India’s top court yesterday ordered the release of a man jailed over the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, more than 30 years after he was

Master director Satyajit Ray loved Varanasi. He shot two of his films “Aparajito” and “Joi Baba Felunath” in the city – bringing to the audience the old world charm of the ghats of the Ganges and its blind alleys. The same city is now in the news for an entirely different reason.

India’s Supreme Court today ordered the release of AG Perarivalan, who has served over 30 years of life term in former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.

The defence chief of Myanmar’s shadow government has called for international help to arm its resistance forces fighting the ruling military,

Taliban authorities yesterday said they have dissolved Afghanistan’s independent human rights commission as it was “not considered necessary”.

Sri Lanka’s beleaguered president side-stepped a censure motion yesterday after his fractured coalition rallied to delay a resolution blaming him for the country’s worst economic crisis.

India plans the rollout of 6G telecom network, which will provide ultra high-speed internet connectivity, by the end of the decade, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today.

As debate over the 22 closed rooms in Taj Mahal reverberated in and out of the court last week, the Archaeological Survey of India has released pictures of some of the said underground rooms of the 17th century monument of love. The rooms were opened in January this year for conservation work.

India and Nepal will build a 695 megawatt hydropower plant, officials said yesterday, as the Himalayan nation looks to exploit its abundant

The maximum temperature recorded in the national capital reached 49 degree Celsius, the India Meteorological Department said yesterday, as intense heatwave is sweeping through northern part of the country.

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka has run out of petrol and is unable to find dollars to finance essential imports, the new prime minister said yesterday in an address to the nation.

India's ban on wheat export will not prevent export to neighbouring countries and countries that might wish to procure the current produce to supplement their domestic food security policies, at the request of their governments, said a statement of the Indian High Commission in Dhaka.

India today (May 16, 2022) criticised the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for its "unwarranted" comments on the delimitation exercise in Jammu and Kashmir.

Prashanto Kumar Halder, former MD of NRB Global Bank who is accused of laundering huge sums of money, is likely to be produced before a court in Kolkata tomorrow (May 17, 2022) when India’s Enforcement Directorate is expected to seek extension of his remand in its custody.

Sri Lanka's new prime minister said on Monday the crisis-hit nation was down to its last day of petrol, as the country's power minister told citizens not to join the lengthy fuel queues that have galvanised weeks of anti-government protests.

For the first time, Pakistan’s remittances crossed the figure of $3 billion in a month, which gave hope that the country would achieve its annual remittance target of $30bn.

A suicide bomber killed three children, age between 4 and 11, and three soldiers in an attack on a military vehicle in Pakistan’s restive northwestern region bordering Afghanistan,

Sri Lankan authorities lifted a nationwide curfew yesterday for an important Buddhist festival, but celebrations were muted as the island nation’s new premier struggled to find his footing and tackle a worsening economic crisis. 

Doctor-turned-politician Manik Saha was today sworn in as the chief minister of north eastern Indian state of Tripura, a day after Biplab Deb stepped down amid feud in the party.

Sri Lanka lifted a nationwide curfew for 12 hours yesterday, further easing tight curbs as new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe made first his cabinet appointments after clashes between pro- and anti-government groups killed nine people.