An anti-corruption party has won a stunning victory in the Delhi state elections in a huge setback for India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BJP admitted defeat after Arvind Kejriwal’s…

A panel of MPs will launch an “urgent” inquiry into tax evasion by wealthy clients of HSBC. The Public Accounts Committee plans to investigate the scandal and will require HSBC…

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has survived a party confidence vote on his leadership. Liberal Party MPs voted by 61 to 39 not to open up his position to challengers….

Voting has ended in the Delhi state elections which are seen as a popularity test for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The anti-corruption Common Man party (Aam Admi) of former…

Millions of Indians are preparing to vote in a local assembly election billed as the first real test of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity. Mr Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)…

Twitter reported a net loss of $125m (£82m) in the fourth-quarter, beating analyst expectations. It also said revenue grew faster than expected, increasing by 95% to $479m during the October…

India wants to use state-of-the-art US technology to boost the range and potency of a planned aircraft carrier, defence sources said, in a move that would tie their arms programmes…

Samsung has been overtaken as the largest seller of smartphones in India by local budget brand Micromax for the first time, according to market research firm Canalys. Micromax accounted for…

A plane carrying mostly Chinese tourists has crashed into a river in Taiwan, killing at least 19 people. Dramatic video footage emerged showing the TransAsia Airways plane clipping a bridge…

The country received $1.23 billion in remittance last month, down 2.05 percent year-on-year. The figure too is lower than the amount received in December last year, when $1.27 billion was…