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India's army chief warns Pakistan of retaliation
India's army chief on Monday accused Pakistan of planning an attack in which two Indian soldiers were killed in the disputed Kashmir region last week, ...
Millions of Hindus bathe in Ganges to cleanse sins
Millions of devout Hindus led by naked ascetics with ash smeared on their bodies plunged into the frigid waters of India's holy Ganges River on Monday ...
Lawyer in India rape case says client is a minor
One of the five men charged with gang-raping and killing a 23-year-old student on a bus in India's capital is a minor, his lawyer said Monday as he ...
Hindus now have a fellow believer in Congress
When Dr. Uma Mysorekar looks at the members of the new Congress, the Indian immigrant and practicing Hindu can see that, for the first time, there's ...
6 arrested in new rape of a bus passenger in India
Police said Sunday they have arrested six suspects in another gang rape of a bus passenger in India, four weeks after a brutal attack on a student on ...
Family quarrels add intrigue to lotto winner death
In the week since news surfaced that a Chicago man was poisoned to death with cyanide just before he was to collect a lottery payout, surprising ...
Pakistan, India seek to ease tension over Kashmir
Despite the worst bout of violence in years along the disputed Kashmir border, Pakistani and Indian officials have kept tension from spiraling out of ...
Pakistan protests clashes with India in Kashmir
Pakistan has summoned India's top diplomat in the country to protest a pair of clashes along the disputed Kashmir border in the past week that killed ...
Pakistani soldier killed by Indian gunfire
Indian troops fired across the disputed Kashmir border and killed a Pakistani soldier Thursday, Pakistan's military said, the third deadly incident ...
Lawyer: Police beat New Delhi gang rape suspects
Police badly beat the five suspects arrested in the brutal gang rape and killing of a young woman on a New Delhi bus, the lawyer for one of the men ...
Indian park battles poachers targeting rhino horn
Out of the early morning mists and tall grass of northeast India emerges a massive creature with a dinosaur-like face, having survived millions of ...
Wife says poisoned lottery winner had no enemies
The wife of a Chicago lottery winner who was poisoned with cyanide said Tuesday she was devastated by his death and cannot believe her husband could ...
India says Pakistani soldiers kill 2 Indians
Pakistani soldiers crossed the cease-fire line in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir on Tuesday and attacked an army patrol, killing two Indian ...
Pakistan protests Indian attack on army post
The Pakistani Foreign Office said Monday it has protested formally to India for an attack on its army post. A statement issued by the office said the ...
Hearings, trial closed in Indian rape case
An Indian magistrate ruled Monday that the media will not be allowed to attend pre-trial hearings or the trial of the five men accused of raping and ...
Indian women hope brutal rape will spark change
Preeti Singh worries each time her 20-year-old daughter has a late night at the hospital where she's a medical student. If her daughter has to stay ...
Pakistan says 1 dead in border clash with India
Pakistan and India traded accusations Sunday of violating the cease-fire in the disputed northern region of Kashmir, with Islamabad accusing Indian ...
India gang-rape victim's friend recounts attack
Passers-by refused to stop to help a naked, bleeding gang-rape victim after she was dumped from a bus onto a New Delhi street, and police delayed ...
Indian court to rule on generic drug industry
From Africa's crowded AIDS clinics to the malarial jungles of Southeast Asia, the lives of millions of ill people in the developing world are hanging ...
Indian court may suspend lawmakers facing crimes
Indian lawmakers facing sexual assault charges against women could be suspended from office if the country's top court rules in favor of a petition ...
1 Indian gang rape suspect may be juvenile
A bone test is being conducted to confirm the age of a young suspect in custody in the fatal assault and gang rape of a woman on a bus in India's ...
India paying welfare directly, aiming to end fraud
India will pay billions of dollars in social welfare money directly to its poor under a new program that aims to cut out the middlemen blamed for the ...
World looks to 2013 after violence, economic woes
As the world rang in 2013 with spectacular fireworks displays and showers of confetti, the specter of economic uncertainty and searing violence dimmed ...
India rape sets off debate over women's rights
India's army and navy canceled New Year's celebrations on Monday out of respect for a New Delhi student whose gang-rape and murder has set off an ...
Indian gang rape victim's body cremated privately
A young woman who died after being gang-raped and beaten on a bus in India's capital was cremated privately as millions of grieving, angry residents ...