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CAA Stir: Tourists Skip Taj Mahal, Other Attractions

India’s tourism industry has been hit by a wave of violent anti-government protests against a new citizenship law that have…

4 years ago
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Yogi Adityanath Defends ‘Strict’ Action To Quell Protests In UP

The chief minister of Uttar Pradesh has rebuffed accusations from rights groups of police abuses during protests against a new…

4 years ago
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Internet Shutdowns Cost Mobile Carriers Millions In Lost Revenue

Indian mobile operators are losing around Rs 24.5 million ($350,000) in revenue every hour they are forced to suspend internet…

4 years ago
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Security Clampdown Keeps CAA Protests Under Control

India deployed thousands of police personnel and shut down mobile internet services across many cities on Friday to control protests…

4 years ago
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BJP Govt Afraid Of Hindu-Muslim Unity: Akhilesh

Alleging that the BJP government was afraid of Hindu-Muslim unity, Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday sought to know…

4 years ago
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India Tightens Security For Protests After Friday Prayers

Indian authorities stepped up security in major cities on Friday and mobile data services were suspended in some places ahead…

4 years ago
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Fury Grows After CAA Protest Deaths In Meerut

Zaheer Ahmed had just returned home from work in Meerut last Friday afternoon and stepped out for a smoke before…

4 years ago
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CAA Protests: U.P. Govt. Demands Damages, Threatens To Confiscate Property

India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state is demanding millions of rupees from over 200 people and threatening to confiscate their property…

4 years ago
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India Beefs Up Security Amid Outrage Against New Law, Anger With Police

Indian authorities stepped up security and shut down the internet in various places on Tuesday while members of the ruling…

4 years ago
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CAA Stir: Modi Summons Ministers To Discuss Security Situation

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi called a meeting with his council of ministers on Saturday to discuss security following protests…

4 years ago
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6 Dead In Deadliest Day Of Citizenship Law Protests

Six people died and dozens were injured on Friday as police clashed with thousands of protesters who again took to…

4 years ago
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CAA: Police Fire Tear Gas At Angry Mobs In North India

The police fired tear gas and clashed with crowds of stone-throwing Muslims who took to the streets after Friday prayers…

4 years ago
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Protesters Chant “Remove Modi” After Prayers At Delhi’s Jama Masjid

Chants of “Remove Modi” filled the air after Friday prayers at the historic Jama Masjid as protesters gathered to march…

4 years ago
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Court Finds Former BJP MLA Sengar Guilty Of Rape

An Indian court found a former state lawmaker from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party guilty on Monday of raping a…

4 years ago
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In An Indian Village, A Woman’s Killing And Alleged Rape Opens Caste Divides

When the young woman limped toward shopkeeper Ravindra Prakash, pleading for help on a dark and foggy morning in the…

4 years ago
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Unnao Rape Victim Dies In Hospital After Being Set Ablaze

A 23-year-old rape victim set on fire by a gang of men, which included her alleged rapists, has died in…

4 years ago
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With Supreme Court Ruling On Ayodhya, Modi’s Hindu-First Agenda Barrels Forward

Just six months after sweeping to re-election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has delivered on two major promises of his Hindu-first…

4 years ago
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More Than 1,600 Die In Heaviest Monsoon Season For 25 years

The heaviest monsoon rains to lash India in 25 years have killed more than 1,600 people since June, government data…

5 years ago
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People Offer Prayers Near Ravidas Temple Site

Scores of people marching to offer prayers at the Ravidas temple site in the Tughlakabad area on Tuesday, a month…

5 years ago
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Angry Dalits Recall A Delhi Sultan To Protest The Demolition Of Saint Ravidas’s Temple

It was with some irony that the kirtan singers at the base of Delhi’s Tughlaqabad fort broke out into one…

5 years ago
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Sonbhadra Firing: ‘Leaving For Now But Will Be Back’, Says Priyanka Gandhi

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said her objective had been achieved after she met two relatives of victims of…

5 years ago
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‘Won’t Go Without Meeting Victims’: Detained at Chunar Kila, Priyanka Gandhi Continues Dharna

Congress general secretary for Uttar Pradesh east, Priyanka Gandhi continued her dharna on Saturday, July 20, after being detained by…

5 years ago
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Harassment of a Minor Girl in Zafarabad, U.P., Falsely Attributed to Members of Muslim Community

A disturbing video of a man violently forcing himself on a woman in broad daylight while another is filming the…

5 years ago

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