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Pakistan rejects India's claim that it killed many militants in an air strike. Pakistan officials have said that Indian warplanes did breach its airspace and drop a payload over Balakot in the country's northwest, but said there was no damage or casualties. SOUNDBITE
Dozens of people protested in the city of Gurugram near New Delhi on Wednesday, demanding a ban on the controversial film 'Padmaavat', which is due to be released on Thursday. The protesters set car tires and damaged a handful of cars on the streets, while calling on the authorities to halt the screenings. The furor stems from alleged scenes of a legendary Hindu queen named Padmavati engaging in an intimate relationship with a Muslim king.
Controversial Bollywood thriller 'Udta Punjab', which explores drug abuse and corruption in the Punjab region, opens in theatres across India following a week of wrangling with the censor board.
Air pollution in Beijing hits a record high but the government is being unusually open about it. Next, we look at the fisherman in Pakistan and India being used as diplomatic bargaining chips. Finally, we look at why trade along the fabled silk road in Afghanistan is becoming scarcer and scarcer.
Tens of thousands of devotees converge on the northern town of Ayodhya ahead of the consecration of a controversial Hindu temple that embodies the triumph of Indian PM Modi's muscular Hindu nationalist politics. IMAGES
Chinese research ship Shi Yan 6 arrives in Sri Lanka, entering the port of Colombo a year after a similar port call by a spacecraft-tracking vessel raised security concerns from neighbouring India. New Delhi is suspicious of China's increasing presence in the Indian Ocean and its influence in Sri Lanka, which is strategically placed halfway along key east-west international shipping routes. IMAGES