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Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, offers blessings to his followers at his Himalayan residence in the northern hill town of Dharamshala, India, December 20, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Priyanshu Singh/File Photo

South Asia

Dalai Lama says his Trust will lead search for his successor

The remarks by the leader, who turns 90 on Sunday, came during a week of celebrations to mark his birthday. There was no immediate comment from China

An Air India passenger plane flies near houses as it makes its landing approach to Heathrow Airport in west London, Britain, January 28, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

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Indian lawmakers to review aviation safety weeks after Air India crash

Rescue workers look for survivors after an explosion and fire at a chemical factory, in Sangareddy, in the southern state of Telangana, India, June 30, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer

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India's Sigachi factory fire death toll rises to 39; cause still unknown

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi. Credit: PTI Photo

South Asia

BJP silent on growing proximity between Bangladesh and Pakistan: Hyderabad MP

Pakistan, China eye new bloc replacing SAARC

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Pakistan, China eye new bloc replacing SAARC

Indian customs officers in Mumbai said they have stopped a plane passenger arriving from Thailand with a wriggling cargo of live snakes, the third such seizure this month Photo: INDRANIL MUKHERJEE

South Asia

Snakes on a plane bound for India, again

A resident checks a damaged wall of his house following an earthquake in the remote mountainous district of Harnai on October 7, 2021. Photo: AFP/File via BSS

South Asia

5.3-magnitude quake hits central Pakistan

Energy

Bangladesh slashes Adani Power dues with $384 million payment, $500 million still outstanding

India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh attends the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers' Meeting in Qingdao, Shandong province, China June 26, 2025. REUTERS/Florence Lo

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India seeks permanent solution to border dispute with China

Local residents look to the Swat River, which is overflowing due to pre-monsoon heavy rains in the area, on the outskirts of Mingora, the main town of Pakistan’s Swat Valley, Friday, June 27, 2025. Photo: Sherin Zada/AP via UNB

South Asia

Flash floods sweep tourists in Pakistan, 18 dead

Representational image. Photo: UNB

World+Biz

India investigates 'unnatural' death of five tigers

The encounter operation has been codenamed Operation Bihali. Photo: X/White Knight Corps

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Encounter erupts between terrorists and security forces in Jammu & Kashmir ahead of Amarnath yatra

The Bangladesh-India border. Photo: Collected

South Asia

'Foreigners for both nations': India pushing Muslims 'back' to Bangladesh