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According to the NCS, the earthquake occurred at 5 am. (Representational image: PTI)

Earthquake of magnitude 4.3 hits Afghanistan

Fayzabad [Afghanistan]: An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 struck 135 km south-southeast of Fayzabad, Afghanistan at 6.47 am...

13 Feb 2023 10:44 AM IST

Sri Lankas new president Ranil Wickremesinghe addresses the media representatives during his visit at the Gangaramaya Buddhist temple in Colombo. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)

Sri Lankan President lauds Indian govt-'s efforts during country-'s...

Jaffna [Sri Lanka], February 11 (ANI): Appreciating the Indian government's efforts to support Sri Lanka during its...

12 Feb 2023 7:56 AM IST

Political leaders, MLAs, police and housing officials are worried over the trend of applicants illegally occupying the 2BHK house in anticipation that they would be allotted these sooner or later. (Representational Image)

Hong Kong-'s Lee faces stern test over $3.4 bln bid to ease housing...

HONG KONG: A flagship $3.4 billion plan by Hong Kong to build temporary housing to ease a massive shortage is facing...

10 Feb 2023 11:41 AM IST

A man carries his grandchild preparing to leave after taking a family photo with his family members at a photo studio in Beijing. For the first time in decades, China has fewer people than it did at the start of last year, according to official figures. AP Photo/Andy Wong)

In aging China, a call for -'bold-' steps to cut cost of having babies

HONG KONG: A Chinese health official has urged local governments to take "bold" steps to lower the cost of...

10 Feb 2023 11:21 AM IST

Pakistans former President Pervez Musharraf passed away on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023, due to prolonged illness. (PTI file Photo/Atul Yadav)

Pakistan-'s former President Pervez Musharraf passes away

The former president has been in UAE for the last eight years getting medical treatment

5 Feb 2023 12:39 PM IST

Singapore cuts 2020 GDP outlook again as virus batters economy. (AFP Photo)

China-'s mega-rich move their wealth, and partying, to Singapore

Singapore is a -"very handy neutral zone-" where the mega-rich can do business, said Song Seng Wun, a regional economist

4 Feb 2023 8:02 AM IST

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president, Shehbaz Sharif. (AFP)

Pakistan -'will have to agree-' to IMF conditions for bailout: PM

PESHAWAR: Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Friday that the government would have to agree to IMF...

3 Feb 2023 2:24 PM IST

V Muraleedharan (PTI photo)

Union minister Muraleedharan to attend Sri Lanka-'s Independence Day...

The trip by Muraleedharan to Colombo comes nearly two weeks after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar visited Sri...

3 Feb 2023 1:48 PM IST

The earthquake struck Karnatakas Kolhapur at around 6 pm on Thursday evening. (ANI)

Earthquake of magnitude 5.8 hits China-'s Aral

Aral is a sub-prefecture-level city surrounded by Aksu Prefecture in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China

30 Jan 2023 10:23 AM IST

In this file photo taken on July 25, 2018, Pakistans cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan speaks to the media after casting his vote at a polling station during the general election in Islamabad. (AAMIR QURESHI / AFP)

Imran Khan to contest all 33 parliamentary seats in upcoming bypolls

On Friday, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced that bypolls to 33 seats of the National Assembly will...

30 Jan 2023 8:21 AM IST

The entire Ayodhya temple project has, in fact, been a massive enterprise in the politics of bigotry in which religion is whipped up as a mobilising tool. PTI Photo

Nepal dispatches 2 Shaligram stones to Ayodhya for Ram, Janaki idols

Nidhi said in December 2022, they got clearance from the Nepal government to send the two stones and a bow to Ayodhya

29 Jan 2023 2:52 PM IST

Residents look at the wreckage of a burnt passenger bus in Lasbela district of Pakistans Balochistan province on January 29, 2023. (Ismail Sasoli / AFP)

40 killed in southwest Pakistan bus crash

The bus was reportedly carrying 48 passengers when it hit a pillar on the bridge and careened off course earlier on...

29 Jan 2023 1:58 PM IST