By Saurabh Sharma LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) – A dispute over restrictions on the wearing of the hijab by female students in a southern Indian state has now reached India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, with a group of youngsters asking a college to ban the head covering. Authorities closed colleges in Karnataka in India’s …
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By Sunil Kataria UDUPI, India (Reuters) -Some schools reopened in the Indian state of Karnataka on Monday after closing last week when protests erupted over students being barred from wearing the hijab in class. The issue, widely seen by India’s Muslim minority community as a bid to sideline it by authorities in a Hindu-dominated nation, …
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By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Punjab Kings bought England all-rounder Liam Livingstone for $1.53 million on Sunday but Australia’s World-Cup winning skipper Aaron Finch went unsold in the players auction for this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL). England white-ball skipper Eoin Morgan was not signed up but team mate Jofra Archer was bought by …
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By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Local batsman Ishan Kishan bagged a $2.02-million deal, overseas spinners were largely snubbed and the auctioneer collapsed on stage on an eventful opening day of the Indian Premier League (IPL) players’ auction on Saturday. IPL giants Mumbai Indians bought back explosive batsman Kishan for 152.50 million Indian rupees ($2.02 …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India top order batsman Virat Kohli had a subdued one-day series against West Indies but captain Rohit Sharma said the team were not worried about his form. While India completed a 3-0 series sweep in Ahmedabad on Friday, Kohli did not shine, managing scores of eight, 18 and zero. But Rohit …
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By Alasdair Pal NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Uttar Pradesh, the first of five Indian states going to the polls this month, begins voting in a state election on Thursday. Here are some key facts about the elections, and why they are important. WHICH STATES ARE VOTING? Uttar Pradesh: seven phases beginning on Feb. 10 and …
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By Alasdair Pal and Adnan Abidi NEW DELHI/VRINDAVAN, India (Reuters) -India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh began voting on Thursday in the first of a series of local elections that will be a key test of the popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ruling party. With a population almost as big as …
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(Reuters) – India clinched a series win over the West Indies after pacer Prasidh Krishna tore through the tourists’ top order on Wednesday, taking four wickets to lead India to a 44-run victory in the second one-day international in Ahmedabad. Building on their six-wicket win over the West Indies in the opening ODI on Sunday, …
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By Rupak De Chowdhuri KOLKATA (Reuters) – Hundreds of students in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata on Wednesday chanted slogans and blocked roads in protest of a hijab ban in the southern state of Karnataka, as a row over wearing the head covering in schools intensifies. The row has drawn in Malala Yousafzai, the …
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By Saurabh Sharma LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) – The pioneering team at an all-women, rural news organisation in northern India say they are ecstatic after a documentary film on their crusading reporting, especially around the hardships faced by lower caste communities, won an Oscar nomination on Tuesday. “Writing with Fire”, a 93-minute film about the women …
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