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Centre bans Ullu, ALTT, other OTT apps over obscene content | Centre bans Ullu, ALTT, other OTT apps over obscene content | Deeply touched by Muizzu's gesture, writes Narendra Modi on X after arriving in Male | Tejashwi Yadav mulls boycotting Bihar polls over SIR, says 'no point in holding elections when people can't vote' | 'EC can't escape': Rahul Gandhi slams poll body for 'cheating' amid uproar over SIR in Bihar | 'Perverse exercise of judicial power': SC slams Karnataka HC bail to actor Darshan in Renukaswamy murder case | Supreme Court stays Bombay HC order acquitting 12 people in Mumbai train bomb blasts case | ED raids Anil Ambani's 35 premises in Delhi and Mumbai for alleged money laundering | PM Modi embarks on visit to the UK and Maldives | 'Steeped in fanaticism and terrorism': India slams 'serial borrower' Pakistan at UN

Pakistani court indicts former PM Imran Khan, wife Bushra Bibi over 'un-Islamic' nikah case

Jan 17, 2024, at 10:34 pm

A court in Pakistan indicted the country's former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife  Bushra Bibi in a case of solemnising their marriage against Islamic laws, media reports said.

Blast in Pakistan's Quetta leaves nine people, including children, injured

Jan 17, 2024, at 09:07 pm

Nine people, including a traffic policeman and three children, were injured after a blast rocked Pakistan's Quetta region on Wednesday.

Unknown people attack training center in Pakistan, no injury reported

Jan 17, 2024, at 08:55 pm

Unknown attackers targeted the premises of Government Model High School in Pakistan's Kharan region during a training session for polling staff on Monday.

Iran launches aerial strikes on two terrorist bases in Pakistan, Islamabad claims 'unprovoked violation' of airspace killed two children

Jan 17, 2024, at 03:07 pm

Iran on Tuesday claimed it conducted missile and drone attacks which destroyed two strongholds of the terrorist group Jaish al-Adl in the border town of Panjgur in Pakistan's Balochistan region, prompting protest from the neighbouring nation.

Pakistan: Police thwart late-night attack on Pezu police station in Lakki Marwat

Jan 16, 2024, at 11:18 pm

Police in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region thwarted a late-night attack on the Pezu police station in Lakki Marwat district on Tuesday.

Nepali political leader Ram Ashish Yadav feels Janakpur will also attract tourists after inauguration of Ram Temple in Ayodhya

Jan 16, 2024, at 11:10 pm

Nepal’s People’s Socialist Party leader Ram Ashish Yadav said people in the country's Janakpur region are enthusiastic about the Pran Pratishtha at Ram Temple in Ayodhya.

Blinken looking forward to work with Taiwan's new president Lai Ching-te, China opposes America's interaction with self-governed region

Jan 16, 2024, at 12:52 am

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken congratulated Taiwan's newly elected President Lai Ching-te and said the election reflected the strength of the robust democratic system and electoral process of the region.

Pacific island nation Nauru cuts diplomatic ties with Taiwan in favour of China just a day after Lai Ching-te was elected as new president

Jan 15, 2024, at 10:41 pm

Taiwan lost a diplomatic ally after the Pacific Island nation of Nauru on Monday (January 15, 2024) announced it was severing diplomatic relations with the region.

Sri Lanka: Authorities arrest six, including five Chinese nationals, for involvement in online loan scam

Jan 15, 2024, at 09:45 pm

Sri Lanka's opposition leader  Sajith Premadasa recently raised alarm regarding the online loan mafia operating in the country and even charging interest as high as 300, media reports said.

Egg prices touch 400 PKR per dozen in Lahore as Pakistan's struggle to contain inflation continues

Jan 15, 2024, at 05:01 am

Prices of daily commodities are burning the pockets of consumers in inflation-hit Pakistan where they are now paying 400 Pakistani Rupees (PKR) to buy a dozen eggs in Lahore city.

China's export drops for first time in seven years

Jan 15, 2024, at 04:03 am

China's exports are witnessing a downfall for the first time since 2016 after demand for Chinese-made goods slowed down, media reports said.

Pro-Indian key opposition party MDP wins Male mayoral elections, Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu's party receives a jolt

Jan 15, 2024, at 12:32 am

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu received a jolt when pro-Indian key opposition party Maldives Democratic Party (MDP)'s candidate Adam Azim won the crucial mayoral elections of Male.

5 soldiers, 3 terrorists killed in clash in Pakistan

Jan 14, 2024, at 05:12 pm

Islamabad/IBNS/UNI: Five soldiers and three terrorists were killed in a clash in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, an army statement said.

Pakistani girl gang-raped by three persons in Islamabad at gunpoint

Jan 13, 2024, at 11:51 pm

A Pakistani girl was allegedly gang-raped in Pakistan's Islamabad city on Thursday.

Taiwan’s pro-independence candidate Lai Ching-te leads poll

Jan 13, 2024, at 11:32 pm

The pro-independence candidate of Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Lai Ching-te, is preliminarily leading in Saturday's election for the island's leader, Taiwanese media reported, citing data showed after half an hour of vote counting.

Two Baloch youth forcefully disappeared from Kech: Eyewitness

Jan 13, 2024, at 11:26 pm

Pakistani forces have allegedly forcefully disappeared two Baloch youths from the Kech district of Balochistan, media reports said.

Cop assigned to protect polio workers shot dead in Balochistan

Jan 13, 2024, at 11:22 pm

A police officer who was assigned to protect polio workers was shot dead in Quetta city of Balochistan on Friday.

Accident in Chinese coal mine leaves 10 dead

Jan 13, 2024, at 11:20 pm

Ten people have been confirmed dead and six others remain missing after an accident occurred Friday afternoon in a coal mine in the city of Pingdingshan, central China's Henan Province, local authorities said Saturday.

India objects to recent visit of UK envoy in Pakistan to PoK

Jan 13, 2024, at 11:13 pm

India on Saturday took strong objection to the recent visit of British High Commissioner in Pakistan to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), terming it as "highly objectionable" and "unacceptable".

Taiwan says it detected 8 Chinese aircraft, 6 vessels near island over 24 hrs

Jan 13, 2024, at 11:00 pm

The Taiwanese armed forces spotted 8 Chinese military aircraft and six vessels near the island over the past 24 hours, the Taiwanese Defense Ministry said on Saturday.

61 trapped, 14 missing in central China coal mine accident

Jan 13, 2024, at 05:04 am

Beijing/IBNS/UNI: Sixty-one people are trapped and 14 are missing after an accident occurred Friday afternoon in a coal mine in the city of Pingdingshan, in central China's Henan Province, local authorities said.

IMF allows disbursement of 700 mln USD to economic-crisis-hit Pakistan

Jan 12, 2024, at 10:27 pm

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the first review of Pakistan's economic reform program supported by the IMF's Stand-By Arrangement (SBA), allowing for an immediate disbursement of about 700 million U.S. dollars, the IMF said Thursday.

Report suggests 20 missing children raped, murdered across Pakistan in 2023

Jan 11, 2024, at 11:05 pm

Data released by a  non-profit organisation in Pakistan on Wednesday revealed as many as 20 children , who had gone missing from their homes, were sexually abused and then killed during the year 2023 across the country.

Pakistan’s minority persecution lands it on watchlist of shame

Jan 11, 2024, at 05:51 pm

The recent inclusion of Pakistan, along with countries like China, on the US list of “Countries of Particular Concern” for religious freedom violations rings out not just as a diplomatic rebuke, but as an urgent call to action. For far too long, Pakistan’s minorities, particularly its Sikh community, have endured systemic discrimination and violence, their sacred spaces desecrated, their voices silenced. It is time for this pattern to end, not just for the sake of international standing, but for the sake of Pakistan’s own soul.

Independent candidate shot dead in Pakistan

Jan 11, 2024, at 03:42 pm

Unknown assailants shot dead an election hopeful and two other people in Pakistan's North Waziristan region on Wednesday.

Four people, including three cops, killed in terror attack in Pakistan

Jan 10, 2024, at 11:40 pm

At least four people, including three cops, died in a terrorist attack near a checkpost close to Lachi Toll Plaza in Pakistan's Kohat region on Wednesday.

Chinese embassy in Ecuador temporarily shuts down

Jan 10, 2024, at 10:20 pm

The Chinese embassy and consulates general in Ecuador will be temporarily closed from Jan. 10 until further notice, said an official statement on Tuesday.

Taiwan sees no 'political intentions' in China's space probe launch, says President's Office

Jan 10, 2024, at 10:14 pm

Taipei does not consider the flight of a Chinese rocket carrying a satellite over the southern part of the self-governed island as an attempt to interfere with the upcoming presidential election, Lin Yu-chan, a spokesman of Taiwan's presidential office, said on Wednesday.

Michael Rubin: Pakistan’s ISI pulls the strings of disingenuous Khalistan movement

Jan 09, 2024, at 11:17 pm

The recent podcast by Michael Rubin, a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, with Shukri Hilowle for the Brown Pundits has reignited the debate surrounding the Khalistan movement in North America.

Pakistan police arrest former PM Imran Khan in GHQ case

Jan 09, 2024, at 08:26 pm

Rawalpindi Police on Tuesday arrested former Pakistan PM and cricket icon Imran Khan in GHQ attack case pertaining to May 9 mayhem.