India protest leaders say government seeks time until Saturday on demand for minister's resignation
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Two years apart, two young women stand before police vans
23 July 2026, 21:46 PM
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Sri Lanka uses navy drones to tackle dengue
22 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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‘He has received punishment’: Mother rejects body of rape suspect shot dead by West Bengal police
10 July 2026, 21:40 PM
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Gunmen kill 9 police officers near dam project in southwest Pakistan: officials
7 July 2026, 12:52 PM
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At least 40 dead after bus falls into ditch in Pakistan
3 July 2026, 14:09 PM
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Pakistan strikes on eastern Afghanistan kill dozens
29 June 2026, 09:31 AM
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Three Pakistani troops killed in terror attack in Karachi
28 June 2026, 11:19 AM
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Two roadside blasts in northwest Pakistan kill 7
21 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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Pak checkpoint: Militants kill 6, abduct 8 paramilitary troops
10 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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India summons Pakistan envoy Abdul Basit
India has summoned Pakistan envoy and issued a strong demarche over Pakistan's continued support to cross-border terrorism in Kashmir, which has fuelled unrest in the Kashmir Valley.
9 August 2016, 13:23 PM
Indian ministry issues notice to Zakir Naik’s foundation
Indian home ministry issues an inspection notice to Islamic preacher Zakir Naik’s Islamic Research Foundation for alleged Foreign Contribution Regulation Act violations.
9 August 2016, 07:16 AM
26/11 case: Pak asks India to send witnesses
Pakistan has directed a top official to follow up with India the matter of sending 24 witnesses of the Mumbai attack case to Pakistan to
8 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Seven killed in Nepal chopper crash
A helicopter crashed into a hillside in Nepal yesterday, killing all seven people on board including a baby, officials said. The Kathmandu-
8 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Two BSF jawans, rebel killed in Kashmir
Two border guards and a suspected rebel were killed yesterday in a gunbattle in Indian-administered Kashmir, the Indian army said. The
8 August 2016, 18:00 PM
70 killed in Pakistan hospital blast
A bomb blast has killed 70 people at a hospital in the city of Quetta in south-west Pakistan, officials say. Dozens of people are injured in the attack, which happened at the entrance to the emergency department where the body of a prominent lawyer shot dead earlier on Monday was being brought.
8 August 2016, 06:55 AM
Building collapse traps 6 near Mumbai
Rescuers were yesterday searching for a family of six feared trapped in a building that collapsed and killed two people on the outskirts of
7 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Pak terror suspect captained Italy cricket team!
A Pakistani man expelled from Italy for allegedly plotting an attack in the name of the Islamic State (IS) group used to captain the
4 August 2016, 20:53 PM
Terrorism biggest threat to Saarc
Indian Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh yesterday used the Saarc platform to take on Pakistan over terrorism saying it posses the biggest challenge to peace the region.
4 August 2016, 20:48 PM
West rebukes Maldives over defamation bill
The Maldives yesterday brushed off warnings from Western governments that a new defamation bill risked undermining basic freedoms
1 August 2016, 18:00 PM
9 feared dead after building collapses in Pune
At least nine people who were helping construct a new building are feared killed after a part of the 13-storey building collapsed in Pune, reports NDTV.
29 July 2016, 09:27 AM
India Dalit couple killed over 22 cents debt
A couple from India's Dalit community are hacked to death after a row over a 15 rupees (22 cents; 16 pence) debt in Uttar Pradesh state.
29 July 2016, 07:21 AM
Hunt launched for Sanjeevani Booti
A northern Indian state of Uttarkhand will soon begin a multi-million dollar search in the Himalayas for a mythical plant believed
28 July 2016, 20:46 PM
Guns cheaper than phones in Pak town
Gunfire echoes through a dusty northwest tribal town, the soundtrack to Pakistan's biggest arms black market, where
28 July 2016, 18:13 PM
Indian state to hunt for 'life-saving' mythical plant
A northern Indian state will soon begin a multi-million dollar search in the Himalayas for a mythical plant believed to hold life-
28 July 2016, 18:12 PM
India to raise issue of Pak terror support
Pakistan's sustained support to cross-border terrorism will be raised by India's Home Minister Rajnath Singh during his two-day
28 July 2016, 18:11 PM
Hacked to death over 22-cent debt
An axe-wielding shopkeeper hacked a couple to death in northern India yesterday after they failed to pay a debt of 22 US cents,
28 July 2016, 18:10 PM
Eminent litterateur Mahasweta Devi dies
Eminent writer and social activist Mahasweta Devi passes away at a Kolkata nursing home following prolonged illness. She was 90.
28 July 2016, 10:24 AM
Salman Khan cleared in poaching cases
An Indian court yesterday acquitted Bollywood superstar Salman Khan of killing protected wildlife 18 years ago, ending the latest long-
25 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Nepal's PM quits just before no confidence vote after allies depart
Nepal's Prime Minister K.P. Oli resigns minutes before parliament was to vote on a no confidence motion he was likely to lose.
24 July 2016, 14:27 PM