Category: Asia

Fri 14 June 2019: KOLKATA/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Thousands of doctors across India went on strike on Friday to demand better security at hospitals days after junior doctors in the city of Kolkata were attacked, leaving services in many government-run health facilities paralyzed. The state of West Bengal, of which Kolkata is capital, has been […]

Fri 14 June 2019: SHAH ALAM: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Wednesday (Jun 12) described the spreading of sex videos allegedly linked to a minister as politically motivated. He said that the authenticity of the clips are questionable, as many are good in editing and producing similar pictures and videos. “I don’t think (the videos and […]

Thu 13 June 2019: JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A suicide bomber on foot targeted a police vehicle in Afghanistan’s eastern city of Jalalabad on Thursday, killing at least nine people, including civilians, local officials said. Atahullah Khogyani, spokesman for Nangarhar province’s governor, said the attacker set off his explosives as a police vehicle was passing […]

Wed 12 June 2019: Some $46.6 billion budget announced for 2019-2020 fiscal year, targeting economic stabilization Pakistan’s government Tuesday unveiled its first fiscal budget for the 2019-2020 period, with a focus on tax revenue for economic stabilization. State Minister for Revenue Hammaz Azhar announced the budget of Rs 7,022 billion (some $46.64 billion) in the […]

Tue 11 June 2019: India’s top court on Monday ordered the release of a journalist arrested for a social media post about a Hindu nationalist state chief minister, in a case that highlighted growing concerns over free speech and media freedom. Prashant Kanojia, 26, was detained by plainclothes police last week after a tweet about […]

Mon 10 June 2019: Former Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari was arrested on corruption charges on Monday, a Pakistani official said, in a blow to the opposition Pakistan People’s Party. National Accountability Bureau (NAB) spokesman Nawazish Ali confirmed to Reuters that Zardari has been arrested, but did not provide details. Local media channels said NAB […]

Mon 10 June 2019 The three cases of crime reported in Uttar Pradesh against minor, a 12-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped by six men in Kushinagar district of the state, a 15-year-old was allegedly raped by a teacher inside a seminary in Kanpur and body of a 7-year-old girl was found in the bushes […]

Sun 09 June 2019: Three supporters of India’s ruling right-wing party and another from a rival regional party have been killed in a gun battle in West Bengal state, police and a local politician said Sunday. At least 18 others were injured in the clashes that broke out Saturday in the eastern state that has […]

Fri 07 June 2019: A firebrand Hindu nationalist nun accused of participating in the deadly bombing of a mosque appeared in court Friday, two weeks after she won a parliamentary seat in India’s election. Sadhvi Pragya Thakur is being tried on terrorism and criminal conspiracy charges over the 2008 attack in western India that killed […]

Fri 07 June 2019: The noxious air hanging over India’s towns and cities kills more than 100,000 children under five every year, a damning study published Wednesday for World Environment Day found. India has repeatedly failed to address environmental concerns. Last year a UN report found 14 of the world’s 15 most polluted cities were […]