United Nations, Feb 6 (IANS) The democratic forces are gaining ground and the military junta is "losing", Myanmar's Permanent Representative Kyaw Moe Tun, who represents the democratically-elected government overthrown in a coup three years ago, has said while appealing for effective UN Security Council action against the dictatorship.
Guwahati/Imphal, Feb 4 (IANS) At least seven Manipur Police trainees, undergoing training at Lachit Borphukan Police Academy in Assam's Golaghat district, were injured when a clash broke out between cadets of two ethnic groups, police said on Sunday.
Kolkata, Feb 4 (IANS) Come Tuesday and the Indian Navy will commemorate the centenary of a unique memorial in Kolkata, built in the memory of hundreds of Indians forgotten by most others across the country. They were the Lascars or merchant seamen from India who were killed during the World War I.
New Delhi: The turn of events involving Iran's cross-border missile attack on January 16 on the camps of Jaish-al Adl, a Sunni extremist organisation working out of Baluchistan demanding an independent Baluch nation and a retaliatory action of the same kind carried out by Pakistan on January 18 in the adjoining area of Iran - on the ground that supporters of the Salafi outfit operated from Iran as well - have more than anything else, unravelled the rapidly rising militancy attributable to the growth of extremism in the Muslim world on one hand and the inevitable outbreak of sectarian violence between Sunnis and Shiites resulting from it, on the other.
Chennai, Feb 3 (IANS) Five fishermen from Arcottuthurai coastal village of Tamil Nadu's Nagapattinam district have been attacked and robbed off their belongings in midsea.
Bangkok, Feb 3 (IANS) As industries, governments and law enforcement agencies all over the world struggle to keep up with the vast and ever-evolving cybercrime ecosystem, specialist cyber defenders building and upgrading firewalls, say that sensitisation and prevention are always better than cure. And it is the Generative AI itself that can do the saving.
Toronto, Feb 2 (IANS) Gunshots were fired at the house of a Sikh activist related to pro-Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a designated terrorist in India, who was shot dead outside a Sikh temple in the Canadian province of British Columbia last year.
Kolkata, Feb 2 (IANS) The Birbhum district police has denied permission for Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra rally, scheduled on Friday, and cautioned of strong police action if the same was organised.
Tel Aviv, Feb 2( IANS) Israel Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has said that the Israel forces would soon reach Rafah border and eliminate Hamas units in the border areas.
United Nations, Feb 2 (IANS) India has paid its annual dues of $32.895 million to the UN's general budget, according to Stephane Dujarric, the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
