Indian State bans beef

India's western state of Maharashtra has introduced a ban on beef so strict that even possession could land you in jail for five years, media reports and the chief minister said yesterday.
3 March 2015

Quote of the day

“When the Congress was unwilling to credit others for India's freedom, how can they credit others for India's development.”
3 March 2015

Threats do not work in a democracy: Modi

Speaking in the Rajya Sabha on the motion of thanks to the President's address, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took on the opposition saying that in a democracy threats do not work.
3 March 2015

Iraq forces take on Tikrit

Some 30,000 Iraqi troops and militia backed by aircraft pounded jihadists in and around Tikrit yesterday
2 March 2015

Arun Singh to replace Jaishankar as US envoy

Arun Singh, India's envoy to Paris, will take over the ambassadorial assignment in Washington DC, replacing S Jaishankar,
2 March 2015

Opposition demands halt to plan

Taiwan's main opposition party weighed in on the fight over a controversial plan to process the island's nuclear
2 March 2015

Attempts being made to remove Kejriwal

AAP yesterday said that attempts were being made to remove Arvind Kejriwal as national convener and announced
2 March 2015

HK lawmakers arrested over democracy protests

Three Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers were arrested and then released yesterday over their involvement
2 March 2015

Police seal students inside monastery

Riot police sealed hundreds of Myanmar student protesters inside a monastery yesterday in a tense standoff,
2 March 2015

BJP 'disassociates' itself from Mufti remarks

The Indian Government and the BJP yesterday “totally disassociated” itself from Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister
2 March 2015

India raises defence budget modestly

India yesterday announced a modest 7.9 percent increase in defence spending for the fiscal year starting 01 April,
28 February 2015

US sets 'bottom lines'

The United States on Friday set out what it called its "bottom lines" to reach a deal with Iran to rein in its nuclear program, ahead of new talks next week.
28 February 2015

Afghanistan's first female taxi driver braves all odds

At first glance, the Toyota Corolla looked like any other taxi bumping along the craggy street.
28 February 2015

Hearing starts in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka yesterday began a three-day hearing on missing persons cases amid protests by Tamil groups who are demanding a credible investigation into such issues.
28 February 2015

'Prepare for war'

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has urged his army to prepare for war with the United States and its allies, state media said yesterday,
28 February 2015

Scores killed

Avalanches triggered by heavy snow have killed more than 100 people in mountainous areas of northern Afghanistan, officials said yesterday, as rescuers battled to save dozens more trapped in the snow.
25 February 2015

AAP pledges free water, cheap power

New Delhi's new chief minister Arvind Kejriwal yesterday announced his government will halve power bills and provide free water to poorer households after his anti-corruption party won a landslide election this month.
25 February 2015

Ex-president's arrest on terror charges will deepen crisis

A political crisis in the Maldives will deepen unless parties hold emergency talks following the arrest of ex-president Mohamed Nasheed on terrorism charges, an anti-corruption watchdog said yesterday.
25 February 2015

From China to Spain on train

The first train to complete a journey on the world's longest railway line, connecting Spain and China, has returned home.
25 February 2015

Notorious Indian gangster jailed for life

A court in India's Mumbai city yesterday sentenced gangster Abu Salem, a key associate of crime lord Dawood Ibrahim,
25 February 2015