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India has banned the broadcast of a controversial documentary in which one of the men who gang-raped and murdered a student is shown blaming the victim -- a move the film's maker called "arbitrary censorship".
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Ethiopia buys military weapons and claims advance on Millennium Goal objectives while India and others gain large scale alternative biofuel crops and claim advance on reduction of fossil fuel dependency.
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Mumbai -
India's western state of Maharashtra has introduced a ban on beef so strict that even possession could land you in jail for five years, media reports and the chief minister said Tuesday.
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New Delhi -
A film-maker behind a new documentary about a fatal gang-rape in India that caused global outrage told Tuesday how one of the men sentenced to death for the killing had shown no remorse during a "chilling" interview.
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New Delhi -
The accuracy of India's recent tiger census that suggested tiger numbers have increased is now being called into question by a new study.
The Indian government had celebrated the rise in tiger numbers from 1706 in 2011 to 2,226 in 2014.
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Nairobi -
The head of the UN's climate science panel, Rajendra Pachauri, stepped down Tuesday in the wake of sexual harassment claims against him that have surfaced at a crucial time on the climate agenda.
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New Delhi -
France's defence minister on Tuesday held talks with his Indian counterpart in a fresh attempt to seal a troubled deal to sell 126 Rafale fighter jets.
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‘Siddharth’ is the poignant story of a father who single-handedly takes on the search for his missing son who may have been abducted.
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Since mid-December, the swine flu outbreak in India, the second most populous country in the world, has infected 13,688 people, and caused 812 deaths. Health officials are reassuring the public that there is no shortage of drugs to combat the flu.
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New Delhi -
The United Nations' top climate change official will not chair a key meeting in Kenya next week as Indian police investigate a sexual harassment complaint against him, officials said Sunday.
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Bejing -
China has expressed "strong dissatisfaction and staunch opposition" after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited a frontier area controlled by New Delhi but claimed by Beijing, state media reported.
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New Delhi -
France's defence minister will visit New Delhi this week in a fresh bid to nail a troubled deal to sell 126 Rafale fighter jets which has been snagged for three years and now faces new questions about its cost.
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Bangalore -
Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed Wednesday to end India's status as the world's number one defence importer, saying he wanted 70 percent of hardware to be manufactured domestically by the turn of the decade.
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New Delhi -
The rise of right wing BJP at the center coincided with the rise of religious intolerance in India. PM Modi finally broke his nine-month long silence on religious intolerance. Will there be action on the ground?
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New Delhi -
The leaders of India and Sri Lanka vowed Monday to strengthen their relationship after a period of tensions and declared their countries' fortunes were intertwined as they held their first summit in New Delhi.
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New Delhi -
Sri Lanka's new president arrived in India Sunday on his first foreign trip in office, trying to rebuild ties hit by tensions over growing Chinese influence on the strategically located island.
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Lucknow -
A newly built house in northern India collapsed early on Sunday killing 13 residents as they slept, the latest in a string of building cave-ins, police said.
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New Delhi -
Arvind Kejriwal promised to make Delhi India's first corruption-free state and end what he called its "VIP culture" as he was sworn in as chief minister Saturday in front of a huge crowd of cheering supporters.
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Colombo -
Sri Lanka's new president heads to India this weekend on his first foreign trip in office, seeking to rebuild ties hit by tensions over growing Chinese influence on the strategically located island.
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New Delhi -
An Indian tour guide accused of drugging and raping a Japanese woman this week in the northern city of Jaipur turned himself in to police on Friday, an officer said.
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Montreal -
While volunteering at her local hospital, Anya Pogharian, 17, found out how difficult it is for many patients to go to the hospital when they need help, something she especially noticed of kidney dialysis patients coming in three days per week.
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New Delhi -
India's Narendra Modi on Tuesday suffered his first major election setback since becoming prime minister last May, as anti-corruption campaigner Arvind Kejriwal won a landslide victory in Delhi state polls.
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New Delhi -
Narendra Modi's party staunchly denied Sunday that India's prime minister was facing his first election defeat since storming to power last year, even though exit polls tipped an anti-corruption campaigner to win New Delhi's state polls.
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New Delhi -
Voters went to the polls in India's capital Saturday, with firebrand former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal looking to complete a surprise comeback and deliver the first major blow to Narendra Modi's premiership.
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Sahara Group, an Indian multinational company, said the letter from a former broker than underpinned the $2 billion transaction to provide bail for Sahara’s president Subrata Roy was a forgery.
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Bejing -
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday hailed his country's relations with India and Russia during meetings that heard calls for developing economies to have more say on the global stage, rivalling US influence.
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Controversy has kicked off in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, after the state government warned a civil service official from attending or addressing Christian meetings.
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New Delhi -
US President Barack Obama urged India to promote religious tolerance and do more to combat global warming Tuesday as he wrapped up a visit aimed at forging a new friendship between the world's largest democracies.
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New Delhi -
Narendra Modi honoured Barack Obama as his chief guest Monday at India's Republic Day parade and then rolled out the welcome mat to US businesses in a further warming of ties between the world's largest democracies.
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New Delhi -
US President Barack Obama and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke the deadlock on a long-stalled nuclear pact Sunday as they hailed a new era of friendship between the world's two largest democracies.
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Bangalore, India celebrates its second annual gay pride parade.
Indian culture can be conservative with respect to gay rights, and so many participants chose to wear masks. 28 June 2009, Author Nick Johnson from Princeton, NJ
Star trails in India by Ajay Talwar Vimeo
Pictures of the inaugural ceremony of the 2nd Global Bird Watchers' Conference 2012 in Gujarat, India.
An image of a National Geographical researcher conversing with a member of the Koro language buffalonews.com
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Author and activist Arundhati Roy Narendra Bisht
Gay rights activists pose for pictures at a protest organised against the Supreme Court's order on gay sex in Mumbai December 11, 2013 With permission by Reuters / Danish Siddiqui
School bus in India ngotoh
Flags of the 5 BRICS countries. Screen capture from video
A road side selling of pineapples located at Nalkata - a sleepy village of North Tripura, India. Nalkata pineapple of Kewe variety is famous for its unique taste.
Anti-rape protests at India Gate ramesh_lalwani
Pictures of the inaugural ceremony of the 2nd Global Bird Watchers' Conference 2012 in Gujarat, India.
Brian Holsclaw, Coke bottle distribution area, Amritsar
Rural health workers, called ASHA workers are going out to Damchherra villages in Tripura, India. These women are playing vital role in providing rural health care to villagers who are mostly poor, ignorant and illiterate. Owing to their continuous effort, pre-natal and post natal death in rural Tripura have significantly reduced. These women, each responsible to oversee particular area, maintain a good rapport and come handy in case of medical emergency to helpless villagers.
The Chief Minister of Tripura, Mr Manik Sarkar (left) is attending a program along with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Dr D Subbarao (right). Tripura is a tiny State of India located in North Eastern part of the country.
Cars damaged in a riot in the Maruti Suzuki Factory. Video screen capture
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.
Elephant, Nagarhole National Park, Karnataka, India Jayanand Govindaraj
Ground crumbles underfoot as apocalyptic floods sweep India in 2013. Screen grab
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