World / Asia

Delhi government to waive off pending water bills 14 Feb 2016 - 01:14 pm

New Delhi: Announcing a "gift" on its first anniversary, the Delhi government on Sunday said water bills of households pending till November 2015...

Modi urged to make reality match 'Make in India' hype 14 Feb 2016 - 12:09 pm

India's prime minister Narendra Modi speaks during the inauguration ceremony of the 'Make In India' week in Mumbai, India, February 13, 2016. Reuters/Danish...

Afghan civilian casualties top 11,000 to hit record in 2015: UN 14 Feb 2016 - 10:22 am

An Afghan security personnel stands guard near the site of a suicide attack at the entrance to a police base in Kabul on...

Security forces kill 10 militants in Pakistan 14 Feb 2016 - 09:43 am

Islamabad: At least 10 militants were killed and 12 others arrested in an operation carried out by security forces in Pakistan's Balochistan province...

Opposition comes together against JNU crackdown, hits out at Modi govermment 14 Feb 2016 - 09:34 am

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi at the JNU campus. New Delhi: The Congress, CPI-M, CPI and JD-U on Saturday came together to participate...

Stage set to rank 75 top cities under 'Swachh Bharat' 14 Feb 2016 - 09:31 am

New Delhi: The stage is set to recognise cities that have taken "Swachh Bharat" campaign seriously, with a Top 75 ranking based on...

Tragic tales of loss in Taiwan as search for quake survivors ends 14 Feb 2016 - 08:51 am

Taipei: As rescuers in Taiwan said they had retrieved all the missing from the ruins of a building felled by an earthquake, a...

Beijing pins Hong Kong riot on "radical separatists" 14 Feb 2016 - 08:48 am

A riot policewoman stands on a cordoned-off street following overnight clashes between protesters and police in the Mongkok area of Hong Kong on...

N. Korea took 70% of workers' wages at joint economic zone: Seoul 14 Feb 2016 - 08:34 am

Seoul: South Korea on Sunday defended its decision to abruptly pull out of an inter-Korean industrial zone, claiming 70 percent of wages for...

Pakistanis should ignore Valentine’s Day, president urges 14 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Mamnoon Hussain ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain has urged Pakistanis not to observe Valentine’s Day, the romantic holiday that hardline Muslim clerics want banned...

Afghan Taliban use captured Humvees in suicide attack 14 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Representative image of a Humvee. In this photo taken on March 22, 2006, Salah Ad Din Province, Iraq, US Army soldiers assigned to...

Malayalam poet-lyricist ONV Kurup dead 13 Feb 2016 - 05:19 pm

Thiruvananthapuram: Noted Malayalam poet and lyricist O.N.V. Kurup passed away at a private hospital here on Saturday, his family said. He was 84....

Nepal Maoists mark 20 years since start of civil war 13 Feb 2016 - 05:04 pm

Kathmandu: Nepal's former Maoist rebels paid tribute to fallen comrades Saturday in a ceremony marking 20 years since the start of an insurgency...

Bouquets, brickbats as AAP completes a year in office 13 Feb 2016 - 01:25 pm

Arvind Kejriwal (R), chief of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), shouts slogans after taking the oath as the new chief minister of Delhi as...

Former Afghan governor kidnapped in Islamabad 13 Feb 2016 - 12:48 pm

Islamabad: A former governor of Afghanistan's Herat province has been kidnapped from a market in an upscale district of Islamabad, Pakistani police said...

Former Indian PM Singh says Modi govt failing to boost economic investment 13 Feb 2016 - 12:45 pm

India's former prime minister Manmohan Singh during a meeting in New Delhi March 11, 2014. Reuters/Prakash Singh Mumbai: In a rare interview India's...

Myanmar army chief to get five year extension as talks with Suu Kyi continue: Media 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 pm

Myanmar's Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing arrives to give a speech during talks between the government, army and representatives of ethnic armed...