Five killed in India military transport plane crash
13 June 2026, 14:47 PM
India
South Korea's ex-president gets 30 years over North Korea drone incident
12 June 2026, 09:37 AM
Asia
Three Indian sailors dead after US hit ship off Oman: minister
11 June 2026, 13:56 PM
India
‘Working to stop water flowing into Pakistan’
11 June 2026, 00:00 AM
India
Pak checkpoint: Militants kill 6, abduct 8 paramilitary troops
10 June 2026, 00:00 AM
South Asia
Another blow to Mamata
9 June 2026, 00:00 AM
India
‘Cockroach Party’ leads India exam fiasco protests
7 June 2026, 00:00 AM
India
India tightens security ahead of 'Cockroach Party' protest
6 June 2026, 12:15 PM
India
China’s Xi to visit N Korea next week
6 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Asia
Bhutan to pay families cash for more babies
6 June 2026, 00:00 AM
South Asia
India SC stays acquittal of 12 in Mumbai train blasts case
Five of the 12 were convicted by the trial court and given the death penalty
24 July 2025, 07:57 AM
Myanmar junta drone crashes over Thai border
A Myanmar junta drone targeting anti-coup fighters crashed over the border in Thailand, the kingdom’s military said, prompting an official rebuke over hazardous spillover from the civil war.
23 July 2025, 21:06 PM
S Korea sees record birth rate growth for Jan-May
South Korea registered record birth rate growth during the first five months of the year, a statistics agency official told AFP yesterday.
23 July 2025, 18:41 PM
India rejects report of 'wrong' bodies sent to UK after Air India crash
India today dismissed a British newspaper report that claimed two families in the UK received "wrong" bodies of victims of the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad in June
23 July 2025, 14:16 PM
No issues found in fuel control switches: Air India
Air India said yesterday it has completed precautionary inspections of the fuel control switch locking mechanism on all its Boeing 787 and 737 aircraft, with no issues detected.
22 July 2025, 20:03 PM
Auxiliary power unit of Air India plane catches fire at New Delhi airport
No casualties; An Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed soon after take-off in Ahmedabad on June 12, killing 241
22 July 2025, 14:06 PM
India court acquits 12 in 2006 train blasts case
An Indian court yesterday acquitted 12 men previously convicted for a series of bomb blasts that ripped through packed commuter trains in Mumbai in 2006 that killed 187 people.
21 July 2025, 23:02 PM
Yarlung dam won’t affect neighbours
China will not withdraw or use any water from the Yarlung Zangbo river, where a hydropower project is underway, Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen said yesterday.
21 July 2025, 22:41 PM
Pak militants use drones to target security forces: officials
Militants in Pakistan have started using commercially acquired quadcopter drones to drop bombs on security forces in the country’s northwest, police said, a potentially dangerous development in the volatile region.
21 July 2025, 20:11 PM
Air India jet skids off runway in Mumbai
An Air India Airbus A320 flight veered off the runway as it landed during heavy rain at the Mumbai International Airport yesterday, briefly shutting the runway and damaging the underside of one of the plane’s engines.
21 July 2025, 19:48 PM
Indian Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar resigns
He sent his resignation to President Droupadi Murmu and said he was stepping down with immediate effect
21 July 2025, 16:57 PM
180 dead as Pakistan faces intensified monsoon
Over 500 injured across Pakistan since rains began
21 July 2025, 03:33 AM
Indonesia ferry fire kills five as hundreds rescued
The ferry sinking en route to Bali this month was attributed to bad weather
21 July 2025, 03:14 AM
Indonesia ferry fire kills five as hundreds rescued
An Indonesian ferry fire killed at least five people yesterday, the country’s coast guard said, while more than 200 others were saved with many jumping overboard to flee the huge blaze.
20 July 2025, 19:09 PM
Sri Lanka sacks top cop over Easter Sunday bombings
Sri Lanka’s independent regulator has sacked a senior police officer for failing to prevent the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, which killed 279 people including 45 foreigners.
20 July 2025, 18:10 PM
Election thrashing projected for Japan PM
PM Ishiba's centre-right LDP has governed Japan almost continuously since 1955, albeit with frequent changes of leader
20 July 2025, 14:05 PM
China starts building dam on Brahmaputra
China started building a mega-dam yesterday on a river running through Tibet and India, with Premier Li Qiang attending the commencement ceremony, state media said.
19 July 2025, 20:49 PM
Myanmar's junta chief makes first appearance at memorial event
Myanmar's junta chief on Saturday attended annual commemorations for the country's assassinated independence hero for the first time since the military seized power more than four years ago
19 July 2025, 10:14 AM
Lightning strikes kill 33 in eastern India this week
Lightning strikes during monsoon storms in eastern India this week killed at least 33 people and injured dozens, officials said yesterday.
18 July 2025, 19:47 PM
Myanmar conflict: Junta offers cash rewards to anti-coup defectors
Myanmar’s junta said yesterday it is offering cash rewards to fighters willing to desert armed groups defying its rule and “return to the legal fold” ahead of a slated election.
18 July 2025, 19:46 PM