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Celebrity: Freida Pinto speaks at girls’ rights summit in UK

YoopyaJuly 23, 2014July 25, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 23, 2014July 25, 20230

LONDON (AP) — Actress Freida Pinto of Slumdog Millionaire fame has joined forces with girls’ rights campaigners in calling for an end to the practice...

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Asia news: 46 Indian nurses stranded in Iraq return home

YoopyaJuly 5, 2014July 16, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 5, 2014July 16, 20230

NEW DELHI (AP) — Dozens of Indian nurses stranded in territory held by Islamic extremists in Iraq returned home to southern India on Saturday aboard...

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Asia news: Rescuers dig for survivors in India building ruins

YoopyaJune 30, 2014July 29, 2023

by YoopyaJune 30, 2014July 29, 20230

NEW DELHI (AP) — Rescuers pulled two survivors Monday from the huge pile of broken concrete left by the collapse of an 11-story apartment building...

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India news: Indian gang rape case highlights lack of toilets

YoopyaJune 3, 2014September 2, 2023

by YoopyaJune 3, 2014September 2, 20230

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — The two teenage girl cousins had walked out together at night, as they did every night, into the wild bamboo fields...

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India: New Indian government fights power cuts in Delhi, biggest state

YoopyaMay 31, 2014July 19, 2023

by YoopyaMay 31, 2014July 19, 20230

(Reuters) – India’s new energy minister pulled an all-night work session to tackle power cuts caused by a dust storm in New Delhi on Friday...

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India news: Modi wins India’s election with a landslide, partial results show

YoopyaMay 16, 2014September 7, 2023

by YoopyaMay 16, 2014September 7, 20230

(Reuters) – Opposition candidate Narendra Modi will be the next prime minister of India, with counting trends showing the pro-business Hindu nationalist and his party...

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India news: Modi on course to be India’s next leader, exit polls show

YoopyaMay 12, 2014September 16, 2023

by YoopyaMay 12, 2014September 16, 20230

(Reuters) – Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi is set to become India’s next prime minister, four major exit polls showed on Monday, with his opposition party...

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India news: Passenger train derails in India; at least 19 dead

YoopyaMay 4, 2014July 19, 2023

by YoopyaMay 4, 2014July 19, 20230

NEW DELHI (AP) — A passenger train derailed in western India on Sunday, killing at least 19 people and injuring more than 100, police said....

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Asia news: Police kill 2 suspects, arrest 8 in India violence

YoopyaMay 4, 2014July 19, 2023

by YoopyaMay 4, 2014July 19, 20230

GAUHATI, India (AP) — Police said Sunday they killed two suspected rebels and arrested eight forest guards for alleged involvement in the killings of 29...

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World news: India arrests 22 after attackers kill 29 Muslims

YoopyaMay 3, 2014July 19, 2023

by YoopyaMay 3, 2014July 19, 20230

GAUHATI, India (AP) — Police in India said Saturday they have arrested 22 people for helping separatist rebels accused of killing 29 Muslims in the...