The INS Sahyadri stealth frigate and the Indian Army's Poona Horse cavalry regiment were affiliated at a ceremony here on Saturday, an official said. Lt. Gen. R.V. Kanitkar, Colonel of the Poona Horse Regiment, and Vice Admiral H.C.S. Bisht, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Naval Command, attended the ceremony at the naval dockyard....
A female militant was reportedly killed as she blew herself up when Dhaka police, who were looking for Islamist radicals, raided a building on Saturday. "Militant Suman's wife came outside and detonated her suicide vest. Militant Iqbal's daughter was with her," a counter-terrorism official said. The police were yet to confirm whether the woma...
The External Affairs Ministry has crossed another milestone in its extensive use of social media when its Twitter handle @IndianDiplomacy crossed the one million followers mark. "The cherry on the top of a year of digital milestones! Our @IndianDiplomacy account crosses 1 million followers," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson V...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday stressed the crucial role played by financial markets for the growth of the Indian economy but warned of damages they can wreak if not properly regulated. Inaugurating the new campus of National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM) run by the stock markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Mumbai by an IAF aircraft for a daylong visit to Maharashtra, where he has series of engagements during the day, an official said. On his arrival at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport around noon, he was received by Maharashtra Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and ot...
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday was granted bail in a complaint case filed against him for allegedly giving "misleading information" in his poll affidavit ahead of the 2013 assembly elections. Metropolitan Magistrate Aashish Gupta allowed the bail plea moved by Keriwal's counsels Rishikesh Kumar and Irsad as the concerned magistrate was ...
The conflicting world views of President Barack Obama and his successor-elect Donald Trump took the global stage on Friday when Obama refused to have an anti-Israel resolution vetoed in the Security Council in a signature departure from US policy of blocking measures critical of Israel. The Security Council condemne...
British-born astronaut Piers Sellers has died of pancreatic cancer, aged 61, Nasa has said. Sellers, a climate scientist and former astronaut gained fame late in life for his eloquent commentary about the earth's fragility. The British-born space scientist, who flew on three space shuttle missions between 2002 and 2010, died on Frida...
Seoul, Dec 24 Pyongyang is preparing for another nuclear test in the coming months, South Korean authorities said on Saturday following the detection of activity in North Korean atomic installations. Seoul's National Intelligence Service (NIS) has observed ongoing movement of humans and vehicles at the Punggye-ri base, where the Kim Jong-un regime carried ...
A bitter cold wave continued unabated in the Kashmir Valley on Saturday and will remain for at least the next 24 hours, the weather office announced. Frost and fog in the valley have been causing hardships to locals who are praying for some respite from the unprecedented dry spell during the ongoing 'Chillai Kalan', the 40-day long period of harsh cold. "...
