‘JMB wants to wage jihad in India’

Accused in Burdwan blasts tells interrogators that JMB had plans to target West Bengal, Assam.
21 May 2015, 06:15 AM

US to urge Myanmar to help Bangladesh in migrant issue

United States will urge Myanmar to cooperate with Bangladesh particularly to rescue and provide immediate relief to migrants adrift,says deputy spokesperson of the US Department of State.
21 May 2015, 04:51 AM

Indian inspectors order recall of Maggi noodles, say found excess lead

Indian food inspectors have ordered Nestle India to recall a batch of Maggi noodles from shops across the country, saying the product contained dangerous levels of lead.
20 May 2015, 18:36 PM

Missing migrant boat rescued off Indonesia

Migrants filmed by the BBC last week drifting off the coast of Thailand have been found by fishermen off Indonesia's Aceh province.
20 May 2015, 04:08 AM

Pakistan raids 'fake degree factory'

Pakistani investigators yesterday carried out raids on a firm accused of running a global fake degree empire, officials said, confiscating computers and holding employees for questioning.
19 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Quake-hit homeless Nepalis brace for monsoon rains

Nepali tea shop owner Phurba Sherpa has spent four nights cramped under a tarpaulin with his wife and nine others on a school field
19 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Thai ex-PM Yingluck pleads not guilty

Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is pleaded not guilty in a brief hearing at the start of her trial on charges of negligence.
19 May 2015, 05:00 AM

Thailand detains 'trafficking kingpin'

Alleged trafficking kingpin surrenders to Thai police while, Philippines is ready to shelter “boat people” from impoverished Bangladesh and Myanmar.
19 May 2015, 04:33 AM

Nepal appeals for $2b to rebuild quake-hit country

Nepal's prime minister has appealed for $2 billion to rebuild his country, shattered by two massive earthquakes in three weeks that have killed thousands and devastated the impoverished nation's infrastructure.
18 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Iraq returnees demand compensation

Returning empty-handed from Iraq, 19 workers demand compensation and licence cancellation of two recruiting agencies for cheating with them 17 months back.
18 May 2015, 13:16 PM

US drone strike kills Six Pak militants

A US drone strike killed at least four militants in Pakistan's restive tribal region near the Afghan border on Saturday, Pakistani security
17 May 2015, 18:02 PM

Saradha scam: Actor Mithun quizzed

The enforcement directorate (ED) recently questioned Trinamool Congress MP and actor Mithun Chakraborty in connection with the
17 May 2015, 18:02 PM

Maharashtra bride takes a toilet as wedding gift

The prefabricated toilet is the wedding gift from the bride's parents since the bridegroom's family did not have one in their home, at a traditional Maharashtrian marriage in Akola.
17 May 2015, 08:43 AM

Birds have fundamental rights, can't be kept in cages: HC

Delhi High Court says birds have the fundamental right to "live with dignity" and fly in the sky without being kept in cages or subjected to cruelty,
17 May 2015, 07:23 AM

Hindu group wants Sunny Leone deported

Terming Sunny Leone's website as one inducing lust in young minds, the complainant Hindu Janjagruti Samiti (HJS) demands her deportation.
17 May 2015, 05:26 AM

Fatima Bhutto slams killing of Bangladeshi bloggers

Fatima Bhutto, grand-daughter of former Pakistan Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto criticizes the murder of Bangladeshi bloggers in her article.
16 May 2015, 06:11 AM

Indian PM Modi's selfie diplomacy is all the rage in China

In a rare show of common charm from one of China's most elite politicians, Premier Li Keqiang appears in a grinning selfie with visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday.
15 May 2015, 15:56 PM

Modi gets special treat from XI

Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his ancestral home town at the start of a three-day visit to China yesterday as the two Asian giants work to boost economic ties despite decades of mistrust.
14 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Pak officials 'out' walk-in spy

Pakistani military officials have reportedly named the spy who, it is claimed, gave away the location of Osama bin Laden to the US.
14 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Mental health worries mount for traumatised Nepalis

The powerful 7.3 magnitude tremor that struck Nepal this week left an already traumatised population gripped by even deeper fear, underlining concerns that the country is ill-prepared to cope with the mental side effects.
14 May 2015, 18:00 PM