India

Mobs rampage in north India leaves 32 killed

Aug 25, 2017 14:46

Mobs rampaged across a north Indian state on Friday, leaving 32 people dead and more than 250 others injured, after a court declared a quasi-religious sect leader guilty of raping two of his followers, authorities said.
74 injured as train derails in India

Aug 23, 2017 05:53

At least 74 people were injured after a passenger train derailed early Wednesday in the Northern Indian State of Uttar Pradesh, officials said.
South Asia floods affect 24 million: Red Cross

Aug 22, 2017 12:29

More than 24 million people have been affected by some of the worst flooding to hit South Asia in decades, with large areas of land submerged in water, the Red Cross Tuesday.
Rosneft to pay Indian Essar’s $2.4bn debt to Iran

Aug 22, 2017 08:16

Rosneft has undertaken to settle over 2 billion euros ($2.4 billion) owed to Iran for past oil purchases by Essar Group after the biggest Russian oil producer bought the Indian refiner on Monday.
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.