Four killed, one injured in Kashmir gunfight
bySrinagar: Three soldiers of the Rashtriya Rifles and a militant were killed today morning in a gun-battle in south Kashmir, an army officer said. The…
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No need to ban IPL, guilty will be punished: R.P.N. Singh
byNew Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Minister of State for Home Affairs R.P.N. Singh Friday said it would not be right to ban the Indian…
Big undersea quake off Russia
byWashington, May 24 (IANS) An 8.2-magnitude earthquake under the Sea of Okhotsk was recorded early Friday, the US Geological Survey said. The temblor was…
Three troopers killed in Kashmir militant attack
bySrinagar: Three soldiers of the Rashtriya Rifles were killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district Friday while they were laying a cordon around a…
Five Venezuelan cops die in chopper crash
byCaracas, May 24 (IANS/EFE) Five members of Venezuela’s PNB national police force died Thursday when the helicopter they were using to pursue a group…
Britain arrests two more for soldier’s murder
byLondon, May 24 (IANS/EFE) Two additional suspects have been arrested in connection with the brutal killing of a British soldier on a street in…
Taliban influence in Afghanistan to grow: Russian agency
byMoscow, May 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Taliban influence in Afghanistan may grow after international coalition forces pull out, while rising radicalism in Syria could…
Hashish from India seized in Germany
byMilan, May 24 (IANS/AKI) A parcel containing two kg of hashish reportedly sent from India has been seized in Germany. The substance was found…
Cruise liner captain to stand trial over shipwreck
byRome, May 24 (IANS/AKI) The captain of the Costa Concordia cruise liner that hit rocks and sank off Tuscany last year, killing 32 people,…
Obama to curtail drones in focused war on terror
byWashington, May 24 (IANS) Making a shift from a boundless “global war on terror”, US President Barack Obama Thursday announced a new counter-terrorism policy…