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Bus Crash Kills 44 In Northern India

A bus has swerved off a mountain road and plunged into a deep ravine in a Himalayan region of northern India, killing...

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China Renames Districts In Disputed India State

China has renamed six districts along a disputed Himalayan border region with India, in a move seen as "retaliation"...

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Bus Crash Kills 44 In Northern India

A bus has swerved off a mountain road and plunged into a deep ravine in a Himalayan region of northern India, killing...

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The Bus Mafia Controlling Nepal’s Smog-Choked Capital

Nepal's government is trying to tackle rising pollution levels in the smog-choked Kathmandu Valley, but standing in the...

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Dalai Lama Accuses China of Fooling Its People

The Dalai Lama on Saturday accused China of spreading false information about his trip to a monastery near India's...

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Dalai Lama Accuses China of Fooling Its People

The Dalai Lama on Saturday accused China of spreading false information about his trip to a monastery near India's...

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Dalai Lama Visits Disputed Monastery, Angering China

The Dalai Lama will Saturday address devotees at the monastery near India's border with China where he took shelter on...

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Avalanches Kill Three Indian Soldiers In Kashmir

Three soldiers have died after avalanches struck a high-altitude army post in Indian-administered Kashmir, an officer...

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Girls Help Preserve Kashmir’s Sufi Music Traditions

When Kashmiri teenager Shabnam Bashir first took up classical Sufi music three years ago, she had to practise singing...

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Dalai Lama Reunited With Guard Who Welcomed Him To India

The Dalai Lama has had an emotional reunion with the Indian border guard who escorted him as he fled his native Tibet...

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Policeman Killed In Kashmir Hours After Modi Visit

A grenade explosion killed a police officer and injured 10 other security personnel in Indian-administered Kashmir on...

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Himalayan Glaciers Granted Status of ‘living Entities’

An Indian court has recognised Himalayan glaciers, lakes and forests as "legal persons" in an effort to curb...

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Lowest Bidders Threaten Nepal’s Quake-Hit Heritage

Caretaker Deepak Shrestha padlocked shut the quake-ravaged remains of the Trailokya Mohan Narayan temple in Nepal's...

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Bad-Tempered India, Australia Tests Set For Showdown

India and Australia begin the finale of a bitterly fought Test series Saturday, with home skipper Virat Kohli keen to...

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Kashmir’s Slice of ‘paradise’ Has Big Skiing Ambitions

It's an area better known as a hotbed of insurgency but Indian Kashmir's only ski resort -- a favourite among...

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India Declares Ganges, Yamuna Rivers As Human Entities

Two of India’s most iconic rivers, considered sacred by nearly a billion Hindus in the country, have been given the...

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India Grants Sacred Rivers Status of ‘legal Persons’

Two of India's holiest but most polluted rivers have been recognised as a "legal person" in a landmark court ruling...

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Nepal Police Demolish Camp For Earthquake Displaced

Nepal police Tuesday demolished the largest remaining settlement of people displaced by a powerful earthquake that...

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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...