World / Asia

Jharkhand can show the way to clean milieu: PM 03 Oct 2015 - 12:56 am

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during the opening of a solar power plant for the Khunti District Court in Jharkhand, yesterday. Khuti: Prime...

PM Koirala to step down 03 Oct 2015 - 12:22 am

Prime Minister Sushil Koirala addresses lawmakers in parliament in Kathmandu, yesterday. Kathmandu: Nepali Prime Minister Sushil Koirala yesterday said he would ask the...

Suu courts minority vote in Kachin 03 Oct 2015 - 12:19 am

Opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, talks to supporters during a campaign rally in Wyne Maw, Myitkyina, Kachin State, yesterday. Winemaw: Aung San...

Nepal PM 'will ask president' to start process of forming new government 02 Oct 2015 - 06:52 pm

KATHMANDU: Nepali Prime Minister Sushil Koirala on Friday said he would ask the president to begin the process of choosing his successor and...

Sri Lanka promises 'no questions' if Swiss bank cash brought back 02 Oct 2015 - 05:53 pm

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka Friday asked citizens holding Swiss bank accounts to redeposit the cash in their home country and promised there would be...

Rights activists condemn Pakistan execution 02 Oct 2015 - 05:10 pm

A photograph of Shafqat Hussain held by a member of his family LAHORE: Rights activists in Pakistan and from the European Union condemned...

Kejriwal slams Modi for ignoring Shastri's birth anniversary 02 Oct 2015 - 03:49 pm

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for ignoring late prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, whose...

India makes 'ambitious' pledge to cut emissions by 35 percent 02 Oct 2015 - 03:45 pm

NEW DELHI: India on Friday pledged to cut its emission levels by 33-35 percent over the next 15 years in what Environment Minister...

Indonesia defends rail project after Japan angered 01 Oct 2015 - 05:38 pm

Models of high speed trains are seen during the China High Speed Railway on Fast Track exhibition in Jakarta, Indonesia on September 6 ...

Thai court grants rare suspended sentence over royal defamation 01 Oct 2015 - 05:22 pm

BANGKOK: A Thai court has handed a rare suspended jail term to a man convicted for royal defamation, his lawyer said Thursday, as...

Truckers' nationwide strike against toll hits goods supply 01 Oct 2015 - 05:05 pm

NEW DELHI: Supply of goods was affected in most parts of the country on Thursday as lakhs of trucks went off the roads...

Boycotting India an option: PCB chief 01 Oct 2015 - 05:01 pm

KOLKATA: In the backdrop of the uncertainty over a bilateral cricket series, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Shahryar Khan on Thursday urged India...

Three women among 53 held for passing lewd comments 01 Oct 2015 - 04:56 pm

GURGAON: Three women were among 53 people arrested here for publicly passing lewd comments and making obscene gestures, police said on Thursday. The...

Afghan forces push into Kunduz city captured by Taliban 01 Oct 2015 - 04:52 pm

KUNDUZ: Afghan forces pushed into the centre of Kunduz Thursday, triggering pitched gunfights as they sought to flush out Taliban insurgents who held...

Unification with China not on agenda: Taiwan president 01 Oct 2015 - 12:19 pm

By Jean Yoon and J R Wu TAIPEI: Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou (pictured) said on Thursday the island was not ready to discuss...

Pakistan's PM proposes demilitarisation of disputed Kashmir 01 Oct 2015 - 11:30 am

Islamabad: Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has proposed a new peace initiative with India centred around the demilitarisation of the disputed territory of...

South Korea Urges North Korea to Stop Missile and Nuclear Programs 01 Oct 2015 - 11:23 am

Seoul: South Korean President Park Geun-hye urged North Korea Thursday to immediately stop its missile and nuclear weapons programs amid fresh tensions on...

Thai government websites crash in 'symbolic act' by censorship critics: officials 01 Oct 2015 - 11:20 am

Bangkok: Several Thai government websites temporarily crashed due to a "symbolic act" by people against plans to introduce a single Internet gateway, officials...