A court in Ahmedabad convicted 24 individuals of murder and other charges related to the 2002 anti-Muslim riots in the state of Gujarat that left more than 1,000 dead.
Bangladeshi authorities executed Motiur Rahman Nizami for war crimes during the the 1971 war of independence—the fifth Jamaat-e-Islami leader to be hanged.
Police opened fire on peasant protestors at the site of a coal-fired power plant project in the Chittagong district of Bangladesh, killing at least four.
Pakistan's government succeeded in persuading thousands of protesters occupying downtown Islamabad to stand down by pledging not to reform the country's blasphemy laws.
Inter-caste violence and protests mount in India as corporate interests seize untitled peasant lands, increasing economic pressure on rural communities.
Religious groups and political parties convened by the Jamaat-e-Islami asked the Pakistani government to repeal a new "un-Islamic" law that protects women from domestic abuse.
Pakistani authorities prepared for civil unrest after the execution of Malik Mumtaz Qadri, convicted assassin of a liberal governor who advocated secular reform.
The Kashmir-based United Jihad Council claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on the Indian air force base at Pathankot, near the border with Pakistan.
The Bangladeshi government imposed a social media blackout ahead of the execution of two opposition figures convicted of war crimes committed during the 1971 independence war.
Bangladesh asked Amnesty International to retract its criticism of the country's execution plans for opposition politicians convicted of war crimes at a local tribunal.
ISIS claimed responsibility for blasts that targeted Shi'ites as they gathered in Dhaka for a procession marking the holy day of Ashura.
Over 40 Indian writers have returned their awards to the National Academy of Letters in protest of a wave of deadly attacks on secularist and rationalist writers and activists.
