Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
|---|---|---|
| Nawaz Sharif moves SC for extension of 6 | Islamabad, April 30 (IANS) Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday sought an extension of the six-week bail granted to him by the Supreme Court on medical grounds. | 30-Apr-2019 |
| Trump for designating Brotherhood as ter | Washington, April 30 (IANS) The Donald Trump administration is pushing for designating the Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organisation, according to officials familiar with the matter. | 30-Apr-2019 |
| China sentences Canadian to death for dr | Beijing, April 30 (IANS) A Chinese court on Tuesday sentenced a Canadian national to death for producing and trafficking methamphetamine, a highly addictive and illegal psycho-stimulant drug. | 30-Apr-2019 |
| 22 IS militants killed, 2 captured in Af | Kabul, April 30 (IANS) Twenty-two Islamic State (IS) militants were killed and two others captured on Tuesday as security forces stormed their hideouts in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, an official statement said. | 30-Apr-2019 |
| Easily-available chemicals used for bomb | Colombo, April 29 (IANS) The suicide bombers behind the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka assembled easily-available chemicals to make explosives, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said, as authorities probe how the assailants acquired the technical knowledge to make the bombs. | 29-Apr-2019 |
| Pakistan 'frees 55 Indian fishermen, 5 c | Islamabad, April 29 (IANS) Pakistan has released 55 Indian fishermen and five civilians as a "goodwill gesture", the media reported on Monday. | 29-Apr-2019 |
| 3,000 kg garbage collected from Mt Evere | Kathmandu, April 29 (IANS) A total of 3,000 kg of solid waste has been collected from the Mt Everest region since the beginning of the Nepal government-backed Sagarmatha Cleaning Campaign on April 14, the media reported on Monday. | 29-Apr-2019 |
| US, Pakistan officials discuss Afghan-pe | Islamabad, April 29 (IANS) US and Pakistani officials held delegation-level talks on the Afghan peace process here on Monday, the media reported. | 29-Apr-2019 |
| IMF delegation arrives in Pakistan for t | Islamabad, April 29 (IANS) A delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) arrived in Pakistan on Monday to continue discussions for a relief package for the cash-strapped country. | 29-Apr-2019 |
| Bangladesh, ADB review implementation of | Dhaka, April 28 (IANS) Bangladesh and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have jointly reviewed the implementation progress of ADB-assisted projects to further improve development results. | 28-Apr-2019 |
| Church services televised in Sri Lanka | Colombo, April 28 (IANS) Catholics in Sri Lanka followed televised religious services on Sunday as churches remained shut after the bishops' conference decided to suspend mass until further notice due to fears of fresh attacks following the April 21 Easter Sunday bombings. | 28-Apr-2019 |
| 12 killed in Indonesia floods, landslide | Jakarta, April 28 (IANS) At least 12 people were killed, eight others reported missing and almost 15,000 evacuated as floods and landslides hit the Indonesian capital of Jakarta and Bengkulu province, a disaster official said on Sunday. | 28-Apr-2019 |
| UAE-based Indian couple narrowly escaped | Dubai, April 28 (IANS) A Dubai-based Indian couple narrowly escaped the blast at Colombos Cinnamon Grand hotel, which was one of the eight targets of the April 21 serial bombings in Sri Lanka, the media reported on Sunday. | 28-Apr-2019 |
| 1 killed in US synagogue shooting, suspe | San Francisco, April 28 (IANS) A 19-year-old suspect was held after a shooting at a synagogue in the US state of California left at least one person dead and injured three others, authorities said. | 27-Apr-2019 |
| FBI warns of Russian interference in 202 | Washington, April 27 (IANS) The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a fresh warning over Russian interference in the 2020 presidential election, calling it a "significant counterintelligence threat", the media reported. | 27-Apr-2019 |
| 15 killed in Lanka gun battle; 10 more h | Colombo, April 27 (IANS) Fifteen people were killed in a gun battle between the government forces and an armed group in Kalmunai city of Sri Lanka, authorities said on Saturday. Around 70 suspected suicide bombers were estimated to be at large, they said. | 27-Apr-2019 |
| Indo-US aerospace JV to export tooling c | Chennai, April 27 (IANS) The US-Indian joint venture Carr Lane India will start shipping out aerospace tooling components to the US once it starts its operations in July, company officials said on Saturday. | 27-Apr-2019 |
| Musk reaches settlement with US SEC over | San Francisco, April 27 (IANS) After weeks of negotiation with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over his controversial Twitter activities, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has agreed to more specific oversight on his tweets about the company. | 27-Apr-2019 |
| India, China in US' black list for IP th | Washington, April 26 (IANS) China continues to head the "black list" prepared by the US government on intellectual property theft and patent violations worldwide, a list including 11 countries and which also includes Argentina, Chile and Venezuela. | 25-Apr-2019 |
| Some terrorists were under surveillance: | Colombo, April 25 (IANS) Some of the suspected attackers responsible for the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka were being monitored by the countrys intelligence services, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told CNN in an interview on Thursday. | 25-Apr-2019 |
| Sirisena axes Defence Secretary, police | Colombo, April 25 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has asked Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara to resign over mis-handling of intelligence reports in the lead-up to Easter Sunday's bombings that killed nearly 360 people, officials said on Wednesday. | 25-Apr-2019 |
| India to skip B&R forum, China's biggest | Beijing, April 25 (IANS) A total of 37 countries minus India on Thursday will gather at China's second edition of the Belt and Road forum, a three-day grand event on the world's largest connectivity project. | 25-Apr-2019 |
| Coalition killed more Afghan civilians t | Kabul, April 24 (IANS) Afghan and foreign troops killed more civilians than insurgent groups in the war-ravaged Afghanistan in the first three months of 2019, a United Nations report said on Wednesday. | 24-Apr-2019 |
| UK lets Huawei build 5G infra despite se | London, April 25 (IANS) Despite security concerns over Chinese companies becoming part of important international projects, UK Prime Minister Theresa May has agreed to seek help from Huawei in building the 5G infrastructure for the country. | 25-Apr-2019 |
| Kim Jong-un arrives in Russia to meet Pu | Moscow, April 24 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrived in Russsia's Far Eastern city of Vladivostok on Wednesday for his first summit with President Vladimir Putin amid stalled nuclear talks with the US. | 24-Apr-2019 |
| Foreign involvement in Sri Lanka bombing | Colombo, April 23 (IANS) Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday said that authorities were making progress in identifying the culprits of the Easter Sunday suicide bombings which killed 321 people and wounded over 500 and evidence had been found on foreign links of the attacks. | 23-Apr-2019 |
| Sri Lanka mulling burqa ban? | Colombo, April 23 (IANS) With interrogation of suspects and other evidence pointing to the involvement of many women in the Easter Sunday bombings, the Sri Lankan government may end up banning 'burqa' and 'niqab', a newspaper reported on Tuesday. | 23-Apr-2019 |
| Islamic State claims Sri Lanka bombings | Colombo, April 23 (IANS) The Islamic State on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the horrific Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka which killed at least 321 people and injured more than 500 in the worst outbreak of violence in the island nation in a decade. | 23-Apr-2019 |
| SL carnage response to Christchurch mass | Colombo, April 23 (IANS) Sri Lanka's Defence Minister Ruwan Wijewardene on Tuesday said that the Easter Sunday suicide bombings which killed 310 people were a response to the mass shooting at mosques in Christchurch in March. | 23-Apr-2019 |
| 6.5-magnitude earthquake jolts Philippin | Manila, April 23 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale struck Philippines' Eastern Samar province on Tuesday, the second temblor within 24 hours of a 6.1-magnitude quake that killed nine people in Luzon Island, authorities said. | 23-Apr-2019 |
| Indian death toll in Sri Lanka rises to | Colombo, April 23 (IANS) A total of 10 Indians have died in the Easter Sunday serial bombings in Sri Lanka, the Indian High Commission here announced on Tuesday. | 23-Apr-2019 |
| Foreign terrorists too involved: Sri Lan | Colombo, April 22 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena announced on Monday that he will seek foreign assistance to find the international links to Sunday's terror attacks that left 290 people dead. | 22-Apr-2019 |
| Lanka blasts: Indian-origin victim had r | New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) S. Razeena, who died in a bomb blast at Shangri-La Hotel in Colombo on Sunday, had roots in Kerala. | 22-Apr-2019 |
| 4 Indians among 207 killed in Sri Lanka | Colombo, April 22 (IANS) At least 207 people were killed and 469 injured when eight suicide bombings, mainly in Colombo, ravaged Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday in the island's bloodiest day since the civil war ended a decade ago. Four Indians, two of them women. were among the dead while some others had a narrow escape. | 21-Apr-2019 |
| Mudslide kills 14 in Colombia | Bogota, April 22 (IANS) At least 14 people were killed and several others injured when a mudslide buried homes in a small community in Colombia on Sunday, the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD) said. | 21-Apr-2019 |
| 14 arrested for deadly Sri Lankan bombin | Colombo, April 22 (IANS) Sri Lankan Police on Monday confirmed that 14 people have been arrests so far for the deadly explosions that ripped through the island nation on Easter Sunday killing over 200 people, and injuring above 500 others. | 21-Apr-2019 |
| World condemns multiple blasts in Sri La | Colombo, April 21 (IANS) The international community has strongly condemned the multiple blasts at different locations in Sri Lanka, mostly in Colombo, which left at least 185 people dead and over 400 injured on Easter Sunday. | 21-Apr-2019 |
| Sri Lanka blasts: Sushma in touch with I | New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Sunday that she was in touch with the Indian High Commissioner in Colombo as six explosions hit churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, killing at least 20 people. | 21-Apr-2019 |
| Sri Lanka suicide bombings on Easter kil | Colombo, April 21 (IANS) At least 138 people were killed and more than 400 injured when a string of suicide bombings rocked luxury hotels and churches in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday in the island's bloodiest day since the end of the civil war, media reports said. | 21-Apr-2019 |
| Ukrainians vote in 2nd round of presiden | Kiev, April 21 (IANS) Ukrainians voted on Sunday in the second round of the country's presidential election, with incumbent leader Petro Poroshenko seeking re-election, while TV comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy is making his foray into mainstream politics for the first time. | 21-Apr-2019 |
| Vijay Gokhale to meet Chinese FM in Beij | Beijing, April 20 (IANS) India's Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale will be on a two-day China visit from Sunday to meet Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi where he is likely to discuss the issue of blacklisting of Pakistan-based terrorist Masood Azhar at a UN panel. | 20-Apr-2019 |
| Afghan Information Ministry under attack | Kabul, April 20 (IANS) An explosion and gunfire was heard in the Afghan capital on Saturday as the Ministry of Information headquarters came under attack by gunmen, officials said. | 20-Apr-2019 |
| 13 people shot dead at family party in M | Mexico City, April 20 (IANS) Thirteen people, including a child, were shot dead at a family party in the Mexican state of Veracruz by unidentified armed assailants, authorities said. | 20-Apr-2019 |
| Joint team to probe initial 737 Max cert | Washington, April 20 (IANS) A joint team comprising government officials from nine countries, as well as members of the three US federal agencies, will investigate how the Boeing 737 Max aircraft was initially certified, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). | 20-Apr-2019 |
| 2 US soldiers questioned by Mexican troo | Washington, April 20 (IANS) Two US soldiers were questioned by Mexican troops earlier this month while conducting a surveillance operation on the American side of the border, defence officials told CNN. | 20-Apr-2019 |
| India's absence at BRI should not hurt t | Beijing, April 19 (IANS) China on Friday said India's likely absence at the second Belt and Road forum next week should not mar their ties and their differences should not turn into a dispute. | 19-Apr-2019 |
| Russia dismisses US special counsel's re | Moscow, April 19 (IANS) Russia on Friday dismissed US special counsel Robert Mueller's report, saying it contains "no proven evidence" that Moscow interfered in the 2016 US presidential election. | 19-Apr-2019 |
| 13 killed in South Africa church collaps | Johannesburg, April 19 (IANS) At least 13 people have died and many injured in South Africa after a wall collapsed at a Pentecostal church at the start of an Easter service, authorities said. | 19-Apr-2019 |
| 8 killed as passenger bus overturns in P | Islamabad, April 19 (IANS) At least eight people were killed and 44 others injured when a passenger bus overturned in Pakistan's Sindh province on Friday. | 19-Apr-2019 |
| China: India's absence at BRI won't affe | Beijing, April 19 (IANS) China on Friday said that India's absence at the second Belt and Road forum next week will not affect their engagement and both the countries are preparing for a Wuhan-like summit between their leaders this year. | 19-Apr-2019 |