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October 1, 2026 10:17 AM

Asian Games: Indian women’s squash team loses 1-2 to Hong Kong, signs off with bronze medal

Tanvi Khanna scripted a stirring fightback but Anahat Singh’s opening-match loss proved crucial as the Indian women’s squash team signed off with a bronze medal after losing to Hong Kong 1-2 in the semifinals of the Asian Games in Nagoya on Thursday. A lot rode on 18-year-old Anahat as India, already assured of a medal, hoped to better their Hangzhou 2022 show. However, the world No. 17 Indian squandered four match points to go down 2-3 (11-9 11-8 6-11 11-13 10-12) against world No. 25 Sin ...

September 25, 2026 8:22 AM

Asian Games: Manush-Diya secure medal in TT mixed doubles; Kamaljeet, Suruchi in 10m air pistol mixed team final

Indian table tennis stars Manush Shah and Diya Chitale have secured a medal in the mixed doubles event after a stunning win over world No. 4 Wong Chun-Ting and Doo Hoi Kem of Hong Kong in the quarterfinals on Friday. The Indians registered a 3-1 (11-6, 13-15, 11-9, 11-5) win to enter the semifinal and secure a medal in the Table Tennis Mixed Doubles event. Manush and Diya will take on Chinese world No. 2 Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha in the semifinals later in the day, aiming to make India’s fi...

August 15, 2026 6:35 AM

Indian community celebrates 80th Independence Day in Hong Kong

The Indian community in Hong Kong celebrated India’s 80th Independence Day with a gala evening reception organised by the Indian Association in Hong Kong. The event was attended by Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) John Lee Ka-chiu and India’s Consul General in Hong Kong Rajesh Naik, among other dignitaries. In a post on X, the Consul General of India in Hong Kong said the event brought together members of the diplomatic corps, business leaders an...

February 26, 2026 9:36 AM

Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal overturns tycoon Jimmy Lai’s fraud conviction and sentencing

Pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai's fraud conviction and prison sentence were overturned by a Hong Kong court on Thursday, in a surprise legal decision that comes soon after Lai was jailed for 20 years on a separate national security charge. Judges Jeremy Poon, Anthea Pang, and Derek Pang said in the judgement at the Court of First Instance that they allowed the appeal from Lai, and another defendant in the case, to proceed, as a lower court judge had "erred". "The Court of Appeal gave t...

February 9, 2026 9:44 AM

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years jail in national security trial

Hong Kong’s most prominent media tycoon, Jimmy Lai, was sentenced on Monday to a total of 20 years in jail on national security charges comprising two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and one count of publishing seditious materials. The sentence ends a legal saga spanning almost five years and marks Hong Kong’s most high-profile national security hearing. Lai, the founder of the now-shuttered Apple Daily newspaper, was first arrested in August 2020 and convicted last year...

January 2, 2026 3:22 PM

Hong Kong arrests 21 for corruption in building renovation crackdown

Hong Kong's anti-graft agency arrested 21 people on suspicion of corruption in relation to renovation work at two residential estates, it said on Friday. Hong Kong has stepped up a crackdown on corruption linked to building renovation following a fire in late November that ripped through seven high-rise towers and killed more than 160 people. John Lee, the city's leader, last month set up an independent committee to investigatethe fire and the construction industry, and determine whether there...

December 5, 2025 12:27 PM

Hong Kong faces low election turnout as residents mourn deadly fire

Turnout is expected to be low for Hong Kong's "patriots only" legislative election on Sunday, with subdued political campaigning as the population reels from the city's deadliest blaze in decades that has killed 159 people so far. Volunteers tentatively handed out flyers and hung banners outside subway stations and crowded intersections on Friday, but they were largely ignored by residents. Campaigning activities were suspended for a few days following last week's fire. "This accident, of cour...

November 27, 2025 1:08 PM

Hong Kong fire kills 55, hundreds missing as police blame ‘grossly negligent’ construction firm

A huge fire still burning in a Hong Kong apartment complex that has killed at least 55 people and left nearly 300 missing may have been caused by a "grossly negligent" construction firm using unsafe materials, police said on Thursday. Almost a full day after the fire began, firefighters were struggling to reach residents potentially trapped on the upper floors of the Wang Fuk Court housing complex due to intense heat and thick smoke from the blaze that erupted on Wednesday afternoon. The tight...

September 24, 2025 9:42 AM

Super Typhoon Ragasa kills 14 in eastern Taiwan, with 129 missing

Fourteen people have died in Taiwan's popular tourist hub in the eastern county of Hualien, with 129 missing after a barrier lake in the mountains overflowed to deluge a town during a typhoon, the fire department said on Wednesday. Taiwan has been lashed since Monday by the outer rim of Super Typhoon Ragasa, now hitting China's southern coast and the Asian financial hub of Hong Kong. The barrier lake, formed by landslides triggered by earlier heavy rain in the island's sparsely populated eas...

August 14, 2025 12:51 PM

Tropical storm Podul disrupts travel and schools in southern China

Tropical storm Podul on Thursday dumped torrential rain on southern China, still reeling from record downpours last week, and disrupted hospitals, schools and law courts in Hong Kong after tearing through Taiwan and leaving 143 people injured. The hearing of Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai was cancelled after authorities put in place their highest-level "black" rainstorm warning, as supporters queued under umbrellas outside the court. Out-patient clinics also shut un...