Xi says China must strengthen training for ‘actual combat’

China’s President Xi Jinping called on the country’s armed forces to “strengthen military training oriented towards actual combat”, state media reported yesterday, after Beijing conducted military drills intended to intimidate Taiwan.
12 April 2023

Killing of dozens in sagaing: Outrage as Myanmar confirms deadly air strike

Myanmar’s ruling junta has confirmed that it carried out an air strike on a village in which dozens of people were reported killed, drawing condemnation from the United Nations and Western powers.
12 April 2023

Agartala-Akhaura rail link likely to be opened by year-end: Indian minister

"We are expecting this project to be inaugurated by the end of this year and in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina," he told media at Nischintapur
12 April 2023

4 cops killed by militants in Pakistan

Four policemen were killed yesterday in a gunbattle with militants in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, police said, hours after four people died in a bomb blast in the region’s capital.
11 April 2023

Sri Lanka again delays local polls

Sri Lanka again postponed local polls yesterday in defiance of a court order, delaying a de facto referendum on President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s efforts to restore the bankrupt island nation’s finances.
11 April 2023

‘Irresponsible’

Pakistan yesterday condemned India’s decision to hold Group of 20 meetings in the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir next month, calling the move “irresponsible”.
11 April 2023

Chinese aircraft, ships remain around Taiwan

Chinese warplanes and navy ships were still in the waters around Taiwan, the island’s defence ministry said yesterday after the end of three days of war games, as Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen criticised Beijing for its “irresponsible” behaviour.
11 April 2023

How to build a well-planned city: lessons from Singapore

Singapore has long been recognized as a model city for its impeccable urban planning, making it one of the most desirable places to live and work in the world. Over the years, the city-state has made tremendous efforts to enhance the quality of life of its citizens through thoughtful and proactive planning initiatives.
11 April 2023

PM of Pakistan-administered Kashmir sacked by court

Pakistan administered Kashmir's Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas was sacked from his office by a court today in a contempt case, the court order said..Ilyas comes from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who has been locked in a political wrangl
11 April 2023

50 killed as Myanmar military attacks rebel gathering

At least 50 people were killed in central Myanmar today in an air strike by the military on an event attended by opponents to its rule, according to media and members of a local resistance movement..Citing residents in the Sagaing region, BBC Burmese, Radio Free Asia (RFA), and the Irrawad
11 April 2023

Indian EC revokes TMC’s national party status

In a setback for West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress, India’s Election Commission yesterday revoked its status as a national party.
10 April 2023

Four killed in blast targeting police vehicle

Four people were killed and fifteen injured in a bombing targeting a police vehicle in a marketplace in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta yesterday, a hospital official said.
10 April 2023

China ends Taiwan drills

China ended three days of military drills around Taiwan yesterday saying they had tested integrated military capabilities under actual combat conditions, having practised precision strikes and blockading the island that Beijing views as its own.
10 April 2023

China criticises Indian minister’s visit

China firmly opposes a visit by India’s home minister to Arunachal Pradesh and views his activities in the area as violating Beijing’s territorial sovereignty, a foreign ministry spokesperson told a news briefing yesterday.
10 April 2023

Indian EC revokes Trinamool Congress' national party status

In a setback for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress, India’s Election Commission today revoked its status as a national party
10 April 2023

Bomb blast kills at least four in southwest Pakistan

A bomb blast in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan killed at least four people and wounded 15 others today, officials said.
10 April 2023

Imran Khan's PTI issues scathing white paper on PDM's rule

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf launched a white paper on Sunday to mark the first year of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM)
10 April 2023

India’s tiger population rises above 3,000

India’s wild tiger population -- by far the largest in the world -- has risen above 3,000, according to a census released yesterday, boosting efforts to conserve the endangered species.
9 April 2023

Covid curbs back in 3 Indian states

With most parts of India witnessing a significant rise in Covid-19 cases over the last few days, three states – Haryana, Kerala, Puducherry -- have made masks mandatory again, while others advised to observe caution.
9 April 2023

India's tiger population rises above 3,000

India's wild tiger population -- by far the largest in the world -- has risen above 3,000, according to a census released Sunday, boosting efforts to conserve the endangered species
9 April 2023