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Thiruvanathapuram, Mar 2: In the wake of protests from the BJP, CPI (M) leader Kodiyeri Balakrishnan said on Friday that he had made no anti-national remarks but only criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi after India's aerial attack on terror camps in Pakistan. "What I said in my speech was I criticised Modi and I will continue to do so. If that's a crime, I am ready to go to jail," Balakrishnan

New Delhi, Mar 2: Masood Azhar, the founder of the dreaded terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), is suspected to be afflicted with renal failure and is under regular dialysis at an army hospital in Rawalpindi in Pakistan, officials said on Saturday. This suggestion of security officials came after Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the JeM chief is “unwell”. “Recent reports

Mar 2: As Jet Airways continue to face severe financial problems, Air India said on March 1 it would not accept any passengers that have got cancelled tickets of the former airline. Generally, when an airline cancels a flight due to some exigencies, other airlines accommodate the former's passengers in their flights. The airline, which has got its flight cancelled, has to pay other airlines for

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