An Indian man has died after a scuffle with his rooster while travelling to a cockfight.

IMRAN KHAN has warned of “imminent conflict” between India and Pakistan over the long-disputed territory of Kashmir as the Prime Minister of Pakistan warned Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “heading in the wrong direction”.

Why did Uber sell its food delivery service in India to local rival Zomato?

The Indian Space Research Organization unveils a female robot that can talk and perform tasks like a human astronaut.

Malaysia's top sugar refiner said it will increase purchases of the commodity from India, which according to two sources is part of efforts to placate New Delhi amid an ongoing spat over palm oil.

Foxtail millet is an annual grass grown widely as a cereal crop in parts of India, China and Southeast Asia. Milling the grain removes the hard outer layer, or bran, from the rest of the seed. Now, researchers have identified a protein in this bran that can help stave off atherosclerosis in mice genetically prone to the disease.

Protests over the law, which critics say is discriminatory, have raged across India for weeks.

DES MOINES — Some key takeaways from Tuesday’s Democratic presidential debate in Des Moines, the final forum before the Iowa caucuses: Civility and substance After the United States’ killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, Democrats were bracing for fights over foreign policy. Instead, a whole lot of substance broke out. There was a brief skirmish between Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who opposed the Iraq War, and former vice president Joe Biden, who apologized for supporting for it. But most of the opening 30-minute discussion — one-quarter of the time set for the debate — focused on the future. Former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg and California businessman Tom Steyer tried to...

At least 59 people were killed and many more were missing after avalanches in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir over the last 24 hours, senior government officials said on Tuesday. In neighbouring India, at least 10 people were killed after several avalanches hit the northern-part of Indian-administered Kashmir. Two Pakistani officials said many villagers were still stranded by the avalanches in the Neelum Valley area following heavy rain that also triggered landslides. Download the new Independent Premium app Sharing the full story, not just the headlines Download now Many people were reported missing and feared dead as rescue efforts got under way, one of the officials said. Rescuers had managed...

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan called on Wednesday for the United Nations to help mediate between nuclear armed India and Pakistan over the disputed territory of Kashmir.