Category: South Asia

US orders nine AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters for Pakistan

Washington, April 5 (IANS) The US Navy has ordered nine AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters for Pakistan, the US defence department…

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Pakistan’s NAB consider Panama Papers for probe initiation

Islamabad, April 5 (IANS) Pakistan's National Accountability Bureau (NAB) will consider the "Panama Papers" revelations for the possible initiation of…

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Myanmar’s ex-president Thein Sein joins monkhood

nay Pyi Taw, April 5 (IANS) Days after Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party assumed office…

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Kejriwal asks Modi to apologize over Pathankot probe

New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to "apologize to…

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Six killed in Afghanistan blast

Kabul, April 5 (IANS) At least six people were killed and many injured in a suicide bomb attack in Parwan…

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One killed in Pakistan train bombing

Islamabad, April 5 (IANS) At least one passenger was killed and several injured as a bomb hit a passenger train…

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Panama leaks: Pakistan defends PM, Hussain says he did no wrong

Islamabad, April 4 (IANS) In the wake of the Panama Papers leak, the Pakistan government on Monday asserted that Prime…

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Migrants deported from Greece arrive in Turkey

Ankara, April 4 (IANS) The first ferry taking migrants, mostly Pakistanis, deported from the Greek island of Lesbos docked here…

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49 killed in rain-triggered accidents in Pakistan

Islamabad, April 3 (IANS) At least 49 people were killed and dozens injured in separate rain-related accidents in Pakistan's north…

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36 killed as rains continue to wreak havoc in Pakistan

Islamabad, April 3 (IANS) At least 36 people were killed in rain-related incidents and land-slides across Gilgit-Baltistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir,…

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Sri Lanka expects relations with China to reach new level

Colombo, April 3 (IANS) Sri Lanka looks forward to further strengthening its relations with China when Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe…

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Nepali arrested 20 years after he killed Italian

Kathmandu, April 3 (IANS) Nepal's intelligence agency, the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), has arrested a person accused in the 1995…

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Bangladesh bans vuvuzela from Bengali New Year procession

Dhaka, April 3 (IANS) Bangladesh has banned the vuvuzela, the popular but noisy South African horns, from the country's most…

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Bangladesh’s ex-PM seeks bail in bus bombing case

Dhaka, April 3 (IANS) Bangladesh's former prime minister and main opposition leader Khaleda Zia is expected to appear in court…

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Iran probing if Jadhav crossed border illegally

Islamabad, April 3 (IANS) Iran has conveyed to Pakistan that it is investigating whether an alleged Indian spy arrested last…

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252 militants killed in Pakistan, operation enters last phase

Islamabad, April 3 (IANS) Pakistani military killed 252 terrorists over the past two months and cleared more areas in the…

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Iran not hand in glove with RAW, says Pakistan

Islamabad, April 3 (IANS) Pakistani Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan reiterated that Iran was not working hand in glove…

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Over 1 million students taking HSC exams in Bangladesh

Dhaka, April 3 (IANS) Over 1.2 million students across Bangladesh on Sunday appeared for the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and…

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Bangladesh Islamist party chief’s plea against death term deferred

Dhaka, April 3 (IANS) The appellate court here has deferred the hearing on a petition of Motiur Rahman Nizami, chief…

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Taliban commander captured in Pakistan

Islamabad, April 2 (IANS) Pakistani security forces on Saturday captured senior Pakistani Taliban commander, Ahmad Mehsud, in a remote mountainous…

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