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Attacks On Nigerian Students Shock India

India’s Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj has promised an “impartial” inquiry into attacks on Nigerian students...

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Nigerians Attacked In India

Indian newspapers have reported that five people have been arrested over the attack Four Nigerian students have been...

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Modi Party Picks Firebrand To Head India’s Biggest State

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's right-wing party Saturday picked a controversial firebrand leader to head India's most...

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India’s Defence Minister Quits To Lead Goa State

India's defence minister resigned Monday to lead the coastal state of Goa after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party...

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‘Brand Modi’ Gets Thumbs Up As PM’s Party Sweeps India Polls

Rebounding from a self-inflicted banknote crisis to deliver his party a stunning victory in state polls, Prime Minister...

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Modi Set To Tighten Grip As India Awaits Results

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi looked set to tighten his grip on power Saturday with early trends from a string...

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Modi Looks To Tighten Grip As India Awaits Results

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be hoping to tighten his grip on power Saturday when results are announced...

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Modi Looks To Tighten Grip As India Awaits Results

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be hoping to tighten his grip on power Saturday when results are announced...

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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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Indian Politician Spends State Cash On Lavish Temple Gifts

The head of India's newest state is facing condemnation after spending $750,000 in public money on gold temple...

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New Chief of South India State Wins Bitter Confidence Vote

The new chief minister of India's Tamil Nadu state won a confidence vote in the regional assembly Saturday, hours after...

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Palanisamy Sworn In As Tamil Nadu’s New CM But Uncertainty Still Looms

Edappadi Palanisamy, an ally of jailed and disgraced Indian politician VK Sasikala has been sworn in as the next chief...

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Jailed Leader’s Ally To Head Southern India State

An ally of disgraced Indian politician VK Sasikala was Thursday appointed the next leader of Tamil Nadu state, ending a...

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Disgraced Tamil Leader Heads To Jail Over Graft

Disgraced Indian politician VK Sasikala prepared Wednesday to hand herself over to begin a four-year jail term for...

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Amnesty Urges Probe Over India Minister Torture Claim

A cabinet minister who claimed to have ordered police to torture rape suspects should be investigated for human rights...

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Amnesty Urges Probe Over India Minister Torture Claim

Amnesty International called on Tuesday for an Indian cabinet minister to be investigated for human rights abuses after...

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Incoming Leader of India’s Tamil Nadu State Jailed

India's Supreme Court handed down a four-year prison sentence Tuesday to the incoming chief minister of Tamil Nadu for...

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Pakistan Mourns Lahore Victims of Taliban Attack

Pakistanis Tuesday mourned the victims of a Taliban-claimed suicide bomb in Lahore, as the death toll rose to 15 and...

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Indian Water Minister Uma Bharti Says She Had Rapists Tortured

An Indian minister says she made rape suspects beg for their lives and ordered police to torture them. Uma Bharti, the...