London Police returns stolen 12th century Buddha statue to India on I-Day
London, Aug 15 : A 12th century bronze Buddha statue stolen from a museum at Nalanda in Bihar nearly 60 years ago was returned to India today by the London’s Metropolitan Police as part of a ceremony here to mark India’s Independence Day. The bronze statue with silver inlay is one of the 14 statues […]
Car crashes outside British Parliament, 2 hurt
Man held on suspicion of terror offences
London, Aug 14 : A car today crashed into security barriers outside the UK’s Parliament at speed, injuring two persons, Scotland Yard said as its counter-terror unit arrested a man on suspicion of terrorism offences. Police have put up a Terrorism Act cordon, a reaction to incidents of this nature near any high-security hotspots in the […]
Taliban capture northern base as Afghan forces fight in Ghazni
Mazar-i-Sharif (Afghanistan), Aug 14: Taliban fighters overran a northern Afghan army base, officials said today, killing at least 17 soldiers with dozens feared captured in a stinging blow to security forces already struggling to push insurgents from eastern Ghazni. The fall of the base in Ghormach district of volatile Faryab province came with security forces […]
AQIS ‘ideologically inclined’ to carry out attacks in India: UN report
United Nations, Aug 14 : Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), set up by Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri in 2014 to expand the terror group’s influence in the region, is “ideologically inclined” to carry out attacks inside India but its capability is believed to be low and is relatively isolated owing to increased security measures, according […]
120 Afghan forces, civilians killed in battle with Taliban
Kabul, Aug 13 (AP) Four days of ferocious fighting between Afghan forces and the Taliban over a key provincial capital has claimed the lives of about 100 Afghan policemen and soldiers and at least 20 civilians, the defence minister said today. The staggering numbers provided by Gen. Tareq Shah Bahrami were the first official casualty […]
Iran’s Khamenei: ‘No war, no negotiations with the US’
Tehran, Aug 13 : Iran’s supreme leader today said there would be neither war nor negotiations with the United States, and that the country’s problems were the result of government mismanagement more than renewed sanctions. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s comments add to the pressure on President Hassan Rouhani following a collapse in the currency and widespread […]
Six climbers, crew rescued in Tajikistan chopper accident
Dushanbe, Aug 13: Six climbers and a crew member were rescued from the site of a helicopter accident in a remote mountainous region of Tajikistan while nine others remain missing after a “hard landing”, emergency services said. The Tajik Committee for Emergency Situations told AFP that a rescue helicopter reached the site in the east […]
NASA launches world’s first mission to ‘touch’ the Sun
Washington, Aug 12: NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, mankind’s first mission to ‘touch’ the Sun, was successfully launched today on an unprecedented, seven-year long journey to unlock the mysteries of the star’s fiery outer atmosphere and its effects on space weather. Liftoff of the USD 1.5 billion mission took place from Space Launch Complex 37 at […]
India hands over 1st lot of newly-built houses to Indian-origin people in Sri Lanka
Colombo, Aug 12: India today handed over the first lot of houses built under a USD 350 million project for Indian-origin people, mostly Tamils, in Sri Lanka’s tea plantation areas. Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined the special ceremony through video conferencing at Dunsinane Estate in Nuwara Eliya city to hand over the houses constructed under […]
Bangladesh apex court upholds ex-PM Zia’s bail in arson case
Dhaka, Aug 12: Bangladesh’s Supreme Court today upheld the High Court decision granting a six-month interim bail to imprisoned former prime minister Khaleda Zia in an arson case relating to the attack on a passenger bus in 2015, media reports said. The 72-year-old three-time former premier, however, will have to stay in jail as other […]
