South Asia

Police in Karachi say they have arrested a man they allege being the leader of a rickshaw gang that has been targeting women.

Early election results in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh show a tightly fought contest between India's ruling BJP and the opposition Congress.

India’s central bank governor has resigned from the role, citing “personal reasons”.

Tens of thousands of Hindus marched on Delhi, calling for a temple to be built on a hotly contested religious site.

An Indian man who was detained for over a month after posting satirical tweets about erotic statues at a temple has been released.

The president of Pakistan’s opposition party has been put on judicial remand over a housing scheme scandal.

The World Bank has claimed Pakistan and India is losing out on a potential $35 billion worth of trade between the two countries.

An academic has been killed in an explosion at a university in India.

One of the world’s oldest YouTube celebrities, Mastanamma from southern India, has died at the age of 107.

The Counter-Terrorism Department in Pakistan is investigating a car explosion in Karachi.

Police in India have arrested three men in connection with the killing of a police officer during alleged cow slaughter protests.

A police officer and civilian were killed in protests over alleged cow slaughter in India.

A woman on route to a police station was set on fire by the men who allegedly molested her days earlier in India.

Tens of thousands of farmers in India are marching on Delhi to highlight an ongoing agrarian crisis.

Over 50 people have been arrested in raids on businesses accused of fake security warning scams.

Outrage has been caused in India after a woman was criticised for wanting to breastfeed her baby in a shopping mall.

Police in India have arrested a doctor who is accused of killing a woman and her baby after performing a caesarean section intoxicated.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan began work on the Kartarpur Corridor, a new border crossing that will allow Indian Sikh’s to travel to a pilgrimage site.

Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir claim three militants have been killed in two separate encounters in the south of the region.

A former Indian cricket star has arrived in Lahore to take part in a ceremony celebrating the construction of a new border crossing between Pakistan and India.

A gay pride parade brought colour to the streets of Delhi – the first march since India decriminalised homosexuality.

A man has been detained in India after attempting to make a ‘terrorist’ joke on social media whilst on board a plane.

Gunmen killed four people in an attack on the Chinese consulate in Karachi.

Pakistan and India have reached an agreement that will see a new border crossing opened to allow Sikhs access to a pilgrimage site.

A faulty fax machine fuelled a dramatic day in the politics of Indian-administered Kashmir, which ended with the dissolution of the state assembly.

Nine people have been injured in an explosion at a mosque in Pakistan.

A rape case has been registered by police in India against a Bollywood celebrity.