Myanmar's military declares ceasefire to ease quake relief as death toll tops 3,000Myanmar's military declares a temporary ceasefire to aid relief efforts following a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake that has killed ov...
02 Apr, 2025, 09.19 PM IST
Delimitation process driven by "narrow political interests": Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan at JAC meetKerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan critiqued the BJP-led Central government's proposed delimitation, stating it is driven by narrow political inter...
22 Mar, 2025, 01.10 PM IST
The Japan angle behind August 15 as date of India's Independence DayIndia's Independence Day: On August 15, 1947, India declared independence, a date chosen by Lord Mountbatten due to its link to his WWII tr...
13 Aug, 2024, 05.45 PM IST
Myanmar military court sentences journalists to jailAung Kyaw, 31, a reporter for the Democratic Voice of Burma, and Zaw Zaw, 38, a freelance reporter for the online news agency Mizzima, were...
03 Jun, 2021, 06.05 PM IST
Myanmar crackdown death toll passes 500The grim toll was passed as world powers ramped up their condemnation of the military's ruthless campaign against the movement demanding th...
30 Mar, 2021, 08.16 AM IST
US House backs measure condemning Myanmar coupThe resolution condemned the coup and the detention of Myanmar's civilian leaders, called for the release of all those detained and for tho...
20 Mar, 2021, 09.49 AM IST
UNSC condemns violence against peaceful protestors in Myanmar, calls for reversal of coupMyanmar's military toppled the country's government last month and seized power for one year, detaining top political figures, including de...
11 Mar, 2021, 10.45 AM IST
Situation on ground in Myanmar 'troubling': White HouseWhite House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters at her daily news conference on Thursday that the Biden administration has taken sanct...
05 Mar, 2021, 02.36 PM IST
Six dead as Myanmar security forces fire at protestersThe country has been in chaos since February 1 when the military launched a coup and detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, ending Myan...
03 Mar, 2021, 02.02 PM IST
US President Joe Biden announces sanctions against military leaders of MyanmarIn his first public address on the situation in Myanmar, which the US and several other western countries continue to call it by its previo...
11 Feb, 2021, 03.03 PM IST
Biden announces sanctions against military leaders of Myanmar"Today I'm announcing a series of actions that we're taking to begin imposing consequences on the leaders of the coup. The US government is...
11 Feb, 2021, 11.21 AM IST
Pentagon, Congressmen voice concern over status of democracy in BangladeshBangladesh is an important security partner with strong potential to enhance regional stability and advance US interests in South Asia.
13 Feb, 2019, 08.30 AM IST
Sanctions against Myanmar to be lifted soon: ObamaReferring to the transition of Burma to elections, Obama said the new government is giving voice to the hopes and dreams to new generation ...
14 Sep, 2016, 11.45 PM IST
After paralysis, UPA-II develops Twitter block; blocks handles of journalists, right-wing groupsThe government has issued a series of directions leading to levels of Internet censorship that have so far not been seen in India.
24 Aug, 2012, 11.52 AM IST
Manipur government has to wrest authority back from armed thugsThe powers and legitimacy of civil government in Manipur have been eroded systematically by many different forces.
15 Nov, 2011, 07.28 AM IST
- Text of President Barack Obama's address to Parliament
Text of President Barack Obama's address to the joint session of Parliament made at its Central Hall on Monday:
08 Nov, 2010, 06.35 PM IST
- Mizoram shows how to hold election
No fanfare associated with elections to be seen or heard here.
26 Nov, 2008, 05.17 AM IST