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Washington, Mar 2: The US is seeking more information on the potential misuse of American-made F-16 fighter jets by Pakistan against India in violation of the end-user agreement, the State Department has said. The Indian Air Force on Thursday displayed parts of an AMRAAM beyond visual range air-to-air missile as evidence to "conclusively" prove that Pakistan deployed US-manufactured F-16 fighter

New Delhi, Mar 2: In what it might be called as an embarrassing situation for Pakistan, its own pilot was beaten to death by a local mob thinking that he was an Indian. The deceased was identified as Wing Commander Shahaz-ud-Din, was flying the elite F-16 warplane during the fight between the Indian and Pakistani Air Force (PAF) on Wednesday. After his aircraft was shot by an IAF pilotusing his

United Nations, Mar 22: The UN Security Council has designated Hamza bin Laden, the son of slain Al Qaida chief Osama bin Laden, under its sanctions list, subjecting him to a travel ban, assets freeze and an arms embargo as it described him as being seen as the “most probable successor” of the group’s current leader Aiman al-Zawahiri. The UN Security Council’s 1267 ISIS and Al Qaida Sanctions

Kuala Lumpur, Mar 2: Five years ago, their loved ones boarded a plane and vanished. The group of Malaysians meet about once a month - usually at a coffee shop or a home in Kuala Lumpur - to support each other and try to keep missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 in the public eye. Their relatives were among the 239 people onboard the Boeing 777 when it vanished enroute from Kuala Lumpur to

Lahore:, Mar 2: The handing over of pilot Abhinandan Varthaman to India at Wagah was delayed on Friday as he was asked to record a statement on camera by Pakistani authorities before he was allowed to cross the border, according to sources. It was not clear whether he was made to record the video under duress. The video also had several jump cuts indicating that it had been edited heavily

Kochi, Mar 2: The state government is planning to keep welfare pensioners in good humour ahead of Lok Sabha elections by advancing pension for a month in April. CPM state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan- while addressing party workers and sympathisers at Marine Drive where a reception was accorded to Kerala Samrakshana Yatra - said this would enable them to get two months of pension. "Imagine how

Chennai, Mar 1: Recent air strikes on terror camps deep inside Pakistan show that India’s Armed Forces have “full freedom” to do what they want, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday, while taking a swipe at the Opposition parties for “suspecting” India’s fight against terror and asking them not to “weaken India” to “strengthen your own politics.” In his 30-minute speech in Kanniyakumari

Jaba/Pakistan, Mar 1: The only confirmed victim of India's air strike against Pakistan is still unsure why he was shaken awake in the early hours of Tuesday by an explosion that rocked his mud brick house and left him with a cut above his right eye. “They say they wanted to hit some terrorists. What terrorists can you see here?” said 62-year-old Nooran Shah, a resident of Jaba village, near the

Washington, Mar 1: The United States on Thursday offered a USD 1 million reward for information on a son of late Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, seeing him as an emerging face of extremism. The location of Hamza bin Laden, sometimes dubbed the "crown prince of jihad," has been the subject of speculation for years with reports of him living in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Syria or under house arrest in

Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 1: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention to stop the handing over of the International Airport here to the Adani Group. In a letter to the Prime Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan demanded urgent steps to handover the Airport to a special company formed under Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) by