The death toll from monsoon rains in Northern India has reached 570, according to the latest figures from the Indian Government.

At least 23 people have died and around 50 others are missing after three days of torrential rain washed away buildings and roads in northern India, officials said.

Flash floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains have killed at least seven people in northern India, including three firefighters who were swept away as they helped rescue the stranded, an official said.

More than 20 tourists died, 13 of them children, when their sightseeing bus overturned on a steep bend in the Himalayan foothills.

A bus fell from a bridge into a dry riverbed in northwestern India early today, killing at least 26 students and teachers on board, police said.

Landslides triggered by heavy rains killed at least 43 people in three remote villages in northern India, police said today.

A STRONG earthquake shook Japan’s capital and surrounding areas yesterday, halting trains and a professional baseball game, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

More than 40 people have been killed in landslides triggered by heavy rain in northern India, police said today.

Clashes marred the final phase of India's parliamentary elections today, which left two people dead.

Voting for the fifth and final phase of parliamentary elections in India began today.

More than 100 mountaineers are stranded in heavy snow in India’s Himalayas and at least one climber has died, an official said today.