Category: South Asia

Sri Lanka Muslims face threats, attacks: HRW

New York, July 4 (IANS) Authorities in Sri Lanka should end arbitrary arrests and other abuses against Muslims and protect…

7 years ago

Hafiz Saeed, 12 other JuD leaders booked for terror financing

Lahore, July 4 (IANS) Top 13 leaders of the banned Jamaat-ud Dawa (JuD), including its chief and Mumbai terror attack…

7 years ago

Pakistan boat capsize: Death toll rises to 8, dozens missing

Islamabad, July 4 (IANS) The death toll in the Pakistan boat capsize incident has risen to eight while dozens are…

7 years ago

3 dead, 50 missing in Pakistan boat capsize

Islamabad, July 3 (IANS) At least three people were killed and 50 others missing after a boat capsized in a…

7 years ago

5 Pakistani soldiers killed in blast near LoC: Army

Islamabad, July 3 (IANS) Five Pakistani Army soldiers were killed and another injured in an explosion near the Line of…

7 years ago

90% of Sri Lanka’s coral reefs dead: Officials

Colombo, July 3 (IANS) Sri Lanka's state-owned Marine Environment Protection Authority on Wednesday warned that the country only had 10…

7 years ago

Assam Rifles send back 135 Myanmarese from Mizoram

By Sujit Chakraborty Aizawl, July 3 (IANS) Assam Rifles has sent 135 refugees from Myanmar back to their country and…

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2 killed in shooting at Lahore airport

Islamabad, July 3 (IANS) Two people were killed and another two injured in a shooting incident at Lahore's Allama Iqbal…

7 years ago

India asks Indonesia to urgently repatriate detained seafarers

Jakarta, July 2 (IANS) India on Tuesday asked Indonesia to take urgent steps to allow detained Indian crew members of…

7 years ago

Pakistan says Kartarpur corridor talks on July 14

New Delhi/Islamabad, July 2 (IANS) Pakistan on Tuesday conveyed to India that the second meeting to discuss the draft agreement…

7 years ago

Sukhbir thanks Modi over Kartarpur Sahib corridor

Chandigarh, July 2 (IANS) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for…

7 years ago

SL arrests ex-police chief, former Defence Secretary

Colombo, July 2 (IANS) Sri Lanka's ex-police chief Pujith Jayasundara and former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando were arrested on Tuesday…

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JMB militant involved in 2018 Bodh Gaya blast arrested

Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) The Special Task Force (STF) of the Kolkata Police has arrested a member of banned terror…

7 years ago

Taliban overruns area in Afghanistan

Pul-e-Khumri (Afghanistan), July 2 (IANS) Taliban militants have captured the strategically important Kayan valley in Dushi district of Afghanistan's northern…

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Italy mourns 2016 Bangladesh cafe attack victims

Rome, July 1 (IANS/AKI) Italy's Foreign Ministry on Monday commemorated the 3rd anniversary of Bangladesh's worst terrorist attack, when Islamist…

7 years ago

Sonowal flags off ‘historic’ Guwahati-Dhaka flight

Guwahati, July 1 (IANS) The first-ever flight under the International UDAN programme, between Guwahati and Dhaka, was flagged off from…

7 years ago

Pakistan tries to thwart extradition of Dawood’s top aide to US

London, July 1 (IANS) Pakistani diplomats in London are making all-out efforts to prevent the extradition of D-Company's top lieutenant…

7 years ago

261 Indians in Pakistan custody, India demands early repatriation

New Delhi/Islamabad, July 1 (IANS) At least 209 Indian fishermen and 52 other prisoners are in the custody of Pakistan,…

7 years ago

Maldives begins work to eliminate single-use plastics by 2025

Male, July 1 (IANS) The Maldives Parliament on Monday passed a resolution to completely ban the use of single-use plastics…

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Pakistan hands over list of 261 Indian prisoners: Foreign Ministry

Islamabad, July 1 (IANS) Pakistan on Monday handed over to the High Commission of India a list of 261 Indian…

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