The political battle between the Assam Congress and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has intensified ahead of next year’s Legislative Assembly elections.

The judiciary will “teach a lesson to the police,” the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has said, pointing out that a man was “beaten to death for nothing”.

India’s newly concluded trade agreement with the United States has triggered a sharp backlash within Pakistan, where critics say months of high-profile outreach to Washington yielded little to show for it.