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Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (Photo: AP)

Imran Khan: Ready to talk to Modi, can't live in past

Khan said that people in Pakistan want peace with India and he will be happy to meet Modi and talk to him on any issue.

30 Nov 2018 12:36 AM IST

Sikh pilgrims at Kartarpur Sahib. (Photo: AFP)

Will Imran's Kartarpur move help improve India-Pak ties?

There was no hint that 16 years later, he will take oath as the Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2018.

30 Nov 2018 12:35 AM IST

Punjab Cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu addresses a crowd during a ceremony in Kartarpur, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)

Navjot Singh Sidhu calls for restoring peace between India, Pak

Sidhu expressed good wishes for Prime Minister Imran Khan and thanked his efforts for opening the highly religious place...

29 Nov 2018 6:18 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan addresses the groundbreaking ceremony for the Kartarpur Corridor in Kartarpur. (Photo: AFP)

Can't move forward by blaming each other, scoring points, says Imran...

The corridor will be completed by November next year, marking the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev.

29 Nov 2018 1:19 AM IST

Navy divers inspect what is believed to be engine of the crashed Lion Air jet after it was retrieved from the sea floor, at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia.(Photo: AP)

Lion Air jet should have been grounded before fatal flight: report

The Boeing 737 MAX vanished from radar about 13 minutes after taking off from Jakarta on Oct 29, slamming into Java Sea.

28 Nov 2018 12:43 PM IST

Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

Yameen had tried to play India against China as 'puppet master':...

Maldives knows importance of India as it was an 'important' partner, said Shahid who was on his first visit to India as...

27 Nov 2018 1:49 PM IST

NSA Advisor Ajit Doval, attends the seventh meeting of BRICS senior representatives on security issues held at the Diaoyutai state guesthouse near front back to camera in Beijing. (Photo: AP)

India and China to intensify efforts to fix border issue

The India-China border dispute covers 3,488-km-long Line of Actual Control (LAC). China claims Arunachal Pradesh as part...

25 Nov 2018 6:18 AM IST

Pakistani investigators look at the belongings of attackers, including grenades, outside the Chinese consulate after an attack in Karachi on Friday. (Photo: AFP)

Consulate attack brains in Delhi, say Pakistani officers

The law-enforcement agencies prepared the initial report and presented it to Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah.

25 Nov 2018 1:54 AM IST

Pakistani investigators look at the belongings of attackers, including grenades, outside the Chinese consulate after an attack in Karachi on Friday. (Photo: AFP)

Attack on China consulate in Karachi foiled; 7 killed

The three suspected suicide bombers were killed by security forces before they could enter the consulate, located in the...

24 Nov 2018 1:05 AM IST

The compound of the Chinese Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan on Friday. (Photo: AP)

3 terrorists who attacked Chinese consulate in Karachi killed: report

Two Pakistani policemen were also killed and a security guard wounded during the attack, a doctor told Reuters.

23 Nov 2018 11:02 AM IST

A handout photo taken by US-based animal rights group the Humane Society shows the Taepyeong-dong dog slaughterhouse complex in Seongnam city, south of Seoul. (Photo: AFP)

South Korea closes biggest dog slaughterhouse complex after criticism

There are currently no laws on how to treat or slaughter canines for meat in South Korea.

23 Nov 2018 12:40 AM IST

Eight women laid criminal complaints, and the court found Lee raped and molested them tens of times over a long period. (Photo: AFP)

South Korean cult leader gets 15 year jail for raping followers

Lee stood with his eyes closed as the judgement was read, showing no emotion.

22 Nov 2018 2:17 PM IST