Parliament to elect new Sri Lanka president July 20

Sri Lanka's parliament will reconvene on July 15 and a new president will be elected on July 20, the parliamentary speaker said on Monday, as President Gotabaya Rajapaksa plans to resign on Wednesday amid a devastating economic crisis.
11 July 2022

“Bride must and should wear saree everyday”: Indian couple signs contract during wedding

Couples worldwide are often taking the unbeaten path to break away from traditions and stereotypes during weddings, and to do something fun and spontaneous.
11 July 2022

Fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya sentenced to 4 months in Indian jail

India’s Supreme Court today awarded a four month sentence to fugitive business tycoon Vijay Mallya in a contempt of court case.
11 July 2022

Japan's ruling party wins big in parliamentary polls following Abe's death

Japan’s governing party and its coalition partner scored a major victory in a parliamentary election Sunday imbued with meaning after the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe amid uncertainty about how his loss may affect party unity.
11 July 2022

Sri Lanka President Rajapaksa to resign, confirms PM office

Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has informed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe that he will resign, the prime minister’s office said on Monday, after tens of thousands of protesters stormed the official residences of both men.
11 July 2022

Sri Lanka opposition meets today to form new govt

Sri Lanka’s opposition political parties were meeting Sunday to agree on a new government a day after the country’s president and prime minister offered to resign in the most dramatic day of monthslong political turmoil, with protesters storming both leaders’ homes and setting fire to one of the buildings in a rage over the economic crisis.
10 July 2022

India’s BSF, Pakistan’s Rangers exchange Eid greetings with sweets at Attari-Wagah border

Keeping up a tradition, the Border Security Force (BSF) of India and Rangers of Pakistan exchanged sweets at the Attari-Wagah border check-post today (July 10, 2022) on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha.
10 July 2022

Modi’s Eid letter to PM Hasina: “Let’s continue to deliver inclusive growth for our citizens”

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to work with Bangladesh for inclusive growth, despite an increasingly complex and challenging international environment, taking cues from the lessons of sacrifice and sharing of Eid-ul-Azha.
10 July 2022

Sri Lankans roam through presidential palace as calm returns to Colombo

Sri Lankans roamed through a ransacked presidential palace on Sunday as calm returned to the commercial capital, Colombo, a day after protesters stormed the building and forced President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to announce his resignation.
10 July 2022

“May Eid inspire us to work towards collective well-being”, Modi tweets

India’s President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu have greeted fellow citizens on the occasion of Eid-uz-Adha.
10 July 2022

Protestors set Sri Lanka PM’s house on fire

A mob stormed into Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's home in Colombo on Saturday evening and set it ablaze, police and his office said.
9 July 2022

Sri Lanka president to step down, after palace stormed: Parliamentary speaker

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will step down next Wednesday, the country's parliamentary speaker said on Saturday, bowing to popular pressure after a day of violent protests in which demonstrators stormed the president's official residence and set fire to the prime minister's home in Colombo.
9 July 2022

Sri Lanka PM Wickremesinghe to step down as protests flare

Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe agreed to resign on Saturday after party leaders in Parliament demanded both he and the embattled president step down on the day protesters stormed the president’s residence and office in a fury over a worsening economic crisis.
9 July 2022

Akie and Shinzo Abe: A loving relationship despite often opposing views

It must have felt like an eternity. One can only guess at what went through the mind of Mrs Akie Abe on Friday (July 8) as she endured the long journey by train from halfway across the country to arrive at her husband's side in a Nara prefecture hospital, where doctors struggled in vain to save him after he was shot.
9 July 2022

Protesters storm Sri Lanka president's residence, office after Rajapaksa leaves ahead of demo

Thousands of Sri Lankan protesters stormed into the president's official residence in Colombo on Saturday, demanding his resignation as public anger grows over the country's worst economic crisis in seven decades.
9 July 2022

13 killed in Jammu and Kashmir flash floods

The Indian Air Force today started evacuation and medical relief operations after a flash flood triggered by a cloudburst swept away scores of people, killing at least 13 pilgrims during a journey to a holy shrine in the mountains of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
9 July 2022

Japan mourns as ex-PM Shinzo Abe's body arrives in Tokyo

The body of Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was returned to Tokyo on Saturday after he was fatally shot during a campaign speech in western Japan a day earlier.
9 July 2022

Politician who tried to reinvigorate Japan’s glory

Japan’s longest-serving prime minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated yesterday, dedicated his life to reviving Japan’s economy with his bold “Abenomics” policies, revising the post-WWII pacifist constitution, and restoring traditional values.
8 July 2022

Japan ex-PM Abe assassinated

Former prime minister Shinzo Abe, the longest-serving leader of modern Japan, was gunned down yesterday while campaigning for a parliamentary election, shocking a country where political violence is rare.
8 July 2022

‘Gun-free’ Japan stunned by Abe killing

Japan struggled with shock and sadness yesterday, trying to come to terms with the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a nation where firearms are strictly regulated and political violence extremely rare.
8 July 2022