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Nepal earthquake kills six, rattles New Delhi
Nov 09, 2022 08:59An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 in Nepal early on Wednesday killed four children and two adults, seriously injured five others as several houses collapsed in the western district of Doti, and shook New Delhi in neighbouring India.
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Kashmiris mark 1947 murder of 200,000 Muslims by Hindu extremists
Nov 06, 2022 13:25Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control (LOC) are marking the 75th anniversary of the day when hundreds of thousands of Muslims were killed in the Jammu region.
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India's Delhi wrestles with 'hazardous' air pollution, primary schools shut
Nov 05, 2022 17:48Authorities in New Delhi ordered primary schools to shut from Saturday, and told schools to stop outdoor activities for older children as air in the world's most polluted capital had become a severe risk to health.
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Nine arrested after India bridge collapse kills more than 130
Nov 01, 2022 09:31Nine people were arrested Monday in connection with the collapse of a pedestrian bridge in western India that killed at least 137 people, police said.
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Dozens killed after suspension bridge collapses in India’s Gujarat
Oct 30, 2022 16:32At least 40 people have been killed after a pedestrian bridge in the western Indian state of Gujarat collapsed, plunging hundreds of people into a river, a state minister said.
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Rohingya refugees in India allege spate of attacks by miscreants
Oct 29, 2022 17:50Terrified by the expulsion drive in India, Rohingya refugees now allege intimidation and physical abuse by villains. A number of children and women were beaten up in one of the refugee camps on the outskirts of New Delhi as fear mounted within the destitute community.
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Raeisi: Effective cooperation with regional organizations Iran's foreign policy priority
Oct 24, 2022 15:20Iran’s President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi says effective cooperation with regional organizations is a priority for the country's foreign policy.
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Modi intensifying efforts to relegate English as India sheds colonial past
Oct 23, 2022 09:26Narendra Modi’s government is stepping up efforts to relegate English to the margins of Indian life by offering medical and engineering degrees in Hindi along with shifting course language to Hindi for the first time.
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India bars Kashmiri journalist from leaving for US to receive Pulitzer Prize
Oct 20, 2022 12:10Indian authorities have barred Kashmiri journalist Sanna Irshad Mattoo from flying to the United States to receive the Pulitzer Prize.
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Jailed Kashmiri pro-independence leader dies in Indian custody after late cancer diagnosis
Oct 11, 2022 14:39A Kashmiri pro-freedom leader, Altaf Ahmad Shah, who was imprisoned at India’s Tihar Jail for the past five years, died on Monday night, days after being diagnosed with late-stage renal cancer.