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Over 180 Cultural, Literary Persons Endorse Letter To PM By 49 Celebrities, Condemn F.I.R.

As many as 185 members of the Cultural Community, including actor Naseeruddin Shah, dancer Mallika Sarabhai, authors Ashok Vajpeyi, Nayantara…

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Modi To Host Summit With China’s Xi On Oct 11-12

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host Chinese President Xi Jinping for an informal summit later this week, the Indian foreign…

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Nine-year-old Among Nearly 150 Children Briefly Held In Kashmir: Court Probe

Police in Kashmir have detained 144 children, including a nine-year-old, since early August when the government revoked the disputed region’s…

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India Shelves Plan On Countrywide Ban On Single-Use Plastic Products

India has held off imposing a blanket ban on single-use plastics to combat pollution, officials said on Tuesday, a measure…

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Barricades And Books In Restive Kashmir Neighbourhood

Few people step outside Anchar, a neighbourhood ringed by steel barricades and razor wire in Indian Kashmir, where police have…

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Two Dalit Children Beaten To Death For ‘Open Defecation’

Two children from India’s lowest caste were beaten to death by two men after they defecated outside, officials and relatives…

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Modi’s Big Tax Cut Unlikely To Spur Job Bonanza In India

With one eye on flagging demand, businesses in India are likely to bank the government’s $20.4 billion corporate tax windfall…

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Wider Image: The Children Who Need To Take A Train To Get To Water

As their classmates set off to play after school each day, nine-year-old Sakshi Garud and her neighbor Siddharth Dhage, 10,…

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Trump Urges Modi To Improve Ties With Pakistan Amid Kashmir Dispute

U.S. President Donald Trump urged India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday to improve ties with Pakistan and “fulfil his…

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Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa’s Wife Gets I-T Notices On Charges Of Alleged Tax Evasion

Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa’s wife has been served notices by the Income Tax Department on tax evasion charges. Novel Singhal…

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‘Howdy, Modi!’ – Thousands, Plus Trump, Rally In Texas For Indian PM

U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared a stage and showered each other with praise on…

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India Cuts Corporate Taxes To Boost Manufacturing And Revive Growth

India cut corporate tax rates on Friday in a surprise move designed to woo manufacturers, revive private investment and lift…

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Apples Rot In Kashmir Orchards As Lockdown Puts Economy In Tailspin

It’s harvest time, but the market in the northern Kashmiri town of Sopore - usually packed with people, trucks and…

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Narendra Modi Didn’t Ask Me To Extradite Zakir Naik, Says Malaysia PM

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Tuesday said that his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi did not request him to return…

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Pakistan Warns Of ‘Genocide’ In Kashmir, Sees No Talks With India

Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told the top United Nations human rights forum on Tuesday that India’s “illegal military…

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Indo-Pak Tensions ‘Less Heated’ Now Than Two Weeks Ago: Donald Trump

The relationship between India and Pakistan is “less heated” now than it was two weeks ago, United States President Donald…

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India To Raise Target For Restoring Degraded Land: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced that India would raise its target for restoring degraded land from 21 million…

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As They Build India’s First Camp For Illegals, Some Workers Fear Detention There

Across a river in a remote part of India’s northeast, labourers have cleared dense forest in an area equivalent to…

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More Than 200 Fighters Trying To Cross Over Into Kashmir From Pakistan: India

More than 200 suspected militants are trying to cross over into Kashmir from Pakistan, India’s national security adviser said on…

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India Loses Contact With Chandrayaan-2, Modi Says Effort Was Worth It

India lost contact with a spacecraft it was attempting to land on the moon on Saturday, the chairman of the…

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Pakistan Vows ‘Fullest Possible Response’ To India Over Kashmir

Pakistan will make the fullest possible response to India’s actions in disputed Kashmir and the global community would be responsible…

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Everything Going According To Plan, ISRO Chief On Proposed Soft Landing Of ‘Vikram’ Module

Hours before Chandrayaan-2's 'Vikram' module's proposed soft landing on the lunar surface, ISRO Chairman K Sivan said on Friday things…

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In Kashmir, Shopkeepers Refuse To Open Despite India Easing Some Curbs

A month after India withdrew contested Kashmir’s autonomy, locked it down with thousands of additional troops and made mass arrests,…

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First Official Death In Kashmir Protests; Pakistan Warns Of Seeds Of War

A man has died in Kashmir nearly a month after he was injured in a protest, the first such death…

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Amazon India To Weed Out Single-Use Plastic Packaging By June 2020

Amazon.com Inc’s India unit said on Wednesday that it would replace all single-use plastic in its packaging by June 2020…

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