Indonesia executes foreign convicts despite protests; Indian national spared
Indonesia on Thursday executed four drug convicts, three of them foreigners, by firing squad, an official said, pushing on with a campaign of capital punishment that has sparked a storm of global anger.
Jul 29, 2016, 04:53 AM IST
Indonesia rejects international pleas to halt executions
Indonesia Thursday rejected appeals from the UN and EU to halt the execution of 14 drug convicts including foreigners, as speculation mounted they could face the firing squad in a matter of hours.
Jul 28, 2016, 15:33 PM IST
Suicide attack on Indonesian police station, officer injured
A suicide bomber riding a motorbike blew himself up in an attack on an Indonesian police station on Tuesday, leaving one officer injured, an official said.
Jul 05, 2016, 10:32 AM IST
Indonesian President Joko Widodo visits South China Sea islands on warship
Widodo led a high-level delegation including the foreign minister and armed forces chief to the Natuna Islands in the South China Sea.
Jun 23, 2016, 16:30 PM IST
Indonesia introduces death, chemical castration for paedophiles
Indonesia's president today approved tough new punishments for child sex offenders, including a maximum penalty of death and chemical castration, after the brutal gang-rape and murder of a schoolgirl.
May 25, 2016, 23:37 PM IST
Indonesia sinks 27 foreign boats to stop illegal fishing
Indonesia sank 27 impounded foreign boats on Monday, a minister said, as the world`s largest archipelago nation stepped up a campaign against illegal fishing in its waters.
Feb 22, 2016, 15:15 PM IST
See pic - When Indonesian President Widodo played zero-gravity VR ping pong with Mark Zuckerberg!
Zuckerberg took to social network site to express his happiness over his meeting with the President.
Feb 18, 2016, 13:57 PM IST
Indonesian President calls Jakarta blasts `acts of terror`
Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Thursday said multiple blasts that hit Jakarta, killing at least four people, were "acts of terror".
Jan 14, 2016, 11:37 AM IST
Indonesia's first nationwide regional polls today
Direct elections for local leaders were introduced a decade ago, when power was heavily decentralised.
Dec 09, 2015, 10:35 AM IST
Indonesians vote in nationwide regional polls
Tens of millions of Indonesians were voting Wednesday in the country`s first nationwide regional elections, the latest step in years-long efforts to strengthen democracy following the end of authoritarian rule.
Dec 09, 2015, 08:01 AM IST
Indonesia's President cuts short US trip due to haze crisis
Indonesia's president Joko Widodo will return early from an official trip to the United States due to a haze crisis caused by raging peat fires in the Southeast Asian country, the government said.
Oct 27, 2015, 15:25 PM IST
Indonesia to introduce chemical castration for paedophiles
Indonesia will begin chemically castrating convicted paedophiles in an effort to combat child sex abuse, an official said, after a string of high-profile attacks.
Oct 21, 2015, 16:27 PM IST
Indonesia orders action against land burning as haze chokes SE Asia
Indonesian President Joko Widodo called late on Monday for strong action against anyone caught lighting fires to clear forested land, as a worsening haze blanketed the north of the country and neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia.
Sep 15, 2015, 10:06 AM IST
Indonesia's 2014 GDP slowest in 5 years, but govt spending may fuel pick up
Indonesia`s economic growth slipped to its weakest in five years in 2014 as weak exports and investments dragged, underlining the challenges facing the country`s new President Joko Widodo.
Feb 05, 2015, 12:06 PM IST
Indonesia `optimistic` on 7% growth by 2017
Indonesia`s finance minister said Thursday he was "optimistic" the country could achieve 7.0 percent growth by 2017 but warned that incoming president Joko Widodo faces a major challenge in pushing much-needed infrastructure development.
Sep 18, 2014, 11:26 AM IST
