World / Asia

China’s Xi laud Czechs at war parade 05 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday lauded the contribution of the Czech people during World War II in a meeting with the country’s...

Homecoming for Afghan refugees 05 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

KABUL: Rahim Khan’s return to Afghanistan 28 years after fleeing to Pakistan was not the homecoming he had dreamed of. The 60-year-old is...

Posing before the meet 05 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani (centre) poses for a photograph with foreign delegation at the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference of Afghanistan in Kabul, yesterday.

Patna protests leave 50 injured 05 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

Police wields baton-charge at protesting members of the Nishad community in Patnaa, yesterday. Patna: At least 50 people, including 12 police officers, were...

HC grills NDMC on Aurangzeb Road renaming 05 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court yesterday asked New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) to apprise it on what basis it decided to change...

Nestle may get Maggi back soon: Suresh 05 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

New Delhi: Nestle India Chief Suresh Narayanan yesterday said the Indian arm of the company is trying to get Maggi noodles back into...

Please call me Mukherjee Sir: Pranab 05 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

New Delhi: “I am just your Mukherjee sir. I am not the president of India or a politician now. I would be happy...

RSS bats for Modi, says govt is on the right track 05 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

New Delhi: Rejecting criticism that it was acting like a "remote control", the RSS said yesterday that the Narendra Modi government was on...

UAE invited to participate in NIIF 04 Sep 2015 - 12:28 am

Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets with UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan in New Delhi yesterday. New Delhi: India yesterday...

Geeta’s homecoming plea rejected 04 Sep 2015 - 12:00 am

Geeta (in pink dress) descends along with others after a case hearing at district city court in Karachi, yesterday. KARACHI: A Pakistani court...

Indonesia ministry to decide winner of high-speed rail bid - president 03 Sep 2015 - 04:40 pm

JAKARTA: Indonesia's state enterprise ministry will decide whether to award China or Japan a contract to build the first high-speed railway in Southeast...

Schoolgirls hospitalised in Afghanistan after gas poisoning 03 Sep 2015 - 04:28 pm

KABUL: Over 250 girls in two schools in Afghanistan have had to be hospitalised after they inhaled some mysterious fumes and displayed signs...

Bangladesh factory owners to stand trial over deadly fire 03 Sep 2015 - 04:23 pm

DHAKA: A Bangladesh court on Thursday ordered two garment factory owners and 11 others to stand trial for causing the death of 111...

China holds massive military parade, to cut troop levels by 300,000 03 Sep 2015 - 03:09 pm

Chinese President Xi Jinping stands in a car on his way to review the army as military band members play next to him,...

Philippine children stunted by malnutrition: welfare report 03 Sep 2015 - 02:39 pm

International studies have showed the Philippines has the ninth largest proportion of stunted children. MANILA: Children in the Philippines suffer from "sub-Saharan levels"...

Indonesian politician threatens ban on teen dating after dark 03 Sep 2015 - 02:33 pm

JAKARTA: Dating just got harder for Indonesian teenagers in West Java, with a local leader on Thursday threatening to ban late-night trysts and...

Mulayam dumps Bihar alliance, to contest alone 03 Sep 2015 - 01:40 pm

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh's ruling Samajwadi Party on Thursday walked out of the anti-BJP coalition in Bihar and said it will contest the assembly...

Manipur: Curfew continues, no fresh violence reported 03 Sep 2015 - 01:39 pm

IMPHAL: Curfew continued in Manipur's riot-hit Churachandpur district on Thursday, even as the ruling Congress-led government made fresh appeal to cross-section of the...