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India election, politics enters world’s biggest religious festival
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India election, politics enters world’s biggest religious festival

PRAYAGRAJ, India (Reuters) – At the world’s biggest religious festival, the Hindu Kumbh Mela in northern India’s Uttar Pradesh state,…
India milks a profit in quest to bump camel numbers
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India milks a profit in quest to bump camel numbers

On the edge of the Indian desert, Lakshman Raika boils tea with fresh milk from one of his camels, gently…
Bollywood film stirs controversy before Indian election
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Bollywood film stirs controversy before Indian election

MUMBAI (Reuters) – A Bollywood film that casts Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and his family in an unflattering light…
Violence rages over Indian flashpoint temple
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Violence rages over Indian flashpoint temple

  Twin arson and bomb attacks rocked southern India Saturday, continuing a violent backlash that followed the entry of two…
‘Purification’ rite after women enter flashpoint Indian temple
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‘Purification’ rite after women enter flashpoint Indian temple

  The high priest of one of India’s holiest temples carried out a “purification ritual” on Wednesday after two women…
India’s Modi faces biggest defeat since rise to power
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India’s Modi faces biggest defeat since rise to power

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s ruling party could lose power in three key states, four TV networks said on Tuesday,…
Delhi suffers toxic smog hangover after Diwali firework frenzy
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Delhi suffers toxic smog hangover after Diwali firework frenzy

Air pollution in New Delhi hit hazardous levels Thursday after a night of free-for-all Diwali fireworks, despite Supreme Court efforts…
Tradition, and mobs, keep women out of Indian temple
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Tradition, and mobs, keep women out of Indian temple

  At the Indian temple that is the focus of a battle over gender equality, Hindu hardliners are in festive…
India’s billion-dollar battle to build the world’s biggest statue
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India’s billion-dollar battle to build the world’s biggest statue

  The world’s biggest statue is rising in a remote corner of India to honor an independence hero but it…
Muslims flee Indian village after singer killed in argument with Hindu priest – police
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Muslims flee Indian village after singer killed in argument with Hindu priest – police

At least 200 Muslims have fled their village in the western Indian state of Rajasthan after a Hindu priest and…
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