Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday appreciated the Delhi Police for nabbing Junaid, wanted in several terror cases but at large for over a decade, and also stressed the need for using the latest technology for crime detection.


Rajnath lauds Delhi Police for nabbing long-wanted terrorist


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A fire broke out on board a large anti-submarine Russian ship of the Pacific Fleet in Vladivostok on Friday, media reports said.


Russian ship catches fire


Brussels, Feb 15 (IANS/AKI) Italy's Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti met her Turkish counterpart Nurettin Canikli here on Thursday amid a bilateral row over the blockade by warships in the Mediterranean of a drill ship owned by Italian energy giant Eni.


Italian, Turkish Defence Ministers meet amid military blockade dispute


Two pilots of Indian Air Force (IAF) were killed on Thursday when their microlight aircraft crashed on Assam's Majuli island, officials said.


Two IAF pilots killed in Assam crash


The army is investigating a Lieutenant Colonel posted in the Army Base Workshop at Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh over suspected leak of classified information through IT devices, a Central Command spokesperson said here on Thursday.


Army officer grilled over suspected leak of classified information


A microlight helicopter of the Indian Air Force with two pilots on board crashed on Thursday in Assam's Majuli island, killing both.


IAF chopper crashes in Assam, 2 dead


At least three people were shot outside the National Security Agency (NSA) complex at Fort Meade in the US state of Maryland on Wednesday, media reports said.


3 injured in shooting outside US' NSA headquarters


Citing increasing threats from China and Russia, the Pentagon has asked for a major boost in military spending for 2019, requesting Congress to approve a budget of $686 billion, one of the largest in the country's history, the media reported.


Pentagon asks for major budget increase


Kolkata will become a "safe city" for women with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee seeking the measure to ensure safety and security to women from the Nirbhaya Fund, an Central government official said on Monday.


Mamata seeks safe city project for Kolkata under Nirbhaya Fund


American multinational GE and Tata Group on Monday launched work to build a world-class structural Centre of Excellence (COE) focused on aero-engine components here.


GE, Tata work on aero-engine component centre in Hyderabad


The Chandigarh International Airport was closed for all air traffic on Monday for authorities to carry out runway expansion and repairs.


Chandigarh airport closed for runway expansion


The US Navy has launched a probe against American sailors based in Japan for the alleged use and distribution of drugs, a spokesman for the US Seventh Fleet has confimed.


US Navy probes Japan-based sailors for drug use, sales


A Turkish military combat helicopter crashed on Saturday in northwestern Syria's Afrin during the ongoing operation, and two soldiers were killed, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said.


Turkish military copter crashes in Syria, 2 killed


The West Bengal CID issued an arrest warrant against former West Midnapore district police chief Bharati Ghosh on the charges of alleged extortion and criminal conspiracy, a senior CID official said.


Arrest warrant issued against former Bengal IPS officer Bharati Ghosh


At least 15 people have been killed and eight others wounded following renewed communal fighting in South Sudan's Jonglei State over a renaming of contested village, a government official said on Friday.


Inter-clan fighting kills 15 in S. Sudan


The European aviation and defence company Airbus confirmed on Friday that the German prosecutor has terminated an investigation against the company on bribery allegations.


Airbus to pay over $98mn to settle German corruption probe


United States President Donald Trump on Friday signed a combined funding and budget bill that was passed by Congress hours earlier and will increase federal spending by hundreds of billions of dollars, bringing an end to the second government shutdown this year.


Trump signs budget deal, bringing end to second shutdown of 2018


The West Bengal CID on Friday arrested two state police officers including an inspector, for their alleged involvement in an extortion case in West Midnapore district's Daspur, a senior CID official said on Friday.


Two Bengal Police officers arrested in Daspur extortion case


It was a group of 300 ISI cyber 'jihadis' led by the Rana brothers of Karachi who honeytrapped and blackmailed Group Captain Arun Marwaha to extract Indian defence secrets from the IAF officer who once trained intelligence officers and naval commandos, police said on Friday.


How Pakistani cyber jihadis honeytrapped IAF officer for classified information


Delhi Police on Friday said it has arrested Indian Air Force (IAF) Group Captain Arun Marwaha on charges of espionage for passing secret information to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency.


Delhi Police arrests IAF officer for espionage


Energy and security cooperation, trade and investment and counter-terror efforts will top Prime Minister Narendra Modi's agenda when he goes on a three-nation tour to West Asia and the Gulf starting on Saturday.

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