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Indian court acquits Hindu nationalist leaders in mosque demolition case

A special court in the Indian city of Lucknow has ruled that the demolition of the 16th-century Babri mosque in 1992 by Hindu rioters was not preplanned, acquitting senior leaders from the nationalist governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The trial court of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) – the country’s top investigation agency – […]

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Amnesty Int’l halts work in India citing “incessant witch-hunt by Indian government”

Amnesty International has announced that it is halting its works in India due to “continuing crackdown” and “harassment” by the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Issuing a press statement today the rights body said, “The complete freezing of Amnesty International India’s bank accounts by the Government of India brings all the work being done

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At least eight dead in Mumbai building collapse, several feared trapped

MUMBAI, Sept 21 (Reuters) – At least eight people were killed in India when a three-storey residential building collapsed before dawn on Monday, media reports said, while a disaster agency official said up to 25 people were believed to be trapped in the ruins. Television showed pictures a rescue dog running over the rubble of

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Delhi metro reopens after five months of COVID-19 shutdown

The metro in the Indian capital, Delhi, has reopened more than five months after it was shut down to prevent the spread of coronavirus. It’s India’s largest rapid transport system – it carried 2.7 million passengers a day before the lockdown. Masks, social distancing and temperature checks are mandatory according to the new rules. India’s

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China can make India suffer ‘severe’ military losses – Global Times

SHANGHAI, Sept 1 (Reuters) – China is able to make India suffer more severe military losses than in the past if it wants to engage in competition, state-backed newspaper Global Times said on Tuesday, after a fresh border flare-up between the two nuclear-armed countries. Indian forces foiled an attempt by Chinese troops to occupy a

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Outrage in India over Dalit farmers’ suicide attempt after police beating

LUCKNOW, India, July 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A lower-caste Dalit couple in India attempted suicide after police beat them and destroyed their crops, triggering calls on Thursday for an end to brutal evictions of poor minorities. An online video showing half a dozen police officers dragging and beating the couple with sticks to evict

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Outrage as Indian judge calls alleged rape victim ‘unbecoming’

An Indian judge is under pressure to delete comments from a court order that questioned the behaviour of a woman who alleged she was raped. Granting bail to the rape accused last week, Justice Krishna S Dixit of the Karnataka High Court said he found the woman’s statement “a bit difficult to believe”. Justice Dixit went

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Indian policemen arrested over custody deaths of Jayaraj and Bennicks

India has arrested five policemen over the deaths of a father and son in custody, a senior investigating official said on Thursday, following outrage that drew comparisons to the death of George Floyd in the United States. On June 19 J Jayaraj, 59, and Bennicks Immanuel, 31, were subjected to a brutal thrashing that resulted

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India bans 59 mostly Chinese apps, including TikTok, amid border crisis

NEW DELHI, June 29 (Reuters) – India on Monday banned 59, mostly Chinese, mobile apps including Bytedance’s TikTok and Tencent’s WeChat in its strongest move yet targeting China in the online space since a border crisis erupted between the two countries this month. India’s technology ministry issued an order stating the apps are “prejudicial to

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“India’s George Floyds”: Father-son death in police custody sparks outrage

CHENNAI, June 27 (REUTERS) – Outrage at the death of a father-son duo in the custody of Indian police earlier this week mounted on Saturday, with thousands on social media comparing the incident to the death of George Floyd in the United States. J Jayaraj, 59, and Bennicks Immanuel, 31, were subjected to a brutal

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