Delhi Police will question Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar in connection with the mysterious death of former Union minister Shashi

Around 1,000 Pakistani paramilitary troops backed by helicopters are battling separatists in the country's restive southwest, with the

The Indian Union home ministry received report from Nagaland government claiming that the deceased, Syed Sarif Khan, did not rape sexual assault survivor and that the sex between him and the victim was consensual.

Security forces yesterday raided the Karachi headquarters of Pakistan's fourth biggest political party, detaining "hardcore criminals" and seizing arms.

A powerful bomb blast struck a crowded marketplace in India's restive northeast yesterday killing four people and injuring another 15, officials said.

Manmohan Singh has been summoned as an accused along with 5 others in a case linked to coal scam

Pakistan is to resume executions for all death penalty offences, months after a moratorium was partially lifted to allow executions of terror convicts

An Indian news network ran a blank screen for an hour in protest at a controversial government ban on airing a documentary about the savage gang-rape of a Delhi student.

An Indian mother was fatally stabbed in a Sydney park during a brutal attack as she was on the phone to her distraught husband back home, police said yesterday.

India yesterday said it was working with Sri Lanka's new government to repatriate thousands of ethnic minority Tamils who fled the island during nearly four decades of separatist war.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday condemned the release of a Kashmiri separatist leader from prison, as political uproar over the move hampered his efforts to push economic reforms through parliament.

A Pakistani court yesterday upheld the death sentence handed to the killer of a politician who sought blasphemy law reform, but struck out a terrorism conviction, making it unlikely he will be executed soon.

NDTV broadcast a blank screen with only a flickering lamp in the background for an hour from 9pm to 10pm on Sunday, when it was due to have shown the documentary, "India's Daughter", to mark International Women's Day.

Distinguished Indian journalist and author Vinod Mehta died yesterday after a prolonged illness. He was 73. Mehta, the founder-Editor of 'Outlook' magazine

Indian State-owned ONGC, IOC and OIL are among the five global companies named by the US administration for having energy ties with Iran, for which they can face sanctions by America.

India will strongly take up with Sri Lanka the fishermen issue during delegation-level talks between the two countries, officials said yesterday.

The Executive Committee of the Bar Council of India on Friday midnight issued showcause notice to two defence lawyers for allegedly making derogatory remarks about women in the controversial BBC documentary 'India's Daughter' on the Nirbhaya rape incident.

Several thousand people marched through Kuala Lumpur yesterday to demand the release of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, who was jailed last month for five years on sodomy charges.

A former college student was sentenced to death in Taiwan yesterday for killing four people and wounding more than 20 others in a subway stabbing spree that shocked the island.

Australia issued a formal protest to Indonesia yesterday after photos emerged of a smiling senior police officer posing with the two men due to face the firing squad, as it was confirmed that the executions would not happen this week.