*New Delhi:* Two civilians were killed in a grenade attack at Tingrai market in Tinsukia district of Assam on Friday (May 14). At least two others were injured in the incident and were taken to the hospital. According to the police, two motorcycle-borne persons threw the grenade in front of a ...

ISLAMABAD-In India, three Bangladeshi nationals and a Nepali man have been tortured in Assam state and Varanasi. According to a report of an Indian daily, The Hindu, three Bangladeshi nationals were lynched and tortured for alleged cattle smuggling. Similarly, the Nepali man was tortured in Prime ...

ISLAMABAD-In India, fifty people have been killed and more than two million affected by heavy monsoon flooding in north-eastern Assam state. According to officials heavy rain has submerged thousands of villages.

NEW DELHI - The second day of protests on Saturday tainted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to northeast India where proposals to change a nationality law have sparked outrage. Protesters waved black flags and burned effigies of the Hindu nationalist prime minister while some students ...

NEW DELHI: Indian leader Akhil Gogoi says Assamese people may opt for independence if proper respect is not shown to them and the Citizenship Amendment Bill is passed. Addressing a protest rally against the proposed legislation in Assam, he said we want to make it clear that if the need and ...

NEW DELHI: Violent protests are continuing in India's North-Eastern States over a proposed amendment to the country's citizenship law. The protests have been particularly vocal in the state of Assam, which recently saw four million residents left off a citizens' register. The bill attempts to grant ...

NEW DELHI: In the India's state of Assam, at least 26 people were killed in floods. An official said that thousands of people in 144 villages remained affected by the ongoing floods. The flood waters have damaged roads, embankments and other infrastructure in Biswanath and Karimganj districts. ...

NEW DELHI: In India, eleven people have been killed and thousands displaced due to heavy rains and floods in northeastern states during last four days. These deaths were reported mainly from the states of Assam, Tripura and Manipur. APP/AFP

ISLAMABAD: Five newly-inducted judges of Azad Jammu and Kashmir High Court took oath of their offices in Mirpur today (Wednesday). Chief Justice of AJK High Court Justice M. Tabassam Aftab Alvi administered oath to them. The newly-inducted judges include Justice Choudhry Khalid Yousaf, Justice Raza ...

Six people have been killed in an unexplained explosion in Gaza. Hamas has announced that the dead all were members of its military wing's forces, blaming the incident on Israel, which declined comment. Six Hamas militants were killed and three injured on Saturday evening in a mysterious explosion ...