Lanka to sell 80pc of port to Chinese firm

Sri Lanka will sell to a Chinese company 80 percent of a $1.5-billion port in its south, where China has also been offered an investment
28 October 2016, 18:00 PM

IS builds presence in Pak

A faction of the Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) cooperated with Islamic State this week in an attack on a police
28 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Pak opposition defies govt ban on protest

Pakistani police yesterday fired tear gas at stone-throwing supporters of opposition leader Imran Khan who defied a ban on public
28 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Politics should never override policy: Modi

"Politics should never override policy." This was the message of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to IAS officers as a young batch met him
27 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Kerala can't let poor patients die: HC

A welfare state cannot allow anybody to die for the reason that he cannot afford treatment, the High Court of Kerala has said.
27 October 2016, 06:07 AM

Taliban insurgents kill 20, says Afghan official

An Afghan police official says that Taliban insurgents have killed at least 20 civilians after they were abducted in a remote central province.
26 October 2016, 07:15 AM

Southeast Asia could be next ISIS battleground: Experts

As ISIS loses ground in Middle East, there are fears it will take its fight elsewhere, especially in Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines.
26 October 2016, 04:57 AM

Islamist militants kill 61 in Pakistan police academy attack

Pakistan mourns the killing of at least 61 people in a brutal gun and suicide bomb assault on a police academy, the deadliest attack on a security installation in the country's history.
25 October 2016, 03:12 AM

Gunmen kill Pak intel officer, IS claim attack

Two gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead an intelligence officer in northwest Pakistan yesterday, police said, in an attack claimed
24 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Indian forces kill 21 Maoists in Odisha

At least 21 Maoists killed by Indian security forces in an encounter at Malkangiri located in eastern state of Odisha, NDTV reports.
24 October 2016, 04:21 AM

Hasina, rare leader of subcontinent: BJP

Vinay Prabhakar MP, vice-president of Indian ruling party BJP, terms Bangladesh Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina a rare leader of the entire subcontinent.
22 October 2016, 07:01 AM

Schizophrenia not a mental illness: Pak SC

Amnesty International yesterday protested a "reprehensible" ruling by Pakistan's Supreme Court that said schizophrenia is "not a
21 October 2016, 18:32 PM

Eight killed in Indian fireworks factory blast

At least eight workers were killed yesterday in a huge explosion set off by a blaze at a fireworks factory in southern Indian, police said.
20 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Nepal govt suspends anti-corruption chief

The head of Nepal's anti-corruption commission has been suspended after lawmakers accused him of abusing his position and lodged a
20 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Indian court acquits 14 Hindus in Gujarat

An Indian court yesterday upheld appeals by 14 Hindus convicted over the massacre of 33 Muslims burnt alive during some of the worst religious unrest the country has seen since independence.
20 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Pak welcomes Trump's peace offer with India

Pakistan yesterday welcomed an offer by US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to ease tensions with nuclear-armed rival India over ongoing unrest in Kashmir, which both claim as their own.
20 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Pakistan bans Indian content on TV, radio

Pakistan has banned all Indian content on television and radio networks, media regulators said yesterday, its latest salvo after recent scuffles in the disputed Kashmir region spilled into the world of Bollywood and celebrity.
20 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Pak PM served notice over Panama Papers

Pakistan's Supreme Court yesterday issued notice to Nawaz Sharif and his family members in the ' Panama Papers' leaks case, acting on petitions seeking his disqualification over alleged corruption and illegally possessing assets abroad.
20 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Pakistan to block Indian TV, radio content as tension simmers

Pakistan will ban all Indian content on television and radio channels from Friday, its media regulator says, stepping up media tit-for-tat bans that followed a spike in tension between the nuclear-armed neighbours.
20 October 2016, 07:53 AM

West Pakistan politicos looted Bengalis, says Pak politician

Accusing politicians of causing a great harm to the country, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Pervaiz Khattak recently endorses Bangladesh founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s statement that Islamabad’s roads were probably being built through revenue earned from Chittagong’s jute fields.
18 October 2016, 07:12 AM