Indian voters braved temperatures of nearly 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) in parts of the country as they headed to polling stations in the penultimate phase of the world’s largest election yesterday.

Fourty-three people who were on board a Singapore Airlines flight that hit severe turbulence remain hospitalised in Bangkok four days after the emergency, a hospital in the Thai capital said yesterday.

China has ended two days of military drills around Taiwan that saw jets loaded with live munitions and warships practise seizing and isolating the self-ruled island.

At least 20 people, including children, were killed in a massive fire that raged in a gaming zone teeming with people enjoying a summer vacation outing in Gujarat’s Rajkot city yesterday.

Two top rivals of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who accuse his government of targeting them in unjustified criminal probes cast their votes in New Delhi yesterday as the country’s six-week election resumed.

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Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma and Private Industry & Investment Adviser of Bangladesh Prime Minister, Salman Fazlur Rahman, MP, jointly inaugurated a new plant of India's leading pharmaceutical company, Sun Pharma, at Meghna Industrial Economic Zone

China's war games around Taiwan have ended, state media said, after two days of exercises that Beijing called a test of its ability to seize the self-ruled island

Amidst sweltering heat, India today began voting in 58 constituencies across six states and two union territories, including Delhi, in the sixth and penultimate phase of polling in the long-drawn parliamentary elections, in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a rare third successive term

An estimated 11.13 crore people are expected to vote in the sixth phase of polling in India’s Lok Sabha elections covering 58 constituencies across six states and two union territories today.

Indian security forces have killed at least eight Maoist insurgents, police said yesterday, the latest clash in a decades-long conflict being waged in the country’s central forests.

Myanmar’s junta has revived plans for a $3.6 billion Chinese-backed dam in the north of the country that was suspended more than 10 years ago following huge public opposition.

China staged mock missile strikes and dispatched fighter jets carrying live missiles along with bombers yesterday, state broadcaster CCTV said, as part of exercises Beijing has said were launched to punish Taiwan’s new President Lai Ching-te.

A man killed eight people and wounded one more with a knife in central China, state media reported Friday, citing local authorities

Kailash Sirohiya arrested over ‘citizenship irregularities’ after publication of reports

China's military started its second day of war games around Taiwan on Friday, with drills to test their ability to "seize power" and control key areas, exercises it has said were launched to punish Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal yesterday questioned the rationale behind what he perceives as targeting his elderly and ailing parents in the connection with Swati Maliwal assault case.

China yesterday encircled Taiwan with naval vessels and military aircraft in war games, as it vowed the blood of “independence forces” on the self-ruled island would flow.

Nepali climber Phunjo Lama on Thursday reached Everest's summit in 14 hours and 31 minutes, smashing the record for the world's fastest ascent of the mountain by a woman

China on Thursday encircled Taiwan with naval vessels and military aircraft in war games aimed at punishing the self-ruled island after its new president vowed to defend democracy