Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit out at Pakistan saying it breeds, inspires and encourages terrorism. “There is one thought in South Asia which breeds, inspires and encourages terrorism. The thought whose priority is not humanity, but extremism and terrorism,” Modi said, without naming Pakistan. He was speaking at the ceremony where families of martyrs of…
Read moreBIBHU SHARMA / SAJINA RAI Nepal-Bangladesh bilateral relation saw a promising prospect, when, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina offered Nepal in using Saidpur Airport, Chittagong and Mongla Port amidst the flaring tension between Nepal and India, which reached its apex during November 2015. Not only the policy makers of Nepal, even the public opinion, rendered this…
Read moreBangladesh authorities are to push ahead with a controversial plan to relocate tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees who arrived from Myanmar to a remote island, according to a government website. The government has set up a committee comprising state officials in the coastal districts, ordering authorities to help identify and relocate undocumented Myanmar nationals…
Read moreThe army has set up a WhatsApp number for its soldiers to post their problems directly to Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat instead of going to the social media directly. The move came after a series of videos were posted online by personnel from the army, IAF and central police forces regarding various conditions that…
Read moreAircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya backed by nuclear submarine INS Chakra besides fighting assets of the Indian Navy and Coast Guard have come together in the country’s biggest inter-service Tropex exercise along the western seaboard. The navy’s annual Theatre Readiness Operational Exercise (TROPEX) got underway on January 24. The month-long exercise will have ships and aircraft…
Read morePrime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday addressed top military commanders in Dehradun during which he is understood to have outlined his vision on security challenges before the country. Defence minister Manohar Parrikar and national security advisor Ajit Doval were also present at the Combined Commanders Conference which was held at the Indian Military Academy (IMA)…
Read moreThree Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operatives were sentenced to death by a Bengal court on Saturday. The operatives identified as – Mohammad Yunous, Abdullah Khan and Muzaffar Ahmed were given death penalty by the Fast Track Court- 1 of Bongaon in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Yunous and Khan are both Pakistani nationals and Ahmed…
Read moreThe role of Indian Ocean has increased with Asia becoming a major economic hub and all the stakeholders, including global mercantile nations must prepare a security architecture for the region, former NSA Shivsankar Menon has said. “The Indian Ocean sees much less tension” compared to other seas, Menon said at a forum held in Singapore….
Read moreA Brahmanbaria court placed a local Awami League leader on a two-day remand in a case filed in connection with the synchronised attack on Hindu community people in Nasirnagar upazila of the district. The court order came a day after detectives arrested Suruj Ali, who was recently suspended from the president post of Chapartola Union…
Read morePrime Minister Narendra Modi asked Denmark to extend full support in the extradition of Purulia arms drop case accused Kim Davy, taking into account India’s “sensitivities”. The matter was raised by Modi during a call by Danish minister of energy, utilities and climate change Lars Christian Lilleholt, who is in Gandhinagar to attend the ‘Vibrant…
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Election Commission of India has decided to deploy at least 480 companies of Central Forces in various troubled parts of West Bengal from March 1
