Former West Bengal CM Buddhadeb declines Padma Bhushan award
Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee tonight refused to accept the Indian government’s third highest civilian award Padma Bhushan this year, sparking a political row.
No progress, no Asean invite
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday confirmed he had invited Myanmar’s junta chief to a summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), on the condition he makes progress on a...
North Korea ‘fires 2 cruise missiles’
North Korea fired two suspected cruise missiles yesterday, Seoul said, its fifth weapons test this year as Pyongyang flexes its military muscles while ignoring US offers of talks.
Fire kills two in high-rise building in Mumbai
At least two people were killed and over 15 injured when a large fire broke out in a multi-storey residential building in India’s financial capital Mumbai yesterday, authorities said.
Mahathir admitted to hospital again
Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has been admitted to a specialist heart hospital for the third time in the space of a few weeks, a spokesperson said Saturday.
7 dead, 19 injured in Mumbai high-rise building fire
At least seven persons were killed and 19 others injured in a major fire that broke out on the 18th floor of a 20-storey building in India’s financial capital Mumbai today, officials said.
Former West Bengal CM Buddhadeb declines Padma Bhushan award
Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee tonight refused to accept the Indian government’s third highest civilian award Padma Bhushan this year, sparking a political row.
North Korea ‘fires 2 cruise missiles’
North Korea fired two suspected cruise missiles yesterday, Seoul said, its fifth weapons test this year as Pyongyang flexes its military muscles while ignoring US offers of talks.
No progress, no Asean invite
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday confirmed he had invited Myanmar’s junta chief to a summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), on the condition he makes progress on a...
19 killed in fire, fight between rivals in Indonesia's karaoke bar
At least 19 people have died after a karaoke bar in Indonesia's West Papua was set ablaze following a brawl between rival gangs of youths in the area, police in the provincial capital of...
First female Supreme Court judge of Pakistan sworn in
Justice Ayesha Malik was sworn in as the first female judge of the Pakistani Supreme Court yesterday, a landmark occasion in a nation where activists say the law is often wielded against women.
HK’s top judge dismisses concerns about rule of law
Hong Kong’s chief justice yesterday defended the handpicking of judges to hear controversial national security cases, dismissing “unsubstantiated” concerns about the rule of law in the Chinese...
Tweets against surrogacy were not an attack on Priyanka: Taslima Nasrin
Author Taslima Nasreen said her recent tweets flaying surrogacy as exploitative of poor women, who lend their wombs, was not designed as an attack on Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra and her...
If I exit govt, I'll pose greater threat to you: Imran Khan to opposition
Expressing confidence that people would never take to the streets against him, especially on the call of the ‘tainted’ opposition, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday warned his opponents that if...
India in community transmission stage: report
Omicron, the highly-transmissible Covid-19 strain driving the ongoing third wave of the pandemic across India, is in “community transmission stage” in the country, said a report released yesterday...
Pakistan's high inflation keeps him up at night, Imran Khan says
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan today said that the country’s inflation is the only problem keeping him awake at night.