Kathmandu: India and Nepal have agreed to step up cooperation between their security forces by undertaking joint training exercises. India also agreed to favourably consider Nepal's request to provide instructors and teachers for advanced courses including basic science courses and for attachment of Nepalese trainees and trainers at its various institutions, said an Indian Embassy statement on Sunday. The statement was issued a day after the ninth Nepal-India Bilateral Consultative...
08:59 PM, Apr 29, 2012
Bhubaneswar: There seems to be no end to the hostage crisis in Odisha as Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda on Friday released a new audio tape, giving a fresh deadline to the state government for the release of Naxals. In the new audio tape, Panda has set a four-day deadline for the government to release seven Maoists. He has threatened to kill the Italian hostage, Paolo Bosusco, if the demand is...
09:57 PM, Apr 06, 2012
A series of self-immolations by Tibetans has spurred the unrest in the region situated in southwest China. ...
08:37 AM, Jan 31, 2012
Islamabad: Hundreds of Taliban fighters on Friday carried out fresh attacks in a remote area in northwest Pakistan bordering Afghanistan though security forces claimed to have regained control of the region after fierce fighting that killed nearly 80 people, including 28 troops. The militants, who sneaked into Upper Dir district from Afghanistan on Wednesday, destroyed eight schools as skirmishes between the rebels and security forces continued for the third day...
02:20 AM, Jun 04, 2011
Srinagar: Three suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba militants, including one from Pakistan, were killed in an encounter with security forces on Friday in Sopore town of north Kashmir's Baramulla district. "All the three militants have been killed and the operation is over," Srinagar-based Defence spokesman Lt Colonel J S Brar said, adding further details of the incident were awaited. The encounter broke out last evening when troops of 52 Rashtriya Rifles and police...
08:05 AM, Jun 03, 2011
Srinagar: Two unidentified militants were on Friday killed in an encounter with security forces in Sopore area of north Kashmir Baramulla district, officials said. A gunbattle broke out in Nowpora locality of Sopore town, 55 kms from Srinagar, after security forces came under fire from militants during a cordon and search operation, the officials said. Two militants have been killed so far, they said, adding that the search operation was ...
02:11 PM, May 27, 2011
Srinagar: Two unidentified militants were on Friday killed in an encounter with security forces in Sopore area of north Kashmir Baramulla district, officials said. A gunbattle broke out in Nowpora locality of Sopore town, 55 kms from Srinagar, after security forces came under fire from militants during a cordon and search operation, the officials said. Two militants have been killed so far, they said, adding that the search operation was...
02:11 PM, May 27, 2011
Manama: Helicopters flew overhead and riot police fired teargas as they moved into Bahrain's Pearl roundabout early on Wednesday to clear protesters camped out there for weeks, a Reuters witness said. Protesters threw petrol bombs at police who advanced in thick lines from the Bahrain Financial Harbour, the main financial district of the capital Manama, firing dozens of rounds of teargas. Helicopters buzzed overhead as youths ran towards police in...
11:30 AM, Mar 16, 2011
Manama: Plans by an exiled Shi'ite leader to return home raised the stakes in a power struggle in Sunni-ruled Bahrain on Monday, as mainly Shi'ite protesters in Manama's Pearl Square pressed demands for a new government. Haq movement leader Hassan Mushaimaa, tried in absentia in Bahrain for attempting to topple the government, said he would fly back from London on Tuesday, posing a fresh challenge to the ruling al-Khalifa family,...
08:11 PM, Feb 21, 2011
Manama: A group of protesters on Monday called for the ouster of Bahrain's entire ruling monarchy as part of sweeping demands to call off the weeklong uprising in the tiny, but strategically important Gulf nation. Tensions are still running high in Bahrain after seesaw battles that saw riot police open fire on protesters trying to reclaim landmark Pearl Square last week. Meanwhile, protesters carrying food and tents poured into Manama's...
08:05 PM, Feb 21, 2011
Tripoli: Libyan security forces shot dead dozens of protesters as they struggled to stamp out a revolt in the second city Benghazi, and Bahrain's rulers began talks with the opposition as unrest continued to sweep the Middle East. Anti-government demonstrators in Bahrain swarmed into Pearl Square in Manama on Saturday, putting riot police to flight in a striking victory for their cause and confidently setting up camp for a protracted...
04:54 PM, Feb 20, 2011
Manama: Bahrain's opposition leaders gathered on Sunday to examine offers for talks by Bahrain's rulers after nearly a week of protests and deadly clashes that have sharply divided the strategic Gulf nation. The streets in the tiny island kingdom were calmer as efforts shifted toward possible political haggling over demands for the monarchy to give up its near-absolute control over key policies and positions. But bitterness and tensions still run...
04:24 PM, Feb 20, 2011
Manama: Security forces opened fire Friday on Bahraini protesters for a second straight day, wounding at least 50 people as thousands defied the government and marched toward Pearl Square in an uprising that sought to break the political grip of the Gulf nation's leaders. Once again, Bahrain authorities showed no hesitation in using force against demonstrators who ramped up demands to bring down the whole ruling monarchy. US President Barack...
07:07 AM, Feb 19, 2011
New Delhi: Asking the Home Ministry to devise an effective mechanism to deal with cases of sexual harassment in paramilitary forces, a Parliamentary panel has expressed "surprise" over the practice of officers' wives judging such complaints lodged by women employees in BSF. "The committee is surprised to note that in some of these forces, especially BSF, wives of officers listen to grievances of women employees which can never be unbiased...
03:56 PM, Dec 03, 2010
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday removed five bunkers of the security forces as part of the process of removing 16 security bunkers from Srinagar city. This move comes as part of the Centre's peace initiatives to reach out to the people of the Valley. The decision to remove the bunkers was taken at a meeting of the Unified Headquarters here last week as part of the Centre's eight-point...
11:40 AM, Oct 05, 2010
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