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Bollywood star Chopra apologises over 'Quantico' Hindu terror plot

Abhaya Srivastava, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 10 02:25 PM

Bollywood superstar Priyanka Chopra apologized Sunday after a furor over an a US TV series that showed her uncovering a terror plot hatched by Indian Hindu nationalists.  Read more »

Delhi slum drowning in plastic as Environment Day focuses on India

Abhaya Srivastava, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 04 06:27 PM

NEW DELHI - A sea of plastic spreads through the New Delhi slum of Taimur Nagar, a symbol of the grime and waste that makes the Indian capital one of the world's most polluted cities. Read more »

Indian taxi driver arrested over Japanese tourist rape

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 03 03:12 AM

NEW DELHI, India - A taxi driver accused of raping and threatening a Japanese vacationer near a prominent Indian tourist destination has been arrested, police said Saturday.    Read more »

Zero bidders for debt-stricken Air India as deadline closes

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 01 12:55 AM

India's government announced Thursday that its auction for a majority stake in its debt-stricken airline Air India had received no bids.   Read more »

Storms kill at least 47 as India temperatures soar

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 30 02:41 AM

Fierce storms which swept across northern India have killed at least 47, taking the death toll from freak weather over the past month to several hundred, officials said Tuesday.  Read more »

India police investigate AirAsia boss Tony Fernandes

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of May 30 06:31 AM

India's federal police Tuesday raided the local offices of budget carrier AirAsia as investigators accused the airline's boss Tony Fernandes of illegally obtaining licenses. Read more »

Off color: Pollution turns India's white marble Taj Mahal green

Sunil Kataria, Reuters
Posted at May 22 08:59 AM

India's white-marble Taj Mahal is turning yellow and green as the 17th century mausoleum weathers filthy air in the world's eighth-most polluted city. Read more »

106 cocaine capsules found in woman's stomach

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 21 10:04 PM

Indian police used laxatives for several days to retrieve 106 cocaine capsules worth some $900,000 from the stomach of a Brazilian woman who tried to smuggle them into the country, officials said Monday. Read more »

US files complaint against India in WTO

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 10 07:00 AM

The United States on Wednesday lodged a complaint against India over indications the country has underreported its price support for grains.   Read more »

Walmart buys 77 pct stake in India's Flipkart for $16-B

Agence France Presse
Posted at May 09 09:08 PM

US retail behemoth Walmart said Wednesday it will buy a 77 percent stake in Indian online sales giant Flipkart for $16 billion in the world's biggest e-commerce deal. Read more »

Helicopter taxi apps offer escape from traffic-choked megacities

Elizabeth Law and Harry Pearl, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 09 04:18 PM

From New York to Jakarta, chopper-hailing services have been taking off to help commuters beat the traffic chaos.  Read more »

Teen fights for life after being raped, set on fire

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 08 12:08 AM

A 17-year-old Indian girl was fighting for her life Monday after being raped, doused in kerosene and set alight, the second such case to shake the country this week as it reels from a series of brutal sexual assaults. Read more »

India storm toll rises with more wild weather forecast

Chandan Khanna, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 04 06:53 PM

The death toll from freak storms that hit India climbed above 140 on Friday as people told how they had no time to escape the ferocious winds which tore down homes and toppled walls. Read more »

Indian villagers take revenge after 3 children killed by dogs

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 02 05:25 PM

Angry Indian villagers killed 13 stray dogs after three children were mauled to death by the animals on the same day, officials said Wednesday. Read more »

Groom killed at wedding by celebratory gunfire

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 02 12:56 AM

Indian police on Tuesday arrested a man accused of killing a bridegroom when he marked his friend's wedding with gunfire, the latest in a grim series of marriage celebrations gone wrong.   Read more »

India's Supreme Court orders special trials for child rape cases

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 01 09:12 PM

India's Supreme Court on Tuesday called for fast-track investigations and special courts to hear child rape cases amid an upsurge in deadly sex crimes. Read more »

'Simpsons' breaks TV record but faces controversy

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 01 07:44 AM

"The Simpsons" has broken the record for the most episodes in a primetime scripted series on American TV, but the milestone came as the popular show finds itself accused of racism.  Read more »

Leaders Xi Jinping, Narendra Modi agree to reduce India-China border tensions

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 28 10:14 PM

The leaders discussed how to mend ties strained when troops from both sides came eyeball-to-eyeball in a disputed area. Read more »

13 children killed when school bus and train collide in northern India

Reuters
Posted at Apr 26 12:43 PM

MUMBAI - Thirteen children were killed on Thursday when a school van collided with a train at an unmanned railway crossing in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, a police official said.   Read more »

30 dead, mostly children, as India school bus plunges off cliff

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 10 06:35 AM

SHIMLA, India - At least 30 people, including 27 children, were killed Monday in northern India when a school bus plunged into a deep ravine in the Himalayan foothills, police said. Read more »