The Adarsh Housing Society, built on defence land in posh Colaba area of Mumbai, is a 31-storey building which was originally meant to provide homes for war heroes and war widows of the 1999 Kargil War.


Adarsh Housing Society flouted every rule, ignored Kargil war widows


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Some 173 tourists were rescued from a storm-ravaged island in eastern Thailand by a navy patrol boat, the media reported on Friday.


173 stranded tourists rescued from Thai island


Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Friday said the car attack incident on Thursday in Melbourne was not a terrorist act, although the suspect claimed to have acted due to mistreatment of Muslims.


Melbourne attack has no link to terrorism: Turnbull


Trieste/Doha, Dec 21 (IANS/AKI) As part of its business development strategy in the Middle East, Italian shipbuilding giant Fincantieri on Thursday said it has established Fincantieri Services Middle East in Qatar's capital Doha.


Fincantieri sets up Middle East services company in Qatar


The Gauhati High Court on Thursday quashed the detention of Assam's farmer leader and RTI activist Akhil Gogoi under the National Security Act (NSA) 1980, ordering his immediate release.


HC orders release of Assam farmer's leader detained under NSA


Two men were arrested on Thursday after a car drove into a crowd of pedestrians outside Melbourne's iconic Flinders Street station, the Australian police said.


2 arrested after car drives into pedestrians in Melbourne


A car struck at least a dozen pedestrians outside Melbourne's iconic Flinders Street station on Thursday and officials quickly shut down the centre of Australia's second largest city.


Car hits pedestrians in Melbourne, 2 arrested


As many as 35 defence aircraft, including 11 helicopters, crashed between 2014 and 2017, killing 14 pilots, the government informed the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.


35 defence aircraft crashed, 14 pilots killed since 2014: Minister


The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed a bill to amend the regulations on the compensation payable by the Central government for acquiring property.


LS passes bill amending act on government acquiring property


The share of Defence Budget as a percentage of the GDP has gone down over the last few years even as the expenditure in absolute terms has increased, the Defence Ministry said on Wednesday.


Defence Budget's share in GDP down, allocation up


Maoist guerrillas on Wednesday damaged a mobile tower and set it on fire in Jharkhand's Giridih district even as security forces seized five IEDs in West Singhbhum district, police said.


Maoists torch mobile tower, police seize five IEDs


Inderjit Singh Sandhu, one of the masterminds of the sensational Nabha jailbreak in Punjab, has been arrested from the Indira Gandhi International airport in Delhi, Punjab Police said on Wednesday.


Nabha jailbreak mastermind arrested from IGI airport


Additional forces were deployed in some villages of Rajasthan on Wednesday to maintain the peace after the demolition of a temple built on encroached land led to tension.


Rajasthan district tense, additional forces deployed


A Parliamentary panel on Tuesday rapped the Defence Ministry for underutilisation of funds, terming it indicative of inefficient budgetary planning.


Parliamentary panel raps Defence Ministry for underutilisation of funds


The Manipur High Court on Tuesday ordered the central and state governments to pay Rs 7 lakh as compensation to the mother of a young man killed in a fake "encounter" by security forces.


Court orders Rs 7 lakh to mother of 'encounter' victim


Concerned over data privacy of its citizens, France's privacy watchdog has issued formal notice to WhatsApp, asking the popular mobile messaging app to stop sharing user data with the parent company Facebook within a month.


WhatsApp asked to stop sharing data with Facebook


Russian cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab has sued US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) over its decision to ban the Kaspersky products in federal agencies over data security.


Kaspersky Lab sues US Department of Homeland Security


Two persons were arrested on Monday for robbing a Naval officer's son and his cousin of their mobiles phones here, police said.


2 rob Navy officer's son, relative of mobiles; held


Border Security Force personnel seized around 60 kg of ganja (cannabis) near the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal's Nadia district after a clash with smugglers, a BSF officer said on Sunday.


BSF seizes 60 kg ganja near Bangladesh border


The stage is set for an Indian company to manufacture "microbolometers" or "Uncooled Sensors" enabling thermal imaging and night vision products with Chinese collaboration, a company official said here on Saturday.


Indian company to make thermal imaging devices with Chinese collaboration


Ordnance factories are keen to partner with MSMEs to leverage maximum output for the defence preparedness of the Armed forces and security agencies, a senior official said here on Friday.

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