'Ball in Pak's court'

India yesterday made it clear that foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan will go ahead only if Islamabad acts on the 'actionable intelligence' provided by Delhi on the Pathankot terror attack.
7 January 2016, 18:00 PM

‘Bangladeshi’ held with fake passport in West Bengal

An alleged Bangladeshi national is among three persons arrested from Bidhannagar area of West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district adjacent to Kolkata and seized seven fake Indian passports from them.
7 January 2016, 14:20 PM

India Kashmir leader dies

India's Kashmir chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed dies after a brief illness, aged 79.
7 January 2016, 05:01 AM

Big earthquake coming, warn Indian experts

Indian Union home ministry's disaster management experts warn of a bigger catastrophe, earthquakes with a magnitude of 8.2 or greater on the Richter scale which may hit the already ruptured Himalayan region, reports The Times of India.
6 January 2016, 09:19 AM

N-Korea announces ‘successful’ hydrogen bomb test

The North Korean authorities say they have successfully tested a hydrogen bomb amid reports of a tremor near the main nuclear test site.
6 January 2016, 04:33 AM

Bhutan waits for its prince

In the serene grounds of Paro Ugyen Pelri Palace in the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, a young couple pose for the camera, his arm
5 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Pathankot attack: India PM Modi urges Pakistan action

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged Pakistan to take action against militants India says are responsible for a recent attack on an air base.
5 January 2016, 14:26 PM

Lanka Tamils welcome promise of land

Sri Lanka's main opposition yesterday welcomed President Maithripala Sirisena's promise of land for 100,000 people who were forced from their homes during the long civil war, most of them Tamils.
4 January 2016, 18:00 PM

India works to defuse grenades

Indian security forces were working yesterday to carefully defuse grenades in the final stages of an operation to secure a vast air base near the border with Pakistan, two days after a militant attack killed seven military personnel and wounded 22.
4 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Attack on Indian mission foiled

Afghan special forces fought with insurgents barricaded in a house near the Indian consulate in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif yesterday after an overnight attack that coincided with an assault on an Indian air base near the border with Pakistan.
4 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Strong quake kills 6 in northeast India

Six people are killed and dozens injured when a strong 6.7 magnitude earthquake strikes northeast India, sending panicked residents fleeing into the streets even hundreds of kilometres away in Bangladesh.
4 January 2016, 04:35 AM

Bangladesh wakes up to tremors

It is a surprise wake up call for people across Bangladesh in the dawn when a 6.7 magnitude earthquake jolted Dhaka and other parts of the country. According to US Geological Survey, the epicentre is northwest of Imphal in India, near the Myanmar border.
3 January 2016, 23:59 PM

Fresh gunfire, blasts at raided Indian air base

Gunfire and blasts are heard at an Indian Air Force base attacked by militants a day earlier, as security forces hunted two gunmen still at large in the sprawling facility near the border with Pakistan.
3 January 2016, 06:31 AM

Modi wants to revamp cabinet

After a drubbing in a state poll in November, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to overhaul his cabinet to weed out underperformers and improve his government's image. Problem is, several sources said, he can't find the right replacements.
30 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Deadly tremors hit Nepal

Deadly earthquakes twice rocked the top of the world in April, killing more than 8,000 people in Nepal, India and China, in the worst
30 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Suu Kyi wins Myanmar election

Myanmar's Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi spent nearly 18 years under house arrest, she's barred from being president
30 December 2015, 18:00 PM

India test-fires surface-to-air missile

India successfully test-fired yesterday a new long range surface-to-air missile capable of countering aerial threats at extended ranges, as Prime Minister
30 December 2015, 18:00 PM

CRISIS IN SOUTH ASIA

2015 was the year that Southeast Asia faced its own refugee crisis, while the world focused on Europe.
29 December 2015, 18:00 PM

21 killed in Taliban suicide bomb blast in NW Pakistan

At least 21 people are killed and dozens wounded when a Taliban suicide bomber on a motorbike crashed into the main gate of a government office in the northwest Pakistan town of Mardan.
29 December 2015, 11:16 AM

110 journalists killed in 2015, says Reporters Without Borders

A total of 110 journalists are killed around the world in 2015, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Tuesday, warning that more were being deliberately targeted for their work in supposedly peaceful countries.
29 December 2015, 06:47 AM