Fri 12 Apr 2019: NEW DELHI – The Dalai Lama said he felt “normal, almost normal” as he left the New Delhi hospital where he had been treated for a chest infection. The 83-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader looked pale but strong and spoke cheerfully to The Associated Press as he walked out of the building […]
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Fri 12 Apr 2019: NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Supreme Court on Friday asked political parties taking part in ongoing elections to provide details of funds received through electoral bonds. In 2017, India proposed these bonds as a transparent way for political funding. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has received most of […]
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Thu 11 Apr 2019: MUMBAI (Reuters) – Five sanitation workers, all from the lowest rung of India’s caste system, were chosen in late February to meet a very important guest: Prime Minister Narendra Modi. As cameras flashed, Modi proceeded to wash the feet of the workers, one by one, using water and his hands, a […]
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MUZAFFARNAGAR, India (Reuters) – Indians turned out in big numbers to vote in the first phase of a mammoth general election on Thursday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a second term after campaigning on his national security record amid tensions with rival Pakistan. Reuters reporters saw long queues outside many polling stations. The Election […]
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Wed 10 Apr 2019: Franco Mulakkal denies multiple charges, including unlawful detention, in southern state of Kerala Police on Tuesday charged an Indian bishop with repeatedly raping a nun at a rural convent in a case that has cast a new shadow on the Catholic church’s global sex abuse crisis. Franco Mulakkal was charged with […]
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Wed 10 Apr 2019: The Dalai Lama has been admitted to hospital in the Indian capital, Delhi, with a chest infection, but is reported to be in a stable condition. His private aide Tenzin Taklha said he was flown to Delhi from his hill town base after complaining of discomfort. The 83-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader […]
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Tue 9 Apr 2019: An Indonesian woman has lost her appeal against a blasphemy conviction related to a complaint she made about the volume of the Muslim call to prayer, media have reported this week. Indonesia’s Supreme Court posted the verdict on its website on Monday, confirming that the 18-month sentence handed to Meiliana, a Chinese-Indonesian from North […]
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SRINAGAR (Reuters) – Most nights in recent weeks, journalist Asif Qureshi’s phone vibrates with a message from a known number of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), a Pakistan-based militant group that killed 40 Indian paramilitary policemen in a suicide attack in Kashmir in February: “Allah always keeps you in safety and security”. “They want to tell us that […]
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Tue 9 Apr 2019: It is an election like no other. Those eligible to vote in India’s upcoming polls represent more than 10% of the world’s population and they will take part in the largest democratic exercise in history. India held its first elections in 1951-2 after the country gained independence from the UK in 1947. This […]
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MUMBAI (Reuters) – Five sanitation workers, all from the lowest rung of India’s caste system, were chosen in late February to meet a very important guest: Prime Minister Narendra Modi. As cameras flashed, Modi proceeded to wash the feet of the workers, one by one, using water and his hands, a gesture intended to honor […]
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