India has evacuated more than 300,000 people along its northeast coastline by boat, bus and train ahead of a severe cyclone due to make landfall today, with many villagers piling household possessions on to trucks before fleeing their homes.

Indian Railways have announced a special train to aid in evacuation of stranded tourists as cyclone Fani inches closer towards Odisha.

Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed founder Masood Azhar is listed as a global terrorist by the UN Security Council, in a major diplomatic victory for India after China withdrew its objections.

India’s government has asked Rahul Gandhi, the president of the main opposition Congress party, to respond to a complaint by a lawmaker from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party accusing him of holding dual British citizenship against Indian law.

Sri Lankan security officials warn that Islamist militants behind Easter Sunday's suicide bombings are planning imminent attacks and could be dressed in military uniforms.

Sri Lankan forces have killed or arrested most of the radical Islamists linked to the Easter suicide bombings and the country is ready to return to normality, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday.

BJP president Amit Shah yesterday said that Article 370 will be withdrawn from Jammu and Kashmir, if the party is voted to power again.

The Pakistan government has suspended the anti-polio drive and post-campaign evaluation following the increasing number of attacks on polio workers in different parts of the country.

Pakistan’s new interior minister, appointed in a major cabinet reshuffle this month by Prime Minister Imran Khan, is a former spy chief and close ally of the country’s last military ruler who has long been accused of deep ties to militant groups.

Gunmen shot and killed a female polio vaccinator yesterday, the fourth this week in the latest surge of violence against efforts to rid the

India’s Supreme Court yesterday said it was anguished over the “systematic attack” on the judiciary and said time has come to tell the rich and powerful of this country that they are “playing with fire” and this must stop.

India warned Sri Lanka of possible suicide bombings weeks before the Easter attacks, based on “threatening” Islamic State-influenced

In a first, the Bharatiya Janata Party is contesting more seats than its chief rival the Congress in the ongoing Indian parliamentary election.

Crucial intelligence that could have prevented Sri Lanka’s Easter attacks went ignored in part because of feuding between the country’s leaders, experts say.

Sri Lanka's top defence official resigns over security failures that led to the deadly Easter bombings, as Catholic churches suspended all services fearing further attacks.

Sri Lanka's government says it was suspending plans to grant citizens of 39 countries visa-free entry during the country's tourism low season after deadly Easter bombings that killed hundreds.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen says those who are opposing the relocation of Rohingyas to Bhasan Char Island should take the responsibility if there is any casualty in Cox's Bazar camps during monsoon.

For years, Sri Lanka’s Muslim community warned authorities about a firebrand cleric. Now it seems Zahran Hashim may have played a key role in one of the worst attacks in the country’s history.

The United States had no prior knowledge of the Easter Sunday suicide bombing attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, but now believes there is ongoing terrorism plotting in the country, Washington’s ambassador to Colombo said yesterday.

A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck India’s northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh early yesterday and was felt in neighbouring Tibet. There were no reports of casualties or damage.