Residents in India's southern Tamil Nadu state yesterday were grappling with the aftermath of devastating floods as authorities stepped up relief work following the worst deluge in decades that killed over 250 people.

Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj will travel to Islamabad on December 8 to attend the Heart of Asia security conference being held there, top government

Assam's capital Guwahati witnessed twin bomb blasts yesterday afternoon. The blasts occurred around 3pm within three minutes of each other at the

Power has been restored in many parts of the southern Indian city of Chennai days after severe floods hit the city.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expresses her profound shock at the loss of lives and damage of property in southern India due to the terrible flood.

Floodwaters start receding from parts of the southern Indian city of Chennai (Madras), hours after it experienced a respite from rain.

Saline water is entering vast agricultural lands at Fashipara village in Kalapara upazila under the district following collapse of a sluice gate

Fresh rains in the southern Indian city of Chennai cause serious flooding, with flights and trains suspended and hundreds of people without power.

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal Friendship Motor Rally visits national memorial at Savar, on the outskirts in Dhaka.

The US Embassy says it has received "credible reports of an imminent attack" in the Afghan capital.

Coinciding with the 7th anniversary of 26/11 Mumbai attacks, the central intelligence agencies have received specific inputs that

Four schoolboys in the western Indian city of Mumbai have been arrested for allegedly gang-raping their classmate. Police said the boys,

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited his predecessor Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi to his home for

Three militants force their way into an army camp in Indian-administered Kashmir and ensued in a gun battle, the army says.

India will urge rich nations to deliver "climate justice" for developing countries at a major environmental conference in Paris later this month, the environment minister of the country says in an interview with AFP.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged protesters in Nepal to stop blocking essential supplies and called for dialogue to resolve differences.

Delhi boy Chetan Kakkar has set a new record for international placement for Delhi Technological University (DTU) by grabbing an offer of $1,90,000 (Rs 1.27 crore approx) per annum from Google, reports The Times of India.

Janata Dal-United's Nitish Kumar, whose Grand Alliance with former rival Lalu Prasad saw them storming to power in Bihar, was sworn in

Chinese police kill 28 members of a "terrorist group" in the mainly Muslim Xinjiang region, in the bloodiest such operation in months and as Beijing denounces Western "double standards" in the wake of the Paris attacks.

A tourist drowned in the Piyain River at Jaflong in Gowainghat upazila of the district on Friday. The deceased was