The Maldives says its financial troubles are “temporary” and the luxury tourist destination has no plans to seek an International Monetary Fund bailout after warnings of a possible sovereign default.

Amid the continuing impasse, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today paid a surprise visit to the site where the junior doctors are protesting against the rape and murder of a young medic at R G Kar Hospital in Kolkata and assured them that she would look into their demands..Howev

More than 820 people have been injured and 82 are still missing, according to the state disaster management agency

Floods and landslides have killed almost 300 people in Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand in the wake of Typhoon Yagi

Chinese and Russian defence officials took swipes at the West at a military diplomacy forum in Beijing on Friday, with China courting the Global South and Russia saying the United States was shifting military conflicts to the Asia-Pacific. 

The Delhi chief minister was arrested on March 21 in a corruption case

India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar yesterday said India and China have resolved nearly 75 percent of the border disengagement issues along the Himalayas

India's Adani Group has denied involvement in a money laundering and securities fraud probe that reportedly saw the freezing of more than $310 million in funds stowed in Swiss bank accounts

North Korea released images of its uranium enrichment facility for the first time on Friday, showing leader Kim Jong Un touring it as he called for more centrifuges to boost his nuclear arsenal.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday said she is ready to resign “for the sake of people” and she also wants justice for the murdered RG Kar hospital doctor

China’s central bank on Friday said it had signed an agreement with the Maldivian authorities to strengthen trade and investment, as the debt-distressed Indian Ocean nation strives to avoid default.

India’s Adani Group has denied involvement in a money laundering and securities fraud probe that reportedly saw the freezing of more than $310 million in funds stowed in Swiss bank accounts.

India’s Supreme Court yesterday granted bail to opposition leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a graft case, paving the way for his release almost six months after he was arrested.

Veteran Indian politician and CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury died yesterday. He was 72.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's participation at a Ganapati puja event at Chief Justice DY Chandrachud's residence in New Delhi has set off a political row

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday denounced an “ideological war” in the South Asian country, ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist party.

Indian soldiers in Kashmir killed two suspected militants yesterday, the army said, the latest clashes during campaigning for local elections in the disputed region.

India’s top opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has expressed confidence that stability will return to Bangladesh soon.

The strike is primarily focused on demands for the removal of top officials, including the Kolkata police commissioner and several top state health department officials.

A substantial deposit of petroleum and natural gas has been discovered in Pakistan’s territorial waters, a cache so large its exploitation could change the country’s destiny, DawnNewsTV quoted a senior security official as saying on Friday