Strike boosts Modi’s polls chances

Indians took to the streets in celebration across the country yesterday after the government said it carried out air strikes inside Pakistan killing hundreds of militants in a training camp.
26 February 2019, 18:00 PM

Pakistan rejects Indian comments about 'terror camps', high death toll from air strike

Pakistan's top civilian and military leaders rejects India's comments that it had struck "terror camps" inside Pakistan, vowing to prove wrong India's claims and warning that it will retaliate to Indian aggression.
26 February 2019, 15:00 PM

India in safe hands: Modi

Hours after India carried out air strikes on terror camps in Pakistan, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says the country is in safe hands.
26 February 2019, 13:45 PM

Bombing Pakistan ‘necessary action’: India

India says its aerial strikes on terror camps in Pakistan was “absolutely necessary” in view of the “imminent dangers” of new suicide attacks in India for which Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed was preparing.
26 February 2019, 07:23 AM

India's military acted to protect country

India's military has taken steps necessary to defend the country, a government minister says after Indian combat planes carries out raids on alleged militant camps in Pakistan.
26 February 2019, 05:50 AM

India air strike in Pakistan killed 300 militants: Indian govt source

Indian jets conducted air strikes against a militant camp in Pakistani territory, India's foreign secretary says, and an Indian government source claimed 300 militants had been killed, but Pakistan denied there had been any casualties.
26 February 2019, 04:49 AM

India toughens J&K crackdown

Indian authorities have detained hundreds of separatist leaders and Muslim activists in an escalating crackdown in disputed Kashmir with the region remaining on high alert following a suicide bomb attack.
24 February 2019, 18:00 PM

Death toll hits 156 in India liquor tragedy

At least 58 more workers have died in northeastern India after drinking toxic liquor, police said yesterday, taking the death toll from the latest mass alcohol poisoning beyond 150.
24 February 2019, 18:00 PM

Indian army resolved to wipe out terrorists: Modi

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says the Indian army has resolved to wipe out terrorists and their harbourers.
24 February 2019, 10:52 AM

Death toll in Assam liquor tragedy rises to 133

At least 133 people have died and about 225 people have been hospitalized after drinking tainted liquor in two separate incidents in India’s remote northeast, authorities say.
24 February 2019, 05:07 AM

13 killed in India’s Uttar Pradesh blast

At least 13 people are killed and six injured when an explosion rips through a shop in Bhadohi in Uttar Pradesh state, officials say.
23 February 2019, 13:25 PM

Death toll rises to 93 in Assam bootleg liquor tragedy

The death toll rises to 93 in India’s Assam after tea plantation workers drank toxic bootleg liquor when they received their weekly wages, reports The Times of India.
23 February 2019, 11:36 AM

300 vehicles gutted in India fire

At least 300 vehicles are destroyed in a massive fire at a parking lot near the Aero India venue in Bengaluru’s Yelahanka Air Force Station.
23 February 2019, 11:19 AM

India to stop sharing of excess water with Pakistan

An Indian government minister reiterated on Thursday the country's plan to restrict the flow of water to Pakistan from its share of rivers, the latest effort by New Delhi to pressure its neighbour after a militant attack in Kashmir.
22 February 2019, 18:00 PM

2 ‘JeM militants’ held in India

Two alleged members of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) arrested by police in India’s Uttar Pradesh, the state's top police official says.
22 February 2019, 09:51 AM

6 Indian soldiers feared dead in Himachal avalanche

Six Indian army men are feared dead in an avalanche that hit a remote place in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district bordering China, officials say.
20 February 2019, 14:48 PM

Pakistan inmate killed in Indian jail amid bombing tensions

Indian prisoners stone to death a Pakistani inmate in a jail amid mounting tensions over a suicide bombing that Delhi has blamed on its arch-rival neighbour, an official says.
20 February 2019, 12:37 PM

India's Modi breaks protocol to welcome Saudi's crown prince

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi breaks with government protocol to personally welcome Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to New Delhi.
20 February 2019, 05:53 AM

Give up arms or get killed

India's top military commander in Kashmir yesterday told mothers to get their militant sons to surrender or see them dead, as security forces intensified a crackdown in the disputed region after a suicide bomber killed 40 paramilitary police.
19 February 2019, 18:00 PM

India suffers new losses in Kashmir

Indian troops yesterday suffered new losses in a battle with Kashmir militants that left at least nine dead, officials said, just days after a major suicide bomb attack escalated tensions with neighbouring Pakistan.
18 February 2019, 18:00 PM