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  • Arakan Army chief cries out in Myanmar0

    Asia Times 30 April 2019 Rebel leader tells Asia Times in an interview that his insurgency has mass support and that the international community has his fight all wrong By Christian Bouche-Villeneuve, Pangsang Myanmar’s upstart Arakan Army (AA) has intensified its insurgent operations in recent months, opening a new front of instability in the nation’s

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  • Indian elections: Gandhi has changed, but Modi is ahead0

    Modi has made mistakes on the economic front, but his key rival Rahul Gandhi has been unable to capitalize on them By Saikat Datta 20 April 2019 In one of the youngest countries in the world, jobs should be a major issue in every election. But in 2019, as incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi makes

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  • BJP perverting Hinduism for electoral victory0

    By Bhim BhurtelMarch 21, 2019 The Hindutva policy of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s right-wing Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has been debauching the Hindu religion to attract votes from the Hindu population as the world’s largest functioning democracy is set to hold a general election for the Lok Sabha (lower house of Parliament) in seven phases from April

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  • Myanmar military’s massacre denial complex0

    By Phelim KineMarch 21, 2019 “Trust us.” That’s the implicit message in the Myanmar military’s announcement this week of the creation of an “investigation court” to probe the state-backed mass violence targeted at the country’s Muslim Rohingya population in August 2017. The announcement on the website of the Office of the Commander in Chief of Defense

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  • Every street in Lhasa is watched: Chinese media0

    A CCTV camera in a street in Lhasa. Photo: Weibo 11 years after historic riots, the Tibetan capital is awash with CCTV cameras ByAsia Times staff 15 March 2019 Chinese media say virtually every street in Lhasa, capital of the southwestern Tibet Autonomous Region populated by devout worshipers of Tibetan Buddhism, is under constant CCTV surveillance.

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  • Indian government meddling with data: Experts0

    A group of 108 academicians has accused the government of trying to influence statistical data on economic growth and jobs ByAsia Times staff 15 March 2019 Recent moves by the government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to tweak the yardsticks used to arrive at statistical data related to gross domestic product and withhold unpleasant

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  • Bangladesh gets a $20 billion Saudi windfall0

    The two country’s relationship takes a new turn with major Saudi investments in various sectors By Faisal Mahmud 12 March 2019 Saudi Arabia signed a slew of agreements with Bangladesh on March 7 worth up to US$20 billion in investments. The Saudi investment will cover different development projects in Bangladesh connected with energy, industries and

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  • Huge crowds mark 60 years since Tibet uprising0

    Dalai Lama’s supporters chanted and prayed in Dharamsala, where 83-year-old established government-in-exile ByAsia Times staff 11 March 2019 Massive crowds assembled at the Dalai Lama’s temple in India Sunday to mark the 60th anniversary of the failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule that forced the spiritual leader into exile. Supporters of the Dalai Lama chanted

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  • India’s BJP fakes fight on ‘fake news’0

    India’s BJP fakes fight on ‘fake news’ By Shivam VijMarch 6, 2019 Facebook’s global vice president for public policy, Joel Kaplan, will on Wednesday appear before the Indian parliament’s committee on information technology to discuss “safeguarding citizens’ rights on social/online news media platforms”. On February 25, the same subject was under discussion when the Parliamentary

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  • Modi’s politicization of security could backfire0

    India’s PM Narendra Modi. Photo: Reuters/ Danish Ismail The BJP is trying to shift public attention from economic woes to national security for the upcoming election ByShivam Vij 5 March 2019 India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is making every effort possible to turn the forthcoming general election into a ballot on national security. The

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  • No proof India shot down Pakistan F-160

    Pakistan soldiers next to what appears to be the wreckage of an Indian fighter jet shot down in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir near the Line of Control on February 27, 2019. Photo: AFP/STR Rumors that the son of a Pakistani Air Marshal was shot down in his F-16 were untrue BySaikat Datta | Kunwar Khuldune Shahid 5

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  • Pakistan: Imran came, Imran saw, Imran begged0

    March 4, 2019 So, what is happening in Pakistan? As usual, the nation is on a begging spree. But a lot has changed since the country achieved independence. Before Imran Khan was sworn in as the prime minister of the state, it happened to be one of the responsibilities of the finance minister to represent the

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  • India’s Arunachal drops permanent resident issue0

    Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu in a meeting with top officials from the state government. Photo: Twitter/@PemaKhanduBJP Demonstrators turned violent and burnt the residence of the Deputy Chief Minister By Suraj Gogoi 28 February 2019 On February 25, Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) Teachers’ Association, RGU Employees Association and RGU Research Scholars’ Forum held a peace

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  • Indian fighter jets hit targets inside Pakistan0

    • Blog
    • February 26, 2019

    A file photo of an Indian Air Force Mirage 2000C, similar to the ones used in strikes on Tuesday morning against Pakistan. Photo: Wikimedia Commons For the first time since the 1971 war, Indian combat jets hit places in Pakistan described as ‘non-military targets’ By Saikat Datta | Kunwar Khuldune Shahid, New Delhi & Karachi

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