By Charlotte Greenfield and Aftab Ahmed NEW DELHI (Reuters) – In February 2020, Nasreen and her husband Tofik were living in Shiv Vihar, an upcoming neighbourhood in northeast New Delhi. But that month, riots erupted targeting Muslims like them and Tofik was pushed by a mob from the second floor of the building where they …
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By Shrivathsa Sridhar BENGALURU (Reuters) -India were bundled out for a dismal 46, their worst total on home soil, as New Zealand’s fast bowlers ran amok in overcast conditions before the tourists got to 180-3 at stumps on the second day of the rain-hit opening test on Thursday. New Zealand swelled their lead to 134 …
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By Saurabh Sharma LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) – At least 18 people have died and several more are in hospital after consuming tainted liquor in India’s eastern state of Bihar, a senior government official said on Thursday. The death toll is likely to rise, the official, who did not want to be named because he is …
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By Tanvi Mehta NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Police in India’s financial capital Mumbai have arrested a minor for allegedly posting online bomb threats to three flights earlier this week, India’s aviation minister said. Indian airlines have this month received a spate of threats to domestic and international flights on their social media, all of which …
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By Shrivathsa Sridhar BENGALURU (Reuters) – India were bowled out for 46 as New Zealand’s fast bowlers ran riot in overcast conditions on the second day of their rain-hit series opener on Thursday. It was India’s third-lowest innings tally in the longest format and their lowest at home since making 75 against the West Indies …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The Indian government is in talks seeking to resolve a long-running conflict between two ethnic communities in the northeastern state of Manipur, Interior Minister Amit Shah said at a press conference on Tuesday. Internet and mobile data services were restored in Manipur on Monday, official orders showed, after being suspended in some …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Delhi minister Atishi will take over as the new chief minister of India’s national capital territory after the resignation of incumbent Arvind Kejriwal, the ruling Aam Aadmi Party said on Tuesday. (Reporting by Shivam Patel and Pushkala Aripaka; Editing by YP Rajesh)
By Nimesh Vora MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian rupee faced resistance on Tuesday following a rise driven by the U.S. dollar’s struggles a day ahead of the Federal Reserve’s highly anticipated interest rate decision. The rupee was at 83.84 to the U.S. dollar at 10:28 a.m. IST, compared with 83.8875 in the previous session. The …
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By Bharath Rajeswaran BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian shares held ground near all-time highs on Tuesday, with traders expecting marginal moves ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s widely expected interest rate cut a day later. The Nifty 50 index had dipped 0.05% at 25,371.2 points, while the S&P BSE Sensex had slipped 0.06% at 82,939.94, as of …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has condemned comments made by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on the treatment of Muslims in the South Asian nation, calling his remarks “misinformed and unacceptable”. “We cannot consider ourselves to be Muslims if we are oblivious to the suffering that a Muslim is enduring in Myanmar, Gaza, India, or …
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