World

Washington: Describing the passage of India's Insurance Bill - that raises the FDI cap to 49 per cent - as a "substantial step", an influential US insurance organisation has lauded the new government for going ahead with the economic…
Read More...

United Nations: The international community should not spare any effort to defeat terrorism which threatens to engulf the world in a carnage similar to the one witnessed during the two World Wars, India has told the UN. "Today, terrorism…
Read More...

Lahore: LeT operations commander Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi, the mastermind of 2008 Mumbai terror attack, has pleaded before an Anti-Terrorism Court to exempt him from appearing in the court, citing alleged security threat. Advocate Raja Rizwan…
Read More...

Islamabad: Can Islamic Republic of Pakistan be a secular state? The question was raised by Pakistan's Chief Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk himself while hearing petitions challenging the procedure for appointment of superior court judges under the…
Read More...

Sydney: A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea today, sending frightened residents fleeing from their homes, but a threatened tsunami passed without incident, seismologists said. The quake struck 133 kilometres (83 miles)…
Read More...

Kathmandu: A fresh tremor of magnitude 4.0 today jolted the quake-hit Nepal, where the death toll from the April 25 deadly temblor has risen to over 7,500. The feeble tremor at "6:39 am, was epicentred on the border of Dhading and Nuwakot…
Read More...

Beirut : A Syrian rights group reported today that the death toll of civilians purportedly killed in airstrikes by the US-led coalition on a village controlled by the Islamic State group in Syria has risen to 64, including 31 children, as…
Read More...

Kathmandu: Nepal government today asked hundreds of foreign rescue workers to leave the quake-hit country as immediate relief has already been provided and the remaining tasks will be carried out by its army and police. The major rescue…
Read More...

Kathmandu: Nepal government has decided to close Mt Everest for climbing activities this season as routes above the base camp were impossible to be fixed, which were destroyed by the deadly avalanche. At least 22 climbers have died and 217…
Read More...

Kathmandu: Nepal's devastating earthquake that has claimed nearly 7,300 lives so far is likely to hit the 10 billion-rupee tourism industry - the country's main forex earner - hard, losing as many as two lakh international tourists,…
Read More...