Nine people were killed and 31 injured when confiscated explosives accidentally blew up at a police station in Indian-administered Kashmir, police said yesterday, just days after a car blast in Delhi killed a dozen people.

Air China, China Southern and China Eastern all published separate statements

More than half a million people sat for the entrance exam

The victims included police personnel, forensic team members and two crime photographers and other members from the local administration

China has advised its citizens to refrain from travelling to Japan

Wins over 200 seats out of 243

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling coalition comfortably retained power in Bihar, one of India’s poorest and most populous states, a vote count showed yesterday. The result gives him a boost after last year’s disappointing national vote.

Pakistan’s top court called a meeting of all judges yesterday, after parliament passed a constitutional amendment this week that curbed its remit, prompting two judges to quit, saying the reform “stands as a grave assault on the constitution”.

India put new privacy rules into force yesterday that will make Meta, Google, OpenAI and other companies minimize collection of personal data and give people more control over their information.

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Nitish Kumar poised for another term as longest-serving chief minister

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said yesterday she only sleeps for between two and four hours every night, while she also faces criticism for encouraging people to overwork.

The move comes amid a thaw in ties between the nuclear-armed neighbours

Nepal has intensified anti-poaching operations to protect its prized tigers, elephants and rhinos after dozens of convicted poachers escaped prison during an anti-government uprising in September, conservation officers said yesterday.

Death toll now 12; India vows zero tolerance for terrorism

Pakistan's parliament approved a constitutional amendment on Wednesday to expand the powers of the country's army chief and curb the remit of its Supreme Court, in a move that critics say damages democracy..The lower house of parliament approved the legislation with a more than two-thirds

A suicide bombing outside district court buildings in the Pakistani capital Islamabad killed at least 12 people and wounded 27 yesterday, the interior minister said.

Inaugurated India-funded 1020 MW hydroelectric power project

Pakistani Taliban claimed a suicide bombing that killed at least 12 people in Islamabad

The death toll was confirmed to Dawn by a senior Islamabad police official