The president-elect of the Maldives, Mohamed Muizzu, secured the release of his jailed mentor yesterday, a day after divisive polls that saw the pro-Beijing leader vow to rebalance relations with New Delhi.

Afghanistan’s embassy in India suspended operations yesterday, more than two years after the Taliban’s return to power in Kabul following the collapse of the Western-backed government.

Myanmar’s junta announced yesterday it had begun a pilot census in 20 townships across the divided country, a move critics say will be used to increase surveillance of opponents.

The Afghanistan embassy in New Delhi announced on Saturday night that it was shutting down its operations from today, citing "lack of support" by the Indian government, failure to meet expectations in serving Afghanistan's interests, and reduction in personnel and resources

Indian police have dismissed as “false and misleading” reports that a mob attacked the private residence of Biren Singh, chief minister of the strife-torn northeastern state of Manipur, adding that it was protected by “adequate security”.

Suicide bombings ripped through two mosques in Pakistan yesterday, killing at least 57 people and injuring more than 60 amid events marking the birthday of the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH), police and health officials said.

Myanmar’s junta has lashed out at close ally China over a blockbuster film on human trafficking and scam compounds that has “tarnished” its reputation, state media reported yesterday.

Indian police have dismissed as "false and misleading" reports that a mob attacked the private residence of Biren Singh, chief minister of the strife-torn northeastern state of Manipur, adding that it was protected by "adequate security"

More than 50 injured

The Indian police in the western Indian state of Gujarat have registered an FIR against Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, chief of banned Sikh separatist outfit Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), for threatening to turn the cricket World Cup, starting on October 5 in Ahmedabad, into "World Terror Cup"

China launched its first high-speed rail line that will travel across several bays and skim along the coast of the southeastern province of Fujian near the Taiwan Strait, state media reported on Thursday

India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Tuesday that India has told Canada it was open to looking into any “specific” or “relevant” information it provides on the killing of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

A bomb blast in northern Myanmar killed two people and wounded more than a dozen yesterday, a military source and a member of a local rescue organisation told AFP.

More than 56,000 Pakistan schools will shut for the rest of the week in a bid to curb a mass outbreak of a contagious eye virus, officials said yesterday.

A senior bureaucrat of the Indian government, who had reportedly ordered the emptying of an entire stadium of athletes so that her pet dog can take walks, has been compulsorily retired.

The government of India’s northeastern state of Manipur yesterday declared the entire state a ‘disturbed area’ under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) for a period of six months in the wake of the prevailing law and order situation.

A senior bureaucrat of the Indian government, who had reportedly ordered the emptying of an entire stadium of athletes so that her pet dog can take walks, has been compulsorily retired

Noted economists have suggested forming a trilateral platform of the government agencies, think tanks, and private sector for creating a regional industrial value chain involving Bangladesh, Japan, and Northeast India

India has reimposed an internet ban on restive Manipur state after violent protests erupted following the circulation of photographs of two dead students killed during the months-long conflict, officials said.

Myanmar’s military escalated its use of mass killings, air and artillery strikes in the past year as it struggles to crush resistance to its coup, the UN’s rights office said yesterday.