Indian Coast Guard offshore patrol vessel commissioned
byTuticorin, May 21 (IANS) Indian Coast Guard Ship ICGS Vaibhav, the third in the series of 90-meter-class offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) was commissioned Tuesday…
Defence/Security
Three militants surrender in Tripura
byAgartala, May 21 (IANS) Three militants who had fled from their hideout in Bangladesh along with two CPI-M leaders, who were kidnapped April 1…
SSB soldier shoots two colleagues in Kashmir
byJammu: A Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) trooper killed two of his colleagues and injured two others in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar town early today, police…
US lawmakers seek more internal-security cooperation with India
byWashington, May 21 (IANS) Ahead of the second US-India Homeland Security dialogue here Tuesday, the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian-Americans has sought expanded…
‘Situation on Korean Peninsula still serious’
byMoscow, May 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The security situation on the Korean Peninsula is still serious after North Korea’s recent missile launch and its defiant…
95 killed in Syrian violence: Report
byDamascus, May 21 (IANS) A total of 95 people, including 23 Hezbollah members, have been killed in an intense fighting in Syria’s Al-Qussair city…
US anti-corruption expert expelled from Russia
byMoscow, May 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A retired US diplomat and expert on the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act has been banned from entering Russia….
Three Syrian refugees die in Jordan
byAmman, May 20 (IANS/AKI) Three Syrian refugees, including a 10-year-old boy, have died in Jordan, the country’s official Petra news agency said Monday. Two…
Two FBI officers killed in training exercise
byWashington, May 20 (IANS) Two special agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) were killed during a hostage rescue training exercise off the…
China’s ‘state-sponsored’ hackers attack US again
byWashington, May 20 (IANS) Chinese “state-sponsored” hackers have renewed attacks on the US, after a unit of the Chinese army was named in February…