Over a decade after the 26/11 Mumbai terror strikes, the Indian Navy has launched "Sea Vigil", a first of its kind and biggest coastal two-day defence exercise off the 7,516-km-long Indian coastline, involving all 13 coastal states, Union Territories and maritime stakeholders including fisherfolk, a spokesperson said here on Tuesday.


10 years post-26/11, Navy launches biggest coastal defence exercise


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The Indonesian government said on Tuesday that it would review its decision to release a member of an Islamic extremist group, which was responsible for the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people, following objections from Australia.


Indonesia to review extremist's release following Australia's objection


An Iraqi scientist has claimed that he supervised the manufacture of lethal toxins for the Islamic State (IS) terror group for a period of 15 months, The Washington Post reported.


Iraqi scientist helped IS make chemical weapons


US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has held a telephonic conversation with his Turkish counterpart over the situation in Syria, the State Department said in a statement.


Pompeo, Turkish FM hold talks on Syria


Three militants were killed on Monday in a daylong gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir's Badgam district.


Three militants killed in Kashmir gunfight


A gunfight between hiding militants and the security forces began on Monday in Jammu and Kashmir's Badgam district, police said.


Gunfight breaks out in J&K


At least 50 people were killed in Afghanistan since Saturday as government forces and Taliban militants stepped up fighting in the war-battered country, officials said on Sunday.


50 killed in Afghanistan clashes


Jammu and Kashmir witnessed the killing of 257 militants in 2018 - the highest in four years - by security forces, official figures show.


Most militants killed in J&K in 2018 in 4 years (IANS Special)


A car bomb exploded outside a courtroom in Northern Ireland, with no immediate reports of damages or injuries, police said on Sunday.


Car bomb blast outside Northern Ireland courtroom


The US Army said it has conducted an airstrike against Al-Shabaab terrorists in southern Somalia, killing 52 militants.


US airstrike kills 52 Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia


The Afghan Taliban on Saturday rejected Pakistani media reports of possible talks with the US in Islamabad and reiterated their refusal to deal directly with the Afghan government.


Afghan Taliban rule out talks with US in Pakistan


Gulbudin Hekmatyar, a former Afghan warlord and leader of the Hezb-e-Islami political party, registered with the country's Election Commission on Saturday to contest the July 20 presidential election.


Former Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar to contest presidential polls


Security forces started a search operation on Saturday in Lal Chowk and adjacent areas to the Jammu and Kashmir capital here, police said.


Searches underway in Srinagar's Lal Chowk


Militants attacked a police station in Pulwama district with a grenade on Friday. This was the third such attack in the Valley today.


Militants throw grenade at police station in Pulwama, a third in a day


Militants on Friday hurled a grenade at a paramilitary patrol party in the city centre Lal Chowk here in Jammu and Kashmir, police said.


Explosion rocks Srinagar Lal Chowk


The audit report of the highly sensitive Jammu, Srinagar and Leh airports is under final scrutiny of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) that will send its endorsement "very soon" to the Union Home Ministry, to hand over the security responsibility of these airports to the CISF from the CRPF.


J&K airports' audit report to get BCAS endorsement favouring CISF


India on Thursday condemned the terror attack at a luxury hotel complex in Kenya's capital Nairobi that claimed the lives of at least 21 people.


India condemns Nairobi hotel attack


Three policemen were injured in a grenade explosion here on Thursday, authorities said.


3 policemen injured in Srinagar grenade explosion


The NIA on Thursday raided seven places in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab in connection with its ongoing probe into a new Islamic State (IS)-inspired module Harkat-ul-Harb-e-Islam, officials said.


New IS module: NIA raids 7 places in Punjab, UP


The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday carried out searches at seven places in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh in connection with its ongoing probe into a new Islamic State (IS)-inspired module Harkat-ul-Harb-e-Islam, officials said.


New IS module: NIA searches 7 places in Punjab, UP


The government on Wednesday summoned an official of the Pakistan High Commission and lodged a strong protest over the killing of a civilian in Sundarbani sector in Jammu and Kashmir earlier this month in unprovoked firing by Pakistani forces from across the border.

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