Osaka (Japan), June 27 (IANS) Ahead of the G20 Summit, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday supported his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi’s advocacy that the member countries of the grouping should deal with the…
Colombo, June 27 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s Army Chief Mahesh Senanayake said there was no immediate terrorism threat in the country following the Easter Sunday terror bombings which killed more than 250 people and injured over…
Washington, June 27 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the US would impose “very substantial” tariffs on China if the two countries were unable to reach a trade deal during his meeting…
Amritsar, June 26 (IANS) Pakistan on Wednesday refused visa to 58 Sikh pilgrims for visiting a shrine to observe the death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) said on Wednesday….
Islamabad, June 26 (IANS) One policeman and three suicide bombers were killed in an attack on a police station in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Wednesday. The attack took place in the morning when three suicide…
Colombo, June 26 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena announced on Wednesday that he had approved the execution of four people on death row after being convicted for drug trafficking, ending a 42-year-long moratorium on…
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) An ‘indefinite road blockade’ by residents in Bihar’s Jogbani has brought trade between India and Nepal to a halt on the Jogbani Land Customs Station for the past 48 hours….
New York, June 26 (IANS) In a major diplomatic win, India’s candidature for a non-permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has been unanimously endorsed by the Asia Pacific group of 55 countries…
Geneva, June 26 (IANS) China on Tuesday defended its controversial detention of thousands of people in Xinjiang province in the country’s northwest at the United Nations Human Rights Council and invited the High Commissioner, Michelle…
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) Sri Lanka, which was hit by a ghastly terror attack on April 21, said on Tuesday that the situation now was normal and it was safe for the tourists to…
Mumbai, June 25 (IANS) Japanese multinational corporation (MNC) Sumitomo Corporation has bid a staggering Rs 2,238 crore for a three-acre plot in the prime Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) in central Mumbai, an official said here on…
Colombo, June 25 (IANS) Amnesty International on Tuesday called on Sri Lanka to abandon plans to introduce death penalty for drug-trafficking after the islands authorities decided to hire and train executioners. “Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala…
Colombo, June 25 (IANS) Five soldiers were killed when an Army truck collided with a train in Sri Lanka’s Kilinochchi on Tuesday, the military said. The accident occurred when the train, travelling from capital Colombo…
Islamabad, June 25 (IANS) A live news debate on a Pakistani news channel turned ugly after an argument between a politician and a journalist turned physical, shocking viewers across the country. Masroor Ali Siyal, a…
Colombo, June 25 (IANS) At least 176 children have lost either both or one of their parents in the Easter Sunday terror bombings which killed over 250 people and injured hundreds, Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal…
Geneva, June 25 (IANS) The World Trade Organization’s (WTO) 21st Monitoring Report on G20 trade measures issued on Monday showed that trade coverage of new import-restrictive measures introduced in the October 2018 to May 2019…
Rawalpindi, June 24 (IANS) A Pakistani Twitter user has claimed that there was a blast at a military hospital in Rawalpindi where Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar has been admitted. “Huge blast at Military Hospital…
Dhaka, June 24 (IANS) At least four people were killed and about a 100 others injured when a train derailed in Bangladesh’s Moulvibazar district, an official said on Monday. The fire service official told Xinhua…
Islamabad, June 24 (IANS) A van carrying 21 tourists plunged into River Indus in Kohistan district of Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, leaving nine of them killed, local media and police said. The…
Chennai, June 23 (IANS) The Madras High Court has passionately argued for grant of citizenship to 65 Tamils who fled Sri Lanka after the 1983 riots, saying the conditions in the Tamil Nadu camp in…