South Asia

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India on Tuesday exchanged lists of prisoners in each other's custody as required by the agreement on consular access signed between...

Student learning in South Asia: challenges, opportunitiesIslamabad: "High enrollment in primary schools of South Asian countries have not been accompanied by proportionate improvements in...

 LUCKNOW: A leader of a regional political party based in the Indian northern Uttar Pradesh state was charged with sedition for raising slogans in...

KABUL: A US drone strike was carried out in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Kunar on early Monday, killing at least three suspected Taliban militants.The...

NEW DELHI: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday launched a PSLV-C23 rocket carrying five satellites from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in...

WASHINGTON: The United Nations will start an investigation into alleged serious violations and abuses of human rights and related crimes during the civil war...

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani commerce minister Khurram Dastgir Khan and his Indian counterpart Nirmala Sitharaman will meet in Bhutan next month to discuss means to...

CHENNAI: An 11-storey under-construction building collapsed in Chennai, the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, leaving one persons dead and 70...

GAUHATI, India: At least 12 persons were killed in flash floods and mudslides caused by monsoon rains in several parts of Gauhati, the capital...

ISLAMABAD: The Sri Lankan government has cancelled the on-arrival visa facility for Pakistani nationals, a move taken in view of the rising number of...