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Modi 3.0: BJP likely to keep top ministries, allies TDP and JDU bargain for key portfolios | Maharashtra: 18-19 Ajit Pawar-led NCP MLAs keen to return to Sharad Pawar's faction, claims Rohit Pawar | BJP's decision to switch my seat was wrong: Dilip Ghosh after TMC sweeps Bengal in Lok Sabha polls | Sunil Lahri, who played Lakshman in Ramayana, slams Ayodhya voters after BJP's defeat in Faizabad | INDIA bloc lost their minds: JDU on 'anti-Nitish campaign' | Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe among foreign leaders to attend Modi's swearing-in ceremony | Punjab: Victory of pro-Khalistan leaders in Lok Sabha polls rings alarm bells | Will jailed terror accused Engineer Rashid, who beat Omar Abdullah in Kashmir, be allowed to take oath as MP? | 'Will take appropriate steps at right time': Mallikarjun Kharge says after INDIA meet | Congress opens account in Gujarat with Geniben Thakor's victory, who crowdfunded her poll campaign

Afghanistan's former vice president Mohammad Karim Khalili warns against attacks against Hazara community

Jun 18, 2021, at 04:41 am

Kabul: Afghanistan's former vice president Mohammad Karim Khalili has cautioned the nation that the people will “attempt anything” to ensure their safety if the government does not prevent “targeted attacks against Hazara community” as well as other injustices in the country.

Chief Justice of Pakistan expresses anger, says Pakistan's Karachi city ruined through conspiracy

Jun 18, 2021, at 04:31 am

Islamabad: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed seems to be irked by  Karachi's administrative affairs and said the city  has been ruined through a "conspiracy".

Pakistan Army Chief Bajwa directs military to maintain preparedness along country's borders

Jun 18, 2021, at 04:27 am

Islamabad:  Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said  the Pakistan Army should maintain "high standards of operational preparedness" along the Line of Control (LoC) and Pak-Afghan border.

Pakistan National Assembly scuffle: PML-N Sheikh Rohail Asghar leader says expletives hurled in NA ‘a part of Punjab’s culture’

Jun 18, 2021, at 04:22 am

Islamabad: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Sheikh Rohail Asghar recently reacted on the chaotic scenes in Tuesday's parliament session and said the use of abusive language is "just a part of Punjab's culture".

Water Shortage in Sindh: Murad blames IRSA

Jun 18, 2021, at 02:44 am

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said injustice has been done to the people of his region in the Water Accord of 1991.

World press freedom protection bodies seek fresh probe into 2007 murder of Pakistan journalist

Jun 18, 2021, at 02:33 am

Islamabad: A new report on the murder of Pakistani journalist Zubair Mujahid in 2007 finds significant errors in the official police investigation, claimed several international bodies working to protect press freedom.

Blast claims 4 lives in northern Afghanistan

Jun 18, 2021, at 01:50 am

Kabul/UNI: At least four people, including three civilians and a law enforcement member, died in a car bomb blast in the Afghan province of Balkh, TOLO news outlet reported on Thursday.

Shenzhou-12 delivers China's longest crewed space mission

Jun 18, 2021, at 12:55 am

Beijing/UNI: China on Thursday launched three astronauts into orbit who will occupy the country's new space station

Pakistan: IED blast in Quetta leaves a man hurt

Jun 18, 2021, at 12:21 am

Quetta: A man was hurt as an IED blast rocked a seminary near Satellite Town in Pakistan's Quetta region, media reports said on Thursday.

Singapore: Man spying for China detained

Jun 17, 2021, at 04:52 am

SIngapore: A Singaporean man, who was working as a spy for China  intelligence services since 2015, has been detained, media reports said.

Study finds Australians mistrust Chinese govt

Jun 17, 2021, at 04:33 am

Sydney: A survey conducted by University of Technology's Australia-China Relations Institute has found most Australians have expressed  concerns about Australia’s relationship with China.

Taiwan says 28 Chinese military planes flew into its air defence zone

Jun 17, 2021, at 03:49 am

Taiwan: Taiwan's Ministry of Defence said as many as 28 Chinese military planes flew into the country's Air Defense Identification Zones (ADIZ) on Tuesday.

Completing China-Pakistan Economic Corridor a top priority: Imran Khan

Jun 17, 2021, at 03:34 am

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has termed the timely completion of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as one of the top priorities of the government and stressed that the government is taking steps to promote investment in the export industry in the Special Economic Zones.

Minorities' plight: Christian girl’s father seeks justice alleging kidnapping, forced conversion and marriage of daughter in Pakistan

Jun 17, 2021, at 03:29 am

The father of a Christian girl who was allegedly kidnapped, converted to Islam and forcibly married to a middle-aged man in Gujranwala city of Punjab province is seeking justice for his family highlights once again the plight of minorities in Pakistan.

Pakistan National Assembly members scuffle, hurl books at each other

Jun 17, 2021, at 03:25 am

Pakistan National Assembly on Tuesday literally turned into a battleground as treasury bench members scuffled with the opposition and continued their noisy protest to disrupt the budget speech of Leader of the Opposition Shehbaz Sharif for the second consecutive day.

China never ‘invaded’ others, ‘greatly helped’ to preserve our ‘independence’, says Sri Lankan PM

Jun 17, 2021, at 02:37 am

China has “greatly helped” Sri Lanka to preserve its independence and the former never invaded other countries, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said on the very same day when India was marking the first anniversary of its bloody Galwan valley border clash with China. He also called China his country's 'oldest friend'.

Pakistan PM directs officials to ensure formal launch of new subsidy system next month

Jun 17, 2021, at 02:08 am

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed that the new subsidy system for the weaker sections of the society be finalized at the earliest so that it could be formally launched next month.

National security law: Hong Kong media baron Jimmy Lai to face trial

Jun 17, 2021, at 01:50 am

Hong Kong:  Persecuted Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying is all set to stand for trial in the High Court for "breaching the national security law by colluding with foreign forces".

Bangladesh: Govt extends Covid curbs till July 15

Jun 17, 2021, at 12:04 am

Dhaka/UNI: The Bangladesh government on Wednesday extended the ongoing covid-19 restrictions till July 15 to contain the infection spread.

Radiation levels remain normal at Taishan Nuclear Power Plant in Guangdong: China

Jun 17, 2021, at 12:02 am

Beijing: The Chinese government on Tuesday said the radiation levels remained normal at the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant in Guangdong province.

COVID-19 vaccine shortage hits vaccination process in several Pakistan cities

Jun 16, 2021, at 11:55 pm

Lahore: Delay in supply of COVID-19 vaccines by the federal government due to unknown reasons has stopped the vaccination process in Pakistan's Punjab province cities, including Lahore, media reports said on Wednesday.

Report claims US-based Pakistan-linked NGO channelized fund raised to help Covid-hit India for terror funding

Jun 16, 2021, at 11:47 pm

A report has claimed that the fund raised by United States-based Pakistan-linked charity organisations in the name of helping India in the COVID-19 crisis might have been used to sponsor terror attacks.

Sindh water sharing: PPP president Nisar Ahmed Khuhro slams Imran Khan govt

Jun 16, 2021, at 09:34 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan Peoples Party Sindh president Nisar Ahmed Khuhro recently slammed PM Imran Khan and accused the federal government of stealing Sindh’s share in water.

Four churches attacked in Myanmar, Bishops appeal for peace

Jun 16, 2021, at 05:31 pm

Yangon: Catholic bishops along with the president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Myanmar have appealed for peace amid deaths of people who had taken shelter in a Catholic church in Loikaw town of Myanmar besides continuing attacks on the churches in the country now under a military regime.

Five polio vaccination workers shot dead in Afghanistan; UN condemns ‘brutal’ killings

Jun 16, 2021, at 04:06 pm

New York: Five health workers carrying out a polio vaccination campaign in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar Province were killed on Tuesday, and four others injured, during a series of attacks condemned by a senior UN official on the ground as brutal and “senseless”.

Domestic workers among hardest hit by COVID crisis, says UN labour agency

Jun 16, 2021, at 03:33 pm

New York: Domestic workers globally have been among the hardest hit by the COVID crisis, losing more jobs and working hours than other sectors, the UN labour agency ILO said on Tuesday.

Joe Biden administration assessing reported leak at Chinese nuclear power facility

Jun 16, 2021, at 03:14 pm

Washington: The US government recently assessed  a report of a leak at a Chinese nuclear power plant, media reports said.

Pakistan: Power workers protest in Lahore demanding raise in wages, pensions

Jun 16, 2021, at 06:30 am

Islamabad:  Thousands of Pakistani electricity workers demonstrated on Monday under Lesco Workers Union before Bakhtiar Labour Hall in Lahore city to demand raise in wages and pensions of workers employed in government, semi-government, industrial and commercial sector, banks and media by 30 percent and prevent tragic accidents of line staff due to serious shortage of staff.

Pakistan: Two under-trial prisoners die in court premises due to police 'torture'

Jun 16, 2021, at 06:21 am

Islamabad: Police allegedly tortured two under-trial prisoners in the court premises on Monday leading to deaths, media reports said on Tuesday.

Chinese census data showed migration hiked Han population in Xinjiang

Jun 16, 2021, at 06:18 am

Beijing: A 2020 Chinese census report has revealed that the Han population in China’s western region of Xinjiang grew faster than the ethnic minority Uygur population over the last decade, media reports said.