ISI chief advised her 'not to attend rally'

The security officer of former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto has told an anti-terrorism court that the director general of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) in 2007 had advised her hours before her assassination not to attend the public meeting at Liaquat Bagh.
2 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Pakistan releases 163 Indian fishermen in goodwill gesture

Pakistan on Sunday released 163 Indian fishermen held for violating its territorial waters as a goodwill gesture amid tensions over the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir and an attack on a police station.
2 August 2015, 12:44 PM

Landslide buries a whole village in Manipur

At least 20 people were killed when a landslide buried a whole village in the remote Joupi area of Indian state Manipur's Chandel district
1 August 2015, 18:00 PM

President declares state of emergency

Myanmar's president yesterday declared a state of emergency in four regions after heavy floods left 27 people dead.
1 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Meet the Facebook reporters of India-Bangladesh enclaves

A group of "Facebook reporters" have been the main source of information from the enclaves of India and Bangladesh in the past few years.
1 August 2015, 15:53 PM

Pak cops kill Laskhar-e- Jhangvi chief

The leader of an anti-Shia group behind some of Pakistan's worst sectarian atrocities was killed in a shootout with police early yesterday along with 13 other militants, authorities said.
29 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Why Delhi buys water on the black market

20 percent of Delhi population have no access to piped water and have to be supplied by water tankers, but difference between demand and supply is over 750 million litres a day.
29 July 2015, 15:41 PM

Humility of a great man

Once during an event, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam who was then president, refused to sit on a chair that was designated for him -because the chair was larger in size than the other chairs.
28 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Pak army releases pics to 'prove' Indian drone claim

Pakistan Army's media arm releases several photos and videos that purportedly show the drone was launched from the Indian side for a spying mission.
28 July 2015, 12:43 PM

Indian ex-president Abdul Kalam's body brought to Delhi

Indian President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi received the body of former President APJ Abdul Kalam at the Palam airport in Delhi a little after noon today.
28 July 2015, 08:49 AM

Yameen slams foreign meddling in Maldives

Maldives President Abdulla Yameen has lashed out at perceived foreign interference in the honeymoon island's affairs, following Western
27 July 2015, 18:00 PM

'Mumbai attack plotter innocent'

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan yesterday urged India's top court to spare the life of a convicted bomb plotter due to be hanged this
26 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Catman of West Bengal

Inspired by the show on Discovery channel 'Man vs Wild', Rajkumar Biswas of West Bengal changed his eating habits to things that are raw
26 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Modi backs call for India to be compensated by British

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has joined a chorus of support for lawmaker Shashi Tharoor, who gave a now viral speech speech
24 July 2015, 18:00 PM

No more struggling, kids

Children struggling under the weight of an oversized schoolbag is a common sight the world over, but now one Indian state has ordered
24 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Love affairs behind farmer suicides!

Dowry, love affairs and impotency were among the reasons for the deaths of over 1,400 farmers in India this year, Union agriculture
24 July 2015, 18:00 PM

BJP threatens defamation case against Rahul

BJP yesterday threatened to file criminal defamation case against Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for terming external affairs
24 July 2015, 18:00 PM

Maldives takes U-turns on Nasheed

The Maldives yesterday said it would appeal against the controversial conviction of former president Mohamed Nasheed for terrorism
24 July 2015, 18:00 PM

80 people die in Delhi everyday from air pollution, Parliament is told

Air pollution in Delhi is killing around 80 people every day, according to an international study
24 July 2015, 06:58 AM

'Modi-Sharif talks eyewash'

The Congress on Tuesday dubbed as an “eyewash”, the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistan counterpart
14 July 2015, 18:00 PM