Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party has been defeated in a stunning outcome to the electoral battle in the country's third-most populous state Bihar where a coalition of regional parties led by Nitish Kumar swept back to power.

The Indian state of Tamil Nadu is to hire the country's first transgender police officer after a court cleared hurdles that faced one applicant.

Nepal's busiest entry point for goods from India has witnessed a new wave of unrest after police failed to clear a border blockade, the

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has asserted that war with India was not an option, media reported yesterday.

SC upholds HC verdict asking Aktel, now Robi, to stop using national anthem as ringtone. In May, SC issued similar order to Banglalink and Grameenphone.

At least 18 people were killed and up to 150 trapped yesterday when a factory collapsed near the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, officials said, adding to a number of industrial disasters to hit the South Asian nation.

Controversial Bharatiya Janata Party MP Yogi Adityanath yesterday compared Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan with Pakistani terrorist Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of Mumbai carnage, over his “extreme intolerance” comment.

Terming Indian film star Shah Rukh Khan a “Pakistani agent”, controversial Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Sadhvi Prachi says he should be sent to that country, a day after the actor added his voice to the protest against “extreme intolerance”.

Police in separate drives arrested two leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami in Sadar upazila of the district yesterday. The arrestees are ASM Abdul

A Rangpur court on Monday denied the bail petition of two suspects in Japanese national Kunio Hoshi killing case.

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has condemned Saturday’s separate attacks that killed publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan and injured another publisher Ahmedur Rashid Chowdhury Tutul.

Martial arts expert Keshab Swain breaks his own Guinness world record of smashing 85 green coconuts with his elbow in one minute in Bhubaneswar, Indian state of Odisha, which he set in 2012, reports The New Indian Express.

The Supreme Court defers till Nov 17 the hearing on the petitions filed by condemned war criminals Mojaheed and Salauddin seeking review of its judgements that upheld death penalties for their crimes against humanity in 1971.

At least three people were killed and 12 wounded when a passenger train hit a bomb planted on a railway track in southwest Pakistan

Delhi yesterday introduced a toll for all trucks and commercial vehicles in an attempt to improve air quality in the world's most polluted

The Maldives government insisted yesterday its president had survived an assassination attempt on his boat even though the FBI found no

Indian writers including those who had returned their Sahitya Akademi awards yesterday wrote to the National Academy of Letters urging

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi told tens of thousands of supporters yesterday to be vigilant against election fraud during a

Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday paid tributes to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 31st death anniversary. “Tributes to

A documentary on beef eating habits in India has been withdrawn from a Delhi film festival for "technical" reasons, its organisers have said.