South Asia

A Bharatiya Janata Party Member of the Legislative Assembly has been arrested in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly raping a woman.

Three gang members have been shot dead in Bangladesh, following a shootout with police.

At least 19 people have been killed in southern India after a container slipped off a truck and collided a passenger bus.

The third and final batch of inmates quarantined at an Indo Tibetan Border Police facility in the outskirts of Delhi after being evacuated from the coronavirus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan was discharged, a senior official said on Wednesday.

India's top court has ruled that all women army officers are now eligible for permanent commissions, allowing them to be in commanding roles.

Much of India's bird population has sharply declined in the past few decades, according to a major study.

A new execution date has been issued for the perpetrators of a brutal gang rape and murder in the Indian capital of Delhi in December 2012.

The Indian embassy in Tokyo on Monday confirmed that the number of Indians, who tested positive for Covid-19 onboard a quarantined cruise ship moored off the Japanese coast, has increased to six.

India has denied entry a UK Labour MP, who criticised the government's controversial decision to revoke Kashmir's special status, entry to the country.

Three lawyers have been left injured following a crude bomb attack at Lucknow Court on Thursday.

India's Supreme Court has made it mandatory for political parties to publish the names of any candidates with criminal records, along with a justification for why they were chosen.

At least seven people have died after a fire broke out at a major Indian denim factory.

The Indian Embassy in Tokyo has said that one more Indian crew member on Diamond Princess, the ship stranded off the coast Japan, has tested positive for the Covid-19 coronavirus.

A 25-year-old Indian college lecturer, who sustained serious burn injuries after allegedly being set on fire by a stalker, has died.

A Bangladeshi youth has been arrested following the gang-rape of two teenagers by three men on Saturday evening.

Pakistan’s 16-year-old paceman Naseem Shah became the youngest ever cricket player to take a test hat-trick during a test match against Bangladesh at the weekend.

A Pakistan Air Force jet has crashed in the northeastern province of Punjab on Friday during a training mission.

A 25-year-old Indian man has been arrested after he allegedly raped a five-year-old girl on the grounds of the US embassy in Delhi.

A 12-year-old boy has been found dead in the Northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh after attempting to imitate a scene of Bhagat Singh's hanging.

Bangladesh will offer farmers a cash subsidy worth 15% of rice exports in a bid to compete with rivals and protect farmers struggling with low prices.

The Embassy of Bangladesh in the United Arab Emirates capital of Abu Dhabi is set to be relocated, following land granted by the UAE Government for a new building in the city.

Two people have been killed and several others injured following a bus crash in Eastern Bangladesh.

An emergency has been declared in the south Indian state of Kerala after it was confirmed on Monday that a third person had contracted coronavirus.

Pakistan said on Monday it was resuming flights to and from China, three days after it suspended them because of the coronavirus outbreak in China.

The body of a four-year-old boy has been recovered from Manda Canal in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka.