World / Asia

Government floats trilingual Haj website to streamline process 20 Dec 2016 - 10:14 pm

Mumbai: Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi yesterday launched a new trilingual website that would provide all information related...

CBSE approves compulsory Class X board exams 20 Dec 2016 - 10:14 pm

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) yesterday approved a proposal to reintroduce compulsory Class X board examination from the 2017-18...

China returns seized naval drone to US 20 Dec 2016 - 10:14 pm

Washington: China has returned a US underwater probe it seized in the South China Sea, the Pentagon confirmed after Beijing's capture of the...

Demonetisation a monumental tragedy: Chidambaram 20 Dec 2016 - 10:12 pm

Berlin: Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram yesterday termed the demonetization of Rs500 and Rs1,000 notes "a monumental tragedy" which has brought misery to...

Delhi govt wants body to clean Yamuna 20 Dec 2016 - 10:12 pm

New Delhi: The Delhi government yesterday demanded a special body to clean the Yamuna river. Delhi Urban Development Minister Satyendar Jain said the...

Would-be child bride calls police to stop wedding 20 Dec 2016 - 10:12 pm

Chennai: Karnataka Police have rescued a schoolgirl who called them for help after learning she was to be married to a much older...

Confusion over deposit curbs draws opposition flak 20 Dec 2016 - 10:09 pm

New Delhi: The government yesterday drew flak from the opposition amid confusion over RBI's new curbs on depositing more than Rs5,000 in scrapped...

Sri Lanka probes 'plot' by Rajiv Gandhi's would-be assassin 20 Dec 2016 - 08:16 pm

Colombo: Sri Lanka said Tuesday it was investigating a former navy sailor convicted of attempting to assassinate India's Rajiv Gandhi nearly three decades...

Modi’s holy city shows $1 trillion hidden economy is stalled 20 Dec 2016 - 08:05 pm

In Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s political base of Varanasi, Hinduism’s holiest city, weaver Zainul Abedin stares at the uneven mud floor of his...

India's war on cash needed a very different approach 20 Dec 2016 - 07:42 pm

As India continues its scorched-earth campaign against cash, the question baffling many analysts is why a country so unfamiliar with digital payments would...

Bangladesh arrests two Islamists blamed for cafe attack 20 Dec 2016 - 01:40 pm

DHAKA: Bangladesh security forces on Tuesday arrested two members of an Islamist militant group blamed for a deadly attack on a cafe in...

Spanish Red Cross worker kidnapped in Afghanistan 20 Dec 2016 - 12:51 pm

Kunduz, Afghanistan: Gunmen have abducted a Spanish employee of the Red Cross in northern Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday, the latest in a series...

2 killed in southern Vietnam landslide 20 Dec 2016 - 12:30 pm

HANOI, Vietnam: Two people have been killed in a landslide near the southern Vietnamese resort city of Nha Trang, in the latest in...

Chinese farmers bolster bird flu defences as Asia outbreaks, and jitters, spread 20 Dec 2016 - 11:59 am

BEIJING/SEOUL: Chinese chickens are being fed more vitamins and vaccines as jittery farmers ramp up henhouse sterilisation in a bid to protect flocks...

ICRC staff member abducted in Afghanistan 20 Dec 2016 - 11:15 am

Kabul: A member of staff working for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been abducted in Afghanistan. Several staff members...

Thousands of Fijians shelter in evacuation centres from floods, landslides 20 Dec 2016 - 10:10 am

SYDNEY: Thousands of Fijians sheltered in evacuation centres and tents on Tuesday as heavy rain and floods cut roads, covered sugarcane fields and...

Smog engulfs north China for fourth day; flights diverted 20 Dec 2016 - 10:03 am

SHANGHAI/BEIJING: A plane carrying the head of the world's biggest oil exporter was prevented from landing in the Chinese capital of Beijing on...

Taliban video shows sons born to kidnapped U.S., Canadian couple 20 Dec 2016 - 09:50 am

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Senior Taliban figures confirmed on Tuesday they had released a new video showing a kidnapped American-Canadian family, including two young boys...