The US dollar, which had closed at a historic high of Rs200 on Thursday, extended its gains against the rupee for the 11th consecutive session today (Friday) as it gained 25 paisa by close.

Sri Lanka's prime minister has warned of a food shortage as the island nation battles a devastating economic crisis and vowed the government will buy enough fertiliser for the next planting season to boost productivity.

Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb announced on Thursday that the government has imposed a ban on the import of 38 non-essential luxury items under an "emergency economic plan".

Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have asked television broadcasters to ensure that female presenters on local stations cover their faces when on air, an official said yesterday.

North Korea is poised to conduct a nuclear test, Seoul and Washington said yesterday, with the United States warning it could come as President Joe Biden visits South Korea this week.

Sri Lanka’s central bank has secured foreign exchange to pay for fuel and cooking gas shipments that will ease crippling shortages, its governor said yesterday, but police fired tear gas and water canon to push back student protesters.

Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has closed Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb's tomb in Maharashtra state's Aurangabad for five days after a mosque committee in the area tried to lock the place, an official said today.

Indian cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu was sentenced on Thursday to one year in jail, nearly 35 years after he was accused of killing a man in a fit of rage.

A court in India’s Uttar Pradesh state today allowed a lawsuit by Shri Krishna Janambhoomi Trust and other private parties seeking ownership of the land on which the Shahi Idgah Masjid stands in the pilgrim town of Mathura.

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.