Colombo : The Swiss authorities received 146 applications from asylum seekers from Sri Lanka within the month of March, according to figures from Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Migration (SEM).The Swiss authorities have received 8,315 asylum seekers’ requests in the first three months of 2016. However, the number of asylum applications filed with the Swiss Government […]
Washington D.C : South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff has announced that North Korea’s attempt to fire a missile from its eastern coast ended in failure.According to CNN, the statement from South Korea’s military the attempt involved an intermediate-range Musudan missile.”We call again on North Korea to refrain from actions and rhetoric that further raise […]
Kandrori (Himachal Pradesh) : The Pathankot-Jalandhar express train was halted near Pathankot today after a suspicious bag was found onboard, sparking major security concerns.A search operation is being conducted to ascertain if the train contains any other unattended luggage and a call is being taken over which bomb disposal squad to be summoned to check […]
Wellington (Tamil Nadu) : President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday attended the Convocation Ceremony of the 71st Staff Course of the Defence Services Staff College (DSSC) at Wellington, Tamil Nadu.Addressing graduating officers, the President called upon them to effectively leverage “the combat power of our forces, when the country requires them, as custodians of peace and […]
New Delhi : Acting swiftly on the Enforcement Directorate’s demand, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday suspended the diplomatic passport of liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who failed to appear before the investigating authority under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), which is “tantamount to wilful non-compliance to legal process”. Besides suspending his […]