25 May 2024, 15:44 PM

Pranay Verma inaugurates new Indian investment in Bangladesh

Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma and Private Industry & Investment Adviser of Bangladesh Prime Minister, Salman Fazlur Rahman, MP, jointly inaugurated a new plant of India's leading pharmaceutical company, Sun Pharma, at Meghna Industrial Economic Zone
25 May 2024, 11:41 AM

Chinese military drills around Taiwan have ended: state media

China's war games around Taiwan have ended, state media said, after two days of exercises that Beijing called a test of its ability to seize the self-ruled island
25 May 2024, 03:19 AM

India Lok Sabha polls phase-6: voting underway in 58 constituencies

Amidst sweltering heat, India today began voting in 58 constituencies across six states and two union territories, including Delhi, in the sixth and penultimate phase of polling in the long-drawn parliamentary elections, in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a rare third successive term
25 May 2024, 02:58 AM

58 constituencies go to polls today

An estimated 11.13 crore people are expected to vote in the sixth phase of polling in India’s Lok Sabha elections covering 58 constituencies across six states and two union territories today.
24 May 2024, 18:00 PM

Indian security forces kill eight Maoist rebels

Indian security forces have killed at least eight Maoist insurgents, police said yesterday, the latest clash in a decades-long conflict being waged in the country’s central forests.
24 May 2024, 18:00 PM

Myanmar junta revives plans for China-backed dam

Myanmar’s junta has revived plans for a $3.6 billion Chinese-backed dam in the north of the country that was suspended more than 10 years ago following huge public opposition.
24 May 2024, 18:00 PM

China stages mock missile strikes on Taiwan

China staged mock missile strikes and dispatched fighter jets carrying live missiles along with bombers yesterday, state broadcaster CCTV said, as part of exercises Beijing has said were launched to punish Taiwan’s new President Lai Ching-te.
24 May 2024, 18:00 PM

Eight killed in central China stabbing: state media

A man killed eight people and wounded one more with a knife in central China, state media reported Friday, citing local authorities
24 May 2024, 07:10 AM

CPJ expresses alarm after chair of Nepal’s largest media group arrested

Kailash Sirohiya arrested over ‘citizenship irregularities’ after publication of reports
24 May 2024, 04:40 AM

China starts 2nd day of war games around Taiwan

China's military started its second day of war games around Taiwan on Friday, with drills to test their ability to "seize power" and control key areas, exercises it has said were launched to punish Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te
24 May 2024, 02:48 AM

China holds war games around Taiwan

China yesterday encircled Taiwan with naval vessels and military aircraft in war games, as it vowed the blood of “independence forces” on the self-ruled island would flow.
23 May 2024, 18:00 PM

‘Stop harassing my old and ailing parents’

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal yesterday questioned the rationale behind what he perceives as targeting his elderly and ailing parents in the connection with Swati Maliwal assault case.
23 May 2024, 18:00 PM

Nepali climber smashes women's record for fastest ascent of Everest

Nepali climber Phunjo Lama on Thursday reached Everest's summit in 14 hours and 31 minutes, smashing the record for the world's fastest ascent of the mountain by a woman
23 May 2024, 08:45 AM

China's military surrounds Taiwan as 'punishment'

China on Thursday encircled Taiwan with naval vessels and military aircraft in war games aimed at punishing the self-ruled island after its new president vowed to defend democracy
23 May 2024, 06:13 AM

Bangladeshis among 86 undocumented migrants arrested in Malaysia

More than 80 illegal immigrants, including a six-month-old baby, were arrested in a three-day operation involving three districts in Johor
23 May 2024, 03:32 AM

Rohingyas in Rakhine: Arakan Army ‘forcibly displaced thousands’

Rohingya activists accused a Myanmar ethnic armed group on Wednesday of displacing thousands of the Rohingyas in western Rakhine state, after the United States said it was troubled by increasing violence.
22 May 2024, 18:00 PM

Show restraint in campaign

India’s election panel yesterday ordered the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and opposition Congress to exercise restraint in their campaigns, after both had reported the other for making divisive speeches during India’s vote.
22 May 2024, 18:00 PM

China announces sanctions on US defence firms

China said yesterday it would impose sanctions on a number of US defence firms and several executives over Washington’s “economic coercion” against Chinese companies and its sales of arms to Taiwan.
22 May 2024, 18:00 PM

BJP will win 305 seats

The BJP will win 305 (+/- 10) seats in India’s Lok Sabha election, American political scientist and global political risk consultant Ian Bremmer told NDTV Profit in an exclusive interview Tuesday.
22 May 2024, 18:00 PM