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41 workers stuck in a tunnel in India for 10th day given hot meals as rescue operation shifts gear
The 41 construction workers who have been trapped in a collapsed tunnel in northern India for over a week are finally getting hot meals, provided through a newly installed steel pipe, as rescuers work on an alternate plan of digging toward them vertically.
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41 workers in India are stuck in a tunnel for an 8th day. Officials consider alternate rescue plans
Officials trying to save 41 workers who have been trapped in a collapsed tunnel in northern India for eight days are contemplating alternative rescue plans after snags with a drilling machine caused them to halt digging. A new drilling machine arrived at the accident site in Uttarakhand state on Saturday to replace one that was damaged while breaking through the...
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A UNESCO World Heritage site with thousands of people living inside it
The 12th-century Jaisalmer Fort is a “living fort” lined with cafes, shops, hotels and homes that house the thousands of people who live inside it.
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13 people killed and 25 injured after two trains collided in southern India
Officials in India say 13 people have died and 25 others are injured after two passenger trains collided in the country’s south.
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Flash floods kill at least 14 in northeastern India and leave more than 100 missing
Rescue workers are searching for more than 100 people after flash floods triggered by a sudden heavy rainfall swamped several towns in northeastern India, killing at least 14 people.
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Who was Hardeep Singh Nijjar? The Sikh leader whose killing has triggered Canada-India tensions
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday that his government was investigating “credible allegations” that Indian government agents were linked to the June 18 slaying of Nijjar.
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India-Canada tensions hit crisis point after assassination allegations: Here's what you need to know
Ottawa had expelled a top Indian diplomat amid credible links between Indian government agents and the slaying of a Sikh community leader in British Columbia.
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India accuses Canada of sheltering ‘terrorists' as rift grows over slaying of Sikh activist in British Columbia
Canada is expelling a top Indian diplomat as it investigates what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calls credible allegations that India’s government may have had links to the assassination in Canada of a Sikh activist.
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Outrage grows from Seattle to India after officer's remarks on student's death
Demonstrators in Seattle have demanded the resignation of two police officers over the death of a student from India and callous remarks by one of them.
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Where to stay in India? Here are 8 former palaces that are now hotels
After the government abolished payments to the country’s Maharajas in 1971, some palace owners opened their doors to paying hotel customers.
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India lands spacecraft near moon's south pole, a first for the world as it joins elite club
India has landed a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole, where scientists believe vital reserves of frozen water and precious elements could be found.
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India becomes first country to land on moon's south pole
India’s space program landed a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole on Wednesday, an unchartered territory that scientists believe could hold vital reserves of frozen water and precious elements.
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At least 26 workers killed as construction platform at railroad bridge collapses in India
A construction platform at a railroad bridge being built in northeastern India collapsed Wednesday, killing at least 26 workers and injuring two others, an official said.
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Indian rescuers recover 27 dead but no sign of dozens of missing villagers swamped by a landslide
Rescuers have ended a four-day search for scores of people missing after heavy monsoon rains triggered a massive landslide in a village in western India.
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Rescuers find more bodies in landslide-hit village in western India, bringing the death toll to 21
Rescuers have found five more bodies in India’s western Maharashtra state, raising the death toll from a landslide triggered by torrential rains to at least 21 with many others feared trapped under the debris.
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India's Modi breaks silence over ethnic violence in Manipur after video shows mob molesting women
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has broken his public silence over deadly ethnic clashes in India’s northeast after a video went viral showing two women being assaulted by a mob.
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Indian authorities arrest 3 railway officials over the train crash that killed more than 290 people
India’s federal crime agency has arrested three railway officials in connection with one of the country’s deadliest train accidents, which killed more than 290 people last month. The Central Bureau of Investigation said in a statement Friday that three men have been charged with culpable homicide without murder, and destruction of evidence. It identified them as two signal engineers and...
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Hunter Biden, fresh off his plea agreement, attends state dinner at White House
Hunter Biden’s attendance at the dinner for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi comes two days after a court filing revealed his plea agreement regarding tax offenses.
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The White House state dinner with India's PM Narendra Modi is a historic event. Here's why
President Joe Biden’s White House is welcoming Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a state dinner. But what is a state dinner, and what food, entertainment and decor can be expected? Here’s what to know.
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‘I am a fan of Modi': Elon Musk on his friendship with Indian prime minister Modi
“I am a fan of Modi,” Musk admitted Tuesday in a video interview published on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s official YouTube page.