Pakistan’s first indigenous drone kills 3 militants
PESHAWAR: Pakistan for the first time on Monday used an indigenous drone to attack a terrorist compound in restive North Waziristan, killing at least three high-profile militants. “The first-ever use of Pakistan made Burraq drone today hit a terrorist compound in Shawal Valley killing three... read more »
10 dead after South Korea boat capsizes, search on
South Korean coastguard and navy vessels, backed by rescue aircraft, were still searching on Monday for eight people missing after a fishing charter boat capsized, leaving 10 passengers dead. The 9.77-tonne Dolphine, believed to have been carrying 21 passengers, capsized near the southwestern... read more »
BJP broke off alliance with Sena at my behest: Eknath Khadse
Maharashtra Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse has publicly accepted that the BJP decided to snap ties with its over two-decade-old alliance partner Shiv Sena a fortnight before the Assembly polls in October last year only after he assured the central leadership that the party can come to power on its... read more »
Should Rathore speak more carefully on national security?
Union minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said on Sunday that India is always prepared to “neutralise” its enemies, more specifically the 1993 Mumbai blasts mastermind Dawood Ibrahim and the Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed, irrespective of where they are. Rathore’s remarks came amid... read more »
