VIOLENCE IN OCCUPIED KASHMIR AS INDIANS VOTE IN FIFTH PHASE OF ELECTION
India’s northern heartland began voting on Monday in the fifth phase of a staggered general election, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoping his record on national security will win...
As Oli prepares to visit Cambodia and Vietnam, questions are being asked-why?
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is visiting Vietnam and Cambodia from May 9 to 15.
Foreign policy experts and a section of leaders, however, have expressed concerns over Oli’s upcoming...
IMRAN, GHANI VOW TO TAKE STEPS FOR PEACE IN REGION
Pakistan and Afghanistan on Sunday resolved to make efforts to benefit from their geographic location to enhance regional connectivity and realise their true economic potential for socio-economic development, alleviation...
KHALILZAD TO MEET INDIA’S EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER: REPORT
The US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad will make his second visit to India for consultations on Afghan peace, starting from Monday, the Times of India said...
WOMEN, CHILDREN ASKED NOT TO ATTEND NIGHT PRAYERS
The country's premier Muslim clergy body has requested the mosque authorities countrywide to adhere to strict security measures especially during the Holy month of Ramadan which commences today.
With the...
INDIA ELECTIONS: POLLING FOR FIFTH PHASE UNDER WAY
Polling has opened for the fifth phase of India's marathon elections including in two constituencies in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh where opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi...
Radicalism is spurred by nationalism more than religion: Fatima Bhutto
Radicalisation, alienation and belongingness – these are the main themes of Fatima Bhutto’s new novel, The Runaways. The novel traces the lives of three young people – Anita, Monty...
Why Pakistan must welcome Masood Azhar’s UN ban
Masood Azhar, head of the banned Jaish-e-Muhammad, has finally been declared a global terrorist by the UN Security Council’s Sanctions Committee under the resolution 1267. The designation entails travel...
IAF troubles at HAL
The loss of two Indian Air Force aircraft at the hands of Pakistan Air Force and subsequent capture of a pilot in February this year has greatly upset the...
India’s oil import dependence jumps to 84 per cent
Prime Minister Narendra Modi may have set a target to cut India's oil import dependence by 10 per cent but the country's reliance on foreign oil for meeting its...
India building copycat version of Britain’s HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier
India is planning to build a copycat version of HMS Queen Elizabeth, Britain’s state-of-the-art supercarrier.
Talks are under way for its navy to buy detailed plans for the 65,000-ton warship...
CASE FILED AGAINST TARIQUE, FAKHRUL AMONG 6 BNP LEADERS
Tarique Rahman & Mirza Fakhrul Islam AlamgirA case has been filed against BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and four other top leaders of...
Pakistan ready for ‘any cooperation’ on Afghan Peace: Khan
President Ashraf Ghani discussed the Afghan peace process and regional connectivity in a telephonic conversation with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday, the Presidential Palace said in a...
India deports 20 Bangladesh nationals
Twenty Bangladeshi nationals, including a woman, were on Saturday sent back home via the Sutarkandi border check-point in southern Assam’s Karimganj district.
Officials said the deportation process was conducted smoothly...
WOMAN, BOY KILLED IN ‘UNPROVOKED’ INDIAN SHELLING
A young boy and a woman were killed while another woman was wounded in two different areas of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Sunday amid "unprovoked shelling" by...
Nepal pleads with ADB for additional support
Nepal has appealed to the Asian Development Bank leadership to increase the amount of aid to the country.
Minister for Finance Yuba Raj Khatiwada met ADB President Takehiko Nakao in...
Pakistan names IMF economist as central bank head
Pakistan appointed International Monetary Fund economist Reza Baqir as its central bank governor amid sweeping changes across the nation’s key finance and economic posts as the government negotiates for...
LANKA BLOCKS SOCIAL MEDIA AGAIN AS NIGHT CURFEW IS CLAMPED IN NEGOMBO AFTER GROUPS...
Sri Lanka has again blocked the social media such as Facebook and Whatsapp apparently because of trouble in Negombo, north of Colombo. Police curfew has been imposed within Negombo...
SCO a window for India-Pakistan to start talks
The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan will both attend a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) later this month, raising speculation that it could provide an opportunity...
Brutal truths about US’s failure in Afghanistan are being drowned out by fake news
It has become a journalistic game of sorts: Keeping a running tally of President Trump’s half-truths, untruths and outright lies. That game is not without entertainment value. Yet arguably...
BNP’S DECISION NOT TO JOIN JS WAS WRONG
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the party’s previous decision of not joining parliament soon after the December 30 election was wrong.
“We should keep it in...