New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar is in London to attend the 19th Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers’ Meeting, which is also being attended by his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi. Jaishankar,…
Rome, July 9 (IANS/AKI) Italy’s ruling anti-establishment 5-Star Movement wants Italy’s 900-strong troop contingent in Afghanistan to be drawn down rapidly after presidential polls scheduled for late September, one of the party’s senior lawmakers said…
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to conduct a detailed hearing on whether illegal immigrants can be granted refugee status. Two Rohingya men moved the apex court against the Centre’s…
New York, July 9 (2019) Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have criticized a Sri Lankan magistrate’s acquittal of all 13 defendants in the execution of five Tamil students in 2006 in the northeastern town…
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) The NIA has recovered five hand grenades and materials for making improvised explosive devices (IEDs) while probing the 2014 bomb blast in Burdwan in West Bengal that left two persons…
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Nepal on Monday pitched for India’s uninterrupted cooperation and complete trust to build a road map for a “New Nepal” just the way the “New India” is being visualised through…
New Delhi, IANS (July 8) The Rajya Sabha on Monday passed a statutory resolution for levying 200 per cent duty on all goods exported from Pakistan. The Upper House also adopted the move to increase…
Lahore, July 8 (IANS) The “heaviest” man of Pakistan, who weighed over 330 kg, died on Monday after he was left unattended due to commotion in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a hospital in…
Kabul, July 8 (IANS) Taliban militants have freed 40 security personnel from their custody in Jawzjan province, an army spokesman said on Monday. The 40 security personnel, mostly policemen, had been released by the Taliban…
By Ranjana Narayan New Delhi/Kathmandu, July 8 (IANS) Even as Indian publishers are grappling with a budget proposal of 5 per cent customs duty on imported books, in close neighbour Nepal, a 10 per cent…
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) A crew of 13 people on board a disabled Indian fishing boat ‘Tara Shankar’ have been rescued from Bangladeshi waters, the Indian government announced on Sunday. The rescue amid rough…
Kabul, July 7 (IANS) At least 12 people were killed and 179 others injured on Sunday in a suicide car bombing in Afghanistan’s Ghazni city. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack. “The attack…
Kathmandu, July 7 (IANS) In a bid to save Mount Everest from trash, Nepal conducted a month-long cleaning campaign by collecting over 10,000 kg of rubbish from the region. The historical mega clean-up campaign coordinated…
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) An Indian diplomat from Jammu and Kashmir took on Pakistan strongly at the UN Human Rights Council on the issue of Kashmir, and said that Islamabad’s portrayal of self determination…
Herat (Afghanistan), July 6 (IANS) At least 10 militants, including Taliban key commander Mullah Ghousuding, and nine security personnel were killed in a fighting in Afghanistan’s Herat province on Saturday, officials said. “The Taliban rebels…
Beijing, July 5 (IANS) Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday met Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. Calling China and Bangladesh traditionally friendly neighbours, Xi said that “consolidating and…
Colombo, July 5 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Friday issued an interim order staying the implementation of the death sentence for convicted drug offenders until October 30. The order was given after a Fundamental…
Colombo, July 5 (IANS) Pope Francis has appointed a Sri Lankan priest as the Secretary of the Vaticans Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue (PCID), the media reported on Friday. Rev. Msgr. Indunil Janakaratne Kodithuwakku, who…
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a plea seeking direction to the Central government to identify and deport illegal migrants and infiltrators, including Bangladeshi nationals and Rohingyas refugees,…
Lahore, July 4 (IANS) Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) workers and supporters clashed with the police on Thursday as the authorities barred them and several senior party leaders from meeting incarcerated former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif…