Countries including India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh have experienced temperatures soaring well above seasonal averages.
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India Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling BJP is set to GAIN (wrest) control of West Bengal.
Nepal complains after India and China agree to resume a religious pilgrimage through a contested Himalayan pass.
Kerala in India, which gave the world its first democratically elected communist government, has voted the left out.
The ruling BJP’s lead in two of four key states is expected to significantly weaken the opposition.
Walking the path of religious polarisation and leveraging underlying anti-incumbency, Modi’s party sweeps key state.
Thousands of protesters gathered in India’s Manipur state to mark three years since ethnic violence erupted.
India wants to the border with Bangladesh badly — even if it takes venomous snakes or crocodiles.
A man in India was recorded carrying the remains of his deceased sister into a bank after he couldn’t access her account
The port has been a centrepiece of India’s regional strategic ambitions. Now, those hopes are sinking.
The killings encapsulate the tragedy unfolding in region for decades, as the family grapples with unanswered questions.
