Kathmandu: The last rites of the four members of an Indian family who were killed in the plane crash in Nepal's mountainous Mustang district would be performed at the sacred Pashupatinath Temple here after their post-mortem, sources said on Tuesday. Businessman Ashok Kumar Tripathi (54) and his Thane-based estranged wife...
Balochistan , February 28: Children's education in Pakistan's Panjgur is adversely affected due to a lack of educational facilities. The education system is worst in rural areas of Panjgur, Pakistan vernacular media Intekhab Daily reported citing other reports. Panjgur is a small town in the Panjgur District of Balochistan. According to Intekhab Daily, the educational...
Islamabad , March 3: Pakistan's government has accepted another International Monetary Fund (IMF) demand, announcing a surcharge of up to PKR 3.23 per unit on electricity consumers across the nation from July 1, Dawn reported. The decision has been taken to generate PKR 335 billion more in revenue over the next fiscal...
Tehran , March 13: Iran's mission to the United Nations has said that the restoration of diplomatic ties between Saudi Arabia and Iran will contribute to finding a political solution to the war in Yemen. "The restoration of diplomatic ties between Saudi Arabia and Iran speed the ceasefire, help...
New Delhi , March 14: Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan on Tuesday said that India has been playing an important role in providing high availability disaster recovery (HADR) in the region and beyond. The CDS said India undertook 'Operation Maitri', 'Operation Dost', which are testimony of its willingness...
      Xi Jinping is on the political march again. After a turbulent year that ended in faltering growth, widespread protests, and a surge of deaths after China abruptly abandoned Covid controls, China’s top leader is poised to secure even more power at the annual gathering of the national legislature that...
LAHORE: Pakistan's ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan has requested the country's chief justice to allow him to join court proceedings through a video link in cases lodged against him, claiming he could be killed if he deposes physically. In a letter to Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Atta Bandial on...
A passenger onboard an IndiGo flight, which was diverted to Karachi owing to a medical emergency, was declared dead on arrival by the airport medical team.   The passenger was on the IndiGo flight 6E-1736, operating from Delhi to Doha, airline officials told.   In a statement, the airline indicated that it was...
New York: Hours before dawn on March 1, 2003, the US scored its most thrilling victory yet against the plotters of the Sept 11 attacks the capture of a disheveled Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, hauled away by intelligence agents from a hideout in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The global manhunt for al-Qaida's No...
The leaders of the United States, Japan, India and Australia have launched a maritime initiative to combat illegal fishing and pledged to invest more than $50bn in developing infrastructure in the Indo-Pacific as part of their efforts to counter China’s growing influence in the region. The pledges were announced on...