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India examining Bangladesh's extradition request for Hasina

India on Wednesday said it is examining a request by Bangladesh to extradite former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and that it is committed to ensure the best interests of the people of that country.......

Ex-Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death

Bangladesh's deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina was on Monday sentenced to death in absentia by a special tribunal for "crimes against humanity" over her government's brutal crackdown on......

Rigged, biased, distasteful: Hasina reacts to death penalty

Sentenced to death after a trial in absentia in Bangladesh, a defiant Sheikh Hasina on Monday charged that the judgement has been made by a "biased" and "rigged tribunal" established and presided......

Polarised: Former Indian envoys criticise Hasina's death sentence

After a special tribunal in Bangladesh sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death, several former Indian envoys on Monday criticised the verdict and said the neighbouring country is......

Zelensky behind attempt on Trump's life, Kirk's murder: Ukrainian MP

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's government was involved in the assassination attempt on United States President Donald Trump and in the killing of right-wing American activist Charlie......

India files appeal against Cairn award in The Hague

India is believed to have challenged in a court in The Hague an arbitration tribunal verdict that overturned its demand for Rs 10,247 crore in back taxes from Cairn Energy Plc -- the second time in......

Flag-VSNL row: Hague court favours Anil Ambani

The district court of The Hague, Netherlands, has upheld the decision of the arbitration panel that VSNL must allow Flag Telecom an access to Flag Europe Asia cable landing station in Mumbai. Flag......

Cairn arbitration: Govt confirms French court order against Indian assets

The government on Tuesday confirmed that a French court has ordered the freezing of certain Indian assets in Paris on a petition by Britain's Cairn Energy, which is seeking to recover $1.72 billion......

Looking at how best to sort out Cairn arbitration: Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday reiterated that an international arbitration ruling on India's sovereign right to taxation sets the wrong precedent, but said the government is......

Retro tax settlement with Cairn may hinge on Vedanta case

India lost the international arbitration with Cairn Energy at The Hague in December and the former was given an award of $1.2 billion. The Union government’s offer of settling the......

'Welcome Back To Earth, Dear Sunita Williams'

IMAGE: Sunita Williams is helped out of a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship Megan after she, NASA Astronauts Nick Hague and Butch Wilmore and Roscosmos Cosmonaut Aleksandr......

Litton named Bangladesh captain for India ODIs

IMAGE: Litton Das, who is the Test vice-captain, will lead the ODI team although Bangladesh's senior all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is also there in the squad. Photograph: Sarah Reed/Getty Images......

PICS: Dutch street goes orange for national team

The Netherlands are playing their first championship since the 2014 World Cup and the people of the Marktweg in The Hague decided to go for an "extreme" makeover to mark the national team's......

Hockey WC: Australia hot favourite to top pool A

IMAGE: Australia confident of reclaiming Hockey World Cup. Photograph: Hockey India/Twitter Three-time champions and world no.1 Australia are confident of reclaiming the FIH Men's Hockey......

Sreejesh hopeful of a podium finish for India at World Cup

'To play my first World Cup match in front of a packed home ground against Pakistan felt like a dream. I can still feel the atmosphere, how the stadium was, how people reacted and how we won that......

India's big guns face the heat in must-win 2nd ODI

IMAGE: Senior batters Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will be looking to bounce back with a big score in the must-win second ODI against Bangladesh on Wednesday. Photograph: Cameron Spencer/Getty......