World - South Asia

The government announced plans Sunday to release up to 2,000 insurgent prisoners in response to the Taliban's three-day ceasefire offer. The exact number could...

The latest cases have forced authorities to stretch limited testing resources. "Dozens of labourers who travelled from New Delhi have tested positive. We are...

India reported another 6,977 cases, taking its total to 138,845, according to government data, despite the world’s longest lockdown imposed in March . Total...

India on Sunday reported 6,767 new coronavirus infections, the country’s biggest one-day increase. Government data shows the number of coronavirus cases in the world’s...

Paswan, a motorised rickshaw driver, was among millions of migrant workers left jobless after the country was suddenly locked down in March to slow...

Cyclone Amphan killed at least 96 people in the two countries after it swept in from the Bay of Bengal on Wednesday, most in...

After sending their children to a shelter, Aleya Begum and her husband stayed behind to protect their four properties. "All I have built over...

"I haven't seen a disaster of this magnitude." As emergency workers picked through the destruction left in its wake. KOLKATA: The death toll in India...

Nepal claims the territory under an 1816 treaty with the East India Company which sets the Kali as its western boundary with India and...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said at least 10 people had died in the state, and two districts been completely battered by one...