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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...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Oil Workers Seized By S.Sudan Rebels Freed

Three foreign petroleum engineers abducted by South Sudanese rebels have been released after negotiations brokered by...

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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...

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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...