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China asks India for caution, restraint on Tawang rail link
China asked India to exercise "restraint" on its plan to link the strategic border district of Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh with a railway network+ , saying any "unilateral action" might "complicate" the unresolved border... More
Those who wish to isolate us should see Pakistan globally honoured: Gen...
Pak Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday said Pakistan has successfully neutralised malicious propaganda against it and “elements trying to isolate Pakistan must now see how it (Pakistan) is actually valued and... More
Sri Lanka to sign MoU with BIMSTEC
Cabinet this week granted approval for Sri Lanka to enter into a MoU with members of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) to build a common power... More
India should compensate Gautam’s kin: Nepal House panel
A parliamentary panel formed to investigate the killing of Nepali national Govinda Gautam by Indian security personnel in Kanchanpur near the Nepal-India border earlier this month has asked the government to take initiatives to... More
Cow slaughter law amended in Gujarat; penalty raised to life in prison
The Gujarat Assembly on Friday cleared a tough amendment to the law against cow slaughter in the state, increasing the punishment for such slaughter to life imprisonment.
The older law, amended in 2011, stipulated that... More
In a first, Russian military delegation shown around North Waziristan
In an unprecedented development, Pakistan Army on Thursday took a Russian military delegation headed by Deputy Chief of General Staff, Colonel General Israkov Sergi Yuryevich to North Waziristan Agency to give them firsthand account... More
Pakistan should raise India’s ‘state-sponsored terrorism’ in Kashmir at UN: AJK PM
Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider on Thursday called for the government to raise India's 'state sponsored terrorism' in held Kashmir in the UN Security Council.
“Across the world, even the... More
Bangladesh Bank heist was ‘state-sponsored’: U.S. official
The heist of $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank's account at the New York Federal Reserve last year was "state-sponsored," an FBI officer in the Philippines, who has been involved in the investigations,... More
$59bn worth of Defence procurement cleared by Modi Govt. in 3 years
A whopping Rs4 lakh crore ($59-bn) worth of military procurement involving 136 proposals were cleared by the government in the last three years as part of efforts to modernise the armed forces.
The government incurred... More
Indian-American Killed In Hit-And-Run, Wife Critically Injured
An Indian American man was killed and his wife was critically injured in a hit-and-run accident in the US state of Indiana.
Anshul Sharma, 30, died on the spot while his wife Samira Bharadwaj, 28,... More
Total Lending of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Reaches $2 Bln
The total amount of loans issued by the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) amounted to $2 billion after the bank announced plans to lend $285 million to projects in Indonesia and Bangladesh on Tuesday.
"The... More
CPEC centre of excellence launched
Pakistan Minister for Planning, Development and Reform Ahsan Iqbal inaugurated work on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Centre of Excellence on Monday.
Addressing the inaugural ceremony, Ahsan Iqbal said CPEC is an economic ‘big bang’ which... More
Defence deal with India may increase mistrust in Bangladesh
Foreign affairs and defence experts and academics at a discussion raised questions about defence collaboration with India and said a defence pact with the neighbouring country was not necessary as Bangladesh would not be... More
Aziz urges visiting OIC human rights commission to highlight Kashmiris’ plight
A high-level delegation of the Organisation of Islamic Countries' (OIC) Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC) called on Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz in Islamabad on Monday.
Welcoming the delegation,... More
China ready to build Nepal-China rail link: Xi
Chinese President Xi Jinping has informed Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal that the Chinese government is ready to initiate construction work on the cross-border railway link between the two neighbors and boost trade and... More
Maldives exiled leader Nasheed vows to take Parliament
The exiled former leader of the Maldives Sunday announced plans to take control of the national parliament after hammering out a rare unity pact with his politically influential erstwhile enemies.
Mohamed Nasheed said he entered... More
India’s development path goes through dharma: RSS Chief
Citing the Narendra Modi government’s slogan Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas (all together, development for all), RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said here on Sunday that India’s distinctive path to development went through dharma.
The term —... More
India to seal border with Pakistan and Bangladesh: Rajnath Singh
Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said India plans to seal international boundaries with neighbouring countries Pakistan and Bangladesh soon.
"India is planning to seal the international boundaries with Pakistan and Bangladesh as soon as possible. This could be India's major... More
IS claims ‘suicide’ blast near Bangladesh airport
The militant Islamic State (IS) group claimed responsibility late Friday for a suspected suicide bomb attack outside the Bangladeshi capital's main international airport, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors militant communications.
A bomber... More
Maithri-Putin friendship marks new landmark in SL-Russia relations
The close friendship which has been built between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Maithripala Sirisena will create a new landmark in bilateral relations between the two countries, Deputy Russian Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov... More
‘Unfriendly forces trying to disrupt India-Russia ties’
India and Russia on Friday admitted there may be some “unfriendly forces or actors†who may be trying to create hindrances in bilateral relations.
India-Russia ties were discussed threadbare as Home Minister Rajnath Singh held... More
