The highlights this week: India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party gets mixed results in state elections, political protests and a terrorist attack strike Pakistan over the weekend, and Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu makes a five-day trip to India.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) trailed in two provincial elections as votes were counted on Tuesday, TV channels said, a fresh setback after it failed to win a clear majority in the general election this year.

The BJP is in the lead in the state of Haryana which borders the capital Delhi, but trails in the federal territories of Jammu and Kashmir, which are seeing their first election results in a decade. The first local elections in India since Mr Modi’s party lost its outright majority in parliament,

As political parties and leaders wait with bated breath, counting of votes for Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir Assembly elections began at 8 am. Haryana's BJP seeks a third term, while Congress aims for a comeback;

The results of the Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections are coming in, and early trends indicate a major shift in Haryana. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has crossed the majority mark of 46 seats,