Patna, March 1 (IANS) In an effort to address Nepals post-earthquake housing crisis, a new initiative is underway to harness the Himalayan countrys abundant bamboo resource to rebuild its devastated communities and promote sustainable livelihoods….
Dhaka, March 1 (IANS) At least 10 people were arrested in Dhaka with methamphetamine-based contraband yaba pills, police said on Tuesday. The police have also seized two cars which were used to carry the contraband,…
Jammu, March 1 (IANS) The BSF and the Pakistan Rangers on Tuesday agreed to clear wild grasses and thick bushes in the international border area to improve visibility while patrolling, a police official said. A…
Washington, March 1 (IANS) Islamabad has urged Washington to show a greater understanding of Pakistans security concerns as US Secretary of State John Kerry asked the south Asian country to consider reducing its nuclear arsenal….
Kabul, March 1 (IANS) Former Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai attended the ongoing Raisina Dialogue 2016, which began in New Delhi on Tuesday. Karzai was invited to the conference by Observer Research Foundation (ORF), an Indian…
Kabul, March 1 (IANS) At least 70 militants were killed as Afghan forces, after three days of fierce fighting, captured Taliban bastion in the northern Faryab province on Tuesday, a senior official said. “Finally the…
Islamabad, March 1 (IANS) The toll in an outbreak of water-borne and food shortage diseases has reached 165 in a district of Pakistan’s Sindh province since this January. People in Tharparkar district, largely from the…
Islamabad, March 1 (IANS) A Pakistani police constable was arrested after drugs, weapons and Indian passports were recovered from his house during a raid in Lahore on Tuesday, media reported. The accused identified as constable…
Kabul, March 1 (IANS) Three civilians were killed and two injured when militants fired a rocket towards Pul-e-Khumri city of Afghanistan on Tuesday morning. “The rocket fired by Taliban militants struck a house in Pul-e-Khumri,…
Lucknow, March 1 (IANS) Former Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai will arrive here on Wednesday on a two-day visit to Uttar Pradesh, an official said. He will visit the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur where…
Belagavi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a farmers` rally in Belagavi on Feb 27, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to attend the first World Sufi Forum…
New Delhi: Union MoS Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju at the Parliament on Day-1 of the budget session in New Delhi, on Feb 23, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Union Minister Kiren Rijiju…
Kathmandu, March 1 (IANS) Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli will pay an official visit to China towards March end, the media reported on Tuesday. A meeting of the Council of Ministers took a formal…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Non-state actors from Pakistan were involved in the Pathankot terror attack but they cannot function smoothly without support from the state, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Tuesday in the…
Islamabad, March 1 (IANS) Only select officials knew about the plan to execute Mumtaz Qadri, the self-confessed killer of then Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer. Qadri, trained as an elite commando and who was a bodyguard…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Zeal For Unity — a unique peace initiative by Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) — has come on board for the 12th edition of ‘Saanjh – Amritsar Lahore Peace Festival’…
Islamabad, March 1 (IANS) Pakistan and India must work to reduce human misery, said a leading Pakistani daily which observed that the ties between the two countries are “susceptible to the mood swings of both…
Kathmandu, March 1 (IANS) Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) has announced to help rebuild Nepal following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit the Himalayan nation in April 2015, a statement said here on Tuesday….
By Arun Kumar Washington, March 1 (IANS) The US commended Pakistan’s commitment not to differentiate between terrorist groups including those targeting India, as Pakistan assured it had reached out to India as part of its…
Nay Pyi Taw, March 1 (IANS) Myanmar’s union parliament on Tuesday reset March 10 instead of March 17 for presidential run. Of the last three candidates nominated respectively from the group of elected House of…