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World Jul 12
Bollywood’s Amitabh Bachchan, 3 family members test positiveAbhishek Bachchan tweeted Sunday that his wife, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, and their 8-year-old daughter had also tested positive. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is a top Bollywood actress.
World Jun 18
India cautions China over its claim to area of deadly clashIndia is cautioning China against making "exaggerated and untenable claims” to the Galwan Valley area in the high Himalayas even as both nations try to end a standoff after a deadly military clash there.
World Dec 19
Police detain 1,200 protesters who defied bans on assembly against citizenship lawAt least three people were reported killed as protests raged around the country despite the bans as opposition increased to the law, which excludes Muslims, in a move many see as the government's push to bring India closer to a…
World Dec 08
Devastating factory fire kills at least 43 in Indian capitalA fire believed to be caused by an electrical short circuit engulfed a building in India’s capital on Sunday where handbags and other items were made by workers earning as little as 2 dollars per day, killing at least 43…
World Aug 17
Indian authorities begin easing clampdown in KashmirAuthorities in Indian-administered Kashmir began restoring landline phone services on Saturday after a nearly two-week security crackdown and news blackout following a decision by India's government to downgrade the Muslim-majority region's autonomy.
World Aug 16
Hundreds join street protest in Kashmir, defying restrictionsThe government imposed the lockdown to avoid a violent reaction to its decision on Aug. 5 to downgrade Muslim-majority Kashmir's autonomy.
World Aug 08
India arrests over 500 in Kashmir as Pakistan cuts railwayPakistan, which claims the divided Himalayan region together with India, on Thursday suspended a key train service with India over change in Kashmir's special status by New Delhi, as tensions between the rivals soared.
World Jul 22
India launches moon mission after earlier setbackThe spacecraft — named Chandrayaan, the Sanskrit word for "moon craft" — is scheduled to land on the lunar south pole in September.
World May 19
Indians vote in final phase of grueling national electionIndians voted Sunday in the seventh and final phase of a grueling national election that lasted more than five weeks, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party seeks to govern for another five years.
World May 12
India’s election approaches 7th, final week of votingIndians voted Sunday in the next-to-last round of a six-week-long national election marked by a highly acrimonious campaign that has seen Prime Minister Narendra Modi blame opposition party chief Rahul Gandhi’s family for the country’s ills.
