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Gunmen ambush minister’s security team in India’s Manipur state, 2 wounded

10 Jun 2024

By Tora Agarwala GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) – Armed men ambushed a convoy carrying the security team of the chief minister of India’s troubled northeastern state of Manipur on Monday, wounding two people, but the leader was not with them at the time, officials said. Fighting between Manipur’s majority Meitei and minority Kuki communities over sharing …

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Cricket-‘Genius’ Bumrah does it again for India at T20 World Cup

10 Jun 2024

EAST MEADOW, New York (Reuters) – Jasprit Bumrah appears blissfully unaware of the popular perception that T20 cricket is a batter-friendly format as India’s pace spearhead delivered another match-winning performance in Sunday’s World Cup blockbuster against Pakistan. Bumrah may not enjoy the rock star status afforded to batters Virat Kohli and skipper Rohit Sharma back …

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Cricket-North American fans thrill for dream India-Pakistan showdown in New York

9 Jun 2024

By Amy Tennery EAST MEADOW, New York (Reuters) -A sold-out crowd descended on Eisenhower Park on Sunday for a clash of cricketing arch-rivals India and Pakistan, facing each other in a T20 World Cup match that fans called a dream come true. The cricketing titans share one of the most intense rivalries in all of …

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Analysis-In Modi’s stronghold, voters chose jobs over new Hindu temple

7 Jun 2024

By Shivangi Acharya and Saurabh Sharma AYODHYA, India (Reuters) -The opening of a grand Hindu temple just three months ahead of India’s general election was supposed to be a crowning moment for populist prime minister Narendra Modi that would carry his party to a dominant victory with its Hindu-first agenda. It didn’t work out that …

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Rural vote fall cost India’s Modi a decisive election win

7 Jun 2024

By Chris Thomas, Anand Katakam and Krishn Kaushik NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party lost a third of its rural parliamentary constituencies in last month’s election, a voter analysis shows, reflecting discontent in the countryside over lack of jobs and high inflation. The Bharatiya Janata Party’s poor showing in the vast …

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India’s medium-term fiscal consolidation likely to get more challenging, Fitch says

7 Jun 2024

By Siddhi Nayak MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s medium-term fiscal consolidation, critical to any ratings upgrade, is likely to get more challenging as a new coalition government comes to power, an analyst at Fitch Ratings said on Friday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party failed to secure a simple majority in the recently concluded parliamentary …

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Four Indian students drown in Russia, one rescued, India says

7 Jun 2024

MUMBAI (Reuters) – Four Indian students have drowned in the Volkhov river in northwestern Russia, India said on Friday. A fifth student was rescued and was receiving medical attention, the foreign ministry statement said. It was not immediately clear when the incident occurred. Two of the four bodies were recovered while a search was continuing …

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