India

South Asia floods kill 700, drive 1 million from homes

Aug 20, 2017 12:27

The confirmed death toll passed 700 and more than a million were driven from their homes as large swathes of South Asia reeled under monsoon floods Sunday, officials said.
Ten die in train derailment in India's Uttar Pradesh

Aug 19, 2017 12:29

At least 10 people have been killed and 150 people injured after a train derailed in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh, a government official said on Saturday.
India will defend self against foreign threats: PM Modi

Aug 15, 2017 04:10

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has voiced his country’s readiness to defend itself against foreign threats amid border tensions with neighboring China and Pakistan.
India set to deport all Rohingya Muslims regardless of UN registration: Official

Aug 14, 2017 09:14

A senior Indian official has described thousands of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya Muslims living in India as illegal refugees, saying the New Delhi government aims to deport them.
Floods, landslides kill over 55 in Nepal, India

Aug 13, 2017 08:23

Torrential rain has battered Nepal, causing widespread flooding and landslides and raising the death toll from three days of severe weather to 49 people, according to officials.
Iran reports increase in oil exports to India

Aug 13, 2017 07:26

Iran says its exports of crude oil to India have increased by 16 percent over the past month in what the country says is a fresh sign that speculations over the decline of exports to one of its largest Asian buyers are inaccurate.
Five killed in the Indian administrated Kashmir clashes

Aug 13, 2017 07:08

Armed clashes in Indian-administrated Kashmir have left three militants and two Indian forces dead.
34 children die in hospital in N India in 48 hours: Report

Aug 12, 2017 04:17

More than 30 children, many of them newborns, have lost their lives in a government-run hospital in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh during the last two days, police and officials say.
India cuts Iran oil imports amid Farzad row

Aug 09, 2017 08:34

India is making good on its promise to cut crude oil imports from Iran amid the two countries' spat over the development of a gas field in the Persian Gulf.
India can count on Iran as reliable partner: Vice President

Aug 07, 2017 00:49

First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri said the Islamic Republic of Iran is prepared to help India meet its energy needs, adding that Tehran can be a reliable partner for New Delhi in this respect.