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India throws rings of protection around divisive candidate Modi

YoopyaNov 4, 2013February 14, 20240

(Reuters) – – Indian security forces are preparing for one of their most challenging assignments in decades, protecting prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in a

India police say Islamists behind attack on opposition rally

YoopyaOct 29, 2013February 14, 20240

(Reuters) – An Islamist militant group is believed to be behind an attack on a rally by Indian Hindu nationalist politician Narendra Modi that killed

India raises interest rates for the second month running

YoopyaOct 29, 2013February 14, 20240

India’s new central bank governor has raised interest rates for the second consecutive month by a quarter of one percent to 7.75% to try to

Police: Suspect pins Indian blasts on terror group

YoopyaOct 28, 2013February 14, 20240

PATNA, India (AP) — A man in custody blamed an outlawed Islamic group for ordering a series of deadly bomb blasts near an Indian opposition

Bollywood playback singer Manna Dey dies at age 94

YoopyaOct 24, 2013February 14, 20240

NEW DELHI (AP) — Famed playback singer Manna Dey, who recorded nearly 4,000 songs and can be heard in scores of Bollywood films, died in

India temple stampede in Madhya Pradesh ‘kills 91’

YoopyaOct 14, 2013March 10, 20240

Some 91 pilgrims, mostly women and children, have been killed in a stampede at a Hindu festival in central India, local officials have said. Many

Wind, rain, sea pound India as large cyclone nears

YoopyaOct 12, 2013March 31, 20240

BEHRAMPUR, India (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people living along India’s eastern coastline were taking shelter Saturday from a massive, powerful cyclone that was

Search grows bleak in India building collapse

YoopyaSep 28, 2013March 31, 20240

MUMBAI, India (AP) — Frantic relatives kept up a vigil Saturday at the site of a collapsed apartment building that killed at least 42 people

Indian Miss America resonates as symbol of change

YoopyaSep 17, 2013June 17, 20230

“Miss America is evolving. And she’s not going to look the same anymore.” So predicted Nina Davuluri during her quest to become the first Indian-American

Sectarian riots spread in north India, 28 dead

YoopyaSep 9, 2013April 3, 20240

MUZAFFARNAGAR, India (AP) — Security forces have been ordered to shoot rioters on sight, as sectarian violence spread in northern India on Monday despite an