Inside the human tragedy of Nepal’s flood
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Missing soar past 2,400 in deadly Nepal, China floods
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Lake overflows on Nepal-Tibet border, sparking panic and halting rescue
28 August 2026
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I watched my village disappear in an instant
28 August 2026
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Hundreds feared dead in Nepal flash floods
28 August 2026
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New barrier lake in Nepal raises fresh flood threat, China warns
27 August 2026
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'Saved by a mango tree': How a Nepali labourer survived deadly flash flood
27 August 2026
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Nepal says 468 tourists, mainly foreigners, out of contact after floods
27 August 2026
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Glacial collapse caused seismic activity, 'catastrophic' Nepal floods: USGS
27 August 2026
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Update / Search for 1,000 missing after Nepal-Tibet floods kill 165
27 August 2026
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India HM accuses Pakistan of aiding terrorism
Launching a scathing attack on Pakistan, Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh yesterday said if the neighbouring country stops
19 March 2015
Protect humans, not just cows
The head of India's Catholic bishops, speaking out after a nun was raped in the east of the country last week, has said the country
19 March 2015
Thai ex-PM Yingluck to stand trial
Thailand's Supreme Court orders the former prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra to stand trial for negligence over a controversial rice subsidy scheme
19 March 2015
Mamata asks CBI probe on nun's rape
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, under pressure over the rape of an elderly nun, yesterday said her government was handing
18 March 2015
Nine more executed in Pakistan
Pakistan yesterday hanged nine more jailed murderers, officials said, taking the number of convicts executed over the past two days to
18 March 2015
Pakistan air strikes kill 34 militants
Pakistan's military yesterday said it killed 34 militants in air strikes on a tribal region near the Afghan border as part of a major offensive
18 March 2015
Pakistan executes 12 death-row prisoners
Pakistan yesterday hanged 12 convicted murderers in prisons across the country, the highest number in a single day since the
17 March 2015
Malaysia frees Anwar's daughter on bail
The eldest daughter of Malaysia's jailed opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was freed on police bail yesterday after being held overnight for
17 March 2015
Pakistan suspends all prisoner exchange agreements
Pakistan has suspended all prisoner exchange agreements with other countries after it discovered that prisoners repatriated from Britain
16 March 2015
W Bengal Nun rape case: 2 more detained
The CID and the Nadia district police have not made any heady way with the Ranaghat nun rape case, except for detaining two more
16 March 2015
Security audit is not snooping
Faced with accusations of an effort to turn India into a police state like Pakistan, the Government yesterday told the Rajya Sabha that the
16 March 2015
Maldives resists pressure to free jailed ex-leader
The Maldives government yesterday vowed to resist mounting foreign pressure to free former president Mohamed Nasheed after he was
16 March 2015
Modi scraps Brussels visit
Upset by what the government perceives as a snub from the European Union, India has called off plans for Prime Minister Narendra
16 March 2015
Maldives defends jailing of Nasheed
The Maldives government yesterday told its critics to respect a controversial decision to jail the honeymoon islands' first-ever
15 March 2015
Goa drops Gandhi Jayanti holiday
In a decision that could spark nationwide outrage in India, the BJP government in Goa has dropped Gandhi Jayanti, the birth anniversary
15 March 2015
Modi visits Tamil heartland
Narendra Modi visited Jaffna yesterday, making a highly symbolic first trip by an Indian prime minister to Sri Lanka's war-ravaged
14 March 2015
Congress accuses Modi govt of political spying
A day after a Delhi policeman visited Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's Tughlak Road residence to make enquiries, the party
14 March 2015
Woman lies dying as Kolkatans take photos
A 28-year-old woman lay dying on AJC Bose Road as hundreds streamed past, unconcerned, on Friday morning. Afsa
14 March 2015
Lakhvi to remain in jail
A defence lawyer yesterday said Pakistan has again detained LeT terrorist and Mumbai attack mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi for one
14 March 2015
Elderly nun gang-raped in West Bengal
A group of miscreants allegedly gang-raped a nun at a convent school in Ranaghat, in West Bengal's Nadia district, police said yesterday.
14 March 2015