Chennai airport put on high alert after bomb threat call
Chennai, Mar 16: Chennai airport officials were put on high alert following a bomb threat call to an airline, hours before the arrival of the vice president and defence minister to the Tamil Nadu capital. The call was made to an airline operating flights between here and Hyderabad, and security measures have been put in […]
UNSC calls upon Taliban to go ahead with peace talks without any preconditions
United Nations: The UN Security Council has welcomed Afghanistan government’s offer to the Taliban to engage in direct peace talks, calling upon the group to go ahead with the process without any preconditions. In a statement issued here yesterday by Security Council President Karel Jan Gustaaf van Oosterom of Netherlands, members of the Security Council […]
Local militants killed in Khonmoh encounter identified: Police
Srinagar, March 16:Apropos the encounter which took place yesterday at Khunmoh area, the two militants who were killed have been identified by the families as Rasiq Nabi Bhat of Tral and Shabir Dar of Awantipora. As per police records they had joined militancy last year in the month of March and August respectively. The dead […]
Militants give slip to forces in Hajin after brief exchange of gunfire
Hajin: militants managed to give slip to forces after breaking the cordon with brief exchange gun fire at Khos Mohalla of Hajin town in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district early Friday. Sources said following specific inputs about the presence of 2-3 LeT militants in a residential house at Khos Mohalla of Hajin town, Special Operations Group […]
