Tata Power on Thursday said its board has given approval for the sale of its defence business to Tata Advance Systems, in a move that would also help to cut company debt.


Tata Power to sell defence business to Tata Advanced Systems


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Sri Lankan Police on Thursday arrested the country's prison chief Emil Ranjan Lamahewa over a massacre of 27 inmates during a jail riot in 2012.


Sri Lanka's prison chief arrested over 2012 jail riot


A man was arrested by the police for shouting death threats in Arabic and trying to ram a car into a group of soldiers outside an Army base in southeastern France on Thursday.


Man detained over bid to ram car into French soldiers


Detectives with London's Metropolitan Police investigating the attempted murders of Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia have said that they believe the pair first came into contact with a nerve agent at the front door of his Salisbury home.


Skripals first poisoned at home: UK police


The Army on Thursday paid tributes to a soldier who died after sustaining injuries in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district early this week.


Tributes paid to soldier killed in Kashmir road accident


The injured woman co-pilot of an Indian Coast Guard helicopter which had crash-landed in Maharashtra's Raigad on March 10, has succumbed to her severe head injuries, an official said here on Wednesday.


Woman co-pilot of crashed ICG chopper dead, funeral in Haryana on Thursday


Indian and Pakistani officials will discuss here on Thursday and Friday the Permanent Indus Commission (PIC), established under the Indus Waters Treaty.


India, Pakistan to discuss Indus waters


Global cybersecurity firm McAfee on Wednesday unveiled a refreshed portfolio of its cybersecurity solutions that allows rapid response to advanced cybersecurity threats.


McAfee unveils refreshed cyber security solutions portfolio


Privacy experts have criticized Microsoft over the changes it made in its service through which the company has the right to review user's content without their consent.


Microsoft faces flak over changes in service agreement


An injured woman co-pilot of an Indian Coast Guard helicopter which had crash landed in Raigad on March 10, has succumbed to her injuries, an official said here on Wednesday.


Woman co-pilot of crashed Coast Guard chopper dead


Two persons have been arrested on the charge of snatching the mobile phone and wallet of an Army soldier in south Delhi, police said on Tuesday.


Two held for snatching Army man's phone


As today's connected world is putting more personal information into the digital realm, nearly three in four (79 per cent) Indians have said that their concern about online security has increased vis-a-vis five years ago.


Indians' online security concerns increasing: McAfee


There was a 25 per cent decrease in the Distribution Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks in the fourth quarter of 2017 as compared to the third quarter, a new report said on Tuesday.


25% decrease in DDOS attacks in Q4 2017: Verisign


External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will leave for Japan on Wednesday on a three-day visit during which she will co-chair the Ninth India-Japan Strategic Dialogue with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono, it was announced on Tuesday.


Sushma Swaraj to visit Japan


Twitter has confirmed that it will begin blocking cryptocurrency-related ads on the platfrom from Tuesday even as the micro-blogging site updated its policy relating to such advertisements.


Twitter to ban cryptocurrency ads from Tuesday


The notorious 'thak thak' gang stole a bag with an iPad and Rs 20,000 in cash from the car of former Delhi Police Commissioner B.K. Gupta in north Delhi, the police said on Monday.


'Thak Thak' gang steals iPad, cash from former police chief


In view of the communal tension last year during the Ram Navami celebrations, the district administration in Odisha's Bhadrak on Saturday suspended internet services for next two days in a bid to maintain law and order.


Internet services suspended in Odisha town ahead of Ram Navami


Expressing his concern over drug trafficking, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday that India is vulnerable to the crime as it is located between two largest opium producing regions of the world - the Golden Crescent in the west and Golden Triangle in the east.


India's location makes it vulnerable to narcotic drug trafficking: Rajnath


One person was killed and some others were taken hostage by an armed gunman at a supermarket in a southern French town on Friday.


1 killed in France supermarket hostage situation


Minister of State for External Affairs M.J. Akbar on Thursday said that shared prosperity is the key to peace in the Indo-Pacific region, which has emerged as the most prominent source of prosperity in the world.


Shared prosperity key to peace in Indo-Pacific region: Akbar


An Indian Navys Remotely Piloted Aircraft operating from Porbandar in Gujarat crashed close to an airbase on Thursday morning, an official spokesperson said here.

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