West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee says her government would urge the federal Indian administration to give citizenship to all Bangladeshis living in the state for five years or more.

With her kohl-rimmed eyes cast down, Nadia lilts through a folk couplet before a secret assembly of women poets on a forbidden subject that often gets people killed in Afghanistan -- love.

China's foreign ministry urges the United States and North Korea to sit down with each other face-to-face and resolve their problems, as tension continues to climb on the Korean peninsula after North Korea's latest rocket test.

A fierce gun battle killed two soldiers and five suspected militants yesterday in Indian-administered Kashmir near the de facto border with Pakistan, army

In a rare interview India's former prime minister Manmohan Singh criticised his successor Narendra Modi's government for failing to take advantage of lower commodity prices to propel economic growth and an inconsistent policy towards neighbour Pakistan.

A district in north-western Pakistan has banned Valentine's Day celebrations.

The Delhi government plans another round of tough measures to restrict the use of private cars and clean up toxic air in the Indian metropolis, the world's most polluted city.

More than 100 schools have been closed in Bangalore after reports that another leopard was sighted on the outskirts of the Indian city.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's wife Jashodaben files an RTI application with regional passport office seeking details about marriage-related documents Modi had submitted to get his passport when he was chief minister of Gujarat.

North Korea executes its army chief of staff Ri Yong-gil, according to unconfirmed South Korean media reports.

Police in India's northern Haryana state will soon begin using slingshots to control violent protesters.

Myanmar will not discover who its new president will be until at least mid-March, an official said yesterday, as speculation swirls over who will serve as proxy for democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

The UN rights chief has said Tamil rebels still detained years after the end of Sri Lanka's bloody civil war should not be granted universal amnesty, a top regional official said Sunday.

The UN Security Council is to hold an emergency meeting later following North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket.

The United Nations' human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein yesterday began his first visit to Sri Lanka to gauge the island's progress

After a quiet period following Suu Kyi's massive election win in November, negotiations have entered a critical stage since a meeting

The tiny Himalayan nation of Bhutan has a new crown prince. The Royal Media Office in capital Thimphu says that the baby boy was born on Friday to King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck and his wife, Queen Jetsun Pema.

As Aung San Suu Kyi's lawmakers smiles for the cameras at the first sessions of Myanmar's parliament, a summit of generals convened at a base just minutes from the chamber. On every mind is the same question: who will be the country's next president?

Bollywood singing superstar Sonu Nigam, who has been caught in a needless controversy over singing on a Jet Airways flight using the airplane's public announcement system, resulting in the aviation regulator and the airline suspending five cabin crew members, has reacted angrily to the action, reports The Times Of India.

A social organisation led by a minister yesterday revealed a list of 200 former officers of Pakistan's armed forces and