Kolkata’s iconic Anandabazar Patrika is going through troubled times but nothing suggests future will...
Slightly over two months after the Kolkata-based Anandabazar Patrika(ABP) Group closed down the relatively new tabloid paper Ebela, journalists and non-journalists employed in the company await with bated breath...
Foreign policy fiascos will haunt Modi in upcoming poll
India, the world’s largest democracy, is scheduled to hold its 17th Lok Sabha (lower house of Parliament) election this spring. Based on pre-election exit polls, political pundits surmise that...
Trump ‘serious’ about Afghan withdrawal, Taleban says
US President Donald Trump is serious about getting out of Afghanistan, the Taleban told AFP on Friday (Feb 1), outlining the "Islamic system" comprising "all Afghans" that the group...
2 pilots dead after Mirage-2000 IAF trainer aircraft crashes in Bengaluru
A Mirage-2000 trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed Friday at the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Airport here killing both the pilots, a Defence official confirmed.
Though the pilots made...
Maldives asks China to reduce debt repayments linked to scandals
The Maldives will appeal to Beijing to make concessions on repayments of debt clocked up during the previous administration, which the current government says is tied to illicit activity...
TNA leaders claims Sinhalese politics of denial could spur Tamil extremism
If the Sinhala South does not agree to a new constitution as a means to initiate a solution for an administrative power-sharing model with Sri Lanka’s North,
Sri Lanka to borrow $1 billion from China for highway project
Sri Lanka, which last year handed over a strategic port to a Chinese firm for a 99-year lease as a debt swap, will soon sign a USD 1 billion...
UK govt tells India it won’t interfere in Kashmir Day event
After the Indian government lodged a protest with the United Kingdom over a Kashmir solidarity event to be held in the British parliament on Feb 4, the UK government...
India’s jobs crisis casts shadow over Modi’s re-election hopes
India’s government has presented its final budget before this year’s national elections in the shadow of revelations that it has presided over India’s worst unemployment rate in 45 years...
Corruption is still thriving in Modi’s India
Five years ago, the Indian people gave Narendra Modi the chance to realize his big promise: clean up the corruption in India. Today, Modi’s promise remains a promise. Corruption...
Peace in sight: Pakistan invites India to examine Indus basin and resolve IWT
Pakistan has extended an invite to India for reviewing Indus basin on its side and address the mistrust over Indus Water Treaty (IWT). Pakistan’s invitation came after Pakistani delegates...
Assam: Protests continue against Citizenship Bill
Protests against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill continued for the fifth week in Assam as scores of people lead by the All Assam Students Union (AASU) came out to...
Myanmar gov’t using ‘abusive laws’ to punish critics: HRW
Myanmar‘s government under Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has used repressive laws to prosecute peaceful critics, dashing hopes that its first democratic leader in decades would safeguard free...
UNION BUDGET 2019: INDIA ANNOUNCES MEAGRE RISE IN DEFENCE ALLOCATION
The Indian government on Friday announced a two percent increase in the defence allocation for the year 2019-20, leaving country’s armed forces high and dry on modernisation in comparison...
Pakistan passes new finance bill to avoid IMF bailout
A new finance bill described by some as a “mini-budget” introduced by the Imran Khan government last week has been warmly received by business and other quarters.
Finance Minister Asad...
Sri Lanka Prez Sirisena follows Duterte’s lead by restoring death penalty for drug traffickers
Sri Lanka’s president pledged to end the country’s 43-year moratorium on capital punishment and execute condemned drug traffickers amid alarm over drug-related crimes.
The statement on the government’s website said...
Sops galore as Modi govt unveils political interim budget with an eye on 2019...
A desperate Narendra Modi government, chastened by shock defeat in three Hindi heartland states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh in recent assembly elections, on Friday unveiled a political interim...
IAF may crunch training for want of planes
The air force is heading into what could be a training crisis with all its plans to acquire new trainer aircraft hitting a roadblock and two indigenous programmes to...