MUMBAI, Aug 15 — Thousands of women marched across several Indian cities overnight and Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for strict punishment for crimes against women, as outrage and protests against the gruesome rape and murder of a doctor escalated.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 15 — Malaysia has begun an anti-dumping duty investigation of imports of flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel originating or exported from China, India, Japan, and South Korea, said the Investment, Trade, and Industry Ministry (Miti).

DHAKA, Aug 7 — Bangladesh's protest leaders said they expect members of an interim government, led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, to be finalised today after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina quit and fled to India following a violent crackdown on a student-led uprising.

NEW DELHI, Aug 6 — Former Bangladeshi premier Sheikh Hasina, who fled the violence-hit nation after the collapse of her government, is likely to stay in India until the United Kingdom (UK) grants her asylum, reported Xinhua, quoting local television news channel Republic World today.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 2 — Tourism Malaysia aims to welcome one million Indian tourists by the end of this year, following AirAsia’s new direct flights connecting Guwahati and Kozhikode (Calicut) to Kuala Lumpur.

NEW DELHI, Aug 1 — The death toll of Tuesday's (July 30) massive landslides in India's southern state of Kerala rose to 256, confirmed the state's Health Minister Veena George today while speaking to the local press.

CHOORALMALA, July 31 — Hopes of finding survivors began to fade as hundreds of rescuers worked through slush and rocks and pulled out bodies from debris in the hills of India's Kerala state today, a day after 167 people were killed in monsoon landslides.

NEW DELHI, July 30 — The death toll from today's landslides in Kerala, India, has risen to nearly 100 as more bodies are recovered.

NEW DELHI, July 30 — The death toll in the multiple landslides that struck India's southern state of Kerala early today morning rose to 39 and hundreds are feared trapped under the rubble, local media reported.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 29 — Malaysians applying for an e-Tourist visa to India will be granted a 30-day visa with a fee exemption starting on July 1.

BENGALURU, June 28 — India is planning to offer incentives to promote local manufacturing of GLP-1 drugs used to treat diabetes and obesity, in 2026, a top government official said today.

NEW DELHI/DUBAI, June 20 — China is pressing India to restart direct passenger flights after a four-year halt, but New Delhi is resisting as a border dispute continues to weigh on ties between the world’s two most populous countries, officials said.

WASHINGTON, June 12 — The World Bank has said the United States' (US) economy's stronger-than-expected performance has prompted it to lift its 2024 global growth outlook slightly.

MUMBAI, June 11 — India will focus on finding solutions to border issues with China that has long strained ties between the countries, Indian Foreign Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said today after assuming charge for a second straight term.

MUMBAI, June 11 — In a middle-class suburb of Mumbai, workers at SoftBank-backed Swiggy's grocery warehouse race against time to deliver orders within 10 minutes.

NEW DELHI, June 10 — Narendra Modi was sworn in as India’s Prime Minister yesterday for a third term, after a shock election setback that will test his ability to ensure policy certainty in a coalition government in the world’s most populous nation.

NEW DELHI, June 7 — Newly elected lawmakers of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's National Democratic Alliance (NDA) arrived in New Delhi on Friday for their first meeting at which he will be formally elected as their leader, ahead of presenting his claim to form a new coalition government.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 7 — Malaysia Airlines Bhd is increasing its Amritsar-Kuala Lumpur flight frequency from four to seven times weekly effective August 1, 2024 due to the strong travel demand and positive load factor performance on the route.

NEW DELHI, June 5 — Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi, mocked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his supporters for a decade as an entitled dynast, marked a stunning comeback yesterday, emerging at the centre of an alliance that made deep inroads into ruling party strongholds.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 5 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has extended congratulations to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for winning a historic third consecutive term in office.