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Millions of Indians set a world record celebrating Diwali as worries about air pollution rise

Millions of Indians are celebrating Diwali, the Hindu festival of light, with a Guinness World Record number of bright earthen oil lamps as concerns about air pollution soared in the South Asian country

Millions of Indians set a world record celebrating Diwali as worries about air pollution rise
Asia|News|World

Rescuers dig to reach 40 workers trapped in collapsed road tunnel in north India

Rescuers are digging through dirt and parts of a collapsed road tunnel to reach 40 workers trapped by a landslide in northern India

Rescuers dig to reach 40 workers trapped in collapsed road tunnel in north India
Asia|News|World

Some of the 40 workers trapped in India tunnel collapse get sick as glitches delay rescue

Some of the 40 workers trapped for days in a collapsed road tunnel in northern India are getting sick, while falling debris and technical glitches delay the work to free them

Some of the 40 workers trapped in India tunnel collapse get sick as glitches delay rescue
Asia|News|World

Indian rescuers start drilling to reach 40 workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel since the weekend

Rescuers in northern India are supplying food and medicine to 40 construction workers as officials started drilling through the rubble to reach the men who have been buried since a portion of the tunnel they were working on collapsed over the weekend

Indian rescuers start drilling to reach 40 workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel since the weekend
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New drill bores deeper into tunnel rubble in India to create an escape pipe for 40 trapped workers

Rescuers drilled deeper into the rubble of a collapsed road tunnel in northern India to fix wide pipes for 40 workers trapped underground for a sixth day to crawl to their freedom

New drill bores deeper into tunnel rubble in India to create an escape pipe for 40 trapped workers
Asia|Environment|News|World

41 workers remain trapped in tunnel in India for seventh day as drilling operations face challenges

Forty-one workers remain trapped in a collapsed road tunnel in northern India for a seventh day as a new drilling matching arrived on site to replace the damaged one

41 workers remain trapped in tunnel in India for seventh day as drilling operations face challenges
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41 workers in India are stuck in a tunnel for an 8th day. Officials consider alternate rescue plans

Officials trying to save 41 workers who have been trapped in a collapsed tunnel in northern India for eight days are contemplating alternative rescue plans after snags with a drilling machine caused them to halt digging

41 workers in India are stuck in a tunnel for an 8th day. Officials consider alternate rescue plans
Asia|News|World

Modi's promised Ram temple is set to open and resonate with Hindus ahead of India's election

Preparations are underway in India’s northern Ayodhya city to mark the opening of a grand temple for Lord Ram, Hinduism’s most revered deity

Modi's promised Ram temple is set to open and resonate with Hindus ahead of India's election
Asia|Celebrity|News|World

A temple to a top Hindu deity was built over a destroyed mosque in India. Here is why it matters

India’s top politicians, religious leaders and celebrities have gathered in the holy city of Ayodhya for the partial opening of a grand temple for one of Hinduism’s most revered deities, Lord Ram

A temple to a top Hindu deity was built over a destroyed mosque in India. Here is why it matters
News|World

Modi opens Hindu temple built on ruins on razed mosque, in political triumph for prime minister

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has opened a controversial Hindu temple that was built on the ruins of a razed historic mosque

Modi opens Hindu temple built on ruins on razed mosque, in political triumph for prime minister
Asia|Election|News|World

Modi's Hindu nationalist politics face a test as India holds fifth stage of national election

Millions of Indians across 49 constituencies are casting ballots as the country’s six-week-long election enters its final stages

Modi's Hindu nationalist politics face a test as India holds fifth stage of national election
Asia|Crime|News|World

A stampede at a religious event in India has killed at least 105 people, many women and children

A stampede at a religious gathering of thousands in northern India has killed at least 105 people, many of them women and children

A stampede at a religious event in India has killed at least 105 people, many women and children
Asia|News|World

Massive overcrowding, lack of exits and slippery mud contributed to deadly stampede in India

Authorities say massive overcrowding, insufficient exits, and other factors contributed to a deadly stampede at a religious festival in Northern India that killed at least 121 people

Massive overcrowding, lack of exits and slippery mud contributed to deadly stampede in India
Asia|Crime|News|World

How did a religious gathering in India turn into a deadly stampede?

More than 120 people died in a stampede after a religious gathering in northern India, making it one of the deadliest such accidents in recent years

How did a religious gathering in India turn into a deadly stampede?
Asia|News|World

A double-decker bus collides with a milk truck in northern India, killing at least 18 people

At least 18 people were killed when a double-decker passenger bus collided with a milk truck in northern India

A double-decker bus collides with a milk truck in northern India, killing at least 18 people
Asia|Lifestyle|World

Indians celebrate Diwali by lighting a record number of clay lamps

Indians are celebrating the Hindu festival of lights, Diwali, by symbolically lighting a record 2.51 million clay oil lamps at dusk on the banks of the river Saryu in a city they believe to be the birthplace of the deity Lord Ram

Indians celebrate Diwali by lighting a record number of clay lamps
Asia|Crime|World

At least 36 dead after an overcrowded bus falls into a gorge in northern India

At least 36 people have been killed when a poorly maintained and overcrowded bus veered off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in northern India

Asia|Crime|Health|World

Fire engulfs hospital ward in northern India, killing 10 newborn babies

A fire tore through a neonatal intensive care unit in a hospital in northern India, killing 10 newborn babies and injuring 16 others

Fire engulfs hospital ward in northern India, killing 10 newborn babies

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