Category: Asia

Sun 26 May 2019: Two men were tied to a tree one by one and thrashed by a group for allegedly carrying beef in an autorickshaw at a village in Madhya Pradesh. In a video of the incident shot by an eyewitness on a mobile phone, a woman was also seen being hit repeatedly with […]

Sun 26 May 2019: Got a problem? The Taliban could solve it in a day Kidnapped at gunpoint, Shir Aga was held in a dry well with no food and little water for 13 days before he sold his truck, paid a ransom and was finally released. The 28-year-old lorry driver – jobless after selling his […]

Sat 25 May 2019 An Indian woman has come up with quite unconventional tactics to keep her car and herself cool while driving in hot weather, plastering her vehicle with cow manure – invoking a storm of online jokes. The game of car climate control was taken to a whole new level by the female […]

Sat 25 May 2019: Thousands of people have attended the funeral of Zakir Musa, described as “India’s most wanted” militant, who was killed in Indian-administered Kashmir. The army said that Musa was shot dead on Thursday after they trapped him in a house in south Kashmir’s Tral district. Musa split from the Hizbul Mujahideen, one […]

Fri 24 May 2019: GANDHINAGAR, India (Reuters) – When he was chief minister of the Indian state of Gujarat in 2011, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked off an ambitious project to develop a financial hub in the style of Singapore or Dubai. The developers were tasked with transforming an expanse larger than New York’s […]

Thu 23 May 2019: COLOMBO (Reuters) – A Sri Lankan hardline Buddhist monk who is accused of inciting violence against ethnic minority Muslims and was convicted of contempt of court walked free from jail on Thursday after a presidential pardon. Hundreds of his followers and dozens of monks waited for hours outside Welikada prison in […]

Thu 23 May 2019: Latest trends show the coalition led by the Hindu nationalist party is leading in race for over 330 of the 542 seats. Counting of votes in under way in India after its marathon seven-phase general elections concluded on May 19, with early leads indicating the return of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a second term. […]

Wed 22 May 2019: A child protection group recorded 92 murders of children in Pakistan last year The kidnap and murder of a young girl in Pakistan has caused public uproar amid allegations that police initially refused to investigate her disappearance. Hundreds of mourners, activists and relatives of 10-year-old Farishta Mohmand on Tuesday protested in […]

Mon 20 May 2019: India’s election is nearly over: voting began on 11 April, and the final ballot was cast on 19 May with results out on 23 May. Every day, the BBC will be bringing you all the latest updates on the twists and turns of the world’s largest democracy. Opposition rejects exit poll […]