BEIJING (TIP): A Chinese court has jailed 24 swindlers involved in the country’s biggest financial scandal worth $1.5 billion. It awarded life sentence to the ringleader, Jiang Hongwei, 32, who owned the finance company that […]
BEIJING: In its latest effort to combat corruption, China has issued new guidelines to rectify and punish violations of funeral regulations for ruling Communist Party members, such as unapproved types of burial and the purchase […]
BEIJING (TIP): Chinese guide dog stolen from a blind masseur has been returned by the dognappers with a note of apology that said: “Please forgive us.” Qiaoqiao, an seven-year-old black labrador, was taken by a […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): China has sent fighter jets to a disputed island in the South China Sea, where it deployed surface-to-air missiles earlier this month, US government sources said on Tuesday. One US official, however, said […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP):: A pretty 15-year-old girl strikes a pose and pouts at the camera on her phone, so far so Generation Z, but unlike her teenage counterparts in the West, she stops short of posting […]
LONDON (TIP): Britain’s Prince Harry will travel to Kathmandu next month on a maiden visit to Nepal and meet people affected by last year’s devastating earthquakes. The prince will visit Nepal between March 20 and […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Emergency workers have found the bodies of 19 people killed when their plane crashed into a mountainside in western Nepal with the loss of all 23 passengers and crew, police said on Feb […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Lawmakers in Pakistan’s largest province on Wednesday gave unprecedented protection to female victims of violence, in a bid to stem a rising tide of gender-related abuse in a country ranked as the world’s […]
Soon after the 2008 Mumbai terror attack the then chief of Pakistan’s ISI conceded that some of the powerful spy agency’s retired members were engaged in training those involved in the heinous crime but refused […]
A top Hindu priest was decapitated by attackers in northern Bangladesh Sunday, 21st Feb 2016, and two worshippers wounded, police said, in the latest assault targeting minorities in the Muslim-majority nation. Two assailants armed with pistols […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): North Korea’s recently launched satellite is once again tumbling in orbit, after stabilizing briefly, according to a US official and other sources. The satellite update came as a key congressional watchdog agency said […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan hanged 324 people last year to rank third worldwide in terms of executions, but the vast majority of those put to death had no links to militant groups or attacks, rights groups said […]
MALE:A Maldives court has sentenced an Islamist opposition leader to 12 years in jail, convicting him on terrorism charges related to a speech that protested the imprisonment of the islands’ first democratically elected president, Mohamed […]
COLOMBO (TIP): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil S Wickremesinghe on Feb 19 made it clear that his government was not averse to international participation in investigating the alleged war crimes in his country, but said […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Promising to end Nepal’s internal problems soon, Prime Minister KP Oli on Tuesday said the proposed political committee to address the demands of the Madhesis will be formed before his fence-mending India visit […]
PESHAWAR (TIP): At least nine tribal police personnel and seven terrorists were killed in three separate incidents at a tribal agency in Pakistan’s restive northwestern region bordering Afghanistan. The first incident occurred at Karpa Latri […]
Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on Thursday said ISI trains LeT and Jaish militants and terror attacks in India will not stop until New Delhi addresses the “core” issue of Kashmir. “Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Obama administration says a North Korea sanctions bill that won Senate approval is consistent with US efforts to increase pressure on North Korea over its development of nuclear weapons. Deputy national security […]
NAYPYITAW: The names of Myanmar’s next president and two vice presidents will be revealed on March 17, an official said on February 9, setting a clear timeline for the transition of power from a military-controlled […]
GUWAHATI (TIP): The tiny Himalayan nation of Bhutan has a new crown prince. The Royal Media Office in capital Thimphu said that the baby boy was born on February 12 to king Jigme Khesar Namgyal […]
LAHORE (TIP): The Punjab government in Pakistan demolished a centuries-old Jain temple in Lahore on February 10, triggering an uproar with leader of the opposition in Punjab assembly Mian Mehmood-ur-Rashid demanding an inquiry into the […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Former Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf, confirmed to an Indian TV channel something Indian security establishment always knew, that “Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) trains Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists.” While describing Masood Azhar of […]
KATHMANDU: India’s external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj will travel to Kathmandu later on Tuesday to offer condolences on the passing of former Prime Minister Sushil Koriala, deputy prime minister and minister for foreign affairs Kamal […]
KATHMANDU (TIP) : Former Prime Minister of Nepal and Nepali Congress president Sushil Koirala passed away due to Pneumonia at his residence early on February 12. He was 79. Koirala, who was elected Prime Minister […]
MELBOURNE: Australia today announced the appointment of Indian-origin Harinder Sidhu as the country’s next High Commissioner to India. Mr Sidhu who has an Indian background had migrated to Australia as a child with her family from […]
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