Bijapur: At least 12 Maoists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Friday, Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai said.The gunfight took place in the forest near Pidia village under Gangaloor police station limits when a team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxal operation, police had said earlier."The exchange of fire in Gangaloor area has ended.

Manila: The Philippines’ national security adviser on Friday called for the expulsion of Chinese diplomats over an alleged leaked telephonic conversation with a Filipino military official as territorial tensions continue to increase, Nikkei Asia reported.This comes a week after China harassed and shot water cannons at a Filipino humanitarian mission headed to Scarborough Shoal, a flashpoint in

Muzaffarabad: The Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee has announced that it will hold a "shutter-down and wheel-jam" strike in Pakistan-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) today, Pakistan-based Dawn reported.It announced the decision after the police reportedly detained as many as 70 activists in a bid to prevent a ‘long march’ announced by the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee to

Islamabad: An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team arrived in Pakistan on Friday, to hold talks as they requested a longer and larger size of bailout package under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF), as reported by Geo News.An International Monterey Fund (IMF) team on Friday reached Pakistan to hold talks regarding the South Asian nation’s request for a longer and larger size of bailout package