The US senate has confirmed Indian American Neomi Rao, who was under scrutiny for her previous writings on sexual assault, as a judge on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals
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22nd Mar 2019 | Updated at 08:26pm 22nd Mar 2019
81 killed as massive fire breaks out in Dhaka
- 27 Feb 2019
At least 81 people were killed and many others injured as fire swept through adjoining apartment buildings and chemical warehouses in a historic part of the Bangladesh capital Dhaka
Bangladeshi forces kill man who tried to hijack plane
- 27 Feb 2019
Bangladeshi commandos on Sunday killed an armed man, who allegedly made a foiled bid to hijack a Dubai-bound flight of the state-run Biman Airlines carrying 148 passengers, the army said
Slain PIO cop honoured with procession
- 09 Jan 2019
Indian admits to smuggling immigrants to US
- 20 Mar 2019
An Indian national arrested last December for conspiring and smuggling foreign nationals into United States recently pleaded guilty
What's next for the web as it turned 30?
- 20 Mar 2019
Internet, which was invented by Tim Berners-Lee, has turned 30 this week
UNHRC resolution to give breather to Lankan govt
- 20 Mar 2019
India's desire to give some breathing space to Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe found a sympathetic ear in the international community
Lanka govt urged to withdraw proposed anti-terror law
- 20 Mar 2019
Media rights activists urged the Sri Lankan government to withdraw proposed anti-terror legislation, calling it of draconian laws aimed at suppressing media freedom and democratic rights
UK to establish new battalion for recruiting Gurkhas
The Theresa May government in the UK last week announced plans to establish a new battalion of Royal Gurkha Rifles, which will start recruiting in 2019. The 3rd Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles will join other members of the Specialist Infantry...
Nepal, Bhutan have to be inclined towards India: army chief Rawat
- 19 Sep 2018
India's army chief General Bipin Rawat on Sunday said countries like Nepal and Bhutan "have to be inclined towards India because of geography."
Indian racially abused in Canada
- 29 Aug 2018
A guide to travel after Brexit
The UK is set to leave the European Union on March 29, in an end to an unbearably long process that has divided the nation. The exit will have profound implications for travelers, and there will be several changes. In a brief guideline to visas...
Britain must pay EU bill even in 'no deal': Michel Barnier
- 25 Jan 2019
Brussels negotiator Michel Barnier has warned the British government will face a multi-billion euro divorce settlement with the European Union even if it leaves the bloc without a deal. In interviews with several European newspapers, Barnier...
France freezes JeM chief Masood Azhar's assets
- 20 Mar 2019
Just few days after China blocked the listing of Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed's chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist at the UN Security Council, France has decided to sanction the man behind the Pulwama attack at the national...
Pak tea seller's viral marketing skills; uses IAF pilot Abhinandan's photo in banner
- 14 Mar 2019
An elderly Karachi tea seller has found the most witty way to give his business a boost by using an image of IAF pilot Abhinandan Varthaman in a banner on his stall. The banner also had a line that said, “Aisi chai ki dushman ko bhi dost banaye”...
- 20 Mar 2019
Nine Indians were among 50 people killed and many others injured when a "right-wing extremist" armed with semi-automatic weapons rampaged through Al Noor...
The Theresa May government in the UK last week announced plans to establish a new battalion of Royal Gurkha Rifles, which will start recruiting in 2019....
- 14 Mar 2019
An elderly Karachi tea seller has found the most witty way to give his business a boost by using an image of IAF pilot Abhinandan Varthaman in a banner...
A top State Department official said that United States was “very closely” following the reports which have claimed that Pakistan misused American-made F-16 fighter jets against India in the recent aerial confrontation between the air forces...
In the first high-level face-to-face India-US encounter after the February 14 Pulwama terror attack, US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and Indian foreign...
Facing international pressure following the cross-border terror attack in Jammu & Kashmir's Pulwama, Pakistan launched a crackdown on banned organisations,...
Matwaala collective of American South-Asian Diaspora will honour UK diaspora poet Yogesh Patel for his poetry achievements and service to the poetry community.
- 13 Mar 2019
In a controversial resolution that initially split the Democrats before being expansively reworded, the House of Representatives has condemned hate against Hindus, Sikhs, Jews, Muslims and other minorities and denounced accusations of dual loyalty
A former director of the technology giant Cisco Systems, Prithviraj R Bhikha, has been charged in a $9.3 million fraud using shell companies, according to federal prosecutor David L Anderson
