Ex-Pak PM taken back to jail after hospital checks
22 August 2026
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South Asia
Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan back in jail after shorter-than-expected hospital visit
21 August 2026
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South Asia
Update / Imran taken back to Adiala jail after visit to hospital
21 August 2026
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South Asia
Former PM Imran Khan would not confront Pakistan army chief if freed, close aide says
20 August 2026
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South Asia
Indian army chief conferred honorary rank of Nepali Army general
18 August 2026
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South Asia
Pakistan detains 258 in scam centre raid
18 August 2026
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South Asia
India says it thwarted attacks by Pakistan-backed militants, arrested over 200 operatives
17 August 2026
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South Asia
Indian visa scam alert: High Commission warns applicants in Bangladesh
6 August 2026
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South Asia
Pakistan restricts international media reporting outside main cities
6 August 2026
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South Asia
Rukhsar Ahmed, rape accused in UK, wins Pakistan-occupied Kashmir election on bail
6 August 2026
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South Asia
YouTube helps trace man lost for 40 years
An Indian man missing for 40 years was to be reunited with his family yesterday after a YouTube video of him singing a popular Hindi film song went viral.
19 April 2018
Geo TV returning to air after Pak military deal
Pakistan's largest TV station has been allowed back on the air at some major cable operators after talks with the military on demands it make changes in political coverage, two officials who work for the channel's media group told Reuters on Wednesday.
19 April 2018
Hate speech by top politicians skyrockets by 490% in India: NDTV
Indian top politicians have increasingly, by 490% to be exact, used hateful and decisive language in past four years under Modi-led government, a research by NDTV reveals.
19 April 2018
Despite changes after 2012 horror, India's rape victims denied speedy justice
India launched fast-track courts and a tougher rape law that included the death penalty after a gruesome assault on a young woman shocked the country in 2012, but crime statistics indicate the situation has got worse, not better, since then.
19 April 2018
Nepal a natural area for co-op with India
Nepal is a natural area for cooperation between China and India, the Chinese government's top diplomat State Councillor Wang Yi said
18 April 2018
Bus falls off bridge killing 21 in Madhya Pradesh
At least 21 people have been killed and several others wounded when a mini truck carrying them to a marriage function veered off a bridge and fell into a river in Sidhi district of central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh late on Tuesday night.
18 April 2018
10 killed, several injured as storm hits Kolkata
At least 10 people have died in Kolkata and other parts of West Bengal after heavy rain and strong winds on Tuesday evening. Flights, train services and traffic in Kolkata have been severely hit too due to thunderstorm and the strong winds.
18 April 2018
Pakistan's first school for transgender persons opens
The first school for the transgender community in Pakistan is launched at an event at the Alhamra Open Air Theatre of Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
17 April 2018
Afghan, Pak forces clash near border
Two Pakistani soldiers were killed in cross-border fire from Afghanistan while working on a fence intended to cover nearly all of the disputed 2,500km border separating the countries, the Pakistani military said yesterday.
15 April 2018
Dhaka-Delhi fraternal ties enriched by shared art, culture: Sushma
A symbolic Mongol Shubhajatra and a mesmerising display of dance and music marked the celebration of Pahela Baishakh, Bangla New Year's Day, by Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi.
15 April 2018
President suspends House until May 8
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Thursday suspended parliament until next month in a shock move amid a deepening
13 April 2018
India successfully puts IRNSS-1I navigation satellite into orbit
India puts into orbit navigation satellite IRNSS-1I, a part of its satellite navigation system NavIC in copy-book style.
12 April 2018
Myanmar court refuses to drop case against journos
A Myanmar court yesterday rejected a motion to drop a case against two Reuters journalists arrested while investigating a massacre of
11 April 2018
18 workers killed as truck overturns in India
At least 18 labourers have been killed and 15 injured when a truck overturned in Satara district of western Indian state of Maharashtra..
10 April 2018
Int'l war crimes prosecutor seeks jurisdiction over Rohingya deportations
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has asked it to rule on whether it has jurisdiction over the deportations of Rohingya people "from Myanmar to Bangladesh", a possible crime against humanity, according to a filing.
10 April 2018
Myanmar not ready for return of Rohingya refugees: UN official
Myanmar is not ready for the repatriation of Rohingya refugees, says the most senior United Nations official to visit the country this year, after Myanmar was accused of instigating ethnic cleansing and driving nearly 700,000 Muslims to Bangladesh.
8 April 2018
Modi rules out India’s participation in Saarc summit in Pakistan
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveys to his Nepalese counterpart KP Sharma Oli India’s firm opposition to the staging of the Saarc Summit by Islamabad, given the fact that Pakistan continued to support cross-border terrorism from its territory.
8 April 2018
Philippines' Duterte cites genocide in Myanmar, says will take refugees
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says that "genocide" was taking place in Myanmar and he was willing to accept Rohingya Muslim refugees fleeing from it, though Europe should help too.
7 April 2018
Won't accept any delay in elections
Pakistan's ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif said on Wednesday the country is now trapped in martial laws as he warned that his
5 April 2018
Philippines to close Boracay resort to tourists for six months
The Philippines announces that its best-known holiday island Boracay will be closed to tourists for six months over concerns that the once idyllic white-sand resort has become a "cesspool" tainted by dumped sewage.
5 April 2018