North Korea's Kim oversees 'super-large' rocket launcher drills

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw firing drills involving "newly-equipped super-large" multiple rocket launchers, state media said Tuesday, a day after Seoul said Pyongyang had fired several short-range ballistic missiles
19 March 2024, 05:39 AM

EC removes home secretaries of six states, West Bengal top cop

India’s Election Commission yesterday issued orders for the removal of six Home Secretaries - including the top bureaucrats from Gujarat, Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh.
18 March 2024, 18:00 PM

8 killed in Pak air strikes on Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Taliban said yesterday that Pakistan carried out two air strikes on its territory, killing five women and three children, and it fired heavy weapons at Pakistani forces along the border in retaliation.
18 March 2024, 18:00 PM

Anti-piracy ops: Pentagon chief praises Indian navy’s role

US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin today appreciated Indian navy's important role in conducting anti-piracy operations in the Indian Ocean region
18 March 2024, 13:40 PM

Kabul says 8 killed in Pakistan air strikes on eastern Afghanistan

Eight people, all women and children, were killed on Monday in "reckless" air strikes by the Pakistan military in the border regions of Afghanistan, the Taliban government's spokesman said..Border tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have risen since the Taliban government seized powe
18 March 2024, 07:49 AM

China congratulates Putin on election victory

Key Russian ally China on Monday congratulated President Vladimir Putin on his election victory
18 March 2024, 07:49 AM

21 dead after bus collides with tanker in Afghanistan

Twenty-one people were killed and 38 injured yesterday in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province when a bus collided with an oil tanker and a motorbike, provincial officials said.
17 March 2024, 18:00 PM

Escaping to Thailand: Fleeing military service in Myanmar

In the village of Wale, Thailand and Myanmar are connected by a small wooden bridge. The narrow river that flows beneath it constitutes the border.
17 March 2024, 08:44 AM

21 dead in bus collision with tanker in Afghanistan: provincial official

Twenty-one people were killed and 11 injured in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province on Sunday when a bus collided with a tanker and a motorbike, a provincial official said
17 March 2024, 06:34 AM

Taiwanese man goes for leg amputation in scam to claim million-dollar payout

A Taiwanese university student was hoping to pocket over NT$41 million (S$1.7 million) in insurance payouts by claiming that he lost his feet to frostbite
17 March 2024, 05:32 AM

Indian navy intercepts Somali pirates

An Indian navy warship has intercepted the hijacked cargo ship Ruen and demanded the Somali pirates on board surrender, a navy spokesperson said yesterday.
16 March 2024, 18:00 PM

Afghan govt welcomes UN mission extension

Taliban authorities yesterday welcomed the renewal of the mandate of the UN mission to Afghanistan, saying the agency should help boost ties between the country and other nations.
16 March 2024, 18:00 PM

World’s largest polls to begin in April

Setting the stage for a marathon electoral battle spread across nearly two months, India’s Election Commission announced today that the 18th Lok Sabha polls of the world’s largest democracy, will be held in seven phases between April 19 and June 1, involving nearly 97 crore voters.
16 March 2024, 18:00 PM

Indian Navy thwarts Somali pirates by intercepting a 'pirate vessel'

The Indian Navy today said one of its warships yesterday intercepted a pirate vessel
16 March 2024, 08:17 AM

‘Misplaced, misinformed, unwarranted’

Comments by the United States expressing concern about India’s implementation of a contentious citizenship law based on religion are “misplaced, misinformed, and unwarranted”, the foreign ministry of the South Asian nation said yesterday.
15 March 2024, 18:00 PM

Indian SC to hear pleas seeking stay on CAA rules

India’s Supreme Court yesterday said it will hear a batch of petitions seeking a stay on the implementation of the contentious Citizenship Amendment Rules, 2024. 
15 March 2024, 18:00 PM

India’s top political donor subject of tax evasion probes

India’s largest known political donor is a lottery company which has been the subject of fraud and tax evasion probes, according to data published weeks before national elections. 
15 March 2024, 18:00 PM

Indian warship 'in close vicinity' of hijacked Bangladeshi ship: Indian navy

The Indian Navy today said in a statement that it was in close vicinity of the Bangladeshi ship hijacked in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday
15 March 2024, 13:28 PM

BJP, TMC top receivers of electoral bonds

While India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) redeemed bonds worth Rs 6,061 crore from contentious election bonds, West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress was second the encashing bonds worth Rs 1,610 crore followed by main opposition Congress in the third place with Rs 1,422 crore
15 March 2024, 10:49 AM

India SC refuses to entertain plea alleging irregularities in functioning of EVMs

Ahead of parliamentary elections due in April-May, India’s Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea alleging irregularities in functioning of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) saying "every method has its plus and minus points"
15 March 2024, 08:04 AM