Lawyers

• Hindu Teachers Jailed After Derogatory Remarks About Islam

  Two Hindu teachers in Bangladesh were sentenced to jail after publicly insulting Islam. A mob of angry students and villagers attacked the teachers forcing them to lock up in a room. Insulting the religion in the said country will spark violence resulting to killings.

• PM Modi calls beef killing "unwelcome" as intolerance concerns grow

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi has condemned the murder of a Muslim man over rumours he ate beef, in his first response to an incident that has sparked concern about growing religious intolerance.

• New recruits to Hindu cause hear anti-Muslim message

  As a teenager, Uttam Shaha says he used to watch scornfully from his bedroom window as men in brown shorts performed martial exercises in a car park below. Like many Indians then, he viewed the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as a fringe group.

• Nepal adopts constitution born of bloodshed, compromise

  Nepal adopted its first democratic constitution on Sunday in a largely peaceful event, a historic step for a nation that has seen war, a palace massacre and devastating earthquakes since a campaign to create a modern state began more than 65 years ago.

• Pakistan invites Kashmiri separatists for meeting "to irritate India"

  Pakistan invited separatists from disputed Kashmir region for a meeting in a move that risks further straining efforts to restart a peace dialogue ahead of a rare meeting between top security officials from the nuclear-armed nations.

• India hangs Yakub Memon for 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts

  India hanged Yakub Memon on Thursday for his role in the country's deadliest bombings, which killed 257 people in Mumbai in 1993, after the Supreme Court threw out his final plea for a stay of execution.

• India's push to save its cows starves Bangladesh of beef

  Some 30,000 Indian soldiers guarding the border with Bangladesh have a new mandate under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government this year - stop cattle from crossing illegally into the Muslim-majority neighbour.

• Sri Lanka's new government promises end to repression

  Sri Lanka's new government promised a tolerant era of harmony and political freedom after years of mounting repression under a decade-old administration that unraveled in electoral defeat this week.

• Pope's Asia trip to address poverty, dialogue, climate change

  Pope Francis returns to Asia for the second time in less than six months, traveling to Sri Lanka and the Philippines in coming days to underscore his concern for inter-religious dialogue, poverty and the environment.

• Modi's BJP makes big gains in Indian state polls

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party made big gains in two Indian state elections, partial results showed on Sunday, in an endorsement that will encourage him to step up the pace of economic reforms.

• Pakistani teen, Indian activist win Nobel Peace Prize

  Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban in 2012 for advocating girls' right to education, and Indian campaigner against child trafficking and labor Kailash Satyarthi won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.