MP Azim Murder: Suspect Siam bought meat grinder

Police suspect it was used to dispose of the body of the slain MP
20 June 2024, 06:37 AM

Moonshine kills 34 in Tamil Nadu; over 100 hospitalised

District Collector Sravan Kumar Jatavath and Police Superintendent Samay Singh Meena, along with nine other police officials suspended
20 June 2024, 06:17 AM

China lashed by rains, rising rivers threaten more flooding

Southern China is grappling with days of torrential rain, flash floods, and landslides, prompting authorities to enact emergency plans as swollen rivers threaten further overflow, potentially affecting millions
20 June 2024, 04:54 AM

India reports over 40,000 suspected heatstroke cases over summer

India recorded more than 40,000 suspected heatstroke cases this summer as a prolonged heatwave killed more than 100 people across the country, while parts of its northeast grappled with floods from heavy rain, authorities said
19 June 2024, 19:42 PM

India floods, heatwaves kill 11 people

India was battling extreme weather yesterday that caused severe heatwaves, landslides and floods, killing at least 11 people this week, among them a woman and her three daughters buried alive in a northeastern state, officials and media said.
19 June 2024, 18:00 PM

Myanmar authorities arrest 22 for marking Suu Kyi's birthday

Myanmar authorities arrested 22 people for marking the birthday of imprisoned democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi, local media reported on Wednesday
19 June 2024, 12:44 PM

Rohingya have 'nowhere to flee' in western Myanmar fighting: UN rights chief

Tens of thousands of Muslim-minority Rohingya, who were feared to be trapped amid fighting in western Myanmar, had nowhere to flee, the United Nations human rights chief said on Tuesday
18 June 2024, 12:04 PM

Thailand approves same-sex marriage

Thailand today became the first country in Southeast Asia to legalise same-sex marriage, in a historic parliamentary vote hailed as a "victory" by campaigners
18 June 2024, 10:52 AM

Thailand's Thaksin indicted for insulting monarchy

Thai prosecutors on Tuesday formally indicted influential former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra under the kingdom's strict royal insult laws over comments he made nearly a decade ago
18 June 2024, 04:49 AM

Priyanka Gandhi to make parliamentary debut from Wayanad

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will make her parliamentary election debut from Wayanad constituency in Kerala, the party announced today
17 June 2024, 15:00 PM

Railway collision in eastern India kills 15, injures several

A freight train smashed into the rear of a stationary passenger train in India's West Bengal state on Monday, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens, police said, in an accident that railway authorities blamed on a disregarded signal
17 June 2024, 06:57 AM

Kashmir Speech: Arundhati to face trial under anti-terror law

India’s authorities have sanctioned the prosecution of award-winning author-activist Arundhati Roy and former professor at the Central University of Kashmir Showkat Hossain under a stringent anti-terror law for allegedly making provocative speeches at an event in New Delhi in 2010.
15 June 2024, 18:00 PM

Arundhati Roy to face trial under anti-terror law

India’s authorities have sanctioned the prosecution of award-winning author-activist Arundhati Roy and former professor at the Central University of Kashmir Showkat Hossain under a stringent anti-terror law for allegedly making provocative speeches at an event in New Delhi in 2010
15 June 2024, 12:05 PM

Heavy rain, floods kill 6 in Sikkim

At least six people have been killed this week and 2,000 tourists stranded in India’s Himalayan state of Sikkim in landslides and floods after heavy rainfall, officials said yesterday.
14 June 2024, 18:00 PM

Junta orders evacuations around Sittwe

Myanmar’s junta has ordered thousands of people living outside a state capital threatened by ethnic rebels to leave their homes and head into the city, residents said yesterday.
14 June 2024, 18:00 PM

Chinese #MeToo activist sentenced to 5 years in prison

A Chinese journalist who popularised the country's stalled #MeToo movement was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday for "inciting subversion of state power", a group of supporters said
14 June 2024, 09:40 AM

Flight carrying bodies of 45 Kuwait fire victims lands in India

A plane carrying the bodies of 45 migrant workers killed in a Kuwait housing block fire landed in India on Friday, an AFP reporter at the scene saw
14 June 2024, 05:48 AM

Hong Kong cancels passports of six democracy activists

The Hong Kong government said yesterday it had cancelled the passports of six democracy activists who fled to the United Kingdom, calling them “lawless wanted criminals”.
12 June 2024, 18:00 PM

Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi appointed as Indian Army chief

Currently serving as the vice chief of the Army Staff, Dwivedi will take charge on June 30, the day the current army chief, Gen Manoj C Pande, retires from office, according to a government announcement released yesterday
12 June 2024, 06:57 AM

WHO confirms human case of bird flu in India

The World Health Organization on Tuesday said a case of human infection with bird flucaused by the H9N2 virus was detected in a four-year-old child in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal
12 June 2024, 04:25 AM