The area is thickly forested and has been receiving heavy rains since the last three days
Three pro-Taliban fighters were killed and three soldiers, including a captain, injured in a clash that erupted when militants attacked a convoy of security forces in North Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan on Sunday. The militants fired rockets at the convoy, triggering an exchange of fire near Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan Agency, which lasted nearly two hours.
The Indian Air Force is expected to use one of its choppers to airlift a full-grown one-horned rhinoceros that is stranded on a sandbar near Sualkuchi in Assam in the bosom of the mighty Brahmaputra River.
The bodies of 10 Pakistani paramilitary personnel, reported missing after a clash with militants last month, were found in the lawless tribal belt of northwest Pakistan on Monday, security officials said.
The government on Tuesday approved the disposal of nearly 350 metric tonnes of Union Carbide toxic waste in Bhopal by a German company. The approval was given following recommendations from a Group of Ministers on the Bhopal gas tragedy, chaired by Home Minister P C Chidambaram, officials said.
Former WWE wrestler Dalip Singh Rana, better known by his ring name 'The Great Khali', suffered a severe head injury during the Continental Wrestling Entertainment show at Haldwani, Uttarakhand, on Wednesday night.
The bus carrying 45 passengers from Reasi to Bakkle turned turtle and fell into a deep gorge
Has the army confronted China, equipping itself with emergency purchases that have been largely paid for by pensioners, asks Ajai Shukla.
A Group of Ministers on Friday gave its approval to the Madhya Pradesh government to dispose of 350 metric tonnes of Union Carbide toxic waste in Germany.
Two of the women were traced in remote Sertay village in Kohistan region of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province and they were unharmed, rights activists Fouzia Saeed and Farzana Bari and officials informed the apex court.
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Launching its biggest ever repatriation exercise, India on Thursday airlifted 363 of its citizens, including nine infants, stranded in the United Arab Emirates due to the international travel lockdown over the COVID-19 pandemic.
He was brought along with co-accused Shashi Singh.
Special judge Dharmesh Sharma, who is conducting trial of the cases, shall record her testimony.
The Indian Air Force on Friday resumed its rescue operations to airlift as many as 190 people trapped in snow-hit Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir.
An AK-47 assault rifle, a pistol and over two dozen bullet rounds were recovered from them.
A CRPF jawan was killed and another injured in a gun-fight with Naxals on Tuesday in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Bijapur district.
Rescue efforts covering 62 villages and 20 medical centers have been set wherein over 370 people have been treated and eight relief centers have been established where over 2700 people have been provided shelter, Singh said.
Adding another issue to his agenda, Anna Hazare on Monday rose in support of a movement to save the Ganga by visiting activist G D Aggarwal who was flown to New Delhi for treatment after his health deteriorated during a hunger strike in Varanasi to save the river.
Hundreds of Kashmir-bound stranded vehicles were given green signal on Tuesday afternoon after the roads were cleared for vehicular traffic.
The bodies of 13 Indian pilgrims who died in a plane crash in northern Nepal will be handed over to their relatives on Tuesday after the process of postmortem is completed. The bodies were airlifted to Kathmandu on Monday, according to Agni Air staff.
Indian Air Force has incurred an expenditure of Rs 28.83 crore since 2009-12 in the form of air-travel of various dignitaries and an amount of Rs 11.80 crore remain outstanding, government told the Lok Sabha on Monday.
The Pentagon has notified the United States Congress on the possibility of the sale of six more C-130J super Hercules transport planes to India worth $1.2 billion that will equip the country with a credible special operations airlift capability to deter aggression in the region.
The Pentagon has notified the United States Congress on the possibility of the sale of six more C-130J super Hercules transport planes to India worth $1.2 billion that will equip the country with a credible special operations airlift capability to deter aggression in the region.
Air India's jumbo B747 made two flights to Wuhan city -- the ground zero of the coronavirus epidemic that has killed more than 300 people, infected 14,380 others and spread to 25 countries, including India, the United States and the United Kingdom.
At least five passengers of a bus were killed and 33 others wounded, including nine critically, in a road accident in hilly Ramban district of Jammu region on Saturday morning.
The nation celebrated the 71st Republic Day on Sunday with a grand military parade and exhibition of its history, cultural diversity and strategic weaponry at the Rajpath.
Formula One legend Michael Schumacher has reportedly lost a lucrative endorsement deal with companies as they no longer see him as a viable role model for their products.
Essentially there is no change in the US policy on the security aid to Pakistan which is currently under freeze.
Air Chief Marshal R K S Bhadauria said that the IAF is prepared to deal with a two-front war along the northern and western borders if such a scenario arises.
The Israeli women diplomat, hurt badly in a car bomb blast on Monday, is likely to be flown back to her country once her condition stablises.
Three bodies were sighted on Wednesday along with wreckage of an aircraft at a place on the path the helicopter carrying Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu and four others had taken and the worst is feared. Breaking information that is "not encouraging and not good news", Home Minister P Chidambaram said at a place between Kyela and Lobothang a party sent by circle officer sighted what appears to be an aircraft.
A Central Reserve Police Force jawan was killed and five other personnel were injured in a gunbattle with Naxals in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra on Tuesday, police said.
One of prominent religious leaders of South India, the 88-year old Swamiji was admitted to a hospital at Manipal a few days ago for breathing difficulty and his end came on Sunday morning, they said.
While no exact dates have been announced yet, the flights could take off from San Francisco, New York, Chicago and Washington DC, the officials said.
Overall, the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) has focused on building ground-based air defense networks and network-centric operations rather than trying to match the Indian Air Force (IAF) in terms of straight fighter numbers along the border. All air assets fall under the Western Theater Command of the PLA, the largest geographic region of China's five military theater commands.
Confirming the death of Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu, Home Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday said the state governor has been asked to take "necessary consequential steps", an indication that a new chief minister will be chosen.
District judge Dharmesh Sharma also said the facts and circumstances brought on the record prove beyond reasonable doubt that the accused hatched another crucial part of the conspiracy to foist a false case upon the victim by planting a country made gun and four cartridges.
The family members of Garud Commando Gursewak Singh were in a state of shock on receiving the news about his martyrdom in Pathankot terror attack even as his father expressed pride that he laid down his life for the country.
