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Islamabad: Pakistani lawmakers on Tuesday elected former petroleum minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, an ally of ousted leader Nawaz Sharif, to replace him and...

New Delhi: Arvind Panagariya, a top economic adviser to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has resigned from his post at the government's main policy...

Ahmedabad: Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel on Tuesday questioned the Election Commission's decision to introduce NOTA after the notification of the...

New Delhi: Opposition on Tuesday sought to corner the government over demonetisation, saying its claims that the note ban would help eradicate terrorism and...

Kabul: Two influential Afghan politicians urged President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday to allow embattled Vice President Rashid Dostum to return home from...

Islamabad: Pakistan has extended by two months the house arrest of Hafiz Saeed, accused by the United States of masterminding 2008 attacks on the Indian...

Jakarta: Indonesia and encrypted messaging service Telegram have agreed to establish better procedures to stamp out distribution of terrorist propaganda on...

Mumbai: Climate change has led to more than 59,000 farmer suicides in India over the last three decades and rising temperatures could drive the suicide rate...

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah on Tuesday accused the Congress of "conspiring" to derail the Constitution amendment bill...

Guwahati: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced a total package of Rs23.5 billion for all north eastern states for mitigating the...