Fresh searches were launched along the border with Pakistan in Samba and Poonch even as cordon and search operations continued for the seventh straight day on Wednesday to track the terrorists involved in last week’s ambush that killed four soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has flown to Rajouri to visit ground zero on Wednesday along with Lieutenant

Kolkata: Eastern Army Commander Lt General RP Kalita on Wednesday said the availability of a large number of firearms with the warring groups in Manipur and instability in Myanmar leading to influx of people from the neighbouring country are the key challenges in restoring peace in the strife-torn North-Eastern state. Kalita said till the time firearms are available with members of the warring

Weeks before Taiwan’s presidential and legislative elections, China has reiterated its threat to use military force to annex the island, claiming it as its own territory. The Defence Ministry spokesperson emphasized that China’s armed forces would take necessary measures to safeguard national sovereignty. Taiwan, with its 23 million people, prefers maintaining its de-facto independent

Jakarta: A large crowd of Indonesian students stormed into a convention camp housing Rohingya refugees from Myanmar on Wednesday demanding their deportation, CNN reported.Hundreds of Rohingya refugees were residing in the convention camp in Banda Aceh city in Indonesia.CNN reported citing footage by Reuters, which showed the students, many wearing green jackets, running into the building’s large

Islamabad: The privatisation plan of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has faced setbacks for the upcoming year as the privatisation commission couldn’t resolve issues related to loan repayments and legal matters, ARY News reported on Thursday.It reported citing sources that the interim federal minister for privatisation, Fawad Hussain Fawad failed to implement to transfer of PIA to the

General Jacob John Mkunda, Chief of Defence Staff of the Tanzania People’s Defence Forces, visited the Mechanised Infantry Centre and School in Ahmednagar near here with the aim of fostering defence cooperation between his nation and India. The key focus of the cooperation will be mechanised infantry related equipment, technical and training aspects, including infrastructure and curriculum, a