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More than 1,00,000 Chinese have poured at least $24 billion in the last decade into â€œgolden visaâ€programmes across the world that offer residence in exchange for investment.

Chinese lured by golden visas'

Nowhere is Chinese demand greater than in the US.

13 May 2017 2:24 AM IST

Supporters of Nepali Congress party march during an election campaign event in Bhaktapur, Nepal. (Photo: AP)

For first time in 20 years, Nepal will vote in local elections

The government hopes the elections, staggered over two phases, will lead to a general election later in the year.

12 May 2017 7:29 PM IST

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, left, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, center, and Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe hold hands and wave to Sri Lankan tea plantation workers of Indian origin during a rally in Norwood, about 140 kilometers (87.5 miles) east of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, May 12, 2017. (Photo: AP)

Modi's balancing act in Sri Lanka left China sulking

India's total development portfolio to Sri Lanka now exceeds $2.6 billion, of which the grant component is more than USD...

12 May 2017 6:44 PM IST

The court sentenced the man, a Delhi resident, to month-long rigorous imprisonment, but did not order any compensation after the 25-year-old victim chose to forgive him.

Pak: Indian woman asks Islamabad High Court for security on way home

In her recorded statement, Uzma has said that she came to Pakistan to see her relatives and not to marry Ali.

12 May 2017 5:20 PM IST

Islamabad High Court. (Photo: AP)

Pak: Indian diplomat caught taking photos inside court, apologises

Piyush Singh was caught taking pictures inside the court, including a picture of Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani.

12 May 2017 4:27 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Colombo on Thursday primarily to attend the International Vesak Day celebrations (Photo: Twitter)

Modi hails MGR, Muralitharan during his two day visit in Sri Lanka

Tamil community -"gifted-" the world legendary cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan and M G Ramachandran, popularly known as...

12 May 2017 3:53 PM IST

Suicide bomb blast in Baluchistan. (Photo: AP)

Pak: 25 killed, 35 including deputy chairman Senate injured in blast

ISIS group said on its Aamaq news agency that it carried out the attack.

12 May 2017 3:43 PM IST

India-Sri Lanka ties etched in time by Great Master: Modi

India-Sri Lanka ties etched in time by Great Master': Modi

India's rival China also has been courting Sri Lanka with trade deals.

12 May 2017 3:31 PM IST

Diversity calls for celebration and not confrontation: Modi

Sri Lanka is still recovering from the wounds of a nearly 3-decade long civil war between the govt and the LTTE.

12 May 2017 2:47 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: AP)

India will be a friend and partner: Modi assures Lanka amid Chinese...

India and Sri Lanka are in talks to jointly operate oil tanks at the strategic Trincomalee port.

12 May 2017 2:25 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Colombo on Thursday primarily to attend the International Vesak Day celebrations (Photo: Twitter)

Growing arc of violence' biggest challenge to world peace: Modi in Sri...

Modi said the ideologies of hate and their proponents in the region are closed to notion of dialogue.

12 May 2017 1:20 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Colombo on Thursday primarily to attend the International Vesak Day celebrations (Photo: Twitter)

For my Tamil siblings: PM announces new direct Colombo-Varanasi AI...

Modi, who is on his visit to Sri Lanka , made the announcement during his address at inauguration of Vesak Day.

12 May 2017 12:21 PM IST