An Indian businessman has bid more than 12m rupees ($194,000; £125,000) for a suit worn by PM Narendra Modi at the first day of a three-day auction. Textiles millionaire Rajesh…

The route used by mountaineers to scale Mount Everest is to be changed amid fears of an increased avalanche risk. Nepal will change the path next month after a deadly…

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has vowed to protect all religious groups after a string of attacks on churches in Delhi. Addressing a Christian audience in the capital, he called…

Sri Lanka’s new President Maithripala Sirisena has discussed forging closer ties with India during landmark talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The two sides signed key agreements on trade and…

Japan came out of recession in the fourth quarter of last year, but the world’s third largest economy grew at a slower than expected pace. The economy expanded by an…

Police released prominent singer Baby Nazneen nearly an hour after detaining her as she went to visit BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at the latter’s Gulshan office in Dhaka this evening….

Anti-corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal has vowed to end Delhi’s “VIP culture” as he was sworn in as the Indian capital’s chief minister. The ceremony took place at an open ground,…

Private tech firms should share more information with government and with each other to tackle cybercrime, according to US President Barack Obama. “We have to work together like never before”…

Nearly 50 soldiers have been killed in a week of fighting between government troops and Kokang ethnic rebels in Myanmar, state media report. The Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper…

Rohingya Muslims will not be able to vote in Myanmar’s referendum after the prime minister withdrew temporary voting rights following protests. Hundreds of Buddhists took to the streets following the…