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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang. (Photo: AP)

Sikkim stand-off: China says India has 'hidden agenda'; Bhutan...

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said that Bhutan is a universally recognised sovereign country.

28 Jun 2017 9:03 PM IST

The incident happened in the first week of June near the Lalten post in the Doka La general area in Sikkim after a face-off between the two forces, which triggered tension along the Sino-Indian frontier, official sources in New Delhi said. (Photo: Representational/File)

Amid standoff in Sikkim sector, China says India must be 'taught the...

The Nathu La pass in Sikkim was reopened in 2006, because there is no border dispute between China and India over this...

28 Jun 2017 4:42 PM IST

If Slager goes to trial for murder, there is evidence recorded by Malinowski in January that could be used in the case. (Photo: Facebook)

Woman in US set on fire by ex-lover; undergoes 56 surgeries, dies due...

After Malinowski's death prosecutor Ron O'Brien said his office is pursuing murder charges against the accused.

28 Jun 2017 4:14 PM IST

His remarks came in response to the India-US joint statement issued after the talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

Pak on frontlines of anti-terror, says China after India, US'...

In a statement, India and the US had asked Islamabad to ensure that its soil is not used for cross-border terror.

28 Jun 2017 3:51 PM IST

A police officer stands guard beside a picture of jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo outside the Chinese government liaison office in Hong Kong. (Photo: AP)

China should allow Nobel laureate Xiaobo's treatment abroad: US envoy

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo was diagnosed with cancer while in prison for advocating democratic reforms.

28 Jun 2017 2:14 PM IST

Millions of people in Nepal are voting Wednesday, June 28, in the second phase of local elections to choose municipal and village councils despite threats from ethnic groups that oppose the polls. (Photo: AP)

Nepal votes in second phase of local polls

More than 6.4 million people are eligible voters in the 35 districts of Provinces 1, 5 and 7 that have gone to polls in...

28 Jun 2017 1:54 PM IST

The vessel is the first of Chinas new generation of destroyers. (FIle Photo)

In race for global naval power, China commissions new generation...

The Navy's new destroyer, a domestically designed and produced vessel, was launched at the Jiangnan Shipyard (Group),...

28 Jun 2017 1:25 PM IST

He also asserted that China has shut the Nathu La pass entry for Indian pilgrims travelling to Kailash Mansarovar because of the border standoff. (Photo: AP)

China builds road in Sikkim, says 'on our side of the border'

A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said the Sikkim segment of the Indo-China border was recognised by both nations.

28 Jun 2017 12:29 PM IST

Rescuers with sniffer dogs stand near earth moving equipment digging at the site of a landslide in Xinmo village in Maoxian County in southwestern Chinas Sichuan Province. Crews searching through the rubble left by a landslide that buried a mountain village under tons of soil and rocks in southwestern China found bodies, but many others remained missing. (Photo: AP)

35 among China's landslide victims found safe; 73 still missing

The 20 people have been reached and confirmed as not among those buried under mud and rock, the headquarters said.

27 Jun 2017 9:17 PM IST

Hizbul Mujahideen Chief Syed Salahuddin. (Photo: AFP)

Soibug's son, Salahuddin, named global terrorist by US

Many embittered young men started to cross into Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir and join terrorist groups operating from...

27 Jun 2017 8:52 PM IST

Pakistans Foreign Ministry spokesman Nafees Zakaria. (Photo: AP)

Pakistan says will continue to back Hizbul Mujahideen militant...

The new sanctions mean American citizens are generally barred from doing business with Salahuddin.

27 Jun 2017 7:04 PM IST

President Donald Trump thanks the audience at the end of joint statements with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (Photo: AP)

North Korea likens Trump to Hitler, compares US policies to Nazism

The latest attack came a week after Pyongyang called Trump a 'lunatic' as tensions rose following the death of US...

27 Jun 2017 5:07 PM IST