South Asia

India’s army has confirmed that the country’s “most wanted” militant has been killed in Kashmir.

Narendra Modi claims his party “will always work for the people” after comfortably winning India’s general election.

Narendra Modi’s BJP is set to form India’s next government as votes are counted in the country’s mammoth general election.

Hundreds of people have protested in Pakistan over the police-handling of the disappearance of a girl.

India’s ruling party has told opposition politicians to accept “defeat with grace” after a number of exit polls predicted a comfortable majority.

An Indian politician has been killed in a suspected militant attack.

The Election Commission (EC) in India has denied claims that voting machines had been tampered with during the country’s general election.

The Bangladesh government has banned fishing around its coast for 65 days in a bid to address depleting fish stocks.

The exit polls for India’s mammoth general election predict a win and second term for incumbent prime minister, Narendra Modi.

An Indian politician has apologised for calling Mahatma Gandhi’s killer a patriot during campaigning for the country’s general election.

At least 15 people were injured in an explosion at a bank in Pakistan.

Election campaigning has been stopped a day early in West Bengal following unrest.

Doctors in Pakistan are to hold a province-wide strike after Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s health minister’s bodyguards assaulted an assistant professor at a medical ward.

Violence during election campaigning in India has led to a heated exchange of words between rival politicians.

Protests continued over the alleged rape of a three-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir.

An explosion in the Balochistan province of Pakistan has killed four police officers.

Protesters took to the streets of Jammu and Kashmir over the alleged rape of a three-year-old girl.

Pakistan has secured a $6 billion bailout package from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Security forces in Pakistan have arrested four people in connection with a suspected suicide bombing.

A Pakistan court has remanded 11 Chinese nationals in custody as part of an investigation into prostitution and the illegal organ trade.

Indian officials claim 41 people have died after Cyclone Fani hit the country’s east coast.

A Christian woman who spent years on death row in Pakistan for blasphemy has left the country.

At least eight people have been killed in a suspected suicide attack outside a Sufi Muslim shrine in Lahore.

A major clean-up operation is underway on the east coast of India following the devastation left behind by Cyclone Fani.

The Anantnag constituency in the disputed region of Kashmir has recorded a dismally low voter turnout for India’s general election.