INDIA bloc ahead in Jharkhand assembly polls

Trend showed that INDIA had risen to 51 of the 81 seats in the state assembly, considerably above the 41-seat majority, while the BJP-led NDA had taken the lead in 28
23 November 2024, 07:20 AM

Pakistani town in uproar after 40 Shias gunned down

Angry crowds gathered in the remote Pakistani mountain town of Parachinar yesterday, incensed by an attack on an escorted convoy of buses in which 40 Shia Muslims died after being sprayed with automatic fire in an ambush.
22 November 2024, 18:00 PM

10 killed in attack on Sufi shrine

Ten people were killed when a gunman opened fire on a Sufi shrine in Afghanistan’s northern Baghlan province, an interior ministry spokesman told AFP yesterday.
22 November 2024, 18:00 PM

Step up vehicle restrictions

India’s top court yesterday ordered authorities in the smog-choked capital New Delhi to establish checkpoints on all 113 roads into the city to stop the entry of polluting vehicles.
22 November 2024, 18:00 PM

North Korea’s Kim accuses US of stoking tension

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has accused the United States of ramping up tension and provocations, saying the Korean peninsula has never faced a greater risk of nuclear war, state media KCNA said yesterday.
22 November 2024, 18:00 PM

India security forces kill 10 Maoist rebels

Indian security forces gunned down at least 10 Maoist rebels yesterday during a firefight, police said, as New Delhi steps up efforts to crush the long-running armed conflict.
22 November 2024, 18:00 PM

'Dead man' wakes up on funeral pyre, dies a day later

A 25-year-old man declared dead by doctors woke up just as he was placed on the pyre but breathed his last a few hours later, capping a dramatic life and death story in Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu district on Thursday and Friday
22 November 2024, 16:01 PM

Adani charged in US for alleged bribery, fraud

Indian opposition parties yesterday demanded a probe into allegations of wrongdoing by the Adani Group and said they would raise the issue in parliament after its chair Gautam Adani was charged in the US over an alleged bribery scheme.
21 November 2024, 18:06 PM

India warns of ‘further damage’ to Canada ties

India warned Canada of “further damage” to already strained ties after Toronto’s Globe and Mail newspaper alleged Prime Minister Narendra Modi knew about a purported campaign targeting Sikh activists.
21 November 2024, 18:00 PM

Philippines typhoon death toll rises to 12

The death toll from Super Typhoon Man-yi in the Philippines has risen to 12, the national disaster agency said yesterday as widespread flooding subsided.
21 November 2024, 18:00 PM

Rahul Gandhi demands arrest of tycoon Adani

He also reiterated the opposition's demand for a joint parliamentary committee investigation
21 November 2024, 10:16 AM

Exit polls predict BJP-led alliance’s win Maharashtra, Jharkhand

Three exit polls yesterday projected India’s ruling BJP-led alliance to retain its hold in the country’s richest state Maharashtra overcoming anti-incumbency and return to power in the mineral-rich eastern state of Jharkhand
21 November 2024, 00:10 AM

Imran gets bail in state gifts case

A court in Pakistan has granted bail to jailed former prime minister Imran Khan in a case relating to the illegal sale of state gifts, his party said yesterday.
20 November 2024, 18:00 PM

Subversion charges: Hong Kong jails 45 pro-democracy campaigners

Hong Kong’s High Court yesterday jailed 45 pro-democracy activists for up to 10 years following a landmark national security trial that has damaged the city’s once feisty democracy movement and drawn criticism from the US and other countries.
19 November 2024, 18:15 PM

India to send 5,000 extra troops to quell Manipur unrest

India will deploy an extra 5,000 paramilitary troops to quell unrest in Manipur, authorities said yesterday, a week after 16 people were killed in fresh clashes in the troubled state.
19 November 2024, 18:00 PM

Indian, Chinese FMs deliberate next steps to further normalise ties

Foreign Ministers of India and China today deliberated on the next steps, including resumption of data-sharing on trans-border rivers, to further normalise bilateral ties in the first high-level engagement since the militaries of the two countries disengaged from Demchok and Depsang along their unresolved border in eastern Ladakh
19 November 2024, 16:07 PM

SpaceX successfully launches Indian satellite

ISRO's GSAT-N2 will improve broadband and provide in-flight connectivity
19 November 2024, 08:57 AM

Several children injured in car crash at central China school

'Many schoolchildren were injured, the specific casualties are being investigated,' state broadcaster CCTV said
19 November 2024, 02:08 AM

Global security threats from North Korea's troop deployment

North Korea has been threatening the security order in Northeast Asia with its illegal nuclear weapons development for decades
18 November 2024, 21:31 PM

Meta penalised $25.4 million in India over breaching privacy policy

India's competition watchdog today imposed a penalty of Rs. 213.14 crore (25.4 million USD) on Meta for allegedly abusing its dominant position relating to the messaging application’s 2021 privacy policy
18 November 2024, 20:12 PM