Uniform civil code bill tabled in India’s Uttarakhand assembly

A bill which proposes uniform marriage, divorce, land, property and inheritance laws for all citizens irrespective of their religion was today tabled in the legislative assembly of the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand
6 February 2024, 10:12 AM

Thai govt to ban recreational cannabis use

The Thai government will urgently move a bill to ban the recreational use of cannabis, the health minister said on Tuesday, after the kingdom decriminalised the drug in 2022
6 February 2024, 06:52 AM

How Imran Khan is campaigning from jail in Pakistan: AI and covert canvassing

Days before Pakistan's February 8 election, a masked and headscarf-clad Komal Asghar led a team of similarly dressed women through alleys in the eastern city of Lahore
6 February 2024, 05:53 AM

India won’t aid Canada till evidence shared

India will not provide information to Canadian investigators over the murder of a Sikh separatist leader until Canada shares evidence, India’s High Commissioner to Canada told the Globe & Mail newspaper in an interview published yesterday.
5 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Militants kill 10 cops in Pakistan

At least 10 police personnel were killed and six others injured in a pre-dawn attack by militants on a police station in northwest Pakistan yesterday, police said, as violence escalated ahead of general elections this week.
5 February 2024, 18:00 PM

‘Won’t allow democracy to be murdered like this’

India’s Supreme Court yesterday called the defacing of ballot papers by a returning officer in the recently concluded mayoral polls in Chandigarh a mockery of democracy.
5 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Maldives vows to boost defence

The small but strategically placed Maldives will strengthen its military to defend its vast maritime territory, the new president vowed yesterday after ordering Indian troops to withdraw from the archipelago.
5 February 2024, 18:00 PM

‘Won’t allow democracy to be murdered like this’

India's Supreme Court today called the defacing of ballot papers by a returning officer in the recently concluded mayoral polls in Chandigarh a mockery of democracy
5 February 2024, 12:30 PM

Maldives vows to boost defences after telling Indian troops to leave

The small but strategically placed Maldives will strengthen its military to defend its vast maritime territory, the new president vowed today after ordering Indian troops to withdraw from the archipelago
5 February 2024, 11:09 AM

10 cops killed, 6 injured in attack on police station in Pakistan

Ten cops were killed while six were injured in a late-night attack on the Chodwan Police Station in Dera Ismail Khan on Monday, an official said
5 February 2024, 05:29 AM

Bali to collect tourism tax from February 14

All foreigners will have to pay 150,000 rupiah (S$12.80) in tourism tax when they visit Indonesia's Bali from February 14 onwards
5 February 2024, 03:33 AM

PTI navigates blackouts to keep campaign alive

Former prime minister Imran Khan’s party has redefined election campaigning in Pakistan with its social media rallies and use of AI technology in a bid to sidestep a nationwide crackdown that has followed it online.
4 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Indian embassy staffer arrested

The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested an employee of the Indian embassy in Moscow for allegedly spying for Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI. He was arrested in Meerut.
4 February 2024, 18:00 PM

41 Rohingyas held after fleeing Malaysian camp

More than 40 exhausted and hungry Rohingya refugees have been recaptured by Malaysian police following a detention centre breakout by 131 migrants from Myanmar, a senior police official said yesterday.
4 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Sri Lanka says financial crisis 'gradually' easing

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka is "gradually" emerging from its worst economic crisis after the austerity of an IMF bailout, the president said today in a speech to mark independence day
4 February 2024, 08:29 AM

41 Rohingya refugees arrested after fleeing Malaysian detention centre

More than 40 exhausted and hungry Rohingya refugees have been recaptured by Malaysian police following a detention centre breakout by 131 migrants from Myanmar, a senior police official said Sunday
4 February 2024, 06:11 AM

India to remove troops from Maldives by May

India will withdraw its troops in the Maldives by May, the Maldivian Foreign Ministry said yesterday, as the two countries seek agreement on a pullout that has strained ties.
3 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Imran, wife get 7 years for unlawful marriage

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Khan were sentenced to seven years in prison and fined yesterday by a court that ruled their 2018 marriage broke the law, his party said.
3 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Imran Khan and wife jailed for 7 years for unlawful marriage

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Khan were sentenced to seven years in prison and fined on Saturday by a court that ruled their 2018 marriage broke the law, his party said
3 February 2024, 12:42 PM

Mamata stages night-long sit-in over dues from Delhi

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who began a two-day sit-in demonstration in Kolkata's Maidan area demanding the state's "dues" from the federal government for funding various social welfare schemes, spent the night at the site amid cold and fog
3 February 2024, 07:19 AM