Thu May 20, 2010 2:53 AM EDT
The death toll from a powerful cyclone that slammed into southeastern India, toppling power lines and triggering landslides, has climbed to 23, a top official said Friday.
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Sat Dec 26, 2009 9:11 AM EST
The 86-year-old governor of a southern Indian state resigned, a day after a television news channel broadcast a tape allegedly showing him in bed with three women.
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Thu Dec 24, 2009 6:59 AM EST
Police with bamboo batons clashed with crowds of protesters in southern India on Thursday as outrage over a delay in creating a new state erupted into violent demonstrations in several cities.
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Thu Sep 3, 2009 12:18 AM EDT
Rescuers retrieved the bodies Thursday of a powerful Indian politician and four others whose helicopter crashed in dense jungles during a pounding rainstorm.
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Wed Sep 2, 2009 10:17 AM EDT
A helicopter carrying a powerful politician from southern India disappeared in heavy rains Wednesday as it flew over a forested region largely controlled by Maoist rebels.
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Tue Sep 1, 2009 8:14 PM EDT
A helicopter carrying a powerful politician from southern India disappeared in heavy rains Wednesday as it flew over a forested region infested with Maoist rebels.
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Thu Aug 27, 2009 12:26 PM EDT
Dozens of impoverished farmers struggling with debt and poor rainfall have killed themselves in southern India in recent weeks, leaving behind families plunged even further into poverty, activists and politicians said.
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Wed Jul 15, 2009 4:53 AM EDT
Google Inc. shut one of its offices in southern India for two days after an employee tested positive for swine flu, a company statement said Wednesday.
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Thu Jul 9, 2009 3:34 PM EDT
Two engineering students smitten by Indian tennis star Sania Mirza have been arrested and accused of stalking her.
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Thu Dec 13, 2007 3:05 PM EST
Two men attacked an 80-year-old, self-proclaimed holy man in southern India and chopped off his right leg, apparently believing it had magical powers, police said Thursday.
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Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:54 PM EDT
India on Monday inaugurated a $32 million tsunami early warning center, which can alert people living along the coast within 13 minutes of getting data from seismic stations.
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Sat Aug 25, 2007 11:55 AM EDT
A pair of bombings minutes apart tore through a popular family restaurant and an outdoor arena on Saturday night, killing at least 37 people in this southern Indian city plagued by Hindu-Muslim tensions.
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Fri May 18, 2007 5:20 AM EDT
A bomb ripped through a historic mosque Friday in south India, and 13 people were killed — 11 in the blast and two in subsequent clashes between angry Muslim worshippers and security forces, police said.
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