Hundreds of hostages, mostly women and children, are rescued from Boko Haram extremists in Nigeria350 hostages, including 209 children and 135 women, rescued from Boko Haram extremists in Sambisa Forest, highlighting the ongoing threat t...
22 May, 2024, 12.29 AM IST
Combat Army Aviation Training School in Nashik holds combined passing out paradeMajor Divakar Sharma was awarded the 'Best in Ground Subjects' trophy, 'First in Order of Merit' trophy for Basic RPAS Course (Internal Pil...
29 Nov, 2023, 04.42 PM IST
Niger general who led coup asks for support from the people and international partnersVarious factions of Niger's military have reportedly wrangled for control since members of the presidential guard detained President Mohame...
28 Jul, 2023, 08.39 PM IST
Indian Army trains 200 Nigerian Army personnel in guerrilla warfare for three monthsThe Indian Army officials said four members of its mobile training team (IA-MTT) conducted counter insurgency and counter terrorism operati...
19 Apr, 2021, 12.30 PM IST
Big bank theory! From Vijay Mallya to Ferdinand Marcos, money-laundering cases that made headlinesHere is a look at other high-profile cases that made news.
19 Oct, 2017, 10.40 AM IST
'Boko Haram cluster bombs' may come from Nigerian military: CampaignersThe insurgents, allied to the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq, have in recent months increasingly used suicide and bomb attacks.
13 Oct, 2015, 05.39 PM IST
41 killed in Lake Chad blasts blamed on Boko Haram: governmentForty-one people were killed in triple explosions in a Chadian city on the shores of Lake Chad, blamed on the Nigerian jihadist group Boko ...
11 Oct, 2015, 05.53 PM IST
One of the most notoriously violent jihadists on earth may now be out of a jobAbubakr Shekau, leader of the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram, had been deposed and replaced by a new leader more open to compromise .
14 Aug, 2015, 12.54 PM IST
The world’s 12 most infamous terrorists and the ends they metThese dreaded terrorists shook the world with their crimes. Here are 12 such terrorists and how they faced their end.
22 Jul, 2015, 06.40 PM IST
UK offers spy planes to help Nigeria schoolgirl searchBritain has offered Nigeria surveillance aircraft to help with the search for more than 200 missing schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram mili...
14 May, 2014, 05.56 PM IST
- Azamgarh pilgrims will increase the divide
Rahul Gandhi is in no hurry to visit Sanjarpur, the village in Azamgarh, which in recent times has become the latest pilgrimage destination...
15 Feb, 2010, 03.43 AM IST
- US-Pakistan bickering get ugly as ISI fingers American diplomats
The wheels seem to be coming off US-Pakistan relations with the once close allies squabbling publicly even as Islamabad is whipping up hyst...
09 Jan, 2010, 09.01 AM IST
- Oil slips below $40 as stock markets ease
Oil slipped below $40 a barrel on Monday as European stock markets open lower and worries over the state of global demand dampened sentimen...
09 Feb, 2009, 03.34 PM IST
- Militant group in Niger Delta declares war on oil industry
The most prominent militant group in oil-rich southern Nigeria on Sunday said it had declared an "oil war" and threatened all international...
14 Sep, 2008, 05.36 PM IST