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August 17, 2015 7:55 AM

Pak troops resort to heavy firing in civilian areas in J&K again

Pakistani forces resorted to mortar shelling and heavy firing on civilian areas and Indian positions along with LoC in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir last night. According to the defence sources, the Pakistani troops started unprovoked shelling and firing in Sabjiyan and Mandi areas of Poonch ...

August 16, 2015 8:54 PM

Pak's Punjab province Home Minister killed in suicide attack

Pakistan&apos;s Punjab province Home Minister Shuja Khanzada has been assassinated in a suicide blast.<br/><br/>Colonel (retd) Khanzada, along with eight others was killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up at his house in Shadi Khal village in Attock district.<br/><br/>De...

August 16, 2015 8:03 PM

Eminent Urdu writer Hamida Salim passes away

Eminent Urdu writer Hamida Salim passed away at her residence in Jamia Nagar, New Delhi on Sunday. <br/><br/>Family sources said, she was 93. Salim was the first woman graduate of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU).<br/><br/>She had penned down many books including' Sho...

August 16, 2015 8:01 PM

3,500 km Desert Safari flagged off in Varanasi

A 3,500 km Desert Safari was today flagged off in Varanasi by the Mathura-based One Strike Corps of Indian Army to commemorate the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of 1965 Indo-Pak War.<br/><br/>The General Officer Commanding of Red Eagle division, Major Gen P C Thimmaiya flagged off the Dese...

August 16, 2015 7:20 PM

Bangladesh assures India to cooperation in tackling FICN menace

Bangladesh has assured India of full cooperation in tackling the menace of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN). <br/><br/>At the maiden meeting of the Joint Task Force on FICN held in Dhaka on August 12-13, the Bangladesh Additional Inspector General(Infrastructure and Administration) Moha...

August 16, 2015 7:18 PM

IAS probationers to start their career from Delhi: Jitendra Singh

Indian Administrative Service, IAS probationers will start their career from Delhi instead of cadre states they have been allocated.<br/><br/>Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Jitendra Singh said this in New Delhi on Saturday at a felicitation function atten...

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