Colombo: The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested 10 Indian fishermen and seized their trawlers for allegedly poaching in the country’s territorial waters, an official statement said. The fishermen were arrested on Monday off the northeastern coast of Mullaithivu. A Navy fast attack craft had given chase
New Delhi: In 11 states and union territories of India, women have more sexual partners than men, showed the National Family Health Survey (NFHS). India Today reported that the survey covered 707 districts across India and over 100,000 women and 100,000 men participated in it. The NFHS
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force said on Tuesday the government had sacked three officers for accidentally firing a missile into Pakistan in March, an incident that the two nuclear-armed rivals handled calmly as there were no casualties. Military experts have in the past warned of
Kyiv: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba criticised India for its continued purchase of Russian crude oil amid Moscow’s ongoing war with Ukraine, which is in its sixth month now. Ukraine has been a reliable partner of India but by purchasing crude oil from Russia, India is
Islamabad: Pakistan rejected recent spate of false terrorism-related assertions made by India in which some detached alleged incidents are being distorted and presented as a so-called ‘terror’ plot against India. In order to build on this orchestrated ‘terrorism’ narrative against Pakistan, a section of Indian media
New Delhi: Seasoned diplomat Vikram K Doraiswami was on Tuesday appointed India’s new high commissioner to the United Kingdom, considered an important posting in view of growing strategic ties between the two countries. The Indian Foreign Service officer of 1992 batch is currently serving as Indian
New Delhi: India’s Supreme Court will hold a hearing on a petition challenging the release last week of 11 men convicted of gang-raping a pregnant Muslim woman during Hindu-Muslim riots in 2002 in the western state of Gujarat. Last Monday, authorities in the Panchmahals district of
Lucknow: As protesting farmers once again ratchet up their demand for his removal, Union minister Ajay Mishra ‘Teni’ has lashed out at farmer leader Rakesh Tikait, calling him a do kaudi ka aadmi (literally, ‘a man worth two pennies’), and talked about being chased by
New Delhi: The southern Indian state of Kerala reported cases of "tomato flu" or hand, foot, and mouth (HFMD) disease as doctors called for more caution to prevent the spread of the virus. The infection causes rashes, skin irritation and dehydration, and painful blisters, and sometime
Lucknow: Floods and landslides triggered by intense monsoon rains killed at least 50 people in northern and eastern India over the last three days, officials said on Monday. The rains overwhelmed hundreds of villages, sweeping away houses and leaving residents stranded as rescue crews have been