Relatives of a Keralite, who was abducted along with 21 sailors by suspected Somali pirates have contacted defense minister A K Antony who ordered navy to locate the place where the Italian flagged oil tanker anchored.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday offered to appear before a parliamentary committee in the latest bid to contain the fallout of a telecom scandal that potentially cost the government $40 billion in lost revenue.

NEW DELHI (AP) — Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s trip to India Wednesday is intended to build trust between two Asian powers with increasingly close economic ties despite their ongoing competition for regional influence.

SRI Lanka sent in troops to rescue thousands of residents marooned in the capital, Colombo, yesterday after the heaviest rains in 18 years flooded the city and the national parliament.

PORT-AU-PRINCE: The toll in the cholera epidemic in Haiti has risen to 724, authorities said. The disease has infected a total of 11,125 people nationwide, according to government figures released Thursday.

IN BEIJING Police prevented two prominent human rights lawyers from leaving China on Tuesday, the latest in a series of recent moves against activists and dissidents that underscores the contradiction between the country’s professed commitment to...

Jammu and Kashmir separatist Huriyat Conference supporters attacked buses carrying students as school opened on Monday, Sep 27. Buzz up! Educational institutions in disturbed Kashmir Valley opened on Monday after more than three months. The violence...

Ahead of his meeting with Indian counterpart AK Antony, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has said the Pentagon wants to strengthen and expand its military to military ties with India. “We are looking to expand this relationship in ways that are...

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key on Wednesday said that he would support any athlete who decides not to participate in the Commonwealth Games and added: “they have to make their own decision on whether they feel comfortable or not with the...

The Chinese ’string of pearls’ could well choke India one day if it’s not careful. After strategic projects in Myanmar, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, China is moving closer to establishing a direct rail-road link to Bangladesh’s port...