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Sachin Pilot, a prominent Congress politician, has been sidelined after being accused of bribing members to defect to Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party. JAIPUR, India -- As the once-formidable Indian [...]

Byline: Sameer Yasir and Kai Schultz The Indian authorities arrested dozens of people during a nationwide lockdown. Human rights groups say many of the detentions are based on scant evidence. [...]

The Indian authorities arrested dozens of people during a nationwide lockdown. Human rights groups say many of the detentions are based on scant evidence. NEW DELHI -- After spending several [...]

The Indian authorities arrested dozens of people during a nationwide lockdown. Human rights groups say many of the detentions are based on scant evidence. NEW DELHI -- After spending several [...]

Byline: Raymond Zhong and Kai Schultz Censorship and politics are fracturing the global internet, isolating users and industries accustomed to ignoring national borders. The global internet is fracturing. And people [...]

Censorship and politics are fracturing the global internet, isolating users and industries accustomed to ignoring national borders. The global internet is fracturing. And people like Anusmita Dutta are paying the [...]

Byline: Kai Schultz and Suhasini Raj India's women were already dropping out of the labor force. Coronavirus restrictions - and one of the worst economic slumps in decades - threaten [...]

India's women were already dropping out of the labor force. Coronavirus restrictions -- and one of the worst economic slumps in decades -- threaten even more losses for them. NEW [...]

Worried for its economy, India loosened tough restrictions and may lift them entirely this weekend. But infection numbers are climbing fast. NEW DELHI -- Its coronavirus cases are skyrocketing, putting [...]

Millions fled, and several deaths have been reported, but for the moment, at least, residents say it appears it could have been much worse. NEW DELHI -- A dreaded cyclone [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman and Kai Schultz The streets have suddenly come alive, especially at night, in many areas where social distancing is impossible. NEW DELHI - Part of India's success [...]

Residents in eastern India woke up in the middle of the night surrounded by a cloud of styrene vapor. Many couldn't breathe. NEW DELHI -- D.V.S.S. Ramana, who lives about [...]

Over years of fighting, Riyaz Ahmad Naikoo recruited scores of young Kashmiris in an armed quest for independence from India. His death has set off a fresh wave of unrest. [...]

The streets have suddenly come alive, especially at night, in many areas where social distancing is impossible. NEW DELHI -- Part of India's success in blunting the spread of the [...]

Byline: Kai Schultz and Sameer Yasir As India starts loosening restrictions, a once-broad consensus among leaders on how to proceed has weakened - and many people are staying home anyway. [...]

As India starts loosening restrictions, a once-broad consensus among leaders on how to proceed has weakened -- and many people are staying home anyway. NEW DELHI -- When the Indian [...]

Indian citizens fill critical jobs in the United States in tech and business. Now, they fear for their futures -- the ''upending of life by a tweet.'' NEW DELHI -- [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman, Kai Schultz and Suhasini Raj Indian officials are blaming an Islamic group for spreading the virus, and Muslims have been targeted in a wave of violence. NEW [...]

Pushed out of their village by a drought and lack of food, a group of Nepalis are fighting to amplify the voices of those forced to relocate by the planet's [...]

As the coronavirus spreads, American tourists say the State Department was slow to inform citizens of the challenges in returning home. NEW DELHI -- Ana Pautler, a trekker from San [...]

With four hours' notice, India's prime minister announced that no one could leave their homes for 21 days -- the most severe step taken anywhere in the war against the [...]

Byline: Rajneesh Bhandari, Kai Schultz and Rebecca Conway The government says the weekly course will promote a healthy, active lifestyle. Some Muslims fear it will promote Hinduism instead. KATHMANDU, Nepal [...]

The government says the weekly course will promote a healthy, active lifestyle. Some Muslims fear it will promote Hinduism instead. KATHMANDU, Nepal -- A group of Nepali teenagers sat cross-legged [...]

Byline: Kai Schultz, Elizabeth Paton and Phyllida Jay For many years Dior, Saint Laurent and other fashion brands have been quietly using Indian embroiderers for their goods, depending on their [...]

Byline: Kai Schultz and Bhadra Sharma The country said it would toughen regulations after several climbers died last year. But the rules will not go into effect this spring, and [...]

The country said it would toughen regulations after several climbers died last year. But the rules will not go into effect this spring, and climbers want to know why. NEW [...]

India has the largest number of Trump Towers outside North America, but sales are cool in an ailing market for luxury real estate. PUNE, India -- The apartment buildings rise [...]

The son of a housekeeper who lived in quarters for support staff at the embassy in New Delhi was detained in connection with the assault, officials said. NEW DELHI -- [...]

It's unclear what Gen. Bipin Rawat, chief of India's defense staff, meant. But rights activists fear that something like what China has introduced for Uighurs could be coming. NEW DELHI [...]

Hindu nationalists view Jawaharlal Nehru University, where a mob rampaged last weekend, as ''a symbol of everything that is bad in this country,'' one analyst said. NEW DELHI -- For [...]

Byline: Kai Schultz and Sameer Yasir As demonstrations over a citizenship law sweep India, more accounts are emerging of mistreatment and harsh tactics by police and state officials. NAGINA, India [...]

As demonstrations over a citizenship law sweep India, more accounts are emerging of mistreatment and harsh tactics by police and state officials. NAGINA, India -- The teens were trapped. As [...]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi stridently backed a law establishing a religious test for migrants that has led to deadly protests. NEW DELHI -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India delivered [...]

The case was a closely watched test of the justice system, pitting a powerful local lawmaker against a 17-year-old from humble roots. NEW DELHI -- A court in India sentenced [...]

The blaze at an illegal factory in New Delhi was one of the worst in recent years. The victims were migrant laborers from poor villages. NEW DELHI -- The phone [...]

Firefighters were stymied by narrow alleys near where the blaze erupted, in a building used for making paper products and purses. NEW DELHI -- At least 43 people were killed [...]

The blaze broke out early Sunday morning in a residential building used to manufacture paper products and cardboard. NEW DELHI -- At least 43 people were killed Sunday morning when [...]

Byline: Kai Schultz Vidhya Rajput, a transgender activist, has emerged as a leader in a gathering rights revolution in India. But she still has an 'ache for love.' RAIPUR, India [...]

The militants were found guilty in violence that killed two dozen people at an upscale bakery, one of the worst such attacks in the country. DHAKA, Bangladesh -- Seven militants [...]

Vidhya Rajput, a transgender activist, has emerged as a leader in a gathering rights revolution in India. But she still has an ''ache for love.'' RAIPUR, India -- It happened [...]

Byline: Suhasini Raj and Kai Schultz As top officials remain silent, the country's pollution levels remained hazardous this week, prompting a second closure of schools in the capital and a [...]

Mr. Rajapaksa, a former defense chief and brother of an ex-president, vowed to bring stability to a country still reeling from attacks on Easter Sunday. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Gotabaya [...]

The election could mean a return to power for the Rajapaksa family, who ended the country's civil war by brutal means. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lankans on Saturday voted [...]

The election could mean a return to power for the Rajapaksa family, who ended the country's civil war by brutal means. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lankans on Saturday voted [...]

As top officials remain silent, the country's pollution levels remained hazardous this week, prompting a second closure of schools in the capital and a sometimes desperate search for clean air. [...]

NEW DELHI -- Two trains collided in eastern Bangladesh on Tuesday, killing at least 16 people and injuring dozens more, officials said. Shariful Alam, a spokesman for Bangladesh's railway department, [...]