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

Bangladesh static in Human Development Index

Bangladesh’s position remains unchanged in the Human Development Index, according to the 2015 Human Development Report launched by UNDP.
20 December 2015, 09:20 AM

Sonia, Rahul Gandhi given bail in graft case

A court grants bail to opposition leaders Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul in a case involving the alleged misappropriation of party funds that has become a political flashpoint with the ruling party.
19 December 2015, 12:21 PM

Honeymoon fight: Man walks off plane, leaves wife behind

A Lucknow-based couple goes to Goa on honeymoon but on the flight back home, they have such a fight that the husband simply walks off the flight at a stopover.
19 December 2015, 09:49 AM

Lanka revives stalled China-funded projects

Sri Lanka has agreed to restart Chinese-funded projects worth billions of dollars which were suspended following allegations of corruption, the government's main spokesman said yesterday.
17 December 2015, 18:00 PM

'Al-Qaeda cell' busted in New Delhi

Delhi police have busted a suspected al-Qaeda cell and arrested a founder member of the jihadist group's India wing, officials said yesterday.
17 December 2015, 18:00 PM

India to buy Russian air defence systems

India's Defence Acquisition Council has cleared the purchase of five S-400 air defence systems from Russia, two defence ministry sources said yesterday.
17 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Air India technician dies in accident

An Air India technician was killed when the ground staff was sucked into an aircraft’s engine at Chhatrapati Shivaji domestic airport in Mumbai yesterday.
17 December 2015, 06:59 AM

'Nirbhaya' named

The mother of a student who died after being gang-raped publicly named her daughter for the first time yesterday, in a bid to end the stigma facing sex attack victims in India.
16 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Every country should govern its own Internet: China

Every nation should have independent authority over its own Internet, Chinese President Xi Jinping says, telling a government-organised conference that "freedom and order" are both necessary in cyberspace.
16 December 2015, 09:52 AM

Kejriwal calls PM Modi 'psychopath'

The chief minister of India's capital, Delhi, has alleged that his office has been raided by the country's federal investigation agency.
15 December 2015, 06:32 AM

Burdwan blast: JMB man among 28 freshly charged

The National Investigation Agency of India files its second supplementary charge sheet in the Burdwan bomb blast case, slapping fresh charges against 28 accused including a JMB man for waging war against Bangladesh.
15 December 2015, 06:09 AM

India, Pakistan to resume peace talks

India and Pakistan agreed to resume high-level peace talks yesterday, according to a joint statement that signalled a thaw in tense relations between the nuclear-armed neighbours, which have fought three full-scale wars.
9 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Japan police arrest Korean suspect in Yasukuni shrine bombing

Japanese police arrest a South Korean man suspected of bombing Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni shrine.
9 December 2015, 06:56 AM

Chennai flood: Clean up begins

A major clean-up operation is under way in the the southern Indian city of Chennai (Madras) after a week of devastating floods.
8 December 2015, 06:31 AM

Malik attended Pak madrasa

The woman who along with her husband shot dead 14 people in California last week attended one of Pakistan's most high-profile
7 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Chennai airport to resume flight operations

Commercial flight operations to resumes at the Chennai airport that was shut on Tuesday evening due to excessive water-logging.
6 December 2015, 06:09 AM

Myanmar general backs Suu Kyi

Myanmar's former military ruler sees erstwhile foe Aung San Suu Kyi as the country's "future leader" and pledges support for her in a secret meeting.
6 December 2015, 04:54 AM

Chennai grapples with flood aftermath

Residents in India's southern Tamil Nadu state yesterday were grappling with the aftermath of devastating floods as authorities stepped up relief work following the worst deluge in decades that killed over 250 people.
5 December 2015, 18:08 PM

Indian FM to travel Pakistan on Dec 8

Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj will travel to Islamabad on December 8 to attend the Heart of Asia security conference being held there, top government
5 December 2015, 18:04 PM

Twin blasts hits Guwahati

Assam's capital Guwahati witnessed twin bomb blasts yesterday afternoon. The blasts occurred around 3pm within three minutes of each other at the
5 December 2015, 18:00 PM