Union minister Piyush Goyal says the Indian Railways is working with Isro to explore the use of space technology to make travel by trains more safer New Delhi: Indian Railways is working with the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) to devise safety mechanisms to make travel by trains more safer, Union minister Piyush Goyal said…
In his first alleged message in nearly a year and following reports of his possible death, the elusive jihadist leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, called on his supporters to target the “media centres” of countries fighting his group. Beirut: The Islamic State group released a recording Thursday of what it says is its leader Abu Bakr…
Sushma Swaraj ruled out any new window of opportunity for NRIs to deposit their high-value Indian currency which was declared illegal after the demonetisation policy. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has ruled out any new window of opportunity for NRIs or people of Indian-origin to deposit their high value Indian currency which was declared illegal…
The 31-year-old Border Security Force (BSF) trooper, Rameez Ahmad Parray, on vacation at home in Jammu and Kashmir’s Badipora district, was unfettered by the enormous pressure mounted by the terrorists to shout anti-India slogans but he kept the high values and tradition of the defence forces by saying ‘Jai Hind’ till his last breath. The…
NEW YORK: Pakistan received a proposal to swap Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav for a terrorist who carried out the horrific 2014 Peshawar school attack and is now jailed in Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Khwaja Muhammad Asif has claimed. Asif, however, did not specify the name of the terrorist and the National Security Advisor who had made the proposal. “The terrorist who…
Donald Trump’s aggressive rhetoric toward North Korea doesn’t mean we’re on the brink of war, but it does raise questions about his goals. In the last two weeks, Donald Trump has been waging a war of words on two fronts — a domestic battle against NFL and NBA athletes and a foreign fight against “Little…
After opposition from certain quarters in the Indian Army and security forces, NSG commandos have been now limited to training security personnel of CRPF and the J&K Police. It is Kashmir’s best kept secret for at least a month now. Kept under wraps is a mini National Security Guard (NSG) hub-cum-regional training centre in Jammu…
Oil prices extend gains on Tuesday, with Brent crude hitting a 26-month high, supported by Turkey’s threat to cut crude flows from Iraq’s Kurdistan region to the outside world Tokyo: Oil prices extended gains on Tuesday, with Brent crude hitting a 26-month high, supported by Turkey’s threat to cut crude flows from Iraq’s Kurdistan region to…
The fact that there was general consensus on not having Pakistan host the summit unless the situation improves, shows that all the South Asian member nations continue to show solidarity with India and her concerns Terrorism was one of the key issues that came up during the SAARC Ministerial Meet which was held on the…
NEW YORK/SEOUL: North Korea’s foreign minister said on Monday President Donald Trump had declared war on North Korea and that Pyongyang reserved the right to take countermeasures, including shooting down US bombers even if they are not in its air space. Ri Yong Ho said a Twitter message by Trump on Saturday, in which the president warned that the minister and North…
