'IOC chartered oil tanker fire to be put out first'

Chennai (IANS) With the fire on board New Diamond, the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) chartered near fully loaded oil tanker reduced and the vessel towed away to safe waters, the next course of action will start after the fire is put out and ensured…

NIA files chargesheet against 2 for stealing hard disk from INS Vikrant

New Delhi (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday said it has filed chargesheet against two people, arrested in connection with stealing computer devices from under construction INS Vikrant in the Cochin Shipyard Ltd.

An…

Intense shelling by Pak along LoC in J&K's Poonch district

Jammu (IANS) Pakistan used small arms and mortars on Saturday to violate ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC) in three sectors of Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district.

Colonel Devender Anand, spokesman of the Defence Ministry said, "At…

US talking to India, China on 'very nasty situation': Trump

New York (IANS) US President Donald Trump has asserted that Washington was talking to India and China on resolving "a very nasty situation" in the Ladakh region, but equivocated on whether Beijing was a bully.

He said on Friday at a Washington…

Amid talks, Chinese mouthpiece tells India it has no chance of winning war

New Delhi (IANS) Terming Friday's meeting between Indian and Chinese Defence Ministers as a positive step, the Chinese media said on Saturday that in case of a border war, India will have no chance of winning.

In an editorial on Saturday,…

Rajnath to halt in Tehran, meet Iranian counterpart

New Delhi/Moscow (IANS) India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will make a stopover in Tehran and meet his Iranian counterpart, on his way back to India from Russia.

Rajnath Singh had gone to Moscow to participate in a joint meeting of…

Cong seeks restoration of Question Hour

New Delhi (IANS) The newly constituted parliamentary strategy group of the Congress has decided to raise the issue of dropping the Question Hour with the presiding officers of both the Houses. Leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad…

PM asks police to preserve humanitarian image built during pandemic

Hyderabad (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asked the police force to safeguard and build on the humanitarian image they developed during Covid-19 pandemic.

Virtually addressing the probationers of Indian Police Service (IPS) passing…

India to deploy two towing vessels for blazing oil tanker

Chennai (IANS) The Union government has decided to deploy two emergency towing vessels to tow the very large crude carrier (VLCC) New Diamond on fire since Thursday morning 37 nautical miles off the Sri Lankan coast, the Indian Coast Guard said on…

Indian, Russian navies hold maritime exercise in Bay of Bengal

New Delhi (IANS) To boost mutual confidence and cooperation, a bilateral maritime exercise between the Indian Navy and the Russian Navy got underway in the Bay of Bengal on Friday. The exercise is taking place amid dispute over border issues between…