The key Indian equity indices on Monday was trading higher in the morning session. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), was trading 154.46 points or 0.46 per cent higher soon after opening. The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was also trading 40.75 points or 0.40 per cent higher at 10,306.40 points. The […]
Counter terrorism experts from around the world gathered here on Monday to discuss means to combat global extremism, as Australian police warned of increased possibilities of attacks ahead of the holiday season. The International Counter Terrorism Forum, a three-day conference being hosted for the first time outside the US, brings together experts from intelligence agencies, […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address three rallies in election-bound Gujarat’s Patan, Nadiad and Ahmedabad on Monday, where polling is scheduled for the second phase on December 14. While, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will address four rallies in Tharad, Viramgam, Savli and Gandhinagar on the same day, an official said. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) […]
Jammu and Kashmir Police has arrested a French journalist here for making a documentary on pellet victims. “Comiti Paul Edward has been detained for violating visa norms in Srinagar,” a senior police officer said. Edward was arrested on Sunday evening from Kothibagh area. He was meeting separatists and pellet victims in the city to shoot […]
Two militants were killed in a gunfight on Monday with the security forces and another was arrested in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. “In Handwara encounter so far two terrorists neutralised,” Director General of Police (DGP) of Jammu and Kashmir, S.P.Vaid, tweeted. Following specific information about the presence of militants in Unsoo village, the security forces […]
A tank and an aircraft targeted two military posts in the Gaza Strip, following projectiles that was fired from the northern Gaza Strip and exploded in southern Israel, according to a statement made by Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) on Thursday. The IDF held Hamas responsible for the hostile activity perpetrated against Israel from the Gaza […]
FBI Director Christopher Wray defended his agency on Thursday amid sharp criticism from US President Donald Trump. “There is no finer institution than the FBI,” Wray told a House Judiciary Committee hearing in response to questions over Trump’s attacks on the agency, Xinhua reported. The director’s comments came days after Trump slammed the agency as […]
India on Thursday became a member of the Wassenaar Arrangement, that controls the global trade of conventional weapons and dual-use goods and technologies. India was made the 42nd member of the grouping, at its two-day plenary in Vienna. The Ambassador of France Alexandre Ziegler tweeted his country’s congratulations. “As president of the Wassenaar Arrangement this […]
Hezbollah’s Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah slammed Thursday US President Donald Trump’s declaration on Jerusalem as a “new Balfour Declaration”, urging Arab states to sever “public and secret” ties with Israel. In a televised address, Nasrallah warned that “Trump’s decision on Jerusalem is a new Balfour Declaration and we will soon hear Arab voices trying […]
The Governor-General of Australia Peter Cosgrove on Friday signed the law to legalise same-sex marriages, which are now allowed to take place from January 9, 2018, onwards. Following Parliament’s approval of the legislation on Thursday, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Attorney General George Brandis on Friday presented the law before the representative of Queen […]