カテゴリー: South and Central Asia
VG Siddhartha, founder of Cafe Coffee Day chain, had warned of financial troublesOne of India’s most prominent businessmen, credited with bringing coffee shop culture to the country, has been found dead after he had warned of financial troubles.VG Sidd…
Seventeen people have been killed after a small military plane crashed into a residential suburb of Rawalpindi in Pakistan. The crash caused a fireball that lit up the night sky and terrified residents of the garrison city that is home to the army’s he…
UN figures for first half of 2019 blame 717 deaths on pro-Kabul forces and 531 on militantsAfghan forces and their international allies killed more civilians in the first half of 2019 than the Taliban and other militant groups, UN figures show, extendi…
From heaving traffic and dense crowds to car-free and tranquil: that’s the vision for Chandni Chowk. But is it achievable?The Champs Élysées is one of the most famous streets in the world, but you could say the French were beaten to it by the Mughals. …
Plane came down in poor district creating ‘huge explosion’ and fireball in the middle of the nightSeventeen people were killed when a small military plane crashed into a residential area in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi, officials have said.The cras…
Narendra Modi claims the programme will showcase India’s ‘beautiful mountains and mighty rivers’, in the latest in a string of choreographed media appearancesIndia’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, will appear with Bear Grylls in a wilderness survival t…
Family says car crash that left two relatives dead was attempt to silence alleged victimA teenager who alleged she had been raped by a ruling party official in India is critically injured in hospital after a car crash.Two female relatives were killed i…
Prime minister describes 30% surge after conservation efforts as ‘historic achievement’India’s wild tiger population has increased by more than 30% in four years, raising hopes for the survival of the endangered species.A census found 2,967 tigers, up …
Attack occurred at office of vice presidential candidate Amrullah Saleh, who was slightly injuredAt least 20 people were killed and 50 injured in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Sunday in a suicide bombing and gun battle at vice presidential candidate A…
Mahalaxmi Express stuck for about 12 hours near Mumbai when river burst its banks after torrential rainIndian navy helicopters and emergency service boats came to the rescue of more than 800 people stranded on a train in floods near Mumbai on Saturday….
India urges Tehran to release remaining three crew of tanker seized on 13 July amid Middle East tensionsIran has freed nine of 12 Indian crew members of MT Riah, a Panama-flagged tanker it seized this month as part of a growing diplomatic crisis in the…
Mobile phone video of incident goes viral as one of nine people attacked dies of injuriesIndian police have arrested four people after a mob of villagers brutally beat to death a tigress that had attacked local people.Mobile phone footage of the incide…
Police use loudspeakers to counter online reports that children were being killed for bridge-building projectEight people have been killed in vigilante lynchings in Bangladesh, sparked by rumours on social media of children being kidnapped and sacrific…
Myanmar appears unprepared for return of refugees who might be put in campsAnalysis of satellite imagery has cast further doubt on promises that arrangements are being made by Myanmar for the safe and humane return of Rohingya Muslims, and revealed tha…
In conservative, authoritarian Almaty, a small techno event aims to create a safe space for activists and the LGBT communityIt is a rainy spring night in Almaty, and in a small back-alley club a young DJ is playing dark British techno while wearing a T…