India's neighbouring country Sri Lanka's Eighth Parliament came into being with President Maithripala Sirisena's call for reconciliation and co-existence.
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7th Dec 2025 | Updated at 08:33pm 7th Dec 2025
Abu Dhabi's BAPS Mandir wins AV award
- 15 Oct 2025
Abu Dhabi: The BAPS Hindu Mandir in Abu Dhabi has been awarded the prestigious accolades in the audiovisual industry: the MONDO-DR Award in the category of House of Worship. Dubbed as the "Oscars of the AV world," the awards, held at Ole Red...
Spirit of Diwali unites communities worldwide
- 15 Oct 2025
The spirit of Diwali has truly gone global this year. In a historic move, three US states, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and California, have officially designated Diwali as a state holiday, marking a growing recognition of the festival’s cultural...
Fragile ceasefire at Sharm el-Sheikh
- 15 Oct 2025
No wish for revenge, Nawaz tells supporters on return
- 25 Oct 2023
Islamabad: Pakistan’s former three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif arrived home on Saturday, ending a four-year self-imposed exile in London and restarting his political journey ahead of the general elections with a huge rally at Minar-e-Pakistan...
Bilawal to attend SCO meet in Goa, India plays it down
- 26 Apr 2023
Pakistan's foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will attend SCO foreign ministers meet which India is hosting in Goa on May 5.The Indian administration didn't explicitly rule out a meeting between S Jaishankar and Bilawal, but it didn't seem...
HINDUS DEMAND JUSTICE GLOBALLY
- 04 Dec 2024
Since the ousting of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, violence against Hindus in Bangladesh has surged, with frequent reports of temple vandalism, assaults, and attacks on individuals. The Hindu minority in Bangladesh comprises 8%. Over...
Clashes erupt in Bangladesh over arrest of Iskcon priest
- 27 Nov 2024
A public prosecutor was killed after violent clashes erupted in Bangladesh on Tuesday following the arrest of a prominent Hindu leader and Iskcon priest Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari. The unrest followed the denial of bail to Brahmachari,...
Kash Patel takes oath as FBI chief on Bhagwat Gita
- 27 Feb 2025
Kash Patel took oath as the ninth director of the FBI on the Bhagavad Gita and spoke about how a first-generation Indian kid is living the American dream, reflecting on his heritage. The US Senate voted 51 to 49 to confirm Patel last week.
MODI-TRUMP’S ‘MEGA PARTNERSHIP’
- 19 Feb 2025
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the United States after attending the AI Paris summit, marking his first bilateral trip since President Donald Trump's re-election for a second term in January 2025.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa calls for constitutional changes to curb minority parties
- 08 Jan 2020
Sri Lanka’s new president endorsed amending the constitution to reduce the power of minority political parties, saying the country wasn’t suited to a system that creates unstable governments “constantly under the influence of extremism”.
Trouble brewing in post-election Sri Lanka
- 11 Dec 2019
Weeks after the election of hardliner Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the president of Sri Lanka, the prospects for justice and reconciliation between the different communities on the island lie in tatters.
Nepal PM Prachanda likely to visit India next month
- 22 Mar 2023
Kathmandu: Nepal’s PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ is likely to travel to India on an official visit next month - his first foreign trip since assuming the office for the third time in December last year, a media report said.
Nepal ruling coalition bags 90 seats out of 165
- 07 Dec 2022
Kathmandu: The top leaders of Nepal’s five-party ruling coalition on Monday met at PM Sher Bahadur Deuba’s official residence to review the general elections and discuss the formation of a new government.
Three generations, three journeys
- 05 Sep 2022
Rakesh Patel, a 47-year-old commodity trader took a plunge to visit Greenland. Speaking to Asian Voice, he said, “Over a hundred years ago, our grandparents emigrated from India to Africa in search of a better life. In 1972, our parents had...
‘2024, MODI ONCE MORE’
- 04 May 2022
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a grand welcome by the diaspora in Germany, on his three-nation Europe trip.
The United States has warned Pakistan over brandishing its nuclear status after the recent cancellation of NSA-level talks with India.
A key suspect in the recent Bangkok shrine bombing was captured at Thailand's border with Cambodia.
Labour Party politician Jeremy Corbyn’s proposal to start women-only train carriages to save women from harassment has been dismissed by Education secretary Nicky Morgan and Dave Prentis, the general secretary of Unison
Shrien Dewani (35), was cleared in 2014 for the allegations of murder of his wife, Anni Dewani, while on their honeymoon in Cape Town, in 2010.
A mother and her four children, who were feared to be travelling to Syria from London have been detained in Turkey.
It is said that jihadists have confirmed that the 21-year-old British computer hacker who had joined Isis was killed in a drone strike, in Syria.
Uganda’s senior most diplomat in the UK is encouraging Britons to visit and invest in Uganda. “The Uganda of yesterday is very different to the Uganda...
Touhidur Rahman, 58, a Bangladeshi-born British citizen, was arrested for the alleged murders of two secular bloggers in the country, police said.
India has prepared a dossier to prove the presence of gangster Dawood Ibrahim in Pakistan before the cancelled NSA-level talks between the two countries.
