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US said it has noticed an increase in capability and force posture by the Chinese military in areas close to the border with India. (Photo: AFP)

China to reduce army reserves amid plans to cut 3 lakh troops

Sheng's comments on the sidelines of the National People's Congress, China's Parliament, did not refer to number of...

10 March 2017 2:08 PM IST

Govinda Gautam, Nepalese national, died of injuries due to open firing from Indian side at Nepal-India border

India urged to probe into killing of Nepalese national allegedly shot...

Indian Embassy in Kathmandu, on the other hand has denied reports of firing by Indian security forces at border are of...

10 March 2017 1:56 PM IST

Ahmad Waqass Goraya was among five activists who vanished in Pakistan in early January. (Photo: Screengrab)

Was tortured in captivity; ear nerve, muscles damaged: Pak blogger

Goraya, who lives in the Netherlands for over a decade, said police in Pakistan has filed a case of blasphemy against...

10 March 2017 1:24 PM IST

Pakistani army. (Photo: File)

Pakistan assembly to legalise trials before military courts

The amendment authorises the army to try any suspect on terrorism-related charges.

10 March 2017 1:12 PM IST

Catholic church guard hacked and injured in Bangladesh

Catholic church guard hacked and injured in Bangladesh

Three young men in connection with the attack have been arrested from the same village as the guard.

10 March 2017 12:55 PM IST

Chinas President Xi Jinping, speaks during a Press Statement in the Hotel Bellevue Palace during his visit to Switzerland. (Photo: AP)

China stealth jet enters service, navy building 'first class' fleet

The aircraft was shown in public for the first time in November at Zhuhai airshow and was first glimpsed by Chinese...

10 March 2017 10:15 AM IST

At least 24 people were killed when an overcrowded bus skidded off the road and crashed in remote western Nepal, local officials said. (Photo: AFP)

24 killed in bus accident in Nepal

Local villagers helped police and soldiers pull the bodies and the injured from the wreckage.

10 March 2017 7:53 AM IST

Pakistans Foreign Office Spokesman, Nafees Zakaria.

Pak 'regrets' acquittal of Aseemanand in Ajmer blast case

A total of 68 people, mostly Pakistani nationals, were killed in the blasts in 2 coaches of Samjhauta Express train in...

9 March 2017 9:02 PM IST

The remarks came days after Army chief Gen Raheel Sharif claimed that Indian army suffered at least 40 causalities in the recent border clashes. (Photo: Representational Image)

Pakistan rejects Indian concerns over terrorists' movement on LoC

Pakistan military spokesman Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor confirmed the contact between the officials of the two armies on the...

9 March 2017 4:57 PM IST

The couple, whose close friends attended the wedding, said they would register their marriage in Maharashtra. (Representational image)

Pakistan's jirga community asks man to pay Rs 1.7 million fine for...

The jirga declared the man 'an adulterer' and ordered the couple to be expelled from the village for three months.

9 March 2017 4:53 PM IST

Khawaja Mohammad Asif

Pakistan ropes in Chinese firm for hydropower project on Indus

The project is being constructed on the Indus river, upstream of Dasu town in Kohistan district of the province.

9 March 2017 4:08 PM IST

Security forces inspect the site of attack on a military hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

Death toll from Kabul hospital attack rises to 49

Some uncertainty remained over the exact figure and one security official said more than 90 people had been wounded.

9 March 2017 3:08 PM IST