Pakistan yesterday said two of its civilians were killed and seven injured in Indian cross-border shelling in the disputed Kashmir region.

Sri Lanka yesterday appealed for volunteers to help with a massive clean-up after landslides and floods left at least 193 dead and tens of

Nepal yesterday postponed local elections for a second time after failing to appease ethnic minority groups who threatened to boycott the polls.

The head of Palestinian Islamic courts yesteraday told judges not to grant divorces over Ramadan, fearing the month-long fast could

Thousands of Sri Lankan troops battle to get relief supplies to nearly half a million people displaced by the island's worst flooding in well over a decade, as death toll rises to 169.

Pakistan announced it was reopening its volatile southwestern border with Afghanistan at the start of the holy month of Ramadan

A top commander from the largest rebel group in Indian-administered Kashmir was killed in a gun battle with government forces

Floods and landslides in Sri Lanka kill at least 91 people while more than 100 are missing after torrential rain, officials say.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi opens the country’s longest bridge in Assam at the first of many events to celebrate the third anniversary of his government, reports NDTV.

A controversial Sri Lankan Buddhist monk linked to a wave of hate attacks targeting the country's Muslim minority has gone into hiding,

In an apparent bid to counter campaign against her for blocking the Teesta river water-sharing treaty, West Bengal Chief minister Mamata Banerjee says Dhaka has set up barrages and river-controlling structures affecting water flow of three common rivers.

Nepal's Maoist prime minister resigned yesterday as part of a planned handover to a former political foe who will be the impoverished

Rescuers found the bodies of four climbers on Mount Everest, taking the season's death toll to 10 as experts warn cut-price

Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' steps down from his post, honouring the agreement reached with the ruling partner Nepali Congress (NC) before forming the coalition government.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is accorded a warm reception as she arrived Saudi Arabia on a four-day official visit to join the Arab Islamic-American (AIA) Summit at the invitation of Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

The UN's top court yesterday ordered Pakistan to stay the execution of an Indian national convicted of spying, in a decision hailed by

Indian Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave passes away in New Delhi this morning at the age of 60.

India’s Union Cabinet approves the setting up of 10 indigenous pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWRs) for nuclear power generation. At present India generates 6,780 MW (6.78 gigawatts) from nuclear power but hopes to dramatically expand its capacity to 63 GW by 2032.

India is ranked second after China in latest "renewable energy country attractiveness" index from Ernst & Young. The US which was number two last year has slid down to number three position and Germany maintained its number four position.

A six-foot-long snake was found hiding under a water cooler in the water filtration plant of Taj Mahal in the Indian city of Agra.