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India opposition vows to block reform bills over scandal (Reuters)

November 15th, 2010

Reuters - India’s main opposition on Monday kept up its demand for a parliamentary probe into a telecoms license row despite a government minister resigning over the issue, threatening to…

In India, the World’s Largest School Lunch Program (Time.com)

November 14th, 2010

Time.com - Despite its optimistic economy andgrowing geopolitical clout, India continues to be home to moreundernourished children than any other country. Can wholesome school lunches be part of the solution?

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Obama in India: A Solemn Arrival Spoils the Local Party? (Time.com)

November 6th, 2010

Time.com - The President began his Asia trip by paying tribute to the victims of the Mumbai massacre, but locals weren’t happy that his arrival spoiled holiday festivities– and business

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Obama’s Passage to India: What He Needs to Do (Time.com)

November 4th, 2010

Time.com - The American president has a chance to further ties that have not been so good since the 1940s. Here are four ways to do so.

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India signs nuclear liability pact, a U.S. demand (Reuters)

October 27th, 2010

Reuters - India signed an international treaty governing global civil nuclear liability on Wednesday, a step sought by Washington to reassure U.S. suppliers entering the country’s fledgling $150 billion atomic power…

Japan, India sign deal to boost trade, investment (AP)

October 25th, 2010

AP - The leaders of India and Japan signed a broad agreement Monday aimed at increasing trade and agreed to speed up talks toward a civilian nuclear energy deal —…

Brand, Perry wed at tiger reserve in India (AP)

October 23rd, 2010

British actor-comedian Russell Brand smiles at a group of tourists passing by at the Ranthambore National Park in Ranthambore, India, Friday, Oct. 22, 2010. Russell Brand's friend and a bodyguard assaulted four news photographers, including one from The Associated Press, when they were taking pictures of the British comedian Friday in an Indian tiger reserve before his wedding to Katy Perry, the photographers said. The photographers had been following about 330 feet (100 meters) behind two jeeps, one carrying Brand, a woman who was not Perry, a man and two children, and the second carrying the bodyguard and another man later described by police as Brand's friend and wedding guest. (AP Photo)AP - British comedian Russell Brand and American pop singer Katy Perry were married Saturday at a luxury resort in a tiger reserve in northwestern India, a hotel official said.


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Brand, Perry wed at traditional ceremony in India (AP)

October 23rd, 2010

British actor-comedian Russell Brand smiles at a group of tourists passing by at the Ranthambore National Park in Ranthambore, India, Friday, Oct. 22, 2010. Russell Brand's friend and a bodyguard assaulted four news photographers, including one from The Associated Press, when they were taking pictures of the British comedian Friday in an Indian tiger reserve before his wedding to Katy Perry, the photographers said. The photographers had been following about 330 feet (100 meters) behind two jeeps, one carrying Brand, a woman who was not Perry, a man and two children, and the second carrying the bodyguard and another man later described by police as Brand's friend and wedding guest. (AP Photo)AP - British comedian Russell Brand and American pop singer Katy Perry were married Saturday in a traditional Hindu wedding ceremony at a luxury resort in a tiger reserve in…

Goat sacrifice fight spurs fatal stampede in India (AP)

October 17th, 2010

AP - An argument over sacrificing goats during a Hindu festival triggered a stampede that killed 10 people Sunday in a packed temple in northern India, officials said.

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India less tense after court verdict on holy site (AP)

October 1st, 2010

Hindu priests celebrate after hearing the first reports on the court verdict in Ayodhya, India, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010. An Indian court ruled Thursday that a disputed holy site that has sparked bloody communal riots across the country in the past should be divided between the Hindu and Muslim communities. However, the court gave the Hindu community control over the section where the now demolished Babri Mosque stood and where a small makeshift tent-shrine to the Hindu god Rama rests. While both Muslim and Hindu lawyers vowed to appeal to the Supreme Court, the compromise ruling seemed unlikely to set off a new round of violence, as the government had feared. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)AP - Schools, shops and businesses reopened Friday as fears of violence ebbed in northern India following a court order to divide a disputed holy site between the Hindu and…

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