US, UN discuss int’l community’s efforts to end violence after Myanmar coup
23 June 2021, 16:58 PM
South Asia
Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Biden’s reluctance in engaging Pakistan 'stunning', says US senator
23 June 2021, 07:00 AM
South Asia
Chinese national’s arrest near Bangladesh border: Indian agencies probe 'larger conspiracy'
23 June 2021, 05:23 AM
South Asia
'Women wearing few clothes impact men, unless robots': Imran Khan's rape remark draws flak
21 June 2021, 17:51 PM
South Asia
Taliban say committed to Afghan peace talks
20 June 2021, 07:16 AM
South Asia
Govts of South Asian countries fail to devise Covid-19 recovery solutions: experts
19 June 2021, 05:38 AM
Business
Chinese, Indian workers among 11 killed in Nepal floods, 25 missing
18 June 2021, 11:54 AM
South Asia
India calls for ‘open and inclusive’ Indo-Pacific based on sovereignty, peace
16 June 2021, 09:57 AM
South Asia
Police trying to find out if Chinese man illegally entering India from Bangladesh is a spy
16 June 2021, 05:38 AM
South Asia
‘Illegally crossing over from Bangladesh’: Chinese national remanded in West Bengal
13 June 2021, 08:33 AM
South Asia
18 aftershocks
The intensity of tremors that have hit Nepal can be gauged by the fact that after the massive 7.8/9 magnitude first one, it has had 18
25 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Attacks, intimidation on rise in Maldives
Protesters are being frequently beaten up while the media faces a growing number of death threats in the Maldives, Amnesty International said yesterday, after a fact-finding mission to the honeymoon islands.
23 April 2015, 18:00 PM
14 Indian pilgrims die in Nepal bus accident
At least 14 Indian pilgrims were killed and 25 others injured yesterday when a bus carrying them plunged some 100 metre down from the
22 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Strong quake hits Japan, Taiwan
A strong earthquake rattles Taiwan and small islands in the far south of Japan, official monitoring sites said, briefly prompting a warning for a 1-metre tsunami for the Okinawa island chain.
20 April 2015, 04:35 AM
Thousands of farmers rally against Modi in New Delhi
India's beleaguered opposition leader Rahul Gandhi yesterday led thousands of angry farmers in a protest in the capital against Prime
19 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Man pushes pregnant girlfriend off 150-ft cliff, but she survives
A youth pushes his pregnant girlfriend off a cliff near the Nahargarh fort after crushing her face with a stone and then flees, assuming her to be dead.
18 April 2015, 07:19 AM
Former Nepal PM Thapa dies aged 87
An official said Surya Bahadur Thapa, who served as Nepal's prime minister five times, died on Wednesday while being treated for
16 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Xi to visit Pakistan next week
Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Pakistan next week, Islamabad said yesterday, with investment in the energy sector and Taliban
16 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Pak SC stays military court executions
Pakistan's Supreme Court yesterday stayed executions handed down by the country's controversial new military courts, set up in the
16 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Rahul Gandhi returns from sabbatical
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi returned home yesterday from his 56-day unexplained sabbatical which had raised questions
16 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Obama writes profile for Modi
In a sign of warm personal friendship, US President Barack Obama has written a profile for Prime Minister Narendra Modi for Time
16 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Impose family planning for minorities: Shiv Sena
After stoking controversy with its demand that Muslims be stripped of their voting rights, Shiv Sena yesterday advocated compulsory
15 April 2015, 20:26 PM
Zardari meets estranged son in Dubai
Pakistan's former president and co-chairman of opposition PPP Asif Ali Zardari has met with his estranged son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in
15 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Punjab govt challenges LHC decision
Pakistan's Punjab government on Tuesday challenged the Lahore high court's decision to suspend the detention of LeT operations
15 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Asiana plane skids off runway
Air safety authorities in Japan is investigating how a South Korean Asiana Airlines plane skidded off a runway on landing at Hiroshima airport.
15 April 2015, 04:34 AM
China to 'blacklist' its unruly tourists: report
China will create a "blacklist" of its tourists who behave badly overseas, state-media reported, after several embarrassing incidents involving Chinese travelling abroad.
12 April 2015, 08:22 AM
Amal Clooney to defend Nasheed
Jailed former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed has announced a high-profile international legal team, including prominent rights
11 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Rebels kill 20 workers in SW Pakistan
Gunmen have killed 20 construction workers in Pakistan's restive southwestern province of Baluchistan, shooting them at point blank
11 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Maoist rebels kill 7 police in central India
Maoist rebels yesterday killed seven policemen and wounded at least 10 others in an ambush in a remote part of central India, security
11 April 2015, 18:00 PM
India orders 36 Rafale fighter jets from France
India's prime minister announced Friday that New Delhi had ordered 36 Rafale fighter jets from France in a multi-billion-euro
11 April 2015, 18:00 PM