Kohima: A convoy of the 7 Assam Rifles was ambushed, while on its way from Kiphire to Meluri in Phek district yesterday near the Meluri at Phek and Kiphire districts boundary at around 1:15 PM, when two suspected IEDs exploded as the convoy was nearing the Tizu River. According to an official report from the […]
Five people died after a King Air C90 charter aircraft crashed in Ghatkopar, the congested central suburbs of Mumbai, on Thursday afternoon. All occupants on board, which included two pilots — Capt P S Rajput and Capt Maria — and two aircraft maintenance engineers along with one person on ground are dead. The name of […]
Washington: Notwithstanding “the continued adherence by Iran” to its nuclear-related commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the agreement is “at a crossroads” the United Nations top political official has said. “On 8 May 2018, the United States announced its withdrawal from the agreement. The Secretary-General … believes that issues not directly related […]
New Delhi: Accusing the Narendra Modi government of politicising the surgical strikes carried out by the Indian Army, the Congress on Thursday said the BJP used it as a tool to garner votes. Talking to reporters here, AICC media in charge Randeep Surjewala said, ‘Let the ruling dispensation remember that the blood and sacrifice of […]
New Delhi: The United States has deferred 2 plus 2 dialogue with India but said a convenient dates will be worked out soon. MEA spokesman Raveesh Kumar tweeted here and said that the US Secretary of State Pompeo spoke to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to express his regret and deep disappointment as the US […]
Delhi: Ten Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers heading to Jammu and Kashmir went missing from a special army train between Bardhaman and Dhanbad railway stations in Uttar Pradesh. A First Information Report (FIR) was lodged by their commander at the Government Railway Police (GRP) in Mughalsarai stating the troopers were “absent without leave,” reports said. “83 […]
Delhi: Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu has made a strong pitch for introducing Emergency – imposed by Indira Gandhi in 1975 – in the education curriculum. “Emergency is part of history, you cannot suppress history,” Naidu said on Monday, while addressing a function which was organised for the release of the Hindi, Kannada, Telugu and Gujarati […]
Kathmandu: As many as 15 settlements in Nepal’s Tehrathum district have been identified as landslide-prone areas and an alert has been sounded about the danger this monsoon. The alert was sounded by the Tehrathum District Natural Disaster Rescue Committee. The committee is also raising awareness and conducting disaster preparedness programmes in the settlements, a report […]
New Delhi: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday asserted that intolerant citizens violating the freedoms of fellow citizens have no right to be ‘Indians’ as it goes against the core values and ethos of India. Now, the threat to individual freedoms was from some misguided citizens, Mr Naidu said speaking on the occasion of the 43rd […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday declared victory in a tightly-contested presidential election, extending his 15-year grip on power in the face of a revitalised opposition. Turkish voters had for the first time cast ballots for both president and parliament in the snap polls, with Erdogan looking for a first-round knockout and an overall […]
