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Lightning Kills 21 As India Reels From Floods

Lightning killed 21 people in eastern India as large swathes of the country reel under the worst floods in years that...

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17 Members of Same Indian Family Found Dead In Floods

Seventeen members of the same Indian family were found dead Wednesday as floodwaters receded from a village in Gujarat,...

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Eight More Dead In India’s Worsening Monsoon Floods

Worsening floods killed another eight people in 24 hours in India's Gujarat state as rescue teams raced Tuesday to...

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Seven Killed As India Floods Death Toll Rises To 83

The death toll from severe monsoon flooding across India rose to at least 83 with seven more fatalities confirmed in...

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Death Toll Climbs From India’s Monsoon Floods

The death toll from severe monsoon flooding across India has risen to at least 76, officials said Monday, with eight...

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Flood Death Toll Worsens In India’s Assam

The death toll from worsening monsoon floods in India's Assam state has hit 18 with hundreds of thousands in makeshift...

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Indian Chopper Goes Missing Near China Border

An Indian helicopter with three people on board has gone missing near the country's border with China after taking off...

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Indian Air Force Pilots Declared Dead Week After Crash

The Indian Air Force Wednesday declared two of its pilots dead a week after their Sukhoi fighter jet crashed in a...

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India Opens Its Longest Bridge Near China Border

India opened its longest bridge close to the border with China in a move seen as bolstering its defences in a sensitive...

News

India Opens Its Longest Bridge

India has inaugurated a 9.15km (5.68-mile) bridge over the Lohit river, easily its longest ever, which connects the...

International

India’s Assam Mob Kills Two Muslim Men Over ‘cow Theft’

Police in India say two Muslim men have been lynched by a mob which accused them of trying to steal cows for slaughter....

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India Mob Kill Two Muslim Men Over Suspected Cow Theft

Two Muslim men have died after they were attacked by Indian villagers who suspected them of stealing cows, police said...

International

Dalai Lama Meets Indian Guard From 1959 Flight From Tibet

The Dalai Lama has come face to face with an Indian soldier who guarded him almost 60 years ago as he fled from Tibet...

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Bodies Go Unburied At Election Time In India’s Manipur

The body of Pausuan Lian has lain in a hospital mortuary for more than 500 days since he was shot dead during a land...

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Eight Drown After Boat Capsizes In Southern India

At least eight domestic tourists drowned and 17 others were rescued after a boat carrying them capsized on Sunday in...

Opinion

The Myanmar Monologue To the VAG

Ashanti: Come, let us talk of what is rarely spoken of: the War in Burma - now known as Myanmar - and those from the...

Opinion

The Myanmar Monologue To the VAG

Ashanti: Come, let us talk of what is rarely spoken of: the War in Burma - now known as Myanmar - and those from the...

International

Suspected Rebels Kill 13 in Assam

In 2014, NDFB rebels killed at least 62 people in Sonitpur and Kokrajhar Gunmen have opened fire on a busy market place...