Guwahati, Aug 22 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said that the influence of the anti-talks faction of the ULFA led by Paresh Baruah in the state "is very much there, although it has considerably declined over the years", asserting that the outfit has as many as 400 cadres in its camp in the neighbouring nation of Myanmar.
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) The baton has been passed on to the people of Jammu & Kashmir. The announcement of elections is the first step towards restoring the right to choose the government and it is now over to the people to elect a dispensation they deem fit to carry them forward. But it is here where the real challenges lay.
New York, Aug 17 (IANS) Pakistani-Canadian Tahawwur Rana faces the grim prospect of facing justice in India for the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai that killed around 175 people after a federal appeals court in the US quashed his appeal against extradition.
New York, Aug 16 (IANS) A Pakistani-American, who travelled to Pakistan to join Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) to fight in Kashmir or Afghanistan, has been released after a federal judge sentenced him to 20 years of "supervised release", sparing him further prison time.
Guwahati, August 15 (IANS) Banned militant outfit United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) claimed on Thursday that its has planted bombs in 24 locations across Assam.
Jammu, Aug 14 (IANS) An encounter started on Wednesday between the security forces and terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district.
Jammu, Aug 13 (IANS) The General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Northern Command, Lt General M.V. Suchindra Kumar on Tuesday visited the forward areas in J&K’s Doda and Kishtwar districts to review the ongoing anti-terrorist operations.
Srinagar, Aug 13 (IANS) Search operation continued in the Kokernag area of J&K’s Anantnag district on Tuesday, four days after the encounter in which two soldiers and a civilian were killed.
Tel Aviv, Aug 13 (IANS) The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has spoken to the Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan to bring the militant group Hamas to the negotiating table.
Imphal, Aug 11 (IANS) The Army and the Border Security Force (BSF) in a joint operation have dismantled a makeshift bunker of Kuki militants at Bunglon in Manipur’s Churachandpur district on Sunday, officials said.
