Government to call all-party meet on strategy against Maoists
byNew Delhi, June 3 (IANS) The government has decided to call an all-party meeting to fine tune its strategy to deal with the Maoists…
Defence/Security
Poland to spend $40 bn on defence
byWarsaw, June 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) In a bid to modernise its armed forces, Poland has decided to spend $40 billion on its military despite…
NATO defence ministers to discuss cyber security
byBrussels, June 3 (IANS) Defence ministers from 28 NATO countries will meet Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss how to handle the growing cyber security…
Photos of semi-clad Israeli soldiers posted on sites
byLondon, June 3 (IANS) Four Israeli women soldiers have been disciplined after photographs, showing them posing only in their underwears and combat gear, were…
Bangladeshi agent held, Pakistani spy jailed in Tripura
byAgartala, June 3 (IANS) A secret agent of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) of Bangladesh was arrested in Tripura, while a local court here…
Bihar to have CCTV cameras at Mahabodhi, Vishnupad temples
byPatna, June 3 (IANS) CCTVs will be set up at Bodh Gaya’s 1,500-year-old Mahabodhi temple, Buddhism’s holiest shrine, and at the famous Hindu temple…
May was Iraq’s deadliest month in over five years: UN
byBaghdad, June 3 (IANS/EFE) May was the deadliest month in Iraq in more than five years with 1,045 people killed in acts of terrorism…
US, Russia discuss Syria crisis
byMoscow, June 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry held a telephone talk to discuss ways…
Syrian army seizes Sarin gas from rebels
byMoscow, June 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Syrian army has seized two cylinders of nerve agent Sarin in an operation in Hama city, Press TV…
Air show pilot dies near Moscow
byMoscow, June 2 (IANS) A pilot was killed when his plane crashed Sunday in an air show near Moscow, police said. “A light plane…