Hindenburg Research has denied allegations by India’s securities regulator that it colluded with a US asset manager to use non-public information to set up a short bet against Adani Group last year, which if proven would breach the country’s rules.

According to Aligarh range Inspector General of Police Shalabh Mathur, 116 people have so far perished in the incident

North Korea successfully tested a new tactical ballistic missile capable of carrying a super-large warhead, state media said Tuesday, with analysts suggesting the weapon could be nuclear-capable

It’s less furry than a traditional companion, but a six-legged Chinese robot “guide dog” could one day help vision impaired people live more independently, according to its research development team in Shanghai.

Myanmar arrested four executives of supermarket chains, including an official of a Japanese joint venture, for selling rice at inflated prices, state media said yesterday, as the war-torn country’s ruling junta struggles to stabilise its economy.

India replaced colonial-era criminal laws with new legislation yesterday, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government said would make the country more just, but the opposition said risked throwing the criminal justice system into disarray.

India today implemented an overhaul of colonial-era criminal laws, praised as a "watershed" movement by the top judge but which critics said could worsen an already glacially slow pace of justice

The death toll from this week’s sudden heavy rain has climbed to 11 in New Delhi, including four citizens who drowned in submerged underpasses, the Times of India reported, while flight operations stuttered in the Indian capital.

Myanmar’s central bank denied a UN report that the military government can still access money and weapons for its war against anti-coup forces, saying financial institutions under bank’s supervision followed prescribed procedures.

An Argentine prosecutor petitioned to an Argentine Court seeking multiple arrest warrants against the perpetrators of Rohingya genocide in Rakhine State

Indian foreign ministry yesterday refuted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s claim that the Centre did not consult the state government on the renewal of the Ganga water-sharing treaty with Bangladesh.

Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday said the ruling Communist Party was planning and implementing “major” reforms, ahead of a closely watched political conclave that is expected to put economic recovery high on the agenda.

Heavy rainfall and winds brought down a roof at the main airport in New Delhi yesterday, killing one person and disrupting flights from a domestic terminal, while flooded streets and traffic snarls threw daily life out of gear in India’s capital.

Vote unlikely to alter policies, may shape Khamenei succession

Senior diplomat and India's former ambassador to China Vikram Misri was named as the country's new foreign secretary today, succeeding Vinay Mohan Kwatra

Indian foreign ministry today refuted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s claim that the Centre did not consult the state government on the renewal of the Ganga water-sharing treaty with Bangladesh

North Korea successfully tested its multiple-warhead missile capability, state media said yesterday, as dozens more trash-laden balloons sent by Pyongyang landed in the South.

Police in the Maldives have arrested a state environment minister, officers said Thursday, with media in the Indian Ocean nation reporting she was accused of performing "black magic" on the president

The United States offered rare criticism of close partner India in a report published yesterday on religious freedom, while also voicing alarm over rising bigotry worldwide against both Jews and Muslims

India’s new leader of the opposition Rahul Gandhi said yesterday that his lawmakers would not be silenced, in his first speech since formally taking up a post vacant for a decade.