World / Asia

Ratan Tata meets RSS chief in Nagpur 28 Dec 2016 - 10:16 pm

Nagpur: In a surprise development, Ratan Tata, the Interim Chairman of Tata Sons, yesterday arrived here to meet Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan...

Fake note printing machine seized 28 Dec 2016 - 10:14 pm

Gujarat Police seized a fake note printing machine here while four persons were caught in Kheda district yesterday with Rs12.45 lakh, mostly in...

40kg gold looted from Muthoot Finance 28 Dec 2016 - 10:14 pm

Posing as CBI officials, five unidentified persons looted 40 kg gold from a Muthoot Finance officer in Hyderabad yesterday, the city police said....

50 days after note ban, Rahul demands answers 28 Dec 2016 - 10:12 pm

New Delhi: Fifty days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the scrapping of old Rs500 and Rs1,000 currency notes, he continued to be...

Hong Kong's feline friends offer insight into city's past 28 Dec 2016 - 06:19 pm

Hong Kong: Busy traffic, loud noise and constant passers-by? Not a problem for these cats. Four-legged "assistants" can be found perched in certain...

Chinese middle class in uproar over alleged police brutality 28 Dec 2016 - 06:10 pm

BEIJING: Thousands among China's middle class are signing online petitions to protest the dropping of an alleged police brutality case, representing a rare...

Serial testers and cursory checks: India’s flawed generic drug trials business 28 Dec 2016 - 05:49 pm

HYDERABAD: Vasudeva Prakash left his job as a mechanic in Hyderabad three years ago for what he calls a more lucrative career: taking...

Beijing buyers club? China’s cancer patients gamble on grey market 28 Dec 2016 - 05:22 pm

SHANGHAI: When her father’s lung cancer worsened, Yin Min, a 51-year-old financial broker from Shanghai, faced a choice: pay nearly $3,000 a month...

Rise in baby trafficking in India cuts adoption numbers and fuels trade 28 Dec 2016 - 04:55 pm

MUMBAI: An increase in baby trafficking in India is reducing the number of children available for adoption and fuelling the lucrative trade as...

Traffickers get life in prison in India for chopping off labourers’ hands 28 Dec 2016 - 04:55 pm

Eight human traffickers found guilty of torturing and chopping off the hands of two labourers have received life prison sentences and hefty fines,...

Suspects held after Pakistan alcohol poisoning kills 34 28 Dec 2016 - 03:25 pm

Islamabad: Pakistani police on Wednesday caught three men accused of preparing home-made liquor mixed with aftershave that killed 34 people including a fourth...

Death toll from Pakistan toxic liquor incident rises to 34 28 Dec 2016 - 12:13 pm

Islamabad: Thirty-four people have now died after drinking toxic home-made liquor on Christmas Eve in central Pakistan, officials said Wednesday, one of the...

Korean Air pledges clampdown on unruly passengers 28 Dec 2016 - 11:50 am

Seoul: Korean Air said Wednesday it would let its crew use stun guns more aggressively and put more male staff aboard flights to...

Japan minister prays at Yasukuni after Abe's Pearl Harbor visit 28 Dec 2016 - 11:40 am

Tokyo: A Japanese cabinet minister offered prayers at a controversial Tokyo war shrine on Wednesday, shortly after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe paid a...

Bangladeshi fishermen claim Myanmar navy attacked trawler 28 Dec 2016 - 11:36 am

Dhaka: Four Bangladeshi fishermen were injured when Myanmar's navy allegedly opened fire on them while they were fishing along the countries' troubled border...

Tensions flare on anniversary of SKorea-Japan deal 28 Dec 2016 - 11:14 am

SEOUL: South Korean police surrounded dozens of protesters holding a sit-in demonstration in Busan Wednesday, on the first anniversary of an agreement to...

Elephant herd attacks Nepal village, killing 1, injuring 2 28 Dec 2016 - 11:07 am

KATHMANDU, Nepal: A herd of elephants attacked a village in southwest Nepal on Wednesday, killing one person and wounding two others, officials said....