On Board Air India One: The government is “fully prepared” to counter the opposition onslaught in parliament over the FDI issue and is...
On Board Air India One: The government is “fully prepared” to counter the opposition onslaught in parliament over the FDI issue and is...
Chennai: AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa yesterday said her party will vote against the union government’s decision to allow foreign direct investment (FDI)...
New Delhi: The BJP disapproved of the remarks made by party leader Yashwant Sinha yesterday seeking the resignation of party president Nitin Gadkari,...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court-appointed joint expert committee (JEC) on the disposal of existing stocks of banned pesticide endosulfan wants using it over...
Mumbai/New Delhi: Oppressive, deplorable, arbitrary… the adjectives flew freely yesterday as Indians across all sectors verbalised their outrage at the arrest of two...
PATNA: India yesterday launched an inquiry into a stampede which killed 18 women and children when a makeshift bridge collapsed at a Hindu...
Afghan soldiers walk before the handover ceremony between the French army and the ANA (Afghan National Army) at the forward operational base of...
Afghan men harvest and collect opium sap from the bulb of the plant in Mamoond Spin Ghar area in Nangarhar province. KABUL: Opium...
ISLAMABAD: A new British-based Islamist group plans to meet in Islamabad to issue a religious decree against a Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the...
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistan court yesterday threw out all charges against a Christian girl accused of blasphemy for allegedly burning pages of the Koran...
US President Barack Obama (left) with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on the sidelines of the East Asian Summit at the Peace Palace, in...
PHNOM PENH: US President Barack Obama urged Asian leaders yesterday to rein in tensions in the South China Sea and other disputed territory,...
TOKYO: Firebrand former Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara, a potential kingmaker in next month’s general election, said yesterday Japan must acquire nuclear weapons if...
BEIJING: China yesterday named new leaders for its commercial hub Shanghai and the southwestern mega-city of Chongqing, where the disgraced former official Bo...
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Maoist-led government yesterday called polls to elect a new parliament for April or May next year, offering hope for an end...
MANILA: The Philippine military is investigating the alleged role of three foreign women in a communist guerrilla ambush that left seven soldiers dead...
SEOUL: South Korea is set to go ahead next week with a delayed rocket launch as it aims to join the elite club...
DOHA: The anti-software piracy department has set up a hotline to receive complaints of suspected violations of the law that bans piracy of...
