South Asia
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Indian army called in response to citizenship bill protests
The army has been called into north-eastern India, after thousands of people defied curfews to protest against a new citizenship bill.
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Three men arrested in Mumbai after 22-year-old Instagram user raped
Three men have been arrested after a 22-year-old man in Mumbai was raped by four people who used a post put up by the victim on Instagram to trace his location and later abduct him.
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13 dead and 20 seriously burned in Dhaka plastic factory fire
At least 13 people have been killed and 20 others seriously burnt in a fire that broke out at a plastic factory in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka this afternoon.
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Police in Bangalore use mannequins to help police roads
Mannequins dressed up as traffic police have been placed on roads in the southern Indian city of Bangalore.
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India's lower house of parliament passes Citizen Amendment Bill
India's lower house of parliament has passed a bill which offers amnesty to non-Muslim illegal immigrants from three neighbouring countries.
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Accused perpetrators of Hyderabad rape and murder case shot dead in attempted escape
Four men held over a high-profile rape and murder case in India have been shot dead by police in an alleged attempted escape.
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Newborn baby dies after being thrown from 17th floor flat by mother in Mumbai
A new-born baby girl has died after being thrown off the 17th floor of a building by her mother in Mumbai on Thursday evening.
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Rape survivor set on fire en-route to court hearing in Uttar Pradesh
A 23-year-old rape survivor has been hospitalised with 90% burns after being set on fire by five men in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
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Half-burned remains of woman found in village in Rajpur
Less than one week after a woman from Hyderabad was gang-raped and burned to death, the body of a half-burnt woman has been found in Murka village in Rajpur.
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Indian MP calls for lynching after woman gang raped and burned alive in Hyderabad
An Indian MP has said the men who raped and murdered a 27-year-old vet in the city of Hyderabad should be "lynched".
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At least 10 injured following rickshaw explosion in Lahore
At least 10 people have been injured in Pakistan after an explosion that occurred in a rickshaw in Lahore on Friday.
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Bangladesh court sentences seven to death over planning of 2016 attack which killed 22 people
A Bangladesh court has handed death sentences to seven members of a so-called Islamist militant group for plotting an attack on a cafe in 2016 that killed 22 people.
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ISRO launch CARTOSAT-3 earth imaging and mapping satellite
The Indian Space Research Organisation has launched advanced earth imaging and mapping satellite CARTOSAT-3 along with 13 other commercial nano-satellites for the US.
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Two people killed and four injured following IED explosion in Anantnag
Two people have been killed and four injured in an improvised explosive device blast in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district.
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Bangladesh high court order government to shut down brick kilns across five districts
The Bangladesh High Court has ordered the government to conduct mobile court drives to shut down illegal brick kilns across five districts