At least seven people have been killed in two bomb blasts in India’s north-eastern state of Assam, police say. The explosions happened within minutes in Nalbari, 70km (43 miles) from the state capital, Guwahati. Police said the two devices were...

Two Chicago men accused of developing what federal prosecutors call a blueprint for a terrorist assault on a Danish newspaper also are being investigated for possible involvement in planning the November 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India,...

Medical teams rushed Sunday to flood-devastated southern India where five days of torrential rain have left at least 205 people dead and 750,000 displaced, authorities said. The floods have submerged entire villages, snapped transport and communication...

In yet another sordid tale of ragging in the city, a 17-year-old boy who had struggled to get an education for himself was allegedly asked to strip and then hit on his private parts by his seniors — all in the name of an...

Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi was Tuesday ordered to serve another 18 months under house arrest after a court convicted the Nobel laureate at the end of her internationally condemned trial. The sentence sparked threats of fresh sanctions from...

The ruling, by one of the country’s senior judges, has provoked a wave of anxiety throughout India’s secular establishment which has until now been content to let its 150 million Muslims live according to its own system of “personal...

On July 8, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described India as an “emerging” global power. Ten days later she dropped the adjective, India’s entry on the world stage coinciding with her own moment of arrival on Indian shores. Ms Clinton was...

China looks set to hit its full-year growth target of 8 percent after a surprisingly strong second quarter notable for a surge in investment driven by powerful fiscal and monetary stimulus. Annual gross domestic product growth accelerated in the second...

A function to mark the 25th anniversary of Operation Bluestar to flush out militants from the Golden Temple was held on Saturday at Akal Takht, the highest Sikh temporal seat. The function organised by the apex religious body of the Sikhs, the...

More than 20,000 Tamil civilians were killed in the final throes of the Sri Lankan civil war, most as a result of government shelling, an investigation by The Times has revealed. The number of casualties is three times the official figure. The Sri...