Court in Indian Kashmir orders exhumation of murdered women
New Delhi - A court in India's northern state of Jammu and Kashmir Saturday directed police to exhume the bodies of two women whose alleged rape and murder triggered widespread protests and violence, media reports said. The Jammu and Kashmir High Cou...
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2009-07-04 ] Category : [
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Two rebels, one soldier killed in Kashmir combat
Srinagar, Kashmir - At least two suspected Muslim militants and a soldier were killed in combat in India-administered Kashmir, police said Saturday. The encounter began in the Wadderabal forests in the Kupwara district, 90 kilometres north-west of st...
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2009-07-04 ] Category : [
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Three killed in clashes over mosque desecration in India
New Delhi - At least three people, including a teenager, were killed in clashes Thursday between Muslims and Hindus over the desecration of a mosque in India's southern state of Karnataka, news reports said. The trouble began in Mysore - about 140 ki...
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2009-07-02 ] Category : [
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Protests rage in Indian-administered Kashmir town
Srinagar, Kashmir - Four people died and dozens were injured as protestors defied a curfew and clashed with police Wednesday in India-administered Kashmir. In Baramulla town, 50 kilometres north of state capital Srinagar, protestors took to the stree...
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2009-07-01 ] Category : [
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First conviction in India's anti-Christian riots case
New Delhi - An Indian court sentenced a man to two years in jail for the first conviction in the anti-Christian violence in the eastern state of Orissa, media reports said Wednesday. A special court at Phulbani, seat of the communally sensitive Kandh...
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2009-07-01 ] Category : [
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Six militants killed in India's restive north-east
New Delhi - At least six separatist militants were killed in separate gunbattles with security forces in India's north-eastern states of Assam and Manipur, a news report said Sunday. While two militants were killed in Assam on Sunday, four rebels wer...
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2009-06-28 ] Category : [
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Seven workers die in accident in northern India
New Delhi - At least seven workers involved in sand mining near a river in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state were killed when the river bank caved in on Saturday, a news report said. The incident occurred in a village in the Bijnor district, 350 k...
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2009-06-27 ] Category : [
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India says ties with Pakistan under 'stress'
New Delhi - New Delhi on Friday conveyed to Pakistan that bilateral relations were under considerable stress and asked the neighbouring country to fulfil its pledge of not allowing its territory to be used for terrorist activities against India. In...
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2009-06-26 ] Category : [
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