India on Thursday dismissed US President Donald Trump's remark that it is not doing enough for peace and stability in Afghanistan, with sources here saying New Delhi does not send troops abroad except under specific UN mandate.


India dismisses Trump's jibe at Modi on Afghanistan


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'Achhe Din' have started for police personnel in Madhya Pradesh, with the government announcing a weekly day off from Thursday.


'Achhe Din' starts for MP Police


Making things worse for Facebook, which is already mired in controversies surrounding data leaks of tens of millions of its users, a new research has found that the social media giant tracks even those Android users who do not use the app.


Facebook tracks even those Android users who don't have the app: Study


An Indian soldier was killed and another injured in an avalanche in the forward area of Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Thursday.


Soldier killed, another injured in avalanche near LoC


Exploiting a decade-old flaw, hackers are taking control of dormant Twitter accounts to spread Islamic State (IS) propaganda, a media report said.


Hackers hijacking dormant Twitter accounts to spread IS propaganda


The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday said it has registered a case against five Army officials, including a Colonel, for allegedly receiving bribes worth Rs 18 lakh.


CBI files case against 5 Army personnel for graft


The year 2018 saw a sharp rise in fatalities from air crashes compared with 2017, but 2018 was still the ninth safest year on record, reports said.


Sharp rise in air crash deaths in 2018: Report


Despite claims of a fix by Twitter, researchers at a Britain-based security firm who earlier hijacked accounts of several celebrities and journalists to expose a vulnerability have said that the loophole still persists at the popular social media platform.


Twitter accounts still vulnerable, say experts


The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday conducted "follow up" searches here in connection with the busting of a new Islamic State (IS) module -- Harkat-ul-Harb-e-Islam -- last month, an official said.


IS module case: NIA conducts fresh searches in Amroha


The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) has been extended for six more months in Nagaland, with the Home Ministry declaring the entire state "disturbed area".


AFSPA extended in Nagaland for another six months


At least two people were killed and 23 others, including a four-year-old girl, were wounded in an explosion outside a shopping mall in the Philippines' Cotabato City on Monday.


Blast outside Philippines' shopping mall kills 2


Though Maoists tried to make their presence felt in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh during 2018 with sensational killing of a state legislator, the Telangana police chief is confident that the extremists would not be able to make a comeback in Telangana.


Telangana DGP confident Maoists will not stage comeback


In a reflection of what a series of data leaks and scandals has done to damage the reputation of Facebook, a new survey has found that the world's largest social network leads the list of companies that people trust the least.


Facebook least trusted tech company: Survey


The rumbling controversies and divisive trends of 2018 erupted in a perfect storm of chaos at the year's end with parts of the US government paralysed by a showdown between President Donald Trump and the Democrats, while senior officials quit, foreign and strategic policies fell into disarray, and the stock markets tumbled.


US ends year in state of political, strategic, financial chaos (2018 in Retrospect)


The Hannover Airport was shut down for several hours on Saturday after a man high on drugs drove a car through a gate and onto the tarmac of the airport, the police said.


Hannover Airport shut down over drug-fueled break-in


A boy injured in a mysterious blast on Saturday in Pulwama district succumbed to his injuries in a city hospital, police said.


Boy injured in mysterious blast in Pulwama, succumbs


The Indian Army has rescued 2,500 tourists who were stranded in heavy snow in an area between 17 Mile and Natu La along the Jawaharlal Nehru Marg near the China border in Sikkim, the Army said on saturday.


Army rescues 2,500 stranded tourists in Sikkim


Rome, Dec 29 (IANS/AKI) The Italian government backs a halt to the selling of arms to Saudi Arabia and intends to announce its position the issue "soon", populist premier Giuseppe Conte told reporters in Rome on Friday.


Italy favours halting arms exports to Saudi: PM


President Donald Trump on Friday said that the US will eliminate all economic assistance to Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador in retaliation for the caravans of Central American migrants arriving at the southern border.


Trump vows to end all aid to Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador


A 15-member diving team of the Indian Navy will join the rescue operations on Saturday to evacuate 15 miners, who are trapped inside an illegal coal mine for 16 days now in Meghalaya.


Navy to join rescue operations to save trapped miners in Meghalaya


To avoid civilian casualties during riot control operations, the Jammu and Kashmir Police are getting a host of non-lethal riot control equipment, police said on Friday.

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