Poonch gunbattle: Major, two jawans injured

An army major and two jawans were injured in a gun-battle with militants in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir as the operation against ultras in the region entered the fourth day on Friday.......

Two Lashkar terrorists killed in Poonch

Two Lashkar-e-Tayibaterrorists were killed in a fierce encounter with security forces in Beri-Rakh forest in the border district of Poonch as the operation to track down militants in the area......

Major killed, six injured in Poonch encounter

An Army Major was killed and six other personnel including a Colonel injured in Mandhar sector of Poonch in an encounter on Tuesday night with suspected Lashkar-e- Tayiba terrorists. Major Amit......

India to supply naval spares to Vietnam

Building up on strategic partnership forged in July, India has agreed to transfer 5,000 naval spares to Vietnam to make its several ageing ships operational. The announcement was made by Defence......

Asian Games Chess: Gujrathi stumbles, is in joint second place

IMAGE: Indian Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi had jumped to the top of the standings with five points after six rounds before slipping against China's Wei Yi in the seventh. Photograph: Kind Courtesy......

India's Praggnanandhaa, Nandhidhaa bag Asian chess C'ship titles

  IMAGE: The triumph earned R Praggnanandhaa a ticket to the next FIDE World Cup. Photograph: Kind courtesy Stev Bonhage, Mark Livshitz & Niki Riga/FIDE Top-seeded Indian Grandmaster R......

Four Indian boxers enter final of Thailand Open

IMAGE: Ashish Kumar, 2nd right, celebrates with his coaching staff after winning his semi-final bout against Maikhel Roberrd Muskita of Indonesia. Photograph: Boxing Federation of India Ashish......

Sports Shorts: Harikrishna holds Tomashevsky in FIDE Moscow GP

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday IMAGE: Pentala Harikrishna. Photograph: Saimedia/Twitter Putting behind the disappointment of a loss in the last game,......

GM's Bhakti, Sethuraman win Asian Chess gold

Woman Grandmaster Bhakti Kulkarni and Grandmaster S P Sethuraman made history, winning the gold medal in the Asian Continental Women's and Open chess championship that concluded in Tashkent,......