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Emergency crews searched mangled carriages Sunday for any further victims after a train crash in northern India killed 23 passengers, the fourth major accident this year on the crumbling network.
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Jaipur -
Vishnu Kumar had barely reached adulthood when he lost his limbs in a freak electrical accident, seemingly condemning him to the life of penury endured by millions of amputees in India.
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India has drawn up a shopping list for tens of billions of dollars of foreign fighter jets, armoured vehicles, submarines and helicopters but it will only sign the cheques if they are made in India.
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New Delhi -
At least 23 people were killed and dozens injured after an express train derailed in north India Saturday, officials said, as rescuers clambered across mangled carriages to pull passengers from the wreckage.
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New Delhi -
Ten people were killed and dozens injured when an express train derailed in north India on Saturday, an official said.
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New Delhi -
Nearly 600 people have died and millions have been affected by monsoon floods in South Asia, officials said Saturday, as relief and rescue operations continued.
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New Delhi -
India on Friday welcomed the United States' blacklisting of Kashmiri separatist group Hizbul Mujahideen as a terrorist organisation.
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Mumbai -
As India marks the 70th anniversary of its independence this year, a slew of movies tackling its colonial history are hitting cinema screens, including a controversial account of partition by the director of "Bend it Like Beckham".
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Islamabad -
Pakistan on Thursday criticised the United States for blacklisting the Kashmiri separatist group Hizb-ul-Mujahideen as a terrorist organisation, calling the move "unjustified".
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New Delhi -
A 10-year-old rape victim whose plea for an abortion was rejected by India's Supreme Court has given birth to a baby girl, a doctor said Thursday.
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The United States added the Kashmiri separatist group Hizb-ul-Mujahideen to its blacklist of terrorist organizations on Wednesday, amid renewed protests against Indian rule in the region.
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Gorakhpur -
Inside the decrepit children's ward at an Indian hospital where 85 infants died last week, Ram Prasad prayed his two-year-old daughter would escape the same fate as he scanned the overcrowded hallways for a doctor.
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Srinagar -
Indian and Chinese troops clashed briefly on a disputed area of land in the Himalayas, officials said Wednesday, exacerbating tensions during a months-long standoff between the two armies.
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New Delhi -
India is strong enough to defend its borders against any threat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in an Independence Day speech as the nation faces a frontier showdown with China and aggravated tensions with Pakistan.
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Gorakhpur -
Twenty-five children died over the weekend at a northern India government hospital that suffered oxygen shortages, taking the overall death toll to 85, authorities told AFP .
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Gorakhpur -
Twenty-five children died over the weekend at a northern India government hospital that suffered oxygen shortages, taking the overall death toll to 85, authorities told AFP .
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Gorakhpur -
Twenty-five children died over the weekend at a northern India government hospital that suffered oxygen shortages, taking the overall death toll to 85, authorities told AFP .
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Mumbai -
Four people have been arrested in India for leaking an episode from HBO's "Game of Thrones" television series before it was aired in the country, police said Monday.
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Kathmandu -
At least 175 people have died and thousands have fled their homes as monsoon floods swept across Nepal, India and Bangladesh, officials said Monday, warning the toll could rise as the extent of the damage becomes clear.
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Kathmandu -
At least 143 people have died and thousands have fled their homes as monsoon floods swept across Nepal and India, officials said Monday, warning the toll could rise as the extent of the damage becomes clear.
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Bhasin -
From barbed grins in a carefully synchronised daily flag ceremony to murderous exchanges across barbed wire in Kashmir, the India-Pakistan border is a 70-year-old scar that will not heal.
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As India prepares to mark 70 years of independence from the British, and Pakistan the anniversary of its birth, we look at some of the numbers behind this defining event known as Partition.
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Gorakhpur -
Mohammad Zahid battled exhaustion to keep a manual pump pushing air into his five-year-old daughter but slowly the life went out of Khushi, one of dozens of children who died at a Gorakhpur hospital that ran out of oxygen.
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Gorakhpur -
A key ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was facing calls Sunday for his resignation after dozens of children died at a government hospital in northern India that suffered oxygen shortages.
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Karachi -
Sitting in her Karachi home, Jamshed Jahan Ara looks straight into the camera as she explains in a trembling voice how her family fled India during Partition in 1947.
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Jodhpur -
For decades, Jogdas dreamed of moving to India to escape the persecution he suffered as a Hindu in Muslim Pakistan. But the reality of life over the border is a far cry from those dreams.
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Islamabad -
Pakistani high school student Noman Afzal knows "traitorous" Hindus are to blame for the bloodshed that erupted when British India split into two nations 70 years ago. His history textbook tells him so.
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New Delhi -
This month marks 70 years since British India split into two nations -- Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan -- and millions were uprooted in one of the largest mass migrations in history.
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Lucknow -
At least 64 children have died over six days at a government hospital in northern India that suffered oxygen shortages, officials said Saturday.
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The Dalai Lama has cancelled a trip next week to Botswana because of "exhaustion" after Beijing expressed anger at the African country for allowing the visit.
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Me is seen with an elderly tribal woman at a village of Tripura, India. Notice her coin-made jewelry.
Indian ladies making mango juice.
Despite a long history of concern for wild tigers, both their range and total number have collapsed: fewer than 3,500 animals now live in the wild, occupying less than 7 percent of their historical range. Of these, approximately 1,000 are likely to be breeding females. Tarique Sani
The Spanish Guardia Civil have intercepted hundreds of thousands of illegal and unlicensed drugs from China and India. Video screengrab
2015. St. Jude Childcare Centre. Mumbai, India
A tribal woman of Tripura, India belonging to Reang community is seen with her grandson using a cell phone. This community resides in forest areas. However, presently, technological development has allowed even the forest dwellers to access modern gadgets.
Dongria girl, Niyamgiri Hills, India. © Survival
A protest against the Tipaimukh dam in the Northeast state of Manipur. Even after 10 years, the report remains the only one to come out of a multi-stakeholder, participatory process in which along with others, the dam affected people too had a significant voice. International Rivers
Ground crumbles underfoot as apocalyptic floods sweep India in 2013. Screen grab
Satyam Technology Center building.at Bahadurpally, India. Ranjit Nair / Wikimedia
In the slums of Chennai, India Vignesh Radhakrishnan
A lack of sanitation leaves excrement to pollute the rivers and fields, leading to disease and even death. SulabhVideos
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A call centre. Some industry experts are touting the centres as the sweat-shops of the 21st century. Flickr
Tribes like the Jarawa need to choose their own
future. © Salomé/Survival
A tribal woman & her children: Tripura, a tiny state in India located in North Eastern Part, is an ancient land covered with natural forests. Many centuries ago, tribal people from Mongolia, Tibet, China and Burma migrated to Tripura and settled here. 19 different tribes are living in Tripura that accounts 31.05% of total population of the State (Census 2001). In the photo a women belonging to Tripuri, the largest tribal community, is seen walking towards a local village market. Once poor and il
The Tocklai Experimental Station, Jorhat, is the oldest and the largest research station of its kind in the world. July 1, 2011. Suraj Kumar Das
Lodu Sikaka has been abducted by gunmen. © Survival
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