Pakistan: Several PTI MPs arrested in midnight raids

Pakistani police arrested several lawmakers and leaders of ex-prime minister Imran Khan’s party in midnight raids a day after it held a major rally in the capital to demand his release, the party and police said yesterday.
10 September 2024, 18:00 PM

Ethnic clashes in manipur: Internet blackout, curfew ordered

India’s strife-torn northeastern state of Manipur ordered an internet blackout yesterday, after imposing a curfew following days of deadly ethnic violence and clashes between protesters and police.
10 September 2024, 18:00 PM

Last India polls ‘controlled’

India’s opposition leader Rahul Gandhi yesterday said he did not view this year’s two-month general elections as a free exercise, but rather as one structured to deliver an advantage to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, without citing evidence.
10 September 2024, 18:00 PM

Vietnam jails journalist for seven years on 'propaganda' charge

A Vietnam court Tuesday sentenced a journalist who wrote about issues including corruption, land rights and the environment to seven years in jail, his sister said, the latest government critic to be put behind bars.
10 September 2024, 10:17 AM

Curfew imposed in Manipur amid escalating ethnic violence

An indefinite curfew was imposed today in the two districts of Imphal following a violent clash between university students and security personnel, marking a further escalation of ethnic strife in the northeastern state of Manipur
10 September 2024, 09:48 AM

Kolkata unrest: Mamata says West Bengal not same as Bangladesh, slams ‘political opportunism’

'We love and respect Bangladesh and its language, but Bengal will not become Bangladesh'
10 September 2024, 06:12 AM

Doctor's rape-murder: junior medics in West Bengal defy SC order, continue strike

Junior doctors in West Bengal have decided to continue their “cease work” protest, despite the Supreme Court's directive to return to duty by 5:00pm today
10 September 2024, 04:40 AM

India reports 'suspect' case of Monkeypox, identified as travel-related

India today said an “isolated” suspected case of Monkeypox virus has been confirmed in the country but made it clear that it has been verified as a travel-related infection and “not a part of the global public health emergency sounded by the World Health Organization (WHO) regarding the outbreak
9 September 2024, 15:08 PM

China consumer prices edge up to six-month high in August

Chinese consumer inflation ticked up slightly in August to a six-month high, official data showed Monday, but the reading missed expectations and did little to soothe worries about sluggish spending in the world's number two economy
9 September 2024, 04:56 AM

India records first ‘mpox case’

India yesterday reported that it had put a “suspected mpox case” into isolation, assuring that the world’s most populous nation had “robust measures” in place, the health ministry said in a statement.
8 September 2024, 18:00 PM

India isolates 'suspected mpox case'

India reported Sunday that it had put a "suspected mpox case" into isolation, assuring that the world's most populous nation had "robust measures" in place, the health ministry said in a statement
8 September 2024, 14:08 PM

Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations in Kolkata scaled down amid outrage over doctor’s rape, murder

Some social media posts have already suggested that this year's Durga Puja should be observed with restraint, foregoing the usual grandeur.
8 September 2024, 06:24 AM

Six killed as violence flares again in Manipur

Six people, including one civilian, were killed as fresh violence broke out between two warring ethnic communities in the northeast Indian state of Manipur yesterday, authorities said.
7 September 2024, 18:00 PM

China tells US it presents ‘opportunity’ not ‘threat’: ministry

Chinese Vice Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen told his US counterpart on Saturday that a modern China was an economic “opportunity” not a “threat” to the United States, the ministry said.
7 September 2024, 18:00 PM

3 killed as Yagi hits Vietnam

Super Typhoon Yagi uprooted thousands of trees, swept ships and boats out to sea and ripped roofs off houses in northern Vietnam yesterday, killing at least three people, after leaving a trail of destruction in Southern China and the Philippines.
7 September 2024, 18:00 PM

5 killed in fresh violence in Manipur’s Jiribam following rocker attacks

One person was shot dead in his sleep, while four armed individuals were killed in a subsequent gun battle.
7 September 2024, 04:04 AM

Kolkata rape-murder: West Bengal govt employees join protests

A section of employees of the West Bengal government yesterday joined the protests against the rape and murder of a woman doctor in R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata last month..The members of the pro-Left Coordination Committee of state government employees marched in a rall
6 September 2024, 18:52 PM

Myanmar armed group says 11 civilians killed in junta air strikes

The junta is battling widespread armed opposition to its 2021 coup and its soldiers are accused of bloody rampages and using air and artillery strikes to punish civilian communities.
6 September 2024, 18:00 PM

Direct communications among Asian nations vital for progress

Says Malaysia's communications minister at the Asia News Network (ANN) 25th anniversary celebrations in Kuala Lumpur
6 September 2024, 16:49 PM

Adani seeks quick payment of dues from Bangladesh: report

The conglomerate also said it assured Bangladesh of uninterrupted power supply, according to Indian news outlet
6 September 2024, 10:48 AM