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February 19, 2017 6:27 PM

Experts deliberate on ways to strengthen dams safety

The third 'National Dam Safety Conference' culminated today at Roorkee in Uttarakhand with the participation of over 400 delegates from across the country and abroad. They discussed ways to further strengthen the safety of dams during a two-day conference.<br/><br/>The third &#...

February 19, 2017 5:39 PM

UK needs to do more on students visa issue: Indian Envoy

India today said that the United Kingdom needs to do more on the students visa issue. New Indian envoy to UK, Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha said, despite the pluses from British Prime Minister Theresa May's announcement about special categories of visas, there is a need to do more on the issue. In an...

February 19, 2017 5:26 PM

Malaysia searching for four North Korean suspects in Kim Jong Nam murder

Malaysian police say they are looking for four more North Korean suspects in connection with the murder of Kim Jong-nam. The men are said to have left Malaysia last Monday, the day the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was killed at Kuala Lumpur airport. <br/><br/>Four othe...

February 19, 2017 5:25 PM

Iraqi launches offensive to liberate western Mosul from Islamic State

Iraqi government forces have launched an offensive to liberate the western part of the city of Mosul from the so-called Islamic State. Hundreds of military vehicles, backed by air power, rolled across the desert towards IS positions early today. Iraqi forces retook several villages south of the city...

February 19, 2017 4:12 PM

ASEAN, India to commemorate the 25 years of relationship

An inter-ministerial meeting between telecom ministers of ASEAN countries and India will be held in New Delhi tomorrow to commemorate the 25th year of ASEAN India relations. Minister of State for Communications, Manoj Sinha will lead the discussions from the Indian side. Telecom ministers, senior go...

February 19, 2017 2:34 PM

Iraqi forces launch operation to liberate western part of Mosul from IS

Iraqi government forces have launched an offensive to liberate the western part of the city of Mosul from Islamic State. Smoke rose over villages as hundreds of military vehicles, backed by air power, rolled across the desert towards the jihadists' positions today. The offensive was formally an...

February 19, 2017 2:23 PM

5 terrorists killed in Pakistan

In Pakistan, at least five terrorists were killed by the personnel of counter-terrorism department in the wee hours of today in Layyah. <br/><br/>According to the Department, three of their close associates managed to flee from the spot. It said a heavy cache of weapons and maps of sensi...

February 19, 2017 2:21 PM

India sanctioned $340 million to Nepal for development programmes

India has sanctioned a soft loan of 340 million US dollar to Nepal for various infrastructure development programmes. Indian Ambassador to Nepal Ranjit Rae handed over the approval papers to Physical Infrastructure and Transport Minister of Nepal Shri Ramesh Lekhak in the presence of Railway Ministe...

February 19, 2017 2:17 PM

25 civilians killled by Mai-Mai Mazembe ethnic group in Congo

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, at least 25 civilians have been killled by the Mai-Mai Mazembe ethnic group in the country's violence-torn east. <br/><br/>Officials said almost all of them were hacked to death with machetes. A local representative of the governor of North Kivu ...

February 19, 2017 2:11 PM

Iraqi forces launch operation to liberate western part of Mosul city from IS

Iraqi government forces have launched an offensive to liberate the western part of the city of Mosul from Islamic State. Smoke rose over villages as hundreds of military vehicles, backed by air power, rolled across the desert towards the jihadists' positions today. The offensive was formally an...

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