NEW DELHI — Rescuers hammered slabs of concrete and dug with their hands Tuesday to pull survivors and bodies from a five-story apartment building that collapsed into a mountain of rubble in a poor New Delhi neighborhood. At least 65 people were...

Heavy monsoon rains and landslides swept the hilly areas of northern India over the weekend, killing at least 47 people, officials said Monday. Twenty-four people died Sunday as falling boulders crushed their homes in three villages in Almorah district...

In a turnaround of events, the domestic help who accused actor shiney Ahuja of raping her has told the court that the actor never raped her. The Public prosecutor has confirmed to NDTV that the maid has now denied the allegation she made a year back....

In Mumbai the civic authorities have listed 272 buildings as unsafe for habitation. But people continue to live and work in them mostly because they have ‘no choice’. The Amrut Mahotsav Building is 82 years old and one of the 272 unsafe...

Pakistan successfully test-fired two short-range, nuclear-capable missiles on Saturday as part of efforts to boost defense capabilities, the military said. World Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani and senior military officials watched the test-firing...

Rights group Amnesty International has condemned authorities in the United Arab Emirates over the alleged torture and forced confession of 17 Indians. They were sentenced to death last month for killing a Pakistani man.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in the Brazilian capital on Wednesday to attend two back-to-back multilateral summits that aim at greater cooperation among top emerging economies of the world. Manmohan Singh was accorded a colourful ceremonial...

Indian mobile phone company Bharti Airtel has offered to buy Kuwaiti telecommunications firm Zain’s African assets for $10.7bn (£6.8bn). In a statement, Bharti said the two companies would now enter into talks which would last until 25...

India has already pledged $6 million as immediate emergency cash donation after the 7.0 magnitude quake that has brought the nation of 9.8 million virtually to its knees. Mr. Tharoor, a former U.N. undersecretary general, arrived on Sunday at Haiti and...

Shah Rukh Khan arrived at the premiere of 3 Idiots in Mumbai on Wednesday was nearly as loud as the buzz of appreciation for Aamir Khan’s latest turn. SRK’s bête noire, Salman Khan, had arrived well in time for the movie to begin, and the waiting...