Nepal-China floods: Rain, rising rivers hamper rescue ops
31 August 2026
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South Asia
Pakistan suspends eight officials after infant ward fire
31 August 2026
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South Asia
Pakistan suspends eight officials after deadly infant ward fire
30 August 2026
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World
Nepal-China flash floods: Race against time to find nearly 3,000 missing
30 August 2026
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South Asia
Inside the human tragedy of Nepal’s flood
29 August 2026
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South Asia
Missing soar past 2,400 in deadly Nepal, China floods
29 August 2026
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South Asia
Lake overflows on Nepal-Tibet border, sparking panic and halting rescue
28 August 2026
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Natural Disaster
I watched my village disappear in an instant
28 August 2026
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South Asia
Hundreds feared dead in Nepal flash floods
28 August 2026
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South Asia
New barrier lake in Nepal raises fresh flood threat, China warns
27 August 2026
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South Asia
India,Pakistan at ICJ after 18 years
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) was last a battleground for India and Pakistan nearly 18 years ago when Islamabad sought its intervention over the shooting down of its naval aircraft.
14 May 2017
Indian climbers make first Everest summit of season
Six Indian climbers reached the top of Mount Everest yesterda, the first group to summit the world's highest peak this season. The team
13 May 2017
Gunmen kill 10 workers in southwest Pakistan
Gunmen on motorbikes opened fire on construction workers, killing 10 in Pakistan's restive southwestern province of Balochistan,
13 May 2017
Pak shelling kills two in Kashmir
Heavy shelling killed two people, including a teenager, in Indian-administered Kashmir yesterday, an official said, in the latest deadly
13 May 2017
High hopes in Nepal for first local polls in 20 yrs
Nepal holds its first local elections in two decades today hoping to cement a fraught transition to democracy and fill an institutional
13 May 2017
Benazir Bhutto's daughter slams Pak's Ramdan law
Former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto's daughter yesterday sharply criticized the hypocrisy of her country allowing terrorists
13 May 2017
Indian police arrest three over alleged involvement in IPL betting
Indian police arrested three people in Kanpur suspected of illegal betting on cricket matches, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Thursday, a day after the city hosted its first Indian Premier League (IPL) game of the season.
12 May 2017
Wall falls onto guests taking shelter in India wedding, killing 22
A building wall collapses onto guests at a wedding in western India, killing at least 22 people, police say.
11 May 2017
CBI complaint filed against Kejriwal
The war within AAP intensified yesterday with sacked Delhi minister Kapil Mishra submitting three set of complaints against Arvind Kejriwal and other party leaders to the CBI.
9 May 2017
Indian SC sentences judge Karnan to 6 months jail
Calcutta High Court judge Justice CS Karnan is sentenced to six months jail by Indian Supreme Court, which held him guilty of contempt and ordered the Kolkata police chief to arrest him.
9 May 2017
India becomes no. 1 two-wheeler market, overtakes China
India has overtaken China to become the world's largest two-wheeler market. While the Indian two-wheeler market has seen a gradual uptrend, China's two-wheeler sales have been on the decline over the past few years.
6 May 2017
India cabinet gives ex post facto nod to $5b LoC for Bangladesh
The Indian cabinet gives ex post facto approval to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the US $4.5 billion line of credit to Bangladesh for implementation of developmental projects.
3 May 2017
Nepal moves to impeach first female CJ
Nepal's first female chief justice has been suspended after the government filed a motion to impeach her, triggering protests within the fragile ruling coalition.
2 May 2017
Pakistan kills, mutilates 2 Indian soldiers
Two Indian soldiers are killed in firing along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, according to Indian news portal NDTV.
2 May 2017
Impeachment motion against Nepal's chief justice
As many as 249 lawmakers from the two big ruling parties -- Nepali Congress (NC) and CPN (Maoist Centre) -- register a motion at the Parliament Secretariat seeking to impeach Sushila Karki, the first female chief justice of Nepal, charging her with infringing upon the executive’s jurisdiction and nurturing factionalism in the judiciary.
2 May 2017
11 killed as Pak van plunges into ravine
At least 11 people including women and children were killed when an overloaded passenger van plunged into a ravine in Pakistan's mountainous
30 April 2017
Pakistan top in death penalty executions in Asia
At least 130 executions were carried out in 11 Asian countries in 2016. The vast majority of them were executed in Pakistan and 10 in Bangladesh. However there is no data available about executions in China, still believed to be by far the world’s top executioner.
29 April 2017
Hamid Mir to return award to Bangladesh
Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir on Thursday announced that he will be returning an award given to his father, Waris Mir, in 2013, by
28 April 2017
Hamid Mir decides to return father’s award to Bangladesh
Prominent journalist Hamid Mir decides to return the award conferred on his late father by the Bangladesh’s Hasina government in 2013.
28 April 2017
N Korea seeks Asean's help
North Korea has appealed to Southeast Asian countries for support in its row with the United States to prevent what
27 April 2017