At least 26 Afghan soldiers have been killed in a Taliban attack on a military base in southern Kandahar province, the defence ministry

The Indian government has made it clear that there is no plan to remove Rabindranath Tagore from school text books.

Around 25,000 people have been evacuated to safety across Gujarat after several districts in the north and central parts of India were flooded following heavy rains.

China is the world's largest holder of foreign exchange reserves. It has over two and half times more foreign reserves than the second largest reserve holder, Japan. The Asian giant has US$3.483 trillion of foreign exchange reserves, despite recent fall in foreign reserves.

Pakistan's Supreme Court yesterday finished hearing arguments on a scathing corruption report into the family wealth of Prime

The children of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif could face up to seven years in jail if it was proved that they had submitted fake

Australia will join Sri Lanka in its war on dengue fever, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Wednesday, as the virus has claimed a record

Bangladesh President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina congratulate Ram Nath Kovind on being elected the new president of India and invited him to visit the country.

The government of India is considering creation of two time zones because of the difference of two hours between the east and west of the country.

Sweden, the Netherlands and Germany are among the best placed wealthy countries to cope with shocks like large-scale migration due to their strong safety nets, education programmes and economic opportunities, says a global report by KPMG.

Pakistan's Supreme Court yesterday began hearings that will decide the fate of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who is fighting for his job

At least 16 Hindu pilgrims were killed and many more injured yesterday in a bus crash in northern India, police said, just days after gunmen shot dead eight worshippers making the same holy visit.

At least 16 Hindu pilgrims are killed and 27 injured after a bus carrying them skids off a mountain road and falls into a gorge in Indian Kashmir, says a senior police official.

A Tibetan student has self-immolated in India after shouting "freedom", police said yesterday, injuring himself critically. The student set

At least five persons have died in Gujarat following heavy rain. Thousands of people were rescued and shifted to safer location in different districts of the Indian state, officials said.

On an overcast evening, on a boat criss-crossing a river on the Bangladesh-India border, Payal, 16, hides under a fishing net hoping to reach India where her agent says a dance tutor’s job awaits her.

A joint statement issued in Dhaka during the three-day state visit of HE Maithripala Sirisena, president of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the People’s Republic of Bangladesh is given here.

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena leaves Dhaka for Colombo wrapping up his three-day 'historic' state visit pledging to carry forward the longstanding bilateral relations with greater trade and investment cooperation between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Students of engineering colleges and technical institutes in India will have to take part in yoga, sports or other socially relevant activities in addition to their regular academics to be awarded a degree.

Comedy group AIB has been accused of posting offensive content on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a complaint filed by the Mumbai police.