ISIS used poison gas in northeast Syria: Kurds, activists
BEIRUT: ISIS used poison gas in attacks against Kurdish-controlled areas of northeastern Syria in late June, a Syrian Kurdish militia and an activist group monitoring the Syrian conflict said Saturday. Two U.K.-based organizations investigating the attack said they had confirmed ISIS’s use of... read more »
Suspect in slaying of US Marines in Chattanooga made 2014 trip to Jordan
The FBI said Friday that the gunman who opened fire on two military facilities in Chattanooga and killed four Marines had at least two long guns and one handgun, and that investigators were examining his international travel. Some of the gun purchases were legal and some were not, FBI agent Ed... read more »
China late on Friday deported the lone Indian arrested on unspecified charg...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has asked India to invest in infrastructure projects worth $8 billion, including an expanded role in developing a strategic port that will open up access to Central Asia, according to Iran’s envoy to New Delhi on Friday. The port of Chabahar in southeast Iran... read more »
Indian citizen held by China for ‘terror links’ released, depor...
China late on Friday deported the lone Indian arrested on unspecified charges in Inner Mongolia, bringing to an end 72 hours of hard negotiations between Indian diplomats and local officials who caught him with 19 other foreigners for allegedly watching banned videos. The fate of the remaining... read more »
Turkish Airlines emergency landing: Plane leaves for Istanbul from Delhi
An Istanbul-bound Turkish Airlines flight from Bangkok which landed in emergency conditions here on Tuesday following a bomb scare, departed early Wednesday for its destination after being... read more »
I’ll start countrywide agitation or ‘Implement OROP:Anna to PM Modi
Social activist Anna Hazare has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to implement the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme at the earliest, failing which, he would launch a... read more »
Brinda Karat says Kalyan Singh like spoke ‘RSS pracharak’
Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat on Wednesday said Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh had spoken ‘like an RSS pracharak’ when he demanded that the word... read more »
Omar Abdullah takes a jibe at Bobby Jindal’s ‘leadership’ remarks
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has taken a jibe at United States presidential candidate Bobby Jindal after the later claimed that non-aligned nations like India are... read more »
No one can replace Feroz Khan in ‘Welcome’ series
Veteran actor Nana Patekar, who will be seen in “Welcome Back” says there is no one who can replace the late legendary Feroz Khan. Feroz had played the role of Don RDX in the Akshay Kumar-Katrina... read more »
