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Indian Cinemas Shut In Tax Protest
More than 1,000 cinemas in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu have closed in protest at a hike in taxes after the...
India Launches Tax Revolution Amid Business Doubts
India on Saturday launched its biggest ever fiscal reform with the government promising that a new nationwide tax would...
Former Indian Judge Arrested After 40 Days On the Run
A former judge who led police on a 40-day manhunt across India has been arrested and jailed on contempt charges after a...
Five Farmers Die In Shooting At Protest Rally In India
At least five farmers are dead after shots were fired during a protest in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh....
Elephant Tramples Four To Death In Southern India
An elephant trampled four people including a 12-year-old girl to death when it rampaged through a village in southern...
Madras Court Orders Suspension of Cattle Slaughter Ban
A ban on trading cattle for slaughter has been temporarily suspended by the Madras High Court, dealing the first legal...
Indian Court Suspends Controversial Cow Slaughter Ban
An Indian court Tuesday temporarily suspended a ban imposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government on the sale of...
Film Breaks Silence On ‘madness’ of Sri Lanka Civil War
Jude Ratnam is worried how his film might go down with his fellow Sri Lankan Tamils. And he has a point. "Demons in...
Indian Teen Builds World’s ‘lightest Satellite’
An Indian teenager has built what is thought could be the world’s lightest satellite, which will be launched at a...
School Master For Speech-Impaired Girls In India Arrested For Rape
The head of a school in southern India has been arrested on suspicion of raping scores of disabled girls over a period...
India School Head Arrested Over Child Rape
The head of a school in southern India has been arrested on suspicion of raping scores of disabled girls over a period...
Indian Kabaddi League Signs Multi-Million Dollar Deal
The Indian sport of kabaddi has received a major boost with Chinese mobile company VIVO signing a five-year deal worth...
Indian Minister Gives New Brides Wooden Bats To Beat Abusive Husbands
An Indian politician has handed out hundreds of wooden bats to newly-wed brides to use as weapons in case their...
India Brides Get Wooden Paddles To Beat Drunk Husbands
An Indian state minister has given hundreds of wooden bats to newly-wed brides, urging them to use the paddle as a...
German Tourist Says She Was Raped In South India
A German tourist has accused two men of taking her captive and raping her in southern India, police said Monday, just...
Sri Lanka Navy Arrests 6 Indian Drug Smugglers
Sri Lanka's navy on Sunday arrested six Indians trying to smuggle 13.5 kilos (29.7 pounds) of heroin across the narrow...
Oil Workers Seized By S.Sudan Rebels Freed
Three foreign petroleum engineers abducted by South Sudanese rebels have been released after negotiations brokered by...
Indian Engineer Named Saddam Hussain Cannot Get A Job
More than 10 years after being executed, Saddam Hussein remains a huge presence in the life of one man. The marine...
India Moves 1000-Tonne Historic Armoury To Lay Rail Track
Dozens of workers are using cranes and jacks to shove and push a 1,000-tonne, 18th century armoury to make way for a...