Two roadside blasts in northwest Pakistan kill 7
AFP, Peshawar
21 June 2026, 00:00 AM South Asia
Pak checkpoint: Militants kill 6, abduct 8 paramilitary troops
AFP, Peshawar
10 June 2026, 00:00 AM South Asia
Bhutan to pay families cash for more babies
Reuters, Kathmandu
6 June 2026, 00:00 AM South Asia
Pakistan accuses India of weaponising water after treaty suspension
AFP, Islamabad
4 June 2026, 21:23 PM South Asia
Pakistan train blast kills 24, injures 70
Reuters
25 May 2026, 00:00 AM South Asia
Leaked cable hints at US role in Imran’s ouster
Star Desk
19 May 2026, 00:00 AM South Asia
Pakistan sends new Iranian proposal to US
Agencies
19 May 2026, 00:00 AM South Asia
Car bomb kills 15 cops in Pakistan
AFP, Peshawar
11 May 2026, 00:00 AM 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, 20:48 PM

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, 18:00 PM

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, 09:27 AM

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, 07:21 AM

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, 20:46 PM

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, 18:13 PM

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, 18:12 PM

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, 18:11 PM

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, 18:10 PM

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, 10:24 AM

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, 18:00 PM

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, 14:27 PM

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, 05:03 AM

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, 07:16 AM

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, 11:17 AM

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, 08:29 AM

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, 09:11 AM

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, 07:11 AM

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, 20:38 PM

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, 08:54 AM