Lt Gen Vikas Lakhera. (Photo: Assam Rifles)Shillong/New Delhi: Lieutenant General Vikas Lakhera, AVSM, SM, has officially assumed the role of the 22nd director general of the Assam Rifles – the oldest paramilitary force in India, often referred...
Ismail Haniyeh.New Delhi: In a significant escalation of regional tensions, Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in an Israeli airstrike on his residence in the Iranian capital, Tehran, sometime between late Tuesday night and early W...
Russian S-400 “Triumf” missile-defence batteries. (File photo for representation.)New Delhi: A significant data breach involving sensitive information related to India’s S-400 missile-defence systems, which India purchased from Russ...
This screenshot of a video shows Mahmoud al-Aloul, vice-chairman of the Central Committee of Fatah (L); Wang Yi, China’s foreign minister (C); and Mousa Abu Marzouk, senior Hamas member; at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, on July 23,...
Joe Biden.New Delhi: In a sudden but not entirely unexpected turn of events, the president of the United States, Joe Biden, has withdrawn from the country’s 2024 presidential race, on Sunday, mere months before the election scheduled for Novemb...
An oil installation engulfed in fire at the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah after Israeli airstrikes, on July 20, 2024. (Photo: Ansar Allah Media Centre handout via X) New Delhi: In an escalation of regional tensions, the Israeli military has launc...
This screenshot of a viral footage posted on X shows a plume of smoke seen rising from where the Houthi drone struck in Tel Aviv. New Delhi: A drone attack launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, officially known as Ansar Allah, struck Te...
Blood seen on Donald Trump’s face as he is whisked away from the podium after a bullet meant to kill him grazed his ear.New Delhi: Donald Trump, former United States president and Republican candidate for the 2024 presidential election, escaped...
The Indian Air Force contingent that is taking part in Exercise Pitch Black – 2024 in Darwin, Australia. (Photo: IAF) New Delhi: The Indian Air Force team has landed in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, for Exercise Pitch Black &ndash...
Narendra Modi (L) and Vladimir Putin embrace after the latter conferred upon Russia’s highest civilian award, Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle, to the former. (Photo via X) New Delhi: The prime minister, Narendra Modi, concluded his two-d...