A Pakistani court yesterday extended former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s pre-arrest bail for eight more days on terrorism charges relating to a speech in which he allegedly threatened police and judicial officers, his lawyer said. Khan, who appeared in court in person, was booked in the case by police in August.

Indian Supreme Court is likely to hear today a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) which seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan on or before December 31, 2014.

India yesterday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take part in a regional summit in Uzbekistan that according to Russia will see face-to-face talks between Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan escaped a plane crash on Saturday after the plane he was on made an emergency landing after the airplane developed a technical snag soon after it was airborne mid-air.

Indian Supreme Court is likely to hear -- tomorrow (September 12, 2022) -- a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) which seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan on or before December 31, 2014.

North Korea has passed a law declaring its readiness to launch preventive nuclear strikes, including in the face of conventional attacks, state media said.

A Black Hawk helicopter crashed during a Taliban training exercise in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, killing three, the group's defence ministry said on Saturday.

The Partition of the Indian subcontinent separated them 75 years ago but the irresistible call of blood relations finally brought about a teary reunion between a brother and his sister separated by the border in 1947 as religious divide blurred.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for “massive” international support for flood-ravaged Pakistan while visiting the country yesterday, as Islamabad put the cost of flood-related damage at $30 billion.

India’s Supreme Court today (September 9, 2022) granted bail to journalist Siddique Kappan who was arrested in October 2020 while on his way to Hathras in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh where a Dalit woman died after allegedly being gang-raped.

PTI chairman Imran Khan alleged on Friday that the “imported government and its handlers” were working on a “minus one formula” as party leaders urged supporters to take to the streets to express solidarity with the former prime minister.

India, the largest exporter of rice in the world, today (September 9, 2022) said it was facing a fall in domestic production but assured “dependent and vulnerable countries” that they will have adequate availability of parboiled rice as the country has a significant share in the global rice export.

The north-eastern Indian state of Tripura has decided to set up a special investigation team of the police to probe recent cases of illegal entry into the country from Bangladesh, a senior Indian police official said today according to our New Delhi correspondent (September 9, 2022).

India and China have agreed to pull down all temporary structures and other allied infrastructure at Gogra-Hot Springs in Ladakh. New Delhi said this a day after the armies of the two countries began disengagement of forward deployment of their troops in the area.

India’s Supreme Court today declined to entertain a petition seeking the arrest of former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma for her controversial remarks on the Prophet.

The Indian print media has positively assessed the outcome of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit (Sept 5-8) to India describing it as “fruitful with several outcomes on the table.”

Sri Lanka added 37 new senior posts to its government yesterday, sparking a social media backlash over “useless” public spending in the middle of its worst economic crisis on record.

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan will be formally indicted on a contempt of court charge later this month after judges yesterday rejected his explanation and “regrets” for comments he made about a magistrate, state media reported.

In a major breakthrough after months of negotiations, India and China today (September 8, 2022) announced that they have started to disengage their troops from Gogra-Hotsprings area in the Himalayas of eastern Ladakh, marking an end to a nearly two-year stand-off.

A Pakistani court ruled on Thursday that it will indict former Prime Minister Imran Khan on charges of contempt of court, his lawyer and local broadcasters said, which could lead to his disqualification from politics if convicted.