Hijack Alert For Delhi-Kabul Air India Flight, Security Stepped Up at Airports Ahead of Obama Visit

Intelligence agencies have issued a fresh and specific alert to the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), about a possible hijack attempt on an Air India flight.

Intelligence agencies have alerted the Bureau of Civil aviation security (BCAS) about a possible hijack attempt on an Air India flight. The security agencies have identified sensitive airports, including Kabul, and say that the Delhi-Kabul flight could be targeted.

A Pakistani fishing boat that ignored warning shots from the Coast Guard to slow down off the Gujarat coast blew itself up late on New Year's Eve, the government disclosed today.

India is offering to set up an insurance pool to indemnify global nuclear suppliers against liability in the case of a nuclear accident, in a bid to unblock billions of dollars in trade held up by concerns over exposure to risk.

After the massive terror strike at a Pakistan school in which over 130 children were killed, the Centre has asked all state governments to ensure adequate security is provided at public places including malls and schools.

The US is unhappy over India doing "business as usual" with Russia, but it will have no effect on US President Barack Obama's upcoming visit to India which remains an "important partner."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held summit talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is on a 22-hour visit, and said though India's options had increased, Russia would remain its top defence partner. As PM Modi and President Putin pushed hard to revive jaded ties, the two countries signed an agreement titled "Druzhba-Dosti", or "friendship" in Russia...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi at New Delhi's Hyderabad House. He landed in Delhi last night for a 22-hour visit seen as an attempt to revive a historic friendship that has faded over the years, seeking to improve cooperation in energy, defence and nuclear power.

Russian President Vladimir Putin landed in Delhi last night for a 22-hour visit seen as an attempt to revive a historic friendship that has faded over the years, seeking to improve cooperation in energy, defence and nuclear power.

Terming India as a "very important player" in the climate change negotiations, the US has said that it is not involved in any agreement on climate with India ahead of President Obama's Republic Day visit to New Delhi.

The United States said Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to India next week would not cast a shadow on President Barack Obama's trip in January, but added that "now is not the time for business as usual with Russia."

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has asked US President Barack Obama to take up the Kashmir issue with the Narendra Modi government when he travels to India in January next year.