President Ram Nath Kovind has cautioned against a possible mental health epidemic afflicting India and stressed the need for increasing diagnostic and treatment facilities. He made the remarks while ...

Asian Development Bank has sanctioned 1,925 crore rupees project for up-gradation of power generation and distribution in Tripura. Deputy Chief Minister and Power Minister Jishnu Dev Varma told ...

In Sri Lanka, catholic churches held their Sunday prayers for the first time since Easter Sunday attacks which killed over 250 people including 45 foreigners. The prayers were held amidst tight ...

Landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 42 people in Bangladesh, authorities said today. A depression in the Bay of Bengal influenced the weather all over the country on Monday, ...

In Nepal, the Sanghiya Samajwadi Forum Nepal (SSFN), one of the main Madhesi Party has joined K. P. Sharma Oli government. President Bidya Devi Bhandari administered the oath of office and secrecy to ...

A prominent organisation for the protection of religious and ethnic minority rights in Bangladesh ‘Hindu-Christian Buddhist Jatiya Oikya Parishad’ has urged the government to take immediate steps to ...

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot while giving a campaign speech in western Japan on Friday. The former Prime Minister was shot in the back and bleeding on-site when he was shifted to ...

Fifth and Last phase of Jharkhand Assembly polls begins; Voting to take place in 16 Assembly seats in 6 districts. In Jharkhand, voting has begun for the fifth and final phase of Assembly elections; ...

The Union Cabinet has approved an ordinance to allow courts to award death penalty to those convicted of raping children up to 12 years of age. Official sources said in New Delhi, that the criminal ...

At least two deaths reported due to floods in many parts of Kerala. Heavy rains have been lashing the state for the past few days with the Met department issuing Red and Orange alert, for coming days.

Sri Lanka’s Minister for Power and Energy, Kanchana Wijesekera, has said that the weekly fuel quota provided under the National Fuel Pass QR system would be increased in the upcoming fuel price ...

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck India's northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh early Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said. The epicenter of the shallow quake was about 40 kilometres (25 miles) ...