El Nino threatens livelihoods in Southeast Asia
16 June 2026, 09:03 AM
Asia
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
Global security threats from North Korea's troop deployment
North Korea has been threatening the security order in Northeast Asia with its illegal nuclear weapons development for decades
18 November 2024, 21:31 PM
Meta penalised $25.4 million in India over breaching privacy policy
India's competition watchdog today imposed a penalty of Rs. 213.14 crore (25.4 million USD) on Meta for allegedly abusing its dominant position relating to the messaging application’s 2021 privacy policy
18 November 2024, 20:12 PM
Manipur violence: One protester shot dead during clash
A protester was killed in firing during a clash between security forces and a mob that vandalised properties in the restive eastern Indian state of Manipur’s Jiribam district late on Sunday night, PTI reported yesterday.
18 November 2024, 18:33 PM
46 US lawmakers ask Biden to seek Imran Khan's release
The letter, sent by 46 Democrat and Republican lawmakers on Friday, was the second such communication in less than a month
18 November 2024, 05:24 AM
Indian police battle Maoist rebels
Indian security forces have killed five Maoist rebels in jungle clashes, an officer said yesterday, as security forces seek to quash the decades-long insurgency in the central regions.
17 November 2024, 18:00 PM
BJP wants Manipur to burn
As fresh violence erupted in the Indian state of Manipur, the Congress renewed its attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of “deliberately” keeping Manipur burning.
17 November 2024, 18:00 PM
North Korean Human Rights: The greatest challenge facing humanity
North Korea has evolved into a totalitarian regime characterised by dynastic succession, theocratic governance, and dictatorship since the Korean War
17 November 2024, 17:10 PM
Jharkhand govt sheltering Bangladeshi infiltrators: BJP chief
BJP President Jagat Prakash Nadda today accused the JMM-led coalition government in Jharkhand of providing shelter to Bangladeshi infiltrators in madrasas and facilitating documents like Aadhaar and voter IDs for them
17 November 2024, 14:21 PM
Mob tries to storm Manipur CM's residence amid rising tensions
This prompted authorities to impose an indefinite curfew in seven districts of the northeastern state and suspend internet services
17 November 2024, 06:35 AM
India conducts successful test of indigenous long-range hypersonic missile
India marked a major milestone in defense technology with the successful flight trial of its indigenously developed long-range hypersonic missile yesterday
17 November 2024, 05:52 AM
At least 8 killed in mass stabbing in China
Police say a 21-year-old student went on a stabbing rampage in China's eastern city of Yixing, leaving at least 8 people dead and 17 wounded
17 November 2024, 03:18 AM
Xi tells Biden ready for 'smooth transition' to Trump
After shaking hands to begin their meeting, Xi noted that Beijing's goals for stable ties with Washington remained unchanged
17 November 2024, 03:04 AM
Bid to smuggle cough syrup to Bangladesh: Man held in Kolkata
India's Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested a suspected drug trafficker in Kolkata in connection with attempted smuggling of nearly 15,000 bottles of Codeine-based cough syrup to Bangladesh, NCB said in a statement
16 November 2024, 19:19 PM
Philippines braces for Super Typhoon Man-yi
A super typhoon sweeping towards the Philippines on Saturday was intensifying and could have a “potentially catastrophic” impact, the state weather forecaster warned, with millions of people at risk from storm surges.
16 November 2024, 18:00 PM
Baloch separatists kill 7 Pak soldiers
Separatists fired on a paramilitary border post in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, killing seven soldiers, local authorities said yesterday, a week after the same militant group killed 26 people at a railway station.
16 November 2024, 18:00 PM
10 newborns killed in India hospital fire
A fire at the neonatal unit of an Indian hospital killed 10 newborns, authorities said yesterday, with another 39 rescued from a blaze blamed on a faulty oxygen machine.
16 November 2024, 18:00 PM
Internet cut, curfew imposed in Manipur
An Indian state riven by months of ethnic tensions yesterday imposed an internet shutdown and curfew after angry protests over the recovery of six bodies of people believed to have been kidnapped by insurgents.
16 November 2024, 18:00 PM
Forged in suffering: North Korea's nuclear ambitions and the price paid by its people
North Korea has recently shocked the international community by reportedly deploying troops to Russia amid the ongoing war in Ukraine
16 November 2024, 16:29 PM
Bangladeshi publishers' names missing from 2025 Kolkata Int'l Book Fair
For the first time in nearly three decades, Bangladesh is conspicuously missing from the list of countries whose publishers will take part in next year’s Kolkata International Book Fair, according to a statement released today by the event’s organisers Publishers and Booksellers Guild
16 November 2024, 13:02 PM
10 newborns killed in India hospital fire
At least 10 children were killed in a fire that swept the children's ward of a medical college hospital in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi district late last night, officials said
16 November 2024, 03:41 AM