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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Sri Lanka's failure to address its wartime past nearly a decade after its bloody conflict jeopardises any hope of a lasting peace in the

India's exports revival continued for the eighth successive month, recording 19.77 percent growth during April 2017, official data shows.

Pakistan yesterday wrote to the UN again, this time claiming that India is attempting to "change Kashmir's demographic", Pakistani media reported.

Nepal held local level polls yesterday, the first since 1997 and a key step in the country's rocky transition to democracy over a decade since the end of the civil war.