Kabul, Dec 13 : Negotiating teams of the Afghanistan government and the Taliban confirmed that the two sides have exchanged their lists about the agenda of the peace talks and...

Islamabad, Dec 13 : Pakistan health officials have raised “serious concerns” over the growing incidence of coronavirus re-infections at various health facilities across the country, the media reported on Sunday....

Islamabad, Dec 13 : Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that 60 per cent of all energy produced in the country will be clean or renewable by 2030 while...

Lahore, Dec 13 : Despite the Pakistan government’s ban on holding public rallies in the wake of the unabated Covid-19 pandemic, the PDM opposition alliance is all set to stage...

Kabul, Dec 13 : At least two people were killed and two others injured in a bomb blast that targeted the vehicle of an Afghan MP in Kabul on Sunday,...

By Sumi KhanDhaka, Dec 13 : With the slogan “Jatir Pitar Samman, Rakhbo Mora Omlan” (We will uphold the dignity of the Father of the Nation), officials of the Bangladesh...

Colombo, Dec 13 : Sri Lanka has recorded the highest annual elephant deaths and second-highest human deaths in the world due to the human-elephant conflict, the island-nation’s Committee on Public...

Islamabad, Dec 12 : At least 138 journalists have been killed in Pakistan since 1990, according to the International Federation of Journalists (ICJ). On Friday, the ICJ issued the ‘White...

Islamabad, Dec 12 : The Islamabad city administration has extended an ongoing ban on all social gatherings and carrying, displaying and exhibiting firearms for another two more months, the media...

Kabul, Dec 12 : At least one person was killed and two others were injured on Saturday after 10 rockets were fired into different parts of Kabul city, Afghanistan’s Interior...

Abu Dhabi, Dec 11 : A registered Ayurveda centre that will provide alternative and complementary treatment for chronic conditions has opened in Abu Dhabi, a media report said on Friday....

Kabul, Dec 11 : The UN General Assemblys (UNGA) resolution on the situation in Afghanistan was adopted on Friday by a majority of 131 votes, supporting an inclusive Afghan-led and...

Male, Dec 11 : Maldives’ Health Emergency Operations Centre (HEOC) has said that the country will begin a Covid-19 vaccination program early next year, local media reported on Friday. HEOC...

Kabul, Dec 11 : The Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS), the country’s intelligence agency, has arrested multiple suspects over the murder of a female journalist in Jalalabad city, officials...

Islamabad, Dec 11 : The UK’s Virgin Atlantic commenced flight operations in Pakistan on Friday, becoming the latest international airline to start serving passengers in the country. The first flight...

Islamabad, Dec 11 : Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has urged the country’s to put off public rallies for at least two months as they will lead to endangering “the...

Kathmandu, Dec 11 : After three back-to-back high-level visits from New Delhi in the last two months, India’s ruling Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) has sent its foreign affairs department chief,...

By Sumi KhanDhaka, Dec 11 : India has extended its support to Bangladeshs candidature for the post of Executive Director (ED) of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) South-East Asia Regional...

Colombo, Dec 10 : Sri Lanka’s overall coronavirus caseload surpassed the 30,000-mark on Thursday after more than 700 people tested positive in the past 24 hours, according to the Health...

Tehran, Dec 10 : A railway line linking Iran’s Khaf city to Afghanistan’s Herat was officially inaugurated on Thursday, according to media reports. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Afghan...

Islamabad, Dec 10 : Pakistan’s law enforcement agencies foiled a major terror attack bid in Punjab province and arrested five terrorists, the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) said on Thursday. According to...

Dhaka, Dec 10 : A war-time bomb weighing around 250 kg was found buried at a construction site of Bangladesh’s main Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in capital Dhaka, the country’s...

Kabul, Dec 10 : Afghan peace negotiations between teams of the Kabul government and Taliban have been delayed for two days, according to sources. The sources said on Wednesday that...

Islamabad, Dec 10 : The World Bank has approved a 300 million loan to help Pakistan address climate change issues, health emergency and manage solid waste to reduce chances of...

Islamabad, Dec 10 : Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan told opposition parties that the constitutional way to bring a government down was to move a no-confidence motion in Parliament and...

Washington, Dec 10 : NASA has selected an initial team of 18 astronauts, including Indian-American astronaut Raja Chari, to form the Artemis Team and help pave the way for the...

Kabul, Dec 10 : A female journalist was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province on Thursday, an official confirmed. The incident took place in the provincial capital...

Islamabad, Dec 10 : Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates have agreed to continue working together on the shared objectives of combating the Covid-19 pandemic and...

New York, Dec 10 : Covid-19 can lead to a broad range of neurological complications, including stroke, seizures, movement disorders, inflammatory diseases and more, even in moderate cases, say researchers,...

By Sumi KhanDhaka, Dec 10 : Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for “positive and robust” international climate coalitions to “effectively move towards carbon neutrality” within 2050. Hasina made...

London, Dec 9 : As UK began one of the largest vaccination drives, an Indian-origin couple in their 80s became one of the first few people to receive the recently...

By Atul AnejaNew Delhi, Dec 9 : The contest between India and China for strategic influence in the Himalayas has escalated with authorities in Nepal agreeing to fast-track a rail...

By Arul LouisNew York, Dec 9 : Pakistan is marketing Hindu and Christian women as “concubines” and “forced brides” to China, according to the top US diplomat for religious freedom,...

By Ateet SharmaNew Delhi, Dec 8 : Joe Bidens return to the White House, this time as the President of the US (POTUS) has given a new glimmer of hope...

Kathmandu, Dec 8 : It’s official.The height of world’s tallest peak is slightly higher than it was measured earlier. On Tuesday, Nepal and China jointly announced that Mount Everest, the...

Kabul, Dec 8 : Due to global border closures and restrictions imposed in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Afghan aviation sector suffered an estimated 100 million loss, according...

Kathmandu, Dec 8 : The Nepal government on Tuesday revealed that the revised height of mount Everest, the tallest peak in the world, is 8,848.86 metres. The announcement was made...

Islamabad, Dec 8 : Pakistan’s coronavirus death toll rose to 8,487 by 89 new fatalities in the last 24 hours for the first time in five months as the country...

Islamabad, Dec 8 : The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an alliance comprising 11 of the country’s opposition parties, has said that it will go ahead with its December 13 rally...

Dhaka, Dec 8 : Eight people, including three members of a family, were killed in a road accident in Bangladesh’s Habiganj district, a police official said on Tuesday. Ershadul Haque...

Islamabad, Dec 8 : Pakistani Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood has described the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as a transformational project, adding that there was a complete national consensus on CPEC’s...

Yangon, Dec 8 : Myanmar will hold the next parliamentary session in the first week of February 2021, state media reported on Tuesday. The term of the current parliamentary session...

By Gurmukh SinghVancouver, Dec 8 : Punjab-born Raj Chouhan took oath as the Speaker of British Columbia, Canada, becoming the first Indian to occupy this post anywhere outside of India....

Kathmandu, Dec 7 : Nepal and India have agreed to form a joint business forum after bilateral ties started to thaw following the recent high-level exchanges. A meeting of the...

Kathmandu, Dec 7 : The Nepal government on Tuesday will reveal the revised height of Mount Everest, the world’s tallest peak, the media reported on Monday. The announcement will be...

Kabul, Dec 7 : At least 24 people were injured in a car bombimg outside a district police station in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province on Monday, police said. “The car bomb...

Dubai, Dec 7 : A Dubai-based Indian expat has been charged with assault after beating a compatriot to death over a dispute, a city court heard. On Sunday, the Dubai...

Kabul, Dec 7 : Peace negotiators from the Afghan government and the Taliban held their second meeting about the agenda of the talks in Doha following their first over the...

Islamabad, Dec 7 : Amid a continued resurgence, Pakistan has reported 3,795 new coronavirus cases and 58 fatalities, which increased the overall infection tally and death toll to 420,294 and...

Rawalpindi, Dec 7 : More than 150 activists, all from political parties that are part of the anti-government opposition alliance Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), were booked for violating the standard...

Houston, Dec 6 : A post office in the US city Houston will be named after Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal, the first Sikh Deputy in Texas’s Harris County who was shot...

Kabul, Dec 6 : After months of bickering over rules and procedures for the Afghan peace dialogue, negotiating teams of the Kabul government and the Taliban met in the Qatar...

Islamabad, Dec 6 : Heads of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an alliance comprising 11 of the country’s opposition parties, will meet here on Tuesday to finalise plans for the next...

Islamabad, Dec 6 : British airline Virgin Atlantic will commence its flight operations for Pakistan from December 13. The Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) granted approval to Virgin Atlantic to...

Islamabad, Dec 6 : A Pakistani Christian girl has been killed after her parents rejected a marriage proposal sent by a Muslim man, police said on Sunday. Officers from the...

Kabul, Dec 6 : At least 18 militants were killed in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, the former stronghold of the Taliban militant group, the Defence Ministry said in a statement here...

Jammu, Dec 6 : Security forces have detained two girls who inadvertently entered Indian territory in Jammu and Kashmir from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir on Sunday morning, officials said. The Army said...

Dhaka, Dec 5 : Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday called on the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) to act always in service and out of love for the country...

Kabul, Dec 5 : Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Saturday inaugurated the first meeting of the country’s High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR) after its establishment a few months...

Islamabad, Dec 5 : Coronavirus cases in Pakistan surged by at least 3,119 in the past 24 hours, the third day that the number of daily infection increased by more...

By Mahua VenkateshNew Delhi, Dec 5 : “The Ministry of Planning should be ideally in charge of the project but this shows that the ministry will not be in the...

Islamabad, Dec 5 : Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that his government was introducing a new system of ‘reward and punishment under which civil servants would not be...

Islamabad, Dec 5 : The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has raised questions over the new social media rules imposed by the Pakistan government, the media reported on Saturday. The court...

Kabul, Dec 5 : At least 25 Taliban militants, including two commanders, were killed and eight others injured during a raid in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, the Army said on Saturday....

Kabul, Dec 5 : A judge of the Afghan Supreme Court has been assassinated in the country’s capital, a local media report said Saturday. Abdul Jamil was shot dead after...

New Delhi, Dec 5 : The NIA has filed a supplementary charge sheet against Dharminder Singh aka Dhana for receiving smuggled heroin from Pakistan and selling and using the drugs...

Chandigarh, Dec 4 : Eminent India-born US scientist and patron of Sikh arts and literature, Narinder Singh Kapany (94), passed away in California on Friday.He is survived by his son...

Kabul, Dec 4 : The delegation representing Afghanistan in the talks with the Taliban on has said that discussions have started over the agenda of the formal talks between the...

By Atul AnejaNew Delhi, Dec 4 : The Indian Navy will play a key role in Indias drive to become a 5-trillion economy, with a fleet of three aircraft carriers,...

Islamabad, Dec 4 : The European Union (EU) has moved to retain its ban on Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flights from operating in the bloc’s member states, expressing dissatisfaction over...

Islamabad, Dec 4 : While addressing a special UN General Assembly (UNGA) session on the Covid-19 pandemic, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan proposed a 10-point action plan to avert an...

By Sumi KhanDhaka, Dec 4 : A sculpture of Madhusudan Dey, who was brutally killed by the Pakistan Army in March 1971, was partially damaged by some unknown miscreants in...

Islamabad, Dec 4 : Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan held a telephonic conversation with the UK’s Prince Charles and exchanged views on the coronavirus pandemic, climate change and biodiversity, according...

By Nikhila NatarajanNew York, Dec 4 : Indian-American Vivek Murthy, the former US Surgeon General, is tipped for a big role in Joe Biden’s health care team, as the President-elect...

By Nikhila NatarajanNew York, Dec 4 : After more than a year of intense political tangling, the US Senate has passed a bill that lifts the existing per-country cap on...

Toronto, Dec 3 : Canadian police are hunting for two men in connection with the Indian call centre scams targeting Canadians.Warrants have been issued against Vimal Shrestha, 41, and Bindisha...

Kathmandu, Dec 3 : As bilateral ties between Nepal and India have seen a thaw in recent days, the stalled high-level visits and exchanges have resumed. After three back to...

By Atul AnejaNew Delhi, Dec 3 : The longest bridge over the Brahmaputra, which has been cleared for construction will become the lynchpin of a giant trans-Asian corridor that will...

Mumbai, Dec 3 : Lending major ICICI Bank on Thursday launched its operations in Nepal, via a representative office, to become the first Indian private sector bank to set up...

Kabul, Dec 3 : Negotiators from the Afghan government, as well as the Taliban, have agreed on procedural rules to continue the peace talks in the Qatari capital of Doha,...

Islamabad, Dec 3 : A senior counsel of the Sindh High Court (SHC) told the Pakistan Supreme Court that the 2002 abduction and murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl were...

Islamabad, Dec 3 : Pakistan’s overall coronavirus caseload has increased to 406,810 after an additional 3,499 people tested positive in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Thursday....

By Arul LouisUnited Nations, Dec 3 : India has accused Pakistan of violating the spirit of a UN resolution it had itself sponsored by transferring the control of the Kartarpur...

Toronto, Dec 2 : To mark the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of Sikhism, the Concordia University in Montreal has set up a Guru Nanak...

Colombo, Dec 2 : Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Kamal Gunaratne has said the unrest in a prison in Mahara had been completely controlled and investigations were on, according to local...

Colombo, Dec 2 : Sri Lanka’s Meteorology Department on Wednesday said cyclonic storm Burevi was likely to hit the country’s eastern coast late in the evening, causing heavy rain and...

Dhaka, Dec 2 : Bangladesh has reported 2,198 fresh Covid-19 cases, taking the country’s tally to 469,423, health officials said on Wednesday. The death toll surged to 6,713 after 38...

By Ateet SharmaNew Delhi, Dec 2 : Two women, one a relatively experienced hand at politics and the other a debutant, took centre stage at the Multan rally of the...

Kabul, Dec 2 : NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has reiterated his call for Afghan ceasefire. Stoltenberg, at the first session of the NATO’s foreign ministers meeting on Tuesday, said:...

Jammu, Dec 1 : A Border Security Force (BSF) officer was killed on Tuesday in ceasefire violation on the Line of Control (LoC) by Pakistan troops in J&K’s Rajouri district....

Colombo, Dec 1 : Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed a new state minister in charge of Covid-19 prevention, as the virus has infected over 23,000 people and killed...

By Sumi KhanDhaka, Dec 1 : Bangladesh on Tuesday reported 2,525 new coronavirus cases, the highest single-day in nearly three months, which increased the country’s overall infection tally to 464,932,...

Islamabad, Dec 1 : Despite the Pakistan government’s ban on holding public rallies in the wake of the unabated Covid-19 pandemic, the PDM opposition alliance staged its fifth power show...

Yangon, Dec 1 : The Myanmar military on Tuesday announced the extension of the suspension period of its operations against armed groups until the end of December. The Office of...

New York, Dec 1 : US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have greeted Sikhs on the occasion of Gurupurab commemorating the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, the...

By Arul LouisNew York, Dec 1 : Ajit Pai, one of the senior-most Indian-American officials appointed by US President Donald Trump, announced that he was quitting the Chairmanship of the...

Washington, Dec 1 : Ajit Pai, the first Asian-American to chair the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has announced plans to leave the commission the day when President-elect Joe Biden...

By Arul LouisNew York, Dec 1 : US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have appointed Indian-American Maju Varghese, who steered their campaign, to be the executive director...

New York, Nov 30 : US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday announced key members of his “crisis tested” economic team including Janet Yellen as Secretary of the Treasury, Neera Tanden...

By Sumit Kumar SinghNew Delhi, Nov 30 : India has observed that there is an increasing trend of Chinese research vessels and fishing vessels operating in the Indian Ocean Region,...

Jammu, Nov 30 : Pakistan troops fired with small firearms and also indulged in shelling with mortars on Monday to violate ceasefire on the line of control (LoC) in J&K’s...

London, Nov 30 : The Metropolitan Police have launched a probe into British mercenaries over their alleged involvement in the decades-long Sri Lankan civil war, a media report said on...

Lahore, Nov 30 : Lahore has again topped the list of the most polluted city in the world, according to air pollution data released by the US Air Quality Index...

Kabul, Nov 30 : A total of 1,279 youngsters, including 200 women and girls, joined the Afghan National Army after completion of a three-month military training course, the Defence Ministry...

Islamabad, Nov 30 : Pakistan has the highest rate of breast cancer in Asia, as approximately 90,000 women are diagnosed with the disease every year out of whom 40,000 pass...

Islamabad, Nov 30 : Seventy per cent of Pakistan’s overall coronavirus cases have been reported from the five cities of Lahore, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Peshawar and Karachi, the country’s National Command...

Islamabad, Nov 30 : At least 13 people were killed and 15 others injured in a passenger van-bus collision in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Monday. The accident took place when...

Colombo, Nov 30 : Another leopard was found dead in Matale, in the central hills of Sri Lanka over the weekend, raising the total number of reported leopard deaths in...

Colombo, Nov 30 : At least 606 inmates convicted on minor charges will be pardoned to ease congestion in Sri Lanka’s prisons amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, state media reported...

Colombo, Nov 30 : The death toll in an attempted prison break from a maximum-security prison in Mahara, on the outskirts of Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo, has increased to eight,...

By Arul LouisNew York, Nov 30 : Joe Biden, who is to become US President in January, has picked Indian-American Neera Tanden, a controversial close confidante of the Clintons, to...

Kabul, Nov 29 : At least 30 military personnel were killed and 24 others wounded in a suicide car bombing that took place near a military camp in Afghanistan’s Ghazni...

Dubai, Nov 29 : An Indian man who was reported missing since November 9 a day after he reached Dubai on a tourist visa, has been found in a hospital...

Kabul, Nov 29 : A Taliban spokesperson has said that negotiators from both sides for the Afghan peace process have agreed on procedural rules with 21 items for the the...

Islamabad, Nov 29 : Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that he was never pressured by the countrys military leadership on any matter, including foreign policy. Responding to a...

Islamabad, Nov 29 : A Pakistani rights group has said that 52 per cent of cases of alleged forced conversions of women, specicially of underage girls from the religious minority...

Kabul, Nov 29 : At least 30 policemen were killed and over 20 others injured in a suicide car bomb blast that hit a military camp in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province...

By Ateet SharmaNew Delhi, Nov 29 : Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khans shrill campaign to internationalise Kashmir has bombed after the 57-member Islamic bloc brushed aside Islamabads frenzied attempt to...

Kathmandu, Nov 29 : Two days after Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla concluded a successful trip to Nepal, Chinese Defence Minister and State Councillor Wei Fenghe arrived in Kathmandu...

Yangon, Nov 29 : Myanmar’s national-level Central Committee on Prevention, Control and Treatment for Covid-19 has extended the period of preventive measures until December 15. The extension will be applied...

Kathmandu, Nov 29 : Another one-horned rhinoceros has been found dead in Nepal’s Chitwan National Park, taking the death toll of the endangered species to 16 since July this year,...

By Sumi KhanDhaka, Nov 29 : A Bangladesh Minister has warned that any comments against the spirit of the country’s Liberation War and the Constitution will not be tolerated, while...

By S.P.S PannuNew Delhi, Nov 28 : In a major setback to Chinas devious vaccine diplomacy, ASEAN members Thailand, the Philippines and Malaysia on Friday sealed deals for procuring Covid-19...

Dubai, Nov 28 : An Indian man as been missing since November 9, a day after he reached Dubai on a tourist visa, according to his relatives in the United...

Kabul, Nov 28 : The Afghan Defence Ministry has said that the Taliban has intensified attacks across the country in the past one week. In a statement on Friday, the...

Kabul, Nov 28 : At least seven people were injured on Saturday in two separate magnetic IED blasts in Kabul, police in the Afghan capital said. The first blast occurred...

Islamabad, Nov 28 : In the wake of an ongoing second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in Pakistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan has reiterated that his government will not permit...

Islamabad, Nov 28 : The Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced that it has approved a 300 million policy-based loan targeting macroeconomic stability in Pakistan by improving trade. The loan aims...

New York, Nov 28 : The US’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is reminding the public of a 100,000-reward offer for information leading to the capture of Indian-origin Bhadreshkumar Chetanbhai...

By Sumi KhanDhaka, Nov 28 : The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has summoned the bank accounts of at least 35 people, including anti-India and pro-Pakistan activist Major Delwar Hussain...

Dr.Gaurav Sharma, one of the youngest and newly-elected MPs in New Zealand, on Wednesday took oath in Sanskrit in the country’s Parliament.Dr.Sharma, 33, hailing from Himachal Pradesh’s Hamirpur, was recently...

Joe Biden on Tuesday introduced the team of foreign policy experts he plans to nominate to his administration, led by Antony Blinken as secretary of state, as the president-elect seeks...

By Mahua VenkateshNew Delhi, Nov 27 : In terrorism hit South Asia, Bangladesh has emerged as a bright star, despite disturbing recent signs of a growing footprint of radical Islam...

Kabul, Nov 27 : The European Union (EU) delegation and the EU Heads of Mission based in Kabul have urged for a “swift establishment” of the Afghan High Council of...

Kabul, Nov 27 : The Afghan National Army (ANA) has foiled at least 10 possible Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) blasts across the country, the Ministry of Defence said in a...

Islamabad, Nov 27 : Pakistan has joined the Digital Cooperation Organisation (DCO), a Saudi-led initiative, aimed at promoting digital cooperation among member states, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi announced. Taking...

Islamabad, Nov 27 : At least four people were killed in a shooting at a vehicle in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, officials said. The incident took place in North Waziristan...

Colombo, Nov 27 : Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Technology has been brought unfer the direct purview of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in order to create a technology-based society, his Office confirmed...

Kathmandu, Nov 27 : Nepal and India have agreed to complete the remaining segment of boundary work, but the two countries did not specifically mention which one. A statement issued...

New Delhi, Nov 26 : The dreaded ISIs C Wing uses the Hafiz Muhammad Saeed controlled Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD)/Lashkar-e Taiba (LeT) to run point on Kashmir. The deadly prong has been...

Kathmandu, Nov 26 : Nepal’s Prime Minister K.P.Sharma Oli on Thursday said that his country wants to resolve all remaining outstanding issues with India through talks and dialogue. In his...

By PriyadarshiNew Delhi, Nov 26 : Thursday marks the twelfth anniversary of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, also known as Indias 26/11.As is well known internationally, ten Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists...

Kathmandu, Nov 26 : Visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla, who is on a two-day visit to Nepal, paid a courtesy visit to Prime Minister K.P.Sharma Oli on Thursday...

Kabul, Nov 26 : A police officer was killed on Thursday as blast hit Tirin Kot city, the capital of Uruzgan Province in southern Afghanistan, provincial government spokesman Ahmad Shah...

Kabul, Nov 26 : Unidentified gunmen intercepted vehicles and abducted 28 travellers in Afghanistan’s eastern Wardak province, police spokesman Hajji Mohammad Ofiani said on Thursday. “The armed militants committed the...

Colombo, Nov 26 : Sri Lanka will invest in maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) facilities at the China-built Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) in the country’s Southern province, local media...

Kathmandu, Nov 26 : Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardan Shringla has started high-level meetings in Kathmandu immediately after kicking off his two-day Nepal visit on Thursday. At a time when...

Dhaka, Nov 26 : Bangladesh has recorded 2,292 new Covid-19 cases, taking the tally of infections so far to 456,438, health officials said on Thursday. The death toll surged to...

Kabul, Nov 26 : A total of 15 small-scale uplift projects have been completed in the relatively peaceful and poor province of Ghor, said a statement of the Ministry for...

Dubai, Nov 26 : A 42-year-old Indian doctor has been cleared of the charge of molesting a woman after a Botox therapy session in Dubai. The Dubai Court of First...

Islamabad, Nov 26 : A Special Magistrate in Multan on Thursday granted bail to former PPP lawmaker Ali Musa Gillani and other Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) leaders. Gillani, son of...

By Arul LouisUnited Nations, Nov 26 : India’s UN Mission has dismissed as “a pack of lies with no takersa¿ the dossier that Pakistan gave UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres alleging...

Kabul, Nov 26 : At least three suspects were arrested on Thursday in connection with the deadly bomb blasts in the city of Bamiyan in central Afghanistan that had killed...

New Delhi, Nov 25 : A Sri Lankan boat along with 100 kg heroin sourced from Pakistan along with 20 small packets of synthetic drugs have been seized, and five...

By Atul Aneja and Ateet SharmaNew Delhi, Nov 25 : The Pakistani deep state has suffered a devastating blow with the bloody interception of battle hardened terrorists belonging to the...

IN BureauNew Delhi, Nov 24 : The Chinese Communist governments exaggerated claim that the countrys economic boom and rapid development has created fresh opportunities for young people is fast diminishing.There...

New Delhi, Nov 24 : In a move that further strengthens India-Afghan relations, the government on Tuesday announced that it is building a new dam in Afghanistan that will provide...

Indian-origin economist, author, and peer Lord Meghnad Desai has resigned as a member of the UK’s Opposition Labour Party over its failure to effectively tackle antisemitic racism within its ranks.The...

Eminent Indian-American physician and community leader Ajay Lodha have passed away due to complications from COVID-19.Lodha, former president of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), battled COVID...

Imphal, Nov 23 : Seizure of drugs smuggled in from neighbouring Myanmar continued in Manipur with Assam Rifle troopers now coming across a fresh consignment of narcotics valued at Rs...

Kathmandu, Nov 23 : Resuming the high-level visit and exchanges with Nepal, India is sending its top diplomat to Kathmandu on November 26 Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla will...

Colombo, Nov 23 : The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Sri Lanka on Monday surpassed the 20,000 mark after 400 new infections were reported. The Health Ministry said that...

Kabul, Nov 23 : In a new report released, a charity group revealed that at least 26,025 Afghan children were killed or maimed from 2005 to 2019 in the war-torn...

By Ahmed Ali FayyazNew Delhi, Nov 23 : The killing of four heavily-armed terrorists of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) –Masood Azhars jihadist outfit — in an encounter by the Jammu and Kashmir...

By Ateet SharmaNew Delhi, Nov 23 : A professor, a trader, a pharmacist, an 82-year-old grandfather, a US citizen and now a 31-year-old doctor — the long long list of...

Dubail, Nov 23 : A Dubai-based Indian has claimed that he was attacked by burglars wearing surgical masks at his home while he was sleeping, a media report said. The...

Kabul, Nov 23 : A breakthrough has been reported in the stalled talks between the Afghanistan government and the Taliban after the two sides agreed to include the February 29...

Peshwar, Nov 23 : In defiance of a ban on public gatherings and without a formal permission, the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an alliance comprising 11 of the country’s opposition...

Islamabad, Nov 23 : Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s ailing mother has died in London, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders announced. Begum Shamim Akhtar, who was in her 90s,...

Islamabad, Nov 23 : Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has warned of a total lockdown across the country if the opposition continued to hold public rallies despite an ongoing second...

Jammu, Nov 22 : Barely a day after an Indian soldier was killed in unprovoked firing from across the border, Pakistan indulged in firing and shelling again on Sunday on...

Dhaka, Nov 22 : Two separate photos of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have gone viral on the social media, giving people a glimpse of the leader’s daily life, the...

By Ravi Shanker KapoorNew Delhi, Nov 22 : What happens to a jihadist non-state actor when he becomes a liability to the Pakistani establishment? He dies causelessly, as did the...

Peshawar, Nov 22 : The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an alliance comprising 11 of the country’s opposition parties, will stage it fourth power show on Sunday in Peshawar despite being...

Kabul, Nov 22 : A day after 23 rockets hit Kabul killing nine people and injuring nearly 50 others, there were two separate IED blasts on Sunday in the Afghan...

Lahore, Nov 22 : A seven-year-old girl was hospitalised after a shopkeeper allegedly raped her at gunpoint in Lahore, police said, adding the perpetrator has been arrested. The incident took...

Kathmandu, Nov 22 : The Nepali government has sent requests to several countries that are producing Covid-19 vaccines seeking their early availability after they are proven to be effective, officials...

United Nations, Nov 22 : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the rocket attacks in Kabul which resulted in the death of nine people and injured nearly 50 others. In...

US President-elect Joe Biden on Friday appointed an Indian-American, Mala Adiga, the policy director of his wife Jill Biden, who will be the First Lady.Ms.Adiga has served as a senior...

By Ateet SharmaNew Delhi, Nov 21 : 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed and his aides being handed down a collective imprisonment of over 10 years in terror-financing cases is...

By Sumit Kumar SinghNew Delhi, Nov 21 : China is upgrading and installing radars swiftly along the 3,488-km Line of Actual Control (LAC) even as it is engaged in talks...

New Delhi, Nov 21 : : India on Saturday slammed Pakistan for cross-border terrorism, warning that it will take every possible action to safeguard its national security. In a reaction...

Kabul, Nov 21 : Abdullah Abdullah, head of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation, met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul, during which they discussed the Afghan peace process,...

Karachi, Nov 21 : The Karachi city administration has imposed a ‘smart lockdown’ in four districts and a ‘micro lockdown in two other districts amid an alarming resurgence in the...

Islamabad, Nov 21 : The local administration of Peshawar city has denied permission to the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an alliance comprising 11 of the country’s opposition parties, to hold...

Kabul, Nov 21 : At least six people were killed and more than 25 injured after 14 rockets hit different parts of Kabul following two IED explosions in the Afghan...

Kabul, Nov 21 : At least five people were killed and more than 25 injured after 14 rockets hit different parts of Kabul following two IED explosions in the Afghan...

Jammu, Nov 21 : Even as New Delhi summoned the Pakistan Deputy Chief of Mission over the Nagrota attack, an Indian soldier was killed on Saturday in ceasefire violations at...

Kathmandu, Nov 21 : Chinese Defence Minister and State Councilor Wei Fenghe is scheduled to visit Nepal on November 29. Wei will arrive in the Himalayan nation two days after...

Kabul, Nov 21 : Afghan police on Saturday said that several rockets landed in various areas of Kabul. The rockets hit the capital city a few minutes after two explosions...

By Rahul KumarNew Delhi, Nov 20 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held the first-ever India-Luxembourg bilateral summit with his counterpart Xavier Bettel.Besides reviewing bilateral relations, the summit, the...

By Hamza AmeerIslamabad, Nov 20 : With the Pakistan government announcing new rules framed under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) 2016, imposing more restrictions on internet usage by...

By Hamza AmeerIslamabad, Nov 20 : Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Athar Minallah has said that there would be no relief given to any absconder for airing their speeches...

By Soudhriti BhabaniKolkata, Nov 20 : A meme shared by former Meghalaya Governor and senior West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Tathagata Roy on a social networking site sparked...

Kabul, Nov 20 : The Taliban has staged attacks in at least 50 districts across 16 Afghan provinces following the signing of the peace deal with the US in February...

New Delhi, Nov 20 : Launching the second phase of RuPay card, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced that India will soon be sending Bhutanese satellite to space. “India...

Islamabad, Nov 20 : Pakistan has registered more than 2,500 new Covid-19 cases in a 24-hour period, marking a highest single-day spike after four months, according to the National Command...

Islamabad, Nov 20 : A probe into the 2016 crash of a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane that claimed the lives all the 47 people on board, has revealed that...

Kabul, Nov 20 : Visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said here that Islamabad supports an inclusive peace process in Afghanistan and will make all its efforts for peace in...

New Delhi, Nov 19 : No pinpoint strikes on suspected terror launchpads in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) were carried out by India’s military, top government sources said on Thursday. The Indian...