Indian photographer Raghu Rai, who documented Liberation War, passes away
Star Online Report
26 April 2026, 09:52 AM Entertainment
Manipur ethnic violence kills 3
AFP, New Delhi
26 April 2026, 00:00 AM India
At least 10 killed in Pakistan mining project attack: officials
AFP, Quetta
23 April 2026, 13:16 PM South Asia
Voting underway in India's West Bengal and Tamil Nadu
AFP
23 April 2026, 08:54 AM Southeast Asia
West Bengal goes to polls amid SIR row
Agencies
23 April 2026, 00:00 AM India
Vietnam, South Korea sign deals on tech, nuclear power
AFP, Hanoi
23 April 2026, 00:00 AM Asia

Imran’s Toshakhana sentence suspended but detention to continue

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday suspended PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s three-year sentence in the Toshakhana case
29 August 2023, 08:02 AM

Chinese county offers ‘cash reward’ for couples if bride is aged 25 or younger

A county in eastern China is offering couples a "reward" of 1,000 yuan if the bride is aged 25 or younger, the latest measure to incentivise young people to get married amid rising concern over a declining birth rate
29 August 2023, 07:33 AM

Bombs kill two in Thailand: governor

A series of bomb attacks in Thailand's insurgency-hit far south killed two people and wounded four others, a senior local official told AFP on Tuesday
29 August 2023, 06:57 AM

Toyota to halt operations at all Japan assembly plants due to system failure

Toyota Motor Corp will suspend operations at all of its assembly plants in Japan from Tuesday afternoon due to a malfunction with its production system, it said, likely bringing domestic output to a standstill for the world's top automaker
29 August 2023, 05:03 AM

Pak court drops Imran’s sedition case

A Pakistani court yesterday quashed a sedition case against former prime minister Imran Khan, a relief for the embattled leader whose appeal against conviction in a separate corruption case will be decided on by a high court today.
28 August 2023, 18:00 PM

After moon landing, India to launch mission to study the sun

India's first space-based observatory to study the sun will be launched on Saturday (September 2), the Indian Space Research Organization announced today
28 August 2023, 16:15 PM

Pakistan court drops Imran Khan's sedition case

Ruling on graft appeal due Tuesday
28 August 2023, 12:59 PM

Rights groups slam 'cruel' Taliban ban on women in national park

Rights monitors condemned on Monday a ban on women visiting one of Afghanistan's most popular national parks, the latest curb shutting women out of public life under Taliban government rule.
28 August 2023, 11:46 AM

China to drop Covid antigen test requirement for inbound travellers

China's foreign ministry said on Monday that inbound travellers to the country no longer need a pre-departure antigen test for Covid-19 from August 30
28 August 2023, 08:10 AM

Photographers around KL City Centre tout tourists for paid shots

In most cases, if one did not give in to their demands, these photograph touts would sneak into the background to try to ruin the snapshots taken by the tourists themselves
28 August 2023, 07:49 AM

Imran Khan discharged from murder charges: lawyer

A Pakistani court on Monday dismissed murder charges against former Prime Minister Imran Khan, his lawyer said
28 August 2023, 06:17 AM

8 killed, 5 hurt in blast at firecracker factory

At least 8 people were killed and five others injured after a massive blast was reported at an illegal firecracker factory in North 24 Paraganas’s Duttapukur, barely 3km away from West Bengal State University.
27 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Myanmar expels top E Timor diplomat

Myanmar’s junta yesterday ordered the expulsion of East Timor’s top diplomat in the country over a meeting his government held with a banned shadow administration.
27 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Missing Cypher Case: Imran admits to misplacing confidential cable

Jailed former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan admitted to misplacing a confidential diplomatic cable as he was interrogated by Pakistan’s top investigative agency at the Attock Jail in a case filed under the Official Secrets Act for wrongful use of the classified document, according to media reports yesterday.
27 August 2023, 18:00 PM

ISRO shares Chandrayaan-3 rover’s observations of Moon soil

Three days after successfully landing its lander module on the moon, India’s space agency today shared Chandrayaan-3 rover’s observations of the lunar soil in the south pole and its temperature variation up to 10cm beneath the surface, for the first time in the history of world space science
27 August 2023, 13:05 PM

India's sun mission to be launched in first week of Sept

India's space agency's Chairman S Somanath has said the country's first sun observatory will be ready for launch in the first week of September
27 August 2023, 06:26 AM

Outrage in India after teacher asks students to slap Muslim boy

Indian authorities yesterday vowed to take action after a primary school teacher ordered her pupils to take turns slapping a Muslim classmate, with footage of the incident stoking outrage online.
26 August 2023, 18:00 PM

It’s a model for aspiring space powers: Modi

India’s budget Moon landing is a model for other countries aspiring to develop their own space programmes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said yesterday while praising the scientists behind the successful mission.
26 August 2023, 18:00 PM

India to send robot to space in October

India today said it will send a robot to space for a trial run in the run-up to its first human space mission
26 August 2023, 14:07 PM

India's Moon mission a model for aspiring space powers: Modi

India's budget Moon landing is a model for other countries aspiring to develop their own space programmes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Saturday while praising the scientists behind the successful mission.
26 August 2023, 09:27 AM