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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MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian Premier League’s new Ahmedabad franchise has been named Gujarat Titans, the team said on Wednesday. The 15th edition of the world’s richest Twenty20 league will be a 10-team affair with the inclusion of the Titans and Lucknow Super Giants franchises, who paid a combined $1.71 billion https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indian-premier-league-unveils-lucknow-ahmedabad-franchises-2021-10-25 to be part …
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By Sudarshan Varadhan and Chandini Monnappa NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s southern Karnataka state has ordered schools and colleges to shut for three days, its chief minister said on Tuesday, after protests erupted in response to some schools refusing entry to students wearing the hijab. Local media reported last week that several schools in the …
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MUMBAI (Reuters) – A Himalayan avalanche killed seven Indian soldiers in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh near the China border, a defence ministry spokesman said on Tuesday. The avalanche struck in the Kameng region on Sunday. “Search and rescue operations have now been concluded. Bodies of all seven individuals have been recovered from the …
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By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A full-fledged women’s Indian Premier League (IPL) could begin as early as next year, with the Indian cricket board (BCCI) saying it is working on delivering the tournament “soon”. A three-team Women’s T20 Challenge is staged alongside the men’s IPL, but many believe women deserve their own expanded …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -India has given regulatory approval to Russia’s one-shot Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine after it authorized Russia’s main vaccine – the two-dose Sputnik V – last year, the Russian Direct Investment Fund said on Sunday. Sputnik Light, the first component of the Sputnik V vaccine, can be used as a booster shot with other …
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(Reuters) – India captain Rohit Sharma marked his return to the side with a half-century as the hosts cruised to a six-wicket win over the West Indies in the first one-day international of their three-match series in Ahmedabad on Sunday. Chasing 177 for victory, India romped home with 22 overs to spare despite losing four …
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