Balendra Shah unseats former Nepal PM
8 March 2026, 03:26 AM
South Asia
Nepal's rapper-turned-politician looks set for landslide win
7 March 2026, 09:26 AM
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Three-year-old party set to sweep Nepal polls
7 March 2026, 03:33 AM
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RSP ahead in 110 constituencies in Nepal election with three confirmed seats
7 March 2026, 00:10 AM
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Nepal goes to the polls: Voters seek change after youth-led protests
6 March 2026, 03:17 AM
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Nepal's rocky road to elections: Five key dates
2 March 2026, 09:58 AM
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Afghan, Pak forces battle along border
2 March 2026, 02:10 AM
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Pak, Afghan forces clash as diplomatic efforts intensify
1 March 2026, 02:56 AM
South Asia
US says it supports Pakistan's 'right to defend itself' against Afghan Taliban
28 February 2026, 08:51 AM
South Asia
Pakistan bombs Kabul in 'open war' on Afghanistan's Taliban government
28 February 2026, 08:34 AM
South Asia
India tries to reconnect with lost lunar lander
India has located the lander from its Chandrayaan-2 mission to soft land a rover on the moon but has not yet been able to establish
9 September 2019, 18:00 PM
India’s Moon lander Chandrayaan-2 located
India’s second unmanned moon mission Chandrayaan-2 lander Vikram, which contact was lost yesterday, has been located on the lunar surface and it must have been a hard-landing, Indian Space Research Organization Chairman K Sivan says.
8 September 2019, 10:39 AM
INX Media case: Court sends Chidambaram to jail
A Delhi court yesterday sent former Union finance minster P Chidambaram in judicial custody till September 19 in the INX Media case. Considering that he has Z-security, the court directed that he be kept in a separate cell. The CBI argued for his judicial custody submitting
5 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Four dead in Mumbai monsoon deluge
A six-year-old boy was among four people killed after severe flooding hit India’s financial hub Mumbai, resulting in dozens of cancelled
5 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Man killed in mob lynching in India
Indian police said yesterday that five people had been arrested for lynching a man after accusing him of kidnapping children, the latest in a renewed string of attacks fuelled by malicious rumour-mongering.
5 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Kashmir observes self-imposed strike
A month after India withdrew contested Kashmir’s autonomy, locked it down with thousands of additional troops and made mass arrests, residents are resisting attempts by authorities to show some signs of normalcy returning in the Muslim-majority valley. Prime
5 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Indo-Pak conflict a danger for whole world: Iranian FM
A heightened conflict between India and Pakistan is dangerous not only for the Indian sub-continent, but also for the world, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says.
4 September 2019, 15:26 PM
Bangladesh seeks Japan’s support for Rohingya repatriation
Bangladesh has sought Japan’s support for repatriation of the Rohingyas to Myanmar and moving the refugees to Bhashan Char where the government has built shelters for one lakh Rohingya as parts of the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar.
4 September 2019, 15:15 PM
20 killed in Punjab firecracker factory blast in India
At least 20 people are killed and several others injured in a blast at a firecracker factory in a residential area in Gurdaspur district of Punjab, India.
4 September 2019, 13:56 PM
People excluded from NRC might be sent back: BNP
BNP has expressed grave concern saying that the people excluded from the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam might be sent to Bangladesh.
3 September 2019, 13:21 PM
Rights group skeptical that Myanmar’s military seeks justice
Plans announced by Myanmar’s military to prosecute soldiers for actions at a village where security forces reportedly killed as many as 400 members of the Muslim Rohingya minority draws skepticism from the New York-based rights group Human Rights Watch.
3 September 2019, 07:11 AM
Man detained with knife while trying to enter India’s parliament
A 26-year-old man was detained when he was allegedly trying to enter the Indian Parliament House with a knife, police say.
2 September 2019, 11:00 AM
Assam NRC was a statutory process: Indian foreign ministry
The Indian External Affairs Ministry has asserted that updating of the NRC in Assam was a statutory, transparent and legal process mandated by the Supreme Court, which is “non-discriminatory” and “leaves no room for bias and injustice”.
1 September 2019, 15:53 PM
Hasina, Modi likely to meet in NY before Delhi talks in Oct
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi are likely to have a brief meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in September.
30 August 2019, 12:00 PM
Indian state on alert ahead of publication of citizenship register
Tens of thousands of paramilitary personnel and police are deployed in India's border state of Assam, the eve of the publication of a citizenship register that could leave millions of people stateless, many of them Muslims.
30 August 2019, 11:03 AM
Partake in Kashmir Hour
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan yesterday called on the country to join mass demonstrations to protest Delhi’s actions in Indian-administred-Kashmir as tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals continued to boil.
29 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Mount pressure on Myanmar
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen holds Myanmar responsible as efforts to begin repatriation of Rohingyas went in vain amid their distrust in the Myanmar government.
29 August 2019, 12:18 PM
No decision yet on airspace closure to India: Pak FM
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi makes it clear on that no decision had yet been taken to close Pakistan’s airspace to India.
29 August 2019, 04:56 AM
Dhaka to brief diplomats over Rohingya issue tomorrow
Bangladesh will brief the diplomats stationed in Dhaka about the latest situation over the Rohingya issue tomorrow as two consecutive efforts to begin the repatriation of the displaced people failed amid their unwillingness and trust-deficit among them.
28 August 2019, 13:12 PM
Kashmir is India's internal issue: Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi says Kashmir is India's internal issue and the party asserted that violence in Jammu and Kashmir is instigated by Pakistan.
28 August 2019, 05:35 AM