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India gets minister for yoga and traditional medicine
India has set up a ministry to promote alternative therapies such as yoga and traditional ayurveda medicine, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarks on a mission to raise awareness and the appeal of home-grown health treatments.
India chooses Israel over US for $525m missile deal: defence sources
India has chosen to buy anti-tank guided missiles from Israel, rejecting a rival U.S. offer, as the right-wing government clears projects worth $13.1 billion to modernise its ageing military, official sources said Oct. 26.
Prime Minister Modi wields broom in new 'Clean India' push
Prime Minister Narendra Modi wielded a broom in a New Delhi slum on Thursday as he pledged to sweep away India's reputation for poor public hygiene and rudimentary sanitation.
China, India Sign Landmark USD 20 B Deals
Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to India has resulted in a number of deals between the two countries in the fields of infrastructure, energy and industrial zones.
Xi met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as Delhi and Beijing are embroiled in recent border dispute.
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India's new PM Modi slams rape shame, communal violence
Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned a spate of rapes as a source of shame for India and urged an end to communal violence Friday as he vowed to improve the lives of the nation's poor in his first Independence Day speech.
Kerry seeks to revive India ties after rift
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry July 31 opened his first meetings with Indiaâs right-wing government as he seeks to reboot a relationship seen as a bulwark against a rising China.
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10 dead, up to 200 feared trapped in India monsoon landslide
A major landslide on July 29 struck a village in western India following heavy monsoon rains, killing at least 10 people and leaving up to 200 feared trapped, an official said.
Emergency forces rushed to a remote village in Pune district of Maharashtra state, where a hill collapsed sending mud and rocks tumbling onto homes in the morning as residents were reportedly sleeping.
Four dead as India train derails, sabotage suspected
A passenger train derailed in eastern India on June 25, killing four people, after a suspected explosion on the tracks during a protest called by Maoist insurgents, officials said.
Some 12 carriages of the Rajdhani Express, which was travelling from the capital New Delhi to the northeastern state of Assam, toppled over at around 2 a.m. in Bihar state's Saran district.
Pakistani PM 'much satisfied' with Modi meeting
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has written to his new Indian counterpart Narendra Modi to express satisfaction with their "meaningful" first meeting as the rival neighbours attempt better relations, an official said June 11.
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India minister says rape 'sometimes right, sometimes wrong'
An Indian minister from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party said Thursday that rape was "sometimes right, sometimes wrong", amid mounting public anger over sex attacks against women.