de facto capital of the Islamic State (IS), the media reported on Wednesday. Citing…
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) chief S.S. Deswal was on Wednesday appointed the Director General of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), a paramilitary force mandated to guard the 3,488-km Sino-Indian border….
Kabul, Oct 31 (IANS) At least 25 people, including senior government and Army officials, were killed when a military helicopter crashed due to bad weather in the region bordering Afghanistan’s Farah and Herat provinces on…
Seoul, Oct 31 (IANS) North Korea is apparently preparing for a possible visit by international inspectors to verify the shutdown of its nuclear test site, Seoul’s spy agency said on Wednesday during a parliamentary audit….
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) The Congress on Wednesday targeted the Narendra Modi government over the Rafale deal saying its “boat of corruption” will sink after the Supreme Court asked for details of pricing and…