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11 die, more than 90 fall sick after eating temple food in India

Reuters
Posted at Dec 15 04:57 PM

Eleven people including 2 children died and more than 90 were hospitalized after consuming a religious food offering at a temple in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, police said on Saturday, calling it a suspected case of mass food poisoning. Read more »

Hillary Clinton joins Bollywood stars as super-rich Indians wed

Shilpa Jamkhandikar and Francis Mascarenhas, Reuters
Posted at Dec 13 06:35 AM

MUMBAI - The daughter of India's richest man got married on Wednesday in a traditional ceremony in Mumbai attended by Bollywood stars and former US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Read more »

Priyanka Chopra, Nick Jonas celebrate wedding at New Delhi reception

Rahul Singh, Reuters
Posted at Dec 05 05:38 AM

NEW DELHI - Priyanka Chopra, star of Indian film and US television, and Jonas Brothers singer Nick Jonas celebrated their wedding at a glitzy reception in New Delhi on Tuesday, joined by celebrities ranging from India's prime minister to Hollywood stars. Read more »

Making the world hotter: India's expected AC explosion

Jalees Andrabi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 04 11:24 AM

With India's AC market expected to explode from 30 million to a billion units by 2050, the world's second-most populous country could become the planet's top user of electricity for cooling.   Read more »

2 killed in violence over cow slaughter in north India

Reuters
Posted at Dec 04 05:07 AM

NEW DELHI - A senior police officer and another man were killed on Monday in violent protests over reports of a slaughtered cow, an animal sacred in Hindu culture, in India's Uttar Pradesh state. Read more »

Priyanka Chopra, Nick Jonas marry in Indian royal palace: magazine

Shilpa Jamkhandikar, Reuters
Posted at Dec 02 12:34 AM

MUMBAI - "Quantico" actor and Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra married U.S singer Nick Jonas on Saturday in a Christian ceremony attended by close family and friends at one of India's most opulent royal palaces, People magazine reported. Read more »

Nick Jonas, Priyanka Chopra set to marry in royal style

Shilpa Jamkhandikar, Reuters
Posted at Nov 30 07:33 PM

Chopra, 36, and 26-year-old Jonas were engaged this year after meeting at an Oscars after-party last year. Read more »

Air India plane hits building at Stockholm airport

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 29 06:51 AM

STOCKHOLM - An Air India plane carrying 179 passengers struck a building at Stockholm's Arlanda airport with its wingtip as it taxied to gate on Wednesday, but no injuries were reported, police said. Read more »

India throws book at schools making young pupils carry heavy bags

Reuters
Posted at Nov 29 01:49 AM

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI - Concerned about producing a generation of children with hunched backs and other spine problems, India has denounced schools for making students carry heavy school bags and giving young children homework. Read more »

Online 'funeral kits' help grieving Indians

Vishal Manve, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 28 03:15 PM

Hindu funerals are complex affairs and typically involve anointing the body with sandalwood paste, the burning of cow dung and the breaking of coconuts. Read more »

Tuloy ang wedding: Lalaki binaril, nagpagamot, tumuloy sa kasal

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 22 05:44 PM

Kahit may naiwan pang bala sa kaniyang balikat, binigyan lang ng paunang lunas ang lalaki sa India at tumuloy din sa kaniyang kasal. Read more »

American killed by an isolated tribe on remote Indian island

Sanjib Kumar Roy, Reuters
Posted at Nov 22 07:01 AM

PORT BLAIR, India - An American self-styled adventurer and Christian missionary has been killed and buried by a tribe of hunter-gatherers on a remote island in the Indian Ocean where he had gone to proselytize, local law enforcement officials said on Wednesday.  Read more »

Bollywood actress apologizes for #MeToo comments

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 21 06:19 AM

MUMBAI - Bollywood actress Preity Zinta apologized on Tuesday over comments she made about India's #MeToo movement that sparked a furor on social media. Read more »

DFA: 15 of 21 Pinoy seamen stranded in India brought home

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 18 03:54 PM

Some of the Filipino seafarers who were abandoned by their ship's owner in India last June have returned to the country, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Sunday. Read more »

India's flashpoint temple, off limits to women

Bhuvan Bagga, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 18 08:41 AM

The stage is set for a fresh showdown in India with traditionalists aiming to prevent women from gaining entry to the Sabarimala temple, one of Hinduism's holiest sites.  Read more »

Women boxers wear masks, scarves to beat smog at world championship in India

Neha Dasgupta, Reuters
Posted at Nov 13 07:10 PM

Women boxers training for a world championship starting in the Indian capital this week are wearing surgical masks, scarves and even T-shirts across their mouths as the level of air pollution rises several times beyond the safe limit. Read more »

India inaugurates world's biggest statue amid tight security

Atish Patel and Sam Panthaky, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 31 04:47 PM

India on Wednesday inaugurated the world's biggest statue with pomp, fireworks and tight security amid an outcry among local groups over the cost of the 182 meter (600 feet) high reproduction of an Indian independence hero.  Read more »

DFA: 21 seafarers stranded in India home soon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 26 03:54 PM

MANILA - Twenty-one Filipino seafarers stranded in India since June will be repatriated soon, the Philippine envoy there reported to home office this week.  Read more »

Travel TV's Captain Joy Roa: "I always said I was Italian in my past life"

Lora Marie Lumba
Updated as of Nov 06 11:59 AM

With four decades spent airborne, veteran aviator Captain Joy Roa is our resident eye in the sky. Read more »

India train disaster families protest amid anger over safety

Narinder Suri, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 21 03:05 AM

Angry relatives staged a protest Saturday on the tracks where a speeding train ploughed into crowds watching fireworks, killing about 60 people. Read more »