21 killed in J&K army camp attack
Srinagar, Sep 18 (IANS) Seventeen soldiers and four militants were killed on Sunday during an attack on an army camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Uri town, defence officials said. According to the officials, the gunfight…
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NAM Summit: India pitches against state sponsors of terrorism
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) Without naming Pakistan, India used the foremost South-South cooperation forum to take action against terrorism and called for support to New Delhi’s initiative of the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism…
Russia votes in parliamentary election
Moscow, Sep 18 (IANS) Voting began on Sunday to elect deputies to Russia’s State Duma, the lower house of parliament, as well as to dozens of municipal and regional bodies, authorities said. The first polling…
Rajnath Singh postpones US, Russia visit
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday postponed his visit to the US and Russia over the present unrest in Jammu and Kashmir and asked officials to closely monitor the…
2 soldiers killed in J&K army camp attack
Srinagar, Sep 18 (IANS) Two soldiers were killed and six others injured when militants attacked an army camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Uri town on Sunday morning, said defence sources. The sources said the six…
Several wounded in New York City blast
New York, Sep 18 (IANS) Several people have been wounded in an explosion in Manhattan, authorities said. Fire trucks and ambulances converged on the scene after what witnesses described as a “deafening” blast in the…
Militants attack army headquarters in Kashmir
Srinagar, Sep 18 (IANS) Militants attacked army’s brigade headquarters in Jammu and Kashmir’s Uri town on Sunday morning. Police said militants, whom number and identity was yet unknown, attacked the headquarters of the 12 Brigade…
Russia acuses US for defending IS, calls urgent UNSC meeting
Moscow, Sep 18 (IANS) Moscow has called an urgent UN Security Council meeting after US-led coalition hit Syrian forces, killing 62 soldiers and wounding 100 more. The Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman blasted Washington over the…
Coalition airstrike may have struck Syrian military, says Pentagon
Pentagon, Sep 18 (IANS) The Pentagon said on Saturday that US-led coalition airstrike against the Islamic State may have “unintentionally” targeted Syrian government forces. “Coalition forces believed they were striking a Daesh fighting position,” said…
Russia calls urgent UNSC meeting amid airstrikes on Syrian army
Moscow, Sep 18 (IANS) Moscow has called an urgent UN Security Council meeting after US-led coalition airstrikes hit Syrian forces, killing 62 soldiers and wounding 100 more, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. The Foreign Ministry…
Russia says US-led airstrikes kill 62 Syrian government troops
Moscow, Sep 18 (IANS) The US-led coalition killed 62 Syrian government troops and injured some 100 others in a round of airstrikes in eastern Syria’s province of Deir al-Zour, the Russian Defence Ministry said on…
US-led airstrikes kill ’30 Syrian soldiers’
Damascus, Sep 18 (IANS) The airstrikes of the US-led anti-terror coalition against Syrian military positions in the eastern province of Deir al-Zour on Saturday evening killed over 30 Syrian soldiers, a monitor group reported.
Bhunia likely to join Trinamool on Monday
Kolkata, Sep 17 (IANS) Former West Bengal Pradesh Congress chief Manas Bhunia, now a dissident leader, is likely to join the ruling Trinamool Congress on Monday, a senior ruling party leader said. Bhunia, who has…
Davis Cup: Spain down brave Indians in doubles to clinch tie
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) Rafael Nadal and Marc Lopez fought off a brave challenge from the Indian duo of Leander Paes and Saketh Myneni in the doubles rubber to hand Spain an unassailable 3-0…
Opposition slams Delhi government for misusing public funds, AAP denies charge
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) The BJP and the Congress on Saturday attacked Delhi’s Arvind Kejriwal government for violating the Supreme Court guidelines and spending taxpayers’ money on advertisements after a panel set up by…
Kanpur Metro Rail project’s foundation-laying on October 4: Akhilesh
Lucknow, Sep 17 (IANS) Foundation of the Kanpur Metro Rail project would be laid on October 4, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav announced on Saturday. Addressing a press conference here at his official residence,…
Would have been a better Finance Minister than Jaitley, says Swamy
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) BJP leader Subramanian Swamy said on Saturday that he would have been a better Finance Minister than Arun Jaitley. “Jaitley is only a lawyer while I am an economist. It…
Haryana CM dubs Mewat’s beef biryani, gang rape as ‘trivial’ issues
Gurgaon, Sep 17 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday dubbed the controversy over beef found in biryani and the gang rape of two sisters in Mewat as a “trivial issue”. “These are…
Karnataka CM rues PM’s indifference to Cauvery row
Kalaburgi (Karnataka), Sep 17 (IANS) With no reply to his letter or an appointment to meet, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday chided Prime Minister Narendra Modi for being indifferent to the state over the…
Muslim attacked by cow vigilantes dies in Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad, Sep 17 (IANS) A 25-year-old Muslim man who was thrashed brutally allegedly by cow vigilantes on September 13 died at a hospital here on Friday night, police said on Saturday. The Gujarat government has…