At least 18 workers have been killed after the truck they were traveling in overturned in India's southern state of Andhra Pradesh

Indian police yesterday said they were hunting for the owner of illegally stored explosives which accidentally detonated in the centre of a crowded town, killing at least 88 people.

Two Britons were killed and seven other passengers injured yesterday when a train carrying tourists to the hill town of Shimla in northern India derailed, police

Five demonstrators and a police officer died in clashes in southern Nepal as protests intensified against a proposed new constitution, police said yesterday.

At least 104 people have died when a cooking gas cylinder exploded in a packed restaurant in India's central Madhya Pradesh state, police said, with the blast shattering nearby buildings.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has apologised to residents of the northern city of Chandigarh for inconvenience caused to them by his visit.

A court in India's western Mumbai city yesterday found 12 men guilty for their roles in the 2006 bombings of commuter trains.

Files pertaining to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in India state government's custody, will be put in the public domain, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata

Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney yesterday warned she will press for sanctions against the Maldives unless it frees former president Mohamed Nasheed, who has been controversially jailed for 13 years.

India and Pakistan yesterday decided to devise new strategies along the International Border (IB) in Jammu & Kashmir to put an end to incidents of ceasefire violations as they began their three-day DG-level border dialogue here.

India's government urged Saudi Arabia yesterday to cooperate in a police investigation into allegations one of its diplomats held two

A temporary ban on the sale of meat in India's financial capital Mumbai has outraged people.

Two Nepalese maids have accused a Saudi diplomat of rape and torture while they were working in his home outside the Indian capital.

Football legend Pele is scheduled to visit Kolkata as a special ambassador for an international football tournament next month.

Pakistan is ready for a short or long conflict and will inflict heavy losses on India in case “war hysteria” overcomes Indian leadership, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said.

A Tamil lawmaker became leader of the opposition in Sri Lanka's parliament for the first time in 32 years yesterday, in the latest sign of progress towards ethnic reconciliation on the once bitterly divided island.

The CBI yesterday charged former telecom minister A Raja with misleading then Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh on the issue of allocation of 2G spectrum licences and having a "habit" of making false statements.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday called for a focus on "climate justice" rather than climate change, saying the poor suffered most from global warming.

The United Nations called yesterday for dialogue and an end to violence in Nepal following clashes between security forces and protesters opposed to a

Four suspected rebels and a soldier were killed early yesterday in Indian Kashmir in a gun battle near the de facto border with Pakistan, the second incident in