The National Conference (NC)-Congress alliance yesterday stormed back to power in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), India’s only Muslim-majority region.

BJP wins third successive term in Haryana

The National Conference-Congress alliance is set to form the next government in Jammu and Kashmir, with vote counting trends from today’s assembly elections showing the coalition significantly ahead of its closest rival, the BJP

In the early trends of assembly elections, India's key regional party National Conference (NC) and its ally Congress are leading in the majority of the 90 constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, the only Muslim-majority region in the country

India and Maldives today signed a bilateral currency swap agreement worth USD 400 million and a separate Indian Rupees 30 billion facility that would help the Indian Ocean island nation overcome the foreign exchange reserve crunch.

The "fast-unto-death" protest by junior doctors in West Bengal, demanding justice for the raped and murdered female doctor of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, along with workplace safety, intensified yesterday as more healthcare professionals joined the protest

Villagers in India have beaten to death a wolf believed to be the last of a six-member pack that killed nine people, eight of them children, wildlife officials said yesterday.

India’s ruling party is projected to have lost two key provincial elections to the main opposition Congress party and its allies, exit polls showed, suggesting another setback after the party fared poorly in national elections.

North Korea has been removed as an observer of a regional anti-money laundering group due to its lack of engagement and failure to fulfil obligations, South Korea's foreign ministry said Monday

As a large number of protesters managed to reach Islamabad, the PTI has decided to continue its protest until getting a directive from the party's founding chairman Imran Khan to pull back workers

Incessant rains have triggered landslides in Gasuapara region of the district

The junior doctors of India's West Bengal state, protesting against the rape and murder of their colleague at the RG Kar hospital, began a fast unto death yesterday evening, claiming that their demands were not fulfilled by the state government

India’s foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will not discuss bilateral relations when he visits Pakistan this month, the first such visit in nearly a decade, for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit.

Over 80 police personnel have been injured in clashes with supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan taking part in a march near Islamabad, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said yesterday.

Says he is going for SCO meeting

Authorities in Pakistan sealed off the capital, Islamabad, and blocked cellphone services yesterday to prevent an anti-government rally by supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, officials said.

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu will undertake his first state visit to India tomorrow, aiming to repair frail ties between the two South Asian neighbours.

The gunfight broke out at around 1:00pm in the forest between Thulthuli and Nendur villages in Abhujmaad

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country would use nuclear weapons "without hesitation" if attacked by the South and ally the United States, state media reported Friday

India’s Supreme Court yesterday asked authorities to report back within a week on what they were doing to stop farmers from burning crop residue as smog began to pollute the air in the capital Delhi and surrounding regions, local media reported.