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At least 61 killed in India train disaster
NEW DELHI – At least 61 people were killed and over 70 others injured in northern Indian state of Punjab after a train rammed into a crowd watching festivities of a Hindu festival on the […]
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Woman ‘raped’ after being dragged from India’s sacred Ganges river (VIDEO)
PATNA – Two men have been arrested in the Indian state of Bihar for allegedly raping a woman who was bathing in the Ganges or Ganga, a sacred river in the South Asian country. Police […]
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8-year-old Muslim girl raped, murdered by Indian gang in Kashmir’s Hindu temple
SRINAGAR – An eight-year-old girl was raped and murdered in India by a gang of Hindus trying to scare away a nomadic tribe group to which she belonged. Police in the occupied Kashmir valley say […]
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Gauri Lankesh: Journalist’s murder sparks protests across India
NEW DELHI – A prominent Indian journalist critical of Hindu nationalist politics has been shot dead in the southern state of Karnataka, sparking widespread protests in several cities including capital New Delhi. Gauri Lankesh, 55, […]