Indian President Pranab Mukherjee launches the Akashvani Maitree, a Bangla radio service, in Kolkata, saying that it would be an important "channel of communication" between India and Bangladesh.

India has decided to increase the duration of tourist visa from one year to five years having multiple entry facility for Bangladeshis only aged above 65 years.

A Chinese lawmaker was sentenced to five years in jail yesterday for trying to dig a basement under his Beijing home

A string of celebrities including Amitabh Bachchan, Karan Johar, Ajay Devgn and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra praise wrestler Sakshi Malik, who has ended India's long wait for a medal at the ongoing Rio Olympics.

Prachanda is likely to visit India on his first official foreign trip as Nepal's prime minister, in a departure from his earlier

Soldiers raided a village in restive Indian-administered Kashmir overnight in an attempt to quash ongoing protests, leaving

Pakistan yesterday said Narendra Modi crossed the “red line” by talking about Balochistan and asserted that it will “forcefully”

India's most famous tiger, photographed by thousands of tourists over the years at a popular northern wildlife park, died

Pakistan's military said yesterday it had killed at least 11 militants in air strikes in a restive tribal region near the Afghan border

South Korea yesterday said that North Korea's deputy ambassador to Britain had defected to Seoul, in a rare and major

Legal action will be taken against the recruiting agencies which took money from people in the name of giving jobs in Malaysia as the country is yet to open its doors for foreign workers, the expatriates' welfare and overseas employment minister says.

An overcrowded bus veered off a mountain highway in Nepal yesterday, killing at least 33 people and injuring 28 others in one of the

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took aim at supporters of "terrorism" in his Independence Day speech on Monday, ratcheting up criticism of Pakistan while avoiding direct mention of month-long protests in Indian-ruled Kashmir.

Pakistan has adopted a much-criticised cyber security law that grants sweeping powers to regulators to block private information they deem illegal. The National Assembly approves the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015 after the Senate had unanimously adopted it last month.

Pakistan's top counter-terrorism agency has issued two alerts, warning about possible terror attacks by two Taliban suicide bombers at

India has summoned Pakistan envoy and issued a strong demarche over Pakistan's continued support to cross-border terrorism in Kashmir, which has fuelled unrest in the Kashmir Valley.

Indian home ministry issues an inspection notice to Islamic preacher Zakir Naik’s Islamic Research Foundation for alleged Foreign Contribution Regulation Act violations.

Pakistan has directed a top official to follow up with India the matter of sending 24 witnesses of the Mumbai attack case to Pakistan to

A helicopter crashed into a hillside in Nepal yesterday, killing all seven people on board including a baby, officials said. The Kathmandu-

Two border guards and a suspected rebel were killed yesterday in a gunbattle in Indian-administered Kashmir, the Indian army said. The