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A fourth member of the same Indian family has died from the rare Nipah virus, officials said Thursday, as authorities scramble to contain an outbreak that has claimed 11 lives.V.
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India has opened a World Trade Organization challenge against the steel and aluminium tariffs imposed by the United States, a document circulated to WTO members on Wednesday said.
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A protester was killed by a rubber bullet in southern India Wednesday, a day after 10 were shot dead when police opened fire on a rally demanding the closure of a copper plant, officials said.
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Outrage swelled Wednesday over the deaths of 10 protesters at a rally over a copper plant in southern India, after police opened fire on demonstrators in what critics termed "mass murder".
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Indian police on Tuesday killed 12 demonstrators after opening fire on thousands of people demanding the closure of a copper factory due to pollution concerns, a police officer said.
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The death toll from an outbreak of the rare Nipah virus in southern India jumped to 10 Tuesday with more than 90 people quarantined to try to stem the spread of the disease, officials said.
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A deadly virus carried by fruit bats has killed at least five people in southern India and more than 90 people are in quarantine, a top health official said Tuesday.
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A Muslim man accused of killing a cow was beaten to death by a mob in central India, police said Sunday, the latest vigilante murder over the animal considered sacred by Hindus.
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It happened five years ago but "Andre" remembers being kidnapped at gunpoint like it was yesterday.
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A leader from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party took the oath to become chief minister of a key southern Indian state Thursday after the Supreme Court rejected a last-minute bid to block the move.
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Emergency workers recovered 12 bodies from a river and were searching for another 10 missing people on Wednesday after a ferry capsized in southern India, officials said.
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Indian military operations against rebels in the disputed Kashmir territory were suspended Wednesday in a rare gesture for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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The worldwide demand for air conditioning is expected to triple over the next 30 years, making the pursuit of energy-efficient cooling systems a top priority, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday.Some 1.
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Almost a quarter-of-a-million girls younger than five die in India every year due to neglect resulting from society's preference for sons, a gender discrimination study found on Tuesday.
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A charismatic Indian opposition figure and former top UN official was charged Monday over the death of his wife, reigniting a mystery that shook the country's establishment.
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Claims of dirty tricks made by India's two main parties cast a cloud over voting in a key Indian state Saturday after nearly 10,000 voting cards were seized by election authorities.
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The Congress party, which has dominated Indian politics in the seven decades since independence, will stage a last stand against Prime Minister Narendra Modi when a key southern state goes to the polls Saturday.
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When the Lifeline Express rolled into the sleepy Indian town of Jalore, Bhagwana Ram Prajapat was anxiously waiting to board.
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A 17-year-old Indian girl was fighting for her life Monday after being raped, doused in kerosene and set alight, the second such case to shake the country this week as it reels from a series of brutal sexual assaults.
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When Indian actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui walks the red carpet at Cannes he may take a moment to ponder just how far he has come and where he is headed.
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Indian soldiers shot dead five Kashmir militants including a rebel university teacher in a gunfight Sunday that triggered violent protests in which five civilians were killed.
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The death toll from freak storms that hit India climbed above 140 on Friday as people told how they had no time to escape fierce winds which tore down homes, walls and trees.
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A huge dust storm and lightning strikes killed at least 125 people across India which braced Thursday for more wild weather.
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Agra -
Powerful dust storms tore across northern India killing at least 100 people and injuring more than 140 as they flattened houses in their path and warnings were made Thursday of more chaos to come.
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Dust storms tore across northern India killing at least 77 people and injuring 143 as trees and walls were flattened by powerful winds, officials said Thursday.
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Mumbai -
An Indian court on Wednesday sentenced notorious gangster Chhota Rajan and eight others to life in prison for murdering a journalist in a drive-by shooting in Mumbai seven years ago.
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Indian police on Tuesday arrested a man accused of killing a bridegroom when he marked his friend's wedding with gunfire, the latest in a grim series of marriage celebrations gone wrong.
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Indian police are hunting two men posing as doctors who killed a newborn by severing his genitals in a bid to convince the mother she had given birth to a girl, officials said Friday.
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Bejing -
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will seek to repair strained ties at a summit on Friday after an intense border dispute marred relations last year.
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At least 13 children were killed and five critically injured Thursday after a train smashed into a small school bus in northern India, an official said.
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Rural tribal people of Tripura, India are taking a break from their work and having a chat at a doorstep of a shop. The people of this are, known as Jeolchcher under Ambassa in Dhalai district of Tripura witnessed brutal violence by tribal militants for more than two decades. Most of these rural people suffered a lot owing to militancy. After peace returned, normal development works had started and villagers got a chance to manage a daily square meal for them. Doorsteps of shop in rural Tripura
Visiting past: Indian currency in 1918. The photo shows the Indian currency of 1918 when India was ruled by the British. A host of past events were exhibited in Agartala - the capital of Tripura of India few months ago. The exhibition was arranged by the Reserve Bank of India.
A child looks on as Indian United Hindu Front activists participate in a protest against the alleged 'Love Jihad' movement in New Delhi on September 23, 2014 Chandan Khanna, AFP/File
Sheba Chhachhi's close up work is very impressive.
Almost all Indian children know how to read. It is the adults that need help in learning to read. Carla
Number of girl students in schools of Tripura, India have gone up remarkably in post-militancy era starting from 2004. The rural areas of Tripura witnessed bitter ethnic conflict for more than two decades starting from 1980 till 2004.
People in the large line waiting for the corn.
A Dongria Kondh woman. © Jason Taylor
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
Firoz, Khan, Sunita and accomplices Hindustan Times
Bhopal held its own special Olympics on July 26 in protest against Dow Chemicals' sponsorship of the London Olympics. Video screen capture
PSLV-C34 takes off from India's southern spaceport of Sriharikota. Indian Space Research Organisation/Government of India
Indian cricketers playing at Chennai Stadium in India SriniG
Tribal people of Tripura are displaying ethnic musical instruments in a rally at Agartala. Agartala is the capital of Tripura - a tiny State of India, located in the North Eastern region of the country. In Tripura, 19 different ethnic communities live - most of them prefer to live in or near by forest areas as their culture and customs are deeply related to trees, plants and animals.
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The theme of exploration during the Edwardian era is strong at The Savoy. The part of the hotel featured in this photograph has the theme of India.
Vedanta is still trying to get back into the Dongria
Kondh's Niyamgiri Hills. ©Survival
International Tech Park Bangalore or simply ITPB (earlier known as ITPL), developed and managed by Ascendas, is India’s first hi-tech park of its kind designed to provide a complete "work and play" environment for IT and technology-related businesses opened in 1998. Rameshng
Indian farmers are blaming Monsanto's Bt cotton for their whitefly infestation of their crops. Times of India
2015. St. Jude Childcare Centre. Mumbai, India
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