Nepal PM allowed to wear sunglasses in parliament
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Ex-Pak PM taken back to jail after hospital checks
22 August 2026
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Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan back in jail after shorter-than-expected hospital visit
21 August 2026
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Update / Imran taken back to Adiala jail after visit to hospital
21 August 2026
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Former PM Imran Khan would not confront Pakistan army chief if freed, close aide says
20 August 2026
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Indian army chief conferred honorary rank of Nepali Army general
18 August 2026
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Pakistan detains 258 in scam centre raid
18 August 2026
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India says it thwarted attacks by Pakistan-backed militants, arrested over 200 operatives
17 August 2026
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Indian visa scam alert: High Commission warns applicants in Bangladesh
6 August 2026
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Pakistan restricts international media reporting outside main cities
6 August 2026
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Two Paki troops killed in cross-border fire
At least two Pakistani security personnel were killed in cross-border fire from Afghanistan yesterday, the military said, when gunmen
17 March 2017
Nepal in fresh political crisis
Political parties from southern Nepal withdrew support from the government yesterday, weakening an already fragile administration
16 March 2017
Pak girl writes to Modi, makes impassioned plea for peace
As BJP had a grand Holi after their thumping victory in UP polls, a Pakistani girl has penned a letter to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealing to him to work as harbinger of peace “if he wants to win more elections in future.”
15 March 2017
Nepal reports severe H5N8 bird flu on farm
Nepal has reported firmed an outbreak of severe H5N8 bird flu on a poultry farm in the Koshi region, the World Organisation for Animal
13 March 2017
How wins may decide who'll be India's next president
With India's ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party's emphatic win in assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand
13 March 2017
Indian FM gets charge of defence ministry
Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was given the additional charge of the defence ministry yesterday after Manohar Parrikar resigned to
13 March 2017
Sri Lanka seeks two more years to deliver war probe
Sri Lanka has asked the United Nations for two more years to investigate war crimes as a previous deadline lapses, Colombo said
13 March 2017
A new India has emerged: Modi
In a victory speech yesterday evening, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the BJP's near-historic victory in state elections is a mandate by the poor for the opportunities the BJP has afforded them and will continue to offer them.
12 March 2017
Curbing terrorism: Police chiefs’ regional conference begins
To strengthen the fight against extremism and terrorism in South Asia and neighbouring countries, a three-day conference with the region’s police chiefs begins in Dhaka.
12 March 2017
100 Indian army men commit suicide every year
The Indian armed forces continue to lose around 100 personnel to suicides every year despite successive governments holding that several measures have been taken to reduce the stress among soldiers.
11 March 2017
Mamata takes Rs 1 as salary
Since taking oath on May 20 2011, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has not taken her salary or allowances she is entitled to.
11 March 2017
NASA finds India's lost lunar rover after 8 years
India's first lunar probe - Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft - which was considered lost is still orbiting the moon, NASA scientists have discovered. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) lost communication with Chandrayaan-1 on August 29, 2009, almost a year after it was launched on October 22, 2008.
11 March 2017
Maoists attack kills 11 security men in India
At least 11 para-military personnel were killed and five others wounded when armed Maoists attacked them in a dense forest in India’s Chhattisgarh state, police say.
11 March 2017
People in Nepal wage anti-India protest
Indian border guards killed a Nepali citizen over a local dispute in a rare shooting at the border, Nepal's government said, prompting
10 March 2017
Karate and wooden guns: How new insurgent group stoked Myanmar crisis
The emergence of Harakah al Yaqin, the first Rohingya Muslim insurgent group to organise in Myanmar in decades, signals a dangerous new phase in a crisis that is increasingly attracting the attention of extremists in Pakistan and the Middle East.
10 March 2017
Maldives deny atoll sale to Saudis after protests
The Maldives government on Wednesday denied it was selling a cluster of small islands to Saudi Arabia, following opposition protests
9 March 2017
Boy, militants killed in Kashmir gunfight
A teenage boy and two militants were killed in a firefight with government forces in Indian-administered Kashmir yesterday that brought
9 March 2017
'World's heaviest woman' loses 100 kgs in surgery
Indian doctors yesterday said that an Egyptian who is believed to be the world's heaviest woman had successfully undergone weight-loss
9 March 2017
Thousands flee Myanmar army clashes with insurgents near China border
Thousands of people have fled clashes between the Myanmar military and ethnic rebels along the border with China, a Chinese official says.
8 March 2017
PM seeks Jakarta help to send back Myanmar refugees
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina requests the Indonesian government to play a role in sending back the Myanmar refugees from Bangladesh.
7 March 2017