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Cyclone Fani: Huge evacuation as storm makes landfall in India

A tropical cyclone has made landfall in eastern India today. A massive operation to evacuate more than a million people to safety from low-lying areas in Orissa state had been put in place. According to the authorities, cyclone shelters are being set up and major ports are being shut down.

03/05/2019

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Thousands celebrate Indian festival of Holi

Thousands of people from all over the world on Thursday smeared each other with colours during the Indian festival of Holi.

22/03/2019

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Tourists chill out at Indian Kashmir's ice cafe

Tourists in Indian mountain village of Gya in Kashmir state can now enjoy hot drinks and eat traditional noodles inside an ice sculpture resembling Buddhist meditation place.

19/03/2019

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Tibetan exiles mark 60th anniversary of failed uprising

Crowds gathered in the Indian hill town of Dharamsala on Sunday to mark 60 years since the failed Tibetan uprising that drove the Dalai Lama into exile.

10/03/2019

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Indian politicians get off on wrong foot in "shoe brawl"

Two lawmakers from India's ruling party were set to be disciplined on Thursday (March 7) after a fight using a shoe as a weapon went viral on social media.

08/03/2019

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People in India call for peace with Pakistan

"The people of India and Pakistan want peace, not war" - with this slogan, hundreds of people formed a human chain in India.

04/03/2019

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Watch again: Indian military accuses Pakistan of 'violations'

India's navy, airforce and army on Thursday accused Pakistan of committing "violations" across the Kashmir line of control and said it is ready to intercept with a "swift, strong response when needed".

28/02/2019

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India launches airstrikes inside Pakistan

India said its warplanes struck a militant training camp inside Pakistan on Tuesday, raising tensions between the neighbouring countries.

26/02/2019

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Bootleg liquor kills scores in India

At least 150 people have died from drinking toxic illegal alcohol in Assam in northeast India.

24/02/2019

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Delhi hotel fire kills at least 17, spurs safety concerns

Delhi hotel fire kills at least 17, spurs safety concerns

12/02/2019

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Seven sustainable wonders of the world are on display in India

A group of artists have come together in New Delhi to reproduce famous monuments of the world using waste.

08/02/2019

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Famous monuments from across the world recreated in metal in India

A group of seven artists have come together to create replicas of a set of monuments known as the "Seven Wonders of the World" using scrap metal in New Delhi.

06/02/2019

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From pariah to demi-god: transgender leader a star at Indian festival

Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, an Indian transgender activist and a former reality TV star, is busy blessing a constant stream of pilgrims at India's Kumbh Mela, a huge religious festival at the confluence of the holy Ganges and Yamuna rivers.

20/01/2019

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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

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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

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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

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Monkey business affecting government affairs in New Delhi

Monkeys walk corridors of power in New Delhi

11/12/2018

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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