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Ash-smeared holy men attend India's Kumbh Mela

Ash-smeared and Naga Sadhus or Hindu holy men, wearing just rosary beads and garlands, smoking wooden chillums (cigars), were a huge draw at this week's Kumbh Mela in India, the world's largest religious festival.

17/01/2019

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Members of India's transgender community take first Kumbh Mela swim

For decades Laxmi Narayan Tripathi has fought India's conservative laws and beliefs to bring the transgender community equal with the rest of society, and now she has notched up a new milestone.

16/01/2019

India

Hindus celebrate Kumbh Mela religious festival

Hindus meet for the largest-ever human gathering: the Kumbh Mela.

15/01/2019

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Indian city gets artistic makeover ahead of Hindu pilgrimage

The Indian city of Prayagraj has been transformed as entire swathes of the city have been painted in a campaign to celebrate the Hindu pilgrimage of Kumbh Mela.

13/01/2019

India

Protests erupt after two women make landmark step in Indian temple

Two women were the first to step foot in a Hindu temple in India after a Supreme Court ruling in September overturned a ban on women of menstrating age from entering. Their actions raised the ire of conservative worshippers who protested the women's entry to the temple.

02/01/2019

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India steps up efforts to rescue trapped miners

High pressure pumps and divers from the Indian Navy were brought to Ksan in northeastern India on Saturday (December 29) to aid rescue operations for 15 coal miners trapped underground since December 13

30/12/2018

India

The Indian festival where theatre meets nature

Started in 2008, the "Under the Sal Tree" festival this year was held over three days in a forest in Rampur village in India's northeastern state of Assam.

19/12/2018

India

Monkey business affecting government affairs in New Delhi

Monkeys walk corridors of power in New Delhi

11/12/2018

India

India: woman set on fire after 'police fail to respond to attack compl

A woman in India was set on fire by the same men who tried to molest her just days earlier, authorities say.

03/12/2018

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India marks 10th anniversary of Mumbai attacks

India on Monday marked the 10th anniversary of the Mumbai terror attacks with ceremonies across the city.

26/11/2018

India

Watch: Baby’s remarkable survival after being 'run over' by train

This is a baby’s incredible scrape with death in India.

22/11/2018

India

American Christian missionary killed by remote island tribe

An American Christian missionary has reportedly been killed by an isolated tribe on North Sentienel Island off the coast of India, after visiting the island for the second time.

22/11/2018

India

Delhi pollution campaigners confronted by political apathy

Residents exposed to up to 24 times the recommended limit of dangerous particles.

08/11/2018

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India inaugurates world's tallest statue to celebrate independence hero

India on Wednesday (October 31) inaugurated the world's tallest statue, a $400-million effigy of independence hero Vallabhbhai Patel that towers nearly twice the height of New York's Statue of Liberty.

31/10/2018

India

India unveils the tallest statue in the world

The Statue of Unity is double the size of the Statue of Liberty and stands at 182 metres tall.

31/10/2018

India

Good and evil go head to head as India celebrates Dussehra

Indians are taking to the streets for the annual Hindu celebration of Dussehra. Traditions go back hundreds of years and it marks the victory of good over evil.

30/10/2018

India

Watch: Schoolchildren dress as Gandhi amid birthday celebrations

October 2 marks Gandhi's birthday as well as International Day of Non-Violence, an ideal that Gandhi strove towards.

02/10/2018

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Indian children dress as Gandhi to mark 150th anniversary of independence leader's birth

Indian schoolchildren across the country dressed as Mahatma Gandhi on Monday (October 1) to mark the upcoming 150th birthday celebration of modern India's founding father and promoter of peace.

02/10/2018

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Watch: Indian traffic officer controls cars with dance moves

A traffic police officer in India catches the attention of drivers, using his unique moves to control traffic in the eastern city of Bhubaneswar.

13/09/2018

India

'Gay sex ruling will take time to become reality on ground'

Whilst the gay sex ruling by India's top court is considered as "landmark," a freelance journalist for NBC tells Euronews "it'll take time for it to become a reality on the ground."

06/09/2018

India

After Supreme Court challenge gay sex is legalised in India

India's top court has struck down a colonial-era law that makes homosexual acts punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

06/09/2018

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India's Supreme Court legalises gay sex in landmark ruling

India's top court scrapped a colonial-era ban on gay sex on Thursday (September 06) in a landmark judgement that activists hope will uphold the right to equality.

06/09/2018

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Watch: Locals return home to Kerala after severe flooding

More than a million residents were forced to flee their homes.

21/08/2018

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Watch: World's 'highest' rafting and kayaking event

Watch: Held in the Ladakh region in northern India on August 19, the extreme sports enthusiasts had to navigate their way through the 14 kilometres of waters.

21/08/2018

India

Indian PM pledges aid as rain lets up in Kerala

The Indian Meteorological office says in some places the floods have begun to recede. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, visited the state yesterday, announcing a 60 million euro aid package for the region.

19/08/2018

India

Worst floods in a century kill at least 324 in India's Kerala

More than 300 people have died in the last three months after heavy rain and landslides in Kerala.

18/08/2018