Sunamganj: North-East Bangladesh’s worst floods in nearly 20 years began receding, but rescue workers were struggling to help millions marooned by extreme weather across the region that has killed around 60 people. Floods are a regular menace to millions of people in low-lying Bangladesh and neighbouring

Kabul: Women television presenters on Afghanistan’s leading news channels vowed to speak up for their rights after being forced by Taliban authorities to cover their faces on air. Since seizing power last year, the Taliban have imposed a slew of restrictions on civil society, especially on

Islamabad: The stalled negotiations between India and Pakistan on crucial water sharing issues finally seem to be back on track as the former has officially intimated holding talks in New Delhi before May 31, an official confirmed. As both Pakistan and India are reeling under a

Srinagar: In Indian Illegal Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K) shopkeepers are spending hundreds of dollars each to install security cameras mandated by authorities in a move activists say is aimed at creating a surveillance state -- and outsourcing the cost. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist

New Delhi: Indian Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has targeted BJP government on "unemployment, petrol price and communal violence" saying "India looks a lot like Sri Lanka" which is facing its worst economic crisis. Rahul Gandhi also accused BJP-led government of trying to "distract people" and not

New Delhi: A campaign by the Hindu right-wing groups to claim Mughal era monuments and historic mosques has raised a wave of concern among minorities, historians, and archaeologists across India. Recently a functionary of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajneesh Singh approached a court requesting

Rajouri: Former Chief Minister and J&K National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah today said that BJP Government snatched jobs and lands of the locals and offered contracts of various development projects to the outsiders, causing severe setback to the people of Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing a

Gurugram: A 17-year-old boy allegedly stormed into the room of a 13-year-old in Gurugram, India, while she was sleeping and sexually assaulted her, India Today reported. Reportedly, the boy's 15-year-old friend locked the room and stood on a lookout, while the accused raped the girl. Both

Birmingham: “If seeking Azadi from illegal military occupation of India is a crime, we are ready to commit this crime, time and again,” said Kashmiri diaspora members during a protest demonstration against fascist Indian court ruling against Kashmiri Leader Muhammad Yasin Malik. Addressing a pro-freedom demonstration