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
Terrorism biggest threat to Saarc
Indian Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh yesterday used the Saarc platform to take on Pakistan over terrorism saying it posses the biggest challenge to peace the region.
4 August 2016
West rebukes Maldives over defamation bill
The Maldives yesterday brushed off warnings from Western governments that a new defamation bill risked undermining basic freedoms
1 August 2016
9 feared dead after building collapses in Pune
At least nine people who were helping construct a new building are feared killed after a part of the 13-storey building collapsed in Pune, reports NDTV.
29 July 2016
India Dalit couple killed over 22 cents debt
A couple from India's Dalit community are hacked to death after a row over a 15 rupees (22 cents; 16 pence) debt in Uttar Pradesh state.
29 July 2016
Hunt launched for Sanjeevani Booti
A northern Indian state of Uttarkhand will soon begin a multi-million dollar search in the Himalayas for a mythical plant believed
28 July 2016
Guns cheaper than phones in Pak town
Gunfire echoes through a dusty northwest tribal town, the soundtrack to Pakistan's biggest arms black market, where
28 July 2016
Indian state to hunt for 'life-saving' mythical plant
A northern Indian state will soon begin a multi-million dollar search in the Himalayas for a mythical plant believed to hold life-
28 July 2016
India to raise issue of Pak terror support
Pakistan's sustained support to cross-border terrorism will be raised by India's Home Minister Rajnath Singh during his two-day
28 July 2016
Hacked to death over 22-cent debt
An axe-wielding shopkeeper hacked a couple to death in northern India yesterday after they failed to pay a debt of 22 US cents,
28 July 2016
Eminent litterateur Mahasweta Devi dies
Eminent writer and social activist Mahasweta Devi passes away at a Kolkata nursing home following prolonged illness. She was 90.
28 July 2016
Salman Khan cleared in poaching cases
An Indian court yesterday acquitted Bollywood superstar Salman Khan of killing protected wildlife 18 years ago, ending the latest long-
25 July 2016
Nepal's PM quits just before no confidence vote after allies depart
Nepal's Prime Minister K.P. Oli resigns minutes before parliament was to vote on a no confidence motion he was likely to lose.
24 July 2016
Kabali: How Rajinikanth still packs a punch
At 65, Tamil cinema superstar and a grandfather in real life, Rajinikanth, packs a mean punch in his new film Kabali, an action-packed gangster drama, which opened on Friday.
24 July 2016
Indian aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistan rescued
An Indian woman working for an international NGO, who was abducted in Kabul last month by suspected militants, has been rescued, the country’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today.
23 July 2016
You're not alone, Modi to Hasina
Dhaka and New Delhi open the newly-constructed modern integrated check post at Benapole-Petrapole point of India-Bangladesh border, in a bid to facilitate increased trade between the two countries.
21 July 2016
Pakistani star killed 'by brother for honour'
A Pakistani social media celebrity whose selfies polarised the deeply conservative Muslim country has been murdered by her brother in a suspected honour killing, officials said Saturday, prompting shock and revulsion.
16 July 2016
How luxurious is Bangladesh's first luxury train service?
Within only a few weeks of Sonar Bangla Express inauguration, complaints have surfaced. The authorities might term the express as a luxury train, but their definition of ‘luxury’ comes into question.
14 July 2016
India to move fencing at Bangladesh zero line
India has decided to shift its fencing along with Bangladesh towards the zero line in order to mitigate the problems of Indian villages situated between the fence and the border.
13 July 2016
J&K violence toll hits 31
Kashmir yesterday saw sporadic violence which left one person dead, raising the death toll to 31. Indian Prime Minister Narendra
12 July 2016
Peshawar school massacre mastermind killed in US drone strike
The mastermind behind the December 2014 massacre at Peshawar's Army Public School, has been killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan, senior Pakistani security officials claim.
12 July 2016