North Korea's Kim guides artillery firing drill, KCNA says

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guided an artillery firing drill by the Korean People's Army, the country's military force, on Thursday, state media KCNA reported today
8 March 2024, 04:52 AM

India’s Congress vows ‘first job’ for all graduates if voted into power

India’s main opposition Congress party said yesterday it would guarantee paid apprenticeships to every graduate under 25 if it wins the upcoming election, as it tries to tap into voter concerns over high unemployment, even among the well-educated.
7 March 2024, 18:00 PM

Delhi-Male Row: India opens new naval base near Maldives

India on Wednesday opened a new naval base on its Indian Ocean island close to the Maldives, as ties with Male remain tense and New Delhi jostles anew with China for influence in the region.
7 March 2024, 18:00 PM

China will be global ‘force for peace’

China will be a global force for peace and stability, the country’s foreign minister Wang Yi said at a press conference in Beijing yesterday.
7 March 2024, 18:00 PM

‘Kashmir has been transformed’

The Himalayan region of Jammu and Kashmir has been transformed and integrated with the rest of India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said yesterday, crediting the change to his government’s contentious decision to revoke its special status.
7 March 2024, 18:00 PM

Modi visits Kashmir for first time since repeal of Article 370

On his first visit to Jammu and Kashmir since the scrapping of Article 370 of the Constitution that gave a special status to the region, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused main opposition Congress of misleading the people on the issue
7 March 2024, 14:40 PM

Sandeshkhali issue: Mamata hits back at BJP 'rumours'

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today hit back at BJP accusing the party of spreading rumours about Sandeshkhali, where women have accused ruling Trinamool Congress leaders of sexually abusing them
7 March 2024, 14:40 PM

900 luxury watches 'go missing' in Japan

Around 900 luxury watches worth almost $13 million are missing in Japan after a site renting them out folded and its owner fled to Dubai, local media reported
7 March 2024, 08:46 AM

War in Gaza a 'disgrace for civilisation': Chinese FM

China's foreign minister Wang Yi today called Israel's war in Gaza a "disgrace for civilisation" and reiterated Beijing's calls for an "immediate ceasefire"
7 March 2024, 05:59 AM

Chinese national arrested in US for stealing Google AI technology

A Chinese software engineer was arrested Wednesday for allegedly stealing artificial intelligence technology from Google while secretly working for two Chinese companies, US Attorney General Merrick Garland said
7 March 2024, 04:00 AM

Detentions foil Delhi protest

Dozens of protesting Indian farmers were detained en route to New Delhi yesterday, forcing them to call off their plan to converge on the capital in their demand for higher crop prices, protest leaders said.
6 March 2024, 18:00 PM

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto ‘didn’t get a fair trial’

Pakistan’s Supreme Court ruled yesterday that former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was hanged 44 year ago after being convicted of murder, didn’t get a fair trial.
6 March 2024, 18:00 PM

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto didn't get a fair trial: Pak SC

Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was hanged 44 year ago after being convicted of murder, didn't get a fair trial.
6 March 2024, 12:18 PM

Has rape become normalised in India?

Seven men have been accused of brutally gang raping a Spanish tourist in the Dumka district of the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand. The 28-year-old vlogger and her 64-year-old husband have been traveling the world on their motorcycles for several years
6 March 2024, 09:27 AM

Modi inaugurates India's first underwater metro route in Kolkata

India's first underwater metro route was inaugurated today by Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he flagged off a train between Howrah Maidan and Esplanade in Kolkata
6 March 2024, 06:27 AM

No Indian troops in Maldives after May 10

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu yesterday declared that Indian military personnel will not be present in the island nation after May 10.
5 March 2024, 18:00 PM

Modi congratulates new Pakistan PM Sharif

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Pakistani counterpart Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday for his return to the premiership, a rare expression of goodwill between leaders of the two nuclear-armed rivals
5 March 2024, 06:48 AM

Iran executed 834 people last year, highest since 2015: rights groups

Iran executed a "staggering" total of at least 834 people last year, the highest number since 2015 as capital punishment surged in the Islamic republic, two rights groups said today
5 March 2024, 06:20 AM

China sets ambitious 5 percent growth target for 2024

China today set a growth target of around five percent for 2024, an ambitious objective analysts said would be a challenge to meet given the severe headwinds battering the world's second-largest economy
5 March 2024, 03:21 AM

Imran Khan’s MPs denied reserved seats in parliament

Pakistan’s election commission yesterday blocked lawmakers loyal to jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan from taking a share of parliamentary seats reserved for women and minorities, after a poll marred by rigging claims.
4 March 2024, 18:00 PM