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  46 Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan

  World | June 27, 2021 11:42 IST

  The clashes occurred on Saturday when the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces backed by local Public Uprising Forces and supported by the Air Force targeted a Taliban convoy and militants' aggregations in the suburban districts of Dasht-e-Qala and Rustaq, the Ministry said in a statement.

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  Cyclone Tauktae: Rajnath Singh lauds armed forces, ICG, for their search and rescue operations

  India | May 20, 2021 18:22 IST

  With 38 people on board a barge that sank in the Arabian Sea four days ago still missing, the Indian Navy ships worked through the night, using searchlights to trace any movement in the pitch dark waters as hopes of finding more survivors began to recede on Thursday.

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  Deployed forces to check no miscreant joins farmers' protest: UP ADG

  News | December 12, 2020 17:21 IST

  Prashant Kumar, Uttar Pradesh ADG (Law and Order) said that the state has deployed forces to check that no miscreant joins the protest.

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  Pakistan violates ceasefire in J-K's Poonch

  News | September 23, 2020 22:32 IST

  Pakistan violated ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Shahpur, Kirni, and Qasba sectors of Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on September 23.

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  Pakistan violates ceasefire in J&K's Poonch

  News | September 17, 2020 13:40 IST

  Pakistan violated ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Balakote and Mendhar sectors in Jammu - Kashmir's Poonch district on September 17.

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  Anti-India forces trying to create trouble in Kashmir checked by BSF: MoS Home

  India | December 01, 2019 16:44 IST

  "Recent decisions (abrogation of Article 370) have led to positive developments in Jammu-Kashmir but anti-national forces want to create trouble in Kashmir valley. "But BSF is standing like an impregnable wall against such attempts and is continuously foiling such bids," the Union minister of state for home said. 

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  India welcomes agreement between Yemeni govt and southern separatists

  India | November 11, 2019 20:47 IST

  Yemen's internationally recognised government signed a power-sharing deal with Southern Transitional Council on November 5 in a Saudi-brokered initiative to end a conflict simmering within the country's civil war

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  5 LeT terrorists killed in Jammu and Kashmir within 2 days

  News | September 21, 2018 19:48 IST

  Five militants from the Lashkar-e-Taiba who recently infiltrated into Jammu and Kashmir were killed in an encounter Friday, police said.

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  Jailed for smuggling arms in US, Iraq’s Interior Minister Qazim al-Araji now bats for friendship with Americans

  World | May 08, 2017 17:07 IST

  Former prisoner of the Unites States, Qasim al-Araji is now the head of the Interior Ministry, one of the most powerful ministries of Iraq. A decade ago, he was jailed in the US on charges of smuggling arms and for his involvement in an assassination

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  Amid Indo-Pak strains, Russian forces arrive in Pakistan for first-ever joint military drill

  World | September 23, 2016 14:25 IST

  Russian forces on Friday arrived in Pakistan for its first ever joint military drill that begins on Saturday, a military spokesperson said.

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  Avalanche alert: Forces put on high alert in Uttarakhand

  India | February 01, 2015 19:30 IST

  Dehradun: Forces deployed in the high altitude districts of Uttarakhand were put on high alert today in view of the possibility of avalanches in places located above 2,500 metres.“SDRF, ITBP and SSB deployed in the

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  Maoists-hit Odisha district seeks choppers, forces

  India | March 12, 2014 13:17 IST

  Bhubaneswar: District authorities in Maoists-hit Malkangiri in Odisha have asked for three choppers and additional central forces for conducting free and fair Lok Sabhaand assembly elections next month, an official said Wednesday.The district, which shares

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  Iran may send forces to Pakistan for captive guards

  World | February 18, 2014 9:29 IST

  Tehran: Iranian government has warned of sending its forces into Pakistan in case Islamabad failed to act to free five Iranian border guards seized 10 days ago, BBC reported Tuesday.The warning was issued by Iranian

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  Forces search for insurgents on Indo-Myanmar border in Manipur

  India | October 16, 2013 13:38 IST

  Imphal: A hunt by police and para-military forces were on for insurgents who attacked security forces in Manipur in the past week.  The searches were concentrated along the Indo-Myanmar border in Ukhrul district, official sources

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  Kerala orphanage forces minor girl to marry Saudi man

  India | August 27, 2013 17:07 IST

  Kozhikode, Kerala: In yet another case of forcing minor Muslim girls into wedlock with Arab nationals in Kerala, a 17-year-old girl has approached Child Welfare Committee alleging that the orphanage authorities, where she had been

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  Shoulder injury forces Radwanska out of New Haven

  Tennis | August 22, 2012 22:53 IST

  New Haven, Aug 22: Top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska bowed out of her opening match at the New Haven Open Tuesday, retiring in the second set against qualifier Olga Govortsova with a sore shoulder.The world's second-ranked player,

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  US moves new forces to Persian Gulf

  World | July 03, 2012 16:22 IST

  Washington, Jul 3: US has moved more warships and fighter aircraft to the Persian Gulf to keep the strategic Straits of Hormuz open and strike deep within Iran if the stand-off over its nuclear programme

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  Troops pound Homs, 34 killed in Syria

  World | June 18, 2012 19:09 IST

  Beirut, Jun 18: Syrian forces pounded Homs today as they pressed their campaign against rebel strongholds in the city, while 34 people were killed across the strife-torn country, a watchdog said.Today's casualties come a day

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  Syrian troops renew shelling of Homs, 38 killed

  World | June 10, 2012 22:28 IST

  Beirut, Jun 10: Syrian government forces pounded parts of central Homs province today in a renewed push to regain control of rebel-held territories, and activists said at least 38 people were killed by shelling there

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  Poverty Forces National Archer To Sell Her Gifted Bow For Rs 50,000

  Other Sports | March 29, 2012 20:13 IST

  Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), Mar 29: Nisha Rani Dutta, who took part in several international archery championships, has sold her costly bow for Rs 50,000 to an up-and- coming Manipuri archer, in order to repair her dilapidated