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Indian media hail court verdict ruling gay sex legal
AFP - Friday, July 3NEW DELHI (AFP) - - The Indian media hailed a court ruling to decriminalise gay sex and urged the government to respond by striking a colonial-era ban on homosexuality from the statute books. More »
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Indian paramilitaries withdrawn from Kashmir town
AFP - Thursday, July 2SRINAGAR, India (AFP) - - India withdrew paramilitary forces from a curfew-bound town in Kashmir on Wednesday in an apparent bid to defuse tensions after clashes with protesters left four people dead. More »
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India sets up regional base for anti-terror troops
AFP - Wednesday, July 1MUMBAI (AFP) - - India's first regional unit for specialist anti-terror troops has opened in Mumbai, fulfilling a government pledge after criticisms of the military's slow response to last year's attacks on the city. More »
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TV footage of Mumbai suspect interview released
AFP - Monday, June 29LONDON (AFP) - - A British news outlet has released footage of a police interview with a Pakistani man on trial over last year's Mumbai attacks, in which he admitted working for militant group Laskhar-e-Taiba (LeT). More »
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India to review laws banning homosexuality: report
AFP - Monday, June 29NEW DELHI (AFP) - - India is set to review its long-standing laws barring gay sex, in a move that could decriminalise homosexuality in the largely conservative country, a report said Sunday. More »
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Retail chains leave India's coffee houses in peril
AFP - Sunday, June 28NEW DELHI (AFP) - - At first glance, the Indian Coffee House in New Delhi looks more like a decrepit school cafeteria than a venerable gathering spot for the city's intelligentsia. More »
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India and Pakistan ministers discuss anti-terrorism fight
Reuters - Saturday, June 27TRIESTE, Italy (Reuters) - The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan met in Italy to discuss terrorism and strained ties on Friday, in the second high-level bilateral talks since November's Mumbai attacks. More »
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India's Tata Motors posts full-year loss
AFP - Saturday, June 27MUMBAI (AFP) - - India's top vehicle maker Tata Motors on Friday posted an annual loss, blaming the slump on a fall in sales of its British luxury marque Land Rover as the global downturn sapped demand. More »
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India seeks more talks on contentious climate draft
Reuters - Saturday, June 27By Krittivas Mukherjee More »
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Bangladesh cyclone victims 'homeless for months'
AFP - Thursday, June 25DHAKA (AFP) - - Hundreds of thousands displaced by a cyclone in Bangladesh could be homeless until the monsoon season ends in three months, aid workers and the UN warn, despite government assurances most have returned home. More »
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- Indian Kashmir shuts down over women's deathsReuters -Sunday, June 21
- India orders Afghan-bound US plane to landAFP -Saturday, June 20
- Troops, Maoists trade gunfire in east IndiaAFP -Saturday, June 20
- India state begins to reclaim "liberated" Maoist zoneReuters -Friday, June 19
- US seeks 'dramatic expansion' of India tiesAFP -Thursday, June 18
- India eyes new peace deal with PakistanAFP -Thursday, June 18
- Ethnic conflict kills 12 in India's northeastReuters -Wednesday, June 17
- Indian PM warns Pakistan in first post-Mumbai meetingAFP -Wednesday, June 17
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