Ajit Doval calls up Nepal PM as tensions flare at India-Nepal border, promi...
National security adviser Ajit Doval spoke to Nepal PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ on Friday amid rising anti-India sentiments after media reports claimed a Nepali national was shot dead by Indian troops in Kanchanpur abutting Lakhimpur... read more »
Nasa finds ‘missing’ Chandrayaan-1 after 8 years
Eight years after it was considered “lost”, India’s first lunar spacecraft, Chandrayaan-1, has been “re-discovered” by Nasa’s ground-based radars, the American space agency announced on... read more »
Supreme Court issues warrant against Calcutta high court judge C S Karnan
The Supreme Court on Friday took a stern view of Calcutta high court judge C S Karnan defying its direction to present himself in court and, in an unprecedented decision, issued a bailable warrant against the serving... read more »
US whistleblower Snowden draws crowd with Twitter debut
dward Snowden has come in from the cold – on Twitter. Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor who leaked details about the US government’s massive surveillance programs, started a Twitter account on Tuesday from exile in Russia with a simple handle – @snowden. He... read more »
At least 13 dead in al Shabaab attack on Somali hotel
The Somali militant Islamist group al Shabaab attacked a Mogadishu hotel on Sunday, driving a car packed with explosives through the hotel gate and killing at least 13 people, a first... read more »
Four killed as terrorists storm Punjab police station
India tightened security on its border with Pakistan on Monday after terrorists dressed in army uniforms stormed a police station in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district, killing at least four... read more »
Cuba’s reopened embassy in US to fly original vintage flag
Havana/Washington: The Cuban government is preparing to reopen its embassy in Washington on Monday with the original Cuban flag that was taken down in 1961, when the two nations cut off... read more »
NATO Airstrike Kills 8 Afghan Troops, Afghan Officials Say
KABUL, Afghanistan — A NATO airstrike hit two Afghan military checkpoints on Monday in a restive province east of the capital, Kabul, killing at least eight Afghan troops in what an... read more »
Should move forward on Land acquisition bill, says PM Modi at all...
At an all-party meeting convened ahead of what looks like a stormy Monsoon Session of Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi focused on the crucial and much controversial land acquisition bill.... read more »
