Indian security forces gun down 16 Maoists in a forest in western Indian state of Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district.

Nepal's parliament elects Communist party leader Khadga Prasad Oli the new prime minister Sunday, thrusting him into the centre of daunting challenges, from ethnic protests over the new constitution.

Twelve Maoists are gunned down in an encounter with police in Palamau district in Jharkhand.