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Indian police raid news site’s office over retracted article about BJP official
Homes of several editors of the Wire also raided after complaint about story based on falsified documentsPolic…
- India, Mumbai terror attacks, Politics, South and Central Asia, UK news, UK security and counter-terrorism, World news
James Cleverly calls for countries to unite to deprive terrorists of funds
UK foreign secretary was speaking at memorial ceremony for victims of 2008 attacks in MumbaiCountries must wor…
- Global development, Human trafficking, India, Law, Sex trafficking, Society, South and Central Asia, Violence against women and girls, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Young girls being sold in India to repay loans, says human rights body
Notice issued to Rajasthan state government demanding police inquiry into ‘abominable’ practiceYoung girls in …
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Indian minister calls for abolition of 1,500 laws dating back to Raj
Archaic laws include fining those who fail to beat a drum to beat back locusts or report money found in street…
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Tomato flu outbreak in India spreads to two more states
New viral infection detected in dozens of children in Kerala, and now also in Tamil Nadu and OdishaAn outbreak…
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Boy, six, dies in India after throat cut by glass-coated kite string
Daksh Giri was wedged on father’s scooter when stray razor-sharp kite string wrapped around his neckA six-year…
- India, Narendra Modi, Rape and sexual assault, South and Central Asia, Violence against women and girls, World news
Muslim woman raped by Hindu mob shocked by release of 11 jailed men
Gujarat frees men serving life sentences for rape, and for murder of three-year-old daughter and other relativ…
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After Independence Day, how can India get rid of 200m flags?
Narendra Modi urged his people to fly the national flag but strict rules govern its disposal and offenders can…
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Indians forced to buy national flag in return for food rations, says opposition
Shopkeeper filmed telling customer he had been told to deny rations to anyone refusing to buy flag in run-up t…
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‘Like a scene from Titanic’: floods in Assam submerge entire villages
India’s monsoon season has been worse than usual, sweeping away possessions and leaving people huddling on rai…
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Trains and tyres burn as Indians protest against loss of army job security
Rallies spread across states over news of four-year contract to replace job-for-life schemeYoung people in Ind…
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India takes tough stand at climate talks as Delhi endures brutal heatwave
As capital swelters, India urges rich countries to provide funds to help deal with effects of climate crisisTh…
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Violent BJP rhetoric and bulldozing of homes show Indian Muslim dilemma
Anger over the ruling party’s belligerence simmers, but community leaders know the far right itches for confro…
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Al-Qaida in Indian subcontinent plans revenge attacks over prophet remarks
Suicide bombings threatened after ‘slandering’ comments made by Hindu Bharatiya Janata partyAl-Qaida in the In…
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India: more countries join Muslim protests over Muhammad remarks
Disciplinary action against members of BJP fails to quell growing anger in Muslim world over comments insultin…