Suu Kyi, 78, has been detained by the Myanmar military since it overthrew her government in a 2021 coup

In the run-up to the vote, several nationalistic films including a biopic on Hindu ideologue Vinayak Savarkar, have been released in theatres

A suspected home-made bomb exploded during lunch hour at a cafe in India's technology hub

Some of India’s top business leaders, movie actors and sportspersons have been invited for the consecration

The search for survivors under collapsed buildings continued for a sixth day as more than 30,000 evacuees awaited aid

At least 43 soldiers have surrendered to police in the Indian state of Mizoram a day after heavy clashes with anti-junta rebel fighters

A Muslim mob vandalised and torched several churches in a Christian settlement after accusing two of its residents of desecrating the Quran, police say

The government is also pushing forward with reworking its foreign debt with bondholders and bilateral creditors including China, Japan and India