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India's tech capital, firms shut down after water protests INTERNATIONAL

India's tech capital, firms shut down after water protests

Indian and foreign technology companies including global outsourcing firm Accenture closed offices and told staff to stay at home in the technology hub of Bengaluru on Tuesday after riots over the diversion of water from a river.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Violence in southern India over water dispute INTERNATIONAL

Violence in southern India over water dispute

Protests erupted in India's southern states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu on Monday over court orders on sharing of water from the disputed Cauvery river.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Indian hospital staff arrested over patient's 'rape' INTERNATIONAL

Indian hospital staff arrested over patient's 'rape'

A doctor and a hospital attendant have been arrested for the alleged rape of a woman who was being treated at a top hospital in western India, a police officer said Friday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Indian acid attack survivor wows fashion week runway INTERNATIONAL

Indian acid attack survivor wows fashion week runway

An Indian teenager who lost an eye and whose face was brutally disfigured in an acid attack walked the New York catwalk to whoops and cheers on Thursday in what she called a life-changing experience.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Indian sentenced to death for acid attack murder INTERNATIONAL

Indian sentenced to death for acid attack murder

An Indian court sentenced a man to death on Thursday for murdering a woman by throwing acid on her face after she rejected his marriage proposal, in a landmark judgement.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Pokemon Go 'blasphemous', says Indian lawyer INTERNATIONAL

Pokemon Go 'blasphemous', says Indian lawyer

Popular mobile gaming app Pokemon Go has been accused of hurting religious sentiments by showing eggs in Hindu and Jain temples.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
India to welcome foreign tourists with free mobile cards INTERNATIONAL

India to welcome foreign tourists with free mobile cards

Foreign visitors to India using electronic tourist visas will soon get free SIM cards on their arrival in the country, government officials said on Monday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
India to swap pellet guns for chilli shells in Kashmir INTERNATIONAL

India to swap pellet guns for chilli shells in Kashmir

Police and troops in Indian Kashmir will use chilli-based shells instead of pellet guns to quell protests, a minister said Monday, after hundreds of civilians sustained serious eye injuries in weeks of unrest.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Pope Francis declares Mother Teresa a saint INTERNATIONAL

Pope Francis declares Mother Teresa a saint

Pope Francis on Sunday declared revered nun Mother Teresa a saint in a canonisation mass at St Peter's square.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Delhi's ex-women's minister arrested on rape charge INTERNATIONAL

Delhi's ex-women's minister arrested on rape charge

The former women's minister of the Indian capital -- who was sacked over a ‘sex tape’ -- has now been arrested following a claim by a woman shown in the tape that he raped her ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Indian police rescue 22 Nepali trafficking victims INTERNATIONAL

Indian police rescue 22 Nepali trafficking victims

Police rescued 22 Nepali women from a hotel in New Delhi who were allegedly being trafficked from the Himalayan nation to the Middle East, and are searching for two suspects, officers said Saturday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Indian police rescue 22 Nepali trafficking victims INTERNATIONAL

Indian police rescue 22 Nepali trafficking victims

Police rescued 22 Nepali women from a hotel in New Delhi who were allegedly being trafficked from the impoverished Himalayan nation to the Middle East ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016