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Tora Agarwala

Tora Agarwala

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Asia|Political|World

Chief of violence-hit Indian state of Manipur resigns

The chief minister of India's northeastern state of Manipur resigned on Sunday, bowing to pressure to quit amid ongoing ethnic clashes that have cost at

Chief of violence-hit Indian state of Manipur resigns
Asia|News|World

India deports Myanmar refugees who fled 2021 coup

India on Thursday deported the first group of Myanmar refugees who had sought shelter after a 2021 military coup, a top state minister said, following

India deports Myanmar refugees who fled 2021 coup
Asia|Election|News|World

India's Manipur state rejects Modi's BJP after year-long ethnic clashes

India's main opposition Congress party bagged both parliamentary seats in strife-torn Manipur in the general election as the north-eastern state voted out

India's Manipur state rejects Modi's BJP after year-long ethnic clashes
Asia|Crime|News|World

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

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

Asia|News|World

Heavy rain, landslides kill 6 in India's Sikkim, 2,000 tourists stranded

At least six people have been killed this week and around 2,000 tourists stranded in India's Himalayan state of Sikkim in landslides and floods after

Asia|News|World

Heavy rainfall in several parts of India triggers floods, at least 11 dead

Heavy rain continued to trigger flood and landslides in India's north and north-east, killing at least 11 people and affecting hundreds of thousands,

Asia|Health|News|World

India reports over 40,000 suspected heatstroke cases over summer

India recorded more than 40,000 suspected heatstroke cases this summer as a prolonged heatwave killed more than 100 people across the

India reports over 40,000 suspected heatstroke cases over summer
Asia|Election|News

India's Modi casts his vote as giant election reaches half-way mark

Prime Minister Narendra Modi voted early on Tuesday as India held the third phase of a massive general election, when seats in

India's Modi casts his vote as giant election reaches half-way mark
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How Modi's BJP plans to win a supermajority in India's election

(Refiles to correct spelling of Thiruvananthapuram in dateline and Himachal Pradesh in paragraph 28.)

How Modi's BJP plans to win a supermajority in India's election
Asia|News|World

Thousands displaced in floods in north-eastern India, rain abates

Thousands of people have been displaced in India's north-eastern state of Assam and at least 37 people have died in heavy rain, floods and landslides in

Asia|Environment|News|Science|World

Floods in India's Assam kill nine one-horned rhinos

More than 150 animals, nine of them rare one-horned rhinoceros, have drowned in floods at the Kaziranga National Park in India's northeastern state of Assam

Asia|Education|News|World

Taxis, security escort help Indian students escape violence-hit Bangladesh

A fleet of taxis, a security escort, and a harrowing six-hour journey brought Asif Hussain and about 80 other Indian students back home on Friday from

Taxis, security escort help Indian students escape violence-hit Bangladesh
Asia|News|World

Bangladesh protests quelled but anger, discontent remain

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina imposed a nationwide curfew last week and used the army to quell protests against job quotas that killed nearly

Bangladesh protests quelled but anger, discontent  remain
Asia|World

Floods, landslides in India's Tripura displace tens of thousands

Soldiers in lifeboats ferried people to safety in India's northeastern state of Tripura on Friday after heavy rain triggered floods and landslides

Floods, landslides in India's Tripura displace tens of thousands
Asia|News|World

Ethnic violence in India's Manipur escalates, six killed

Six people, including one civilian, were killed as fresh violence broke out between two warring ethnic communities in the northeast Indian state of Manipur

Ethnic violence in India's Manipur escalates, six killed
Asia|News|Technology|World

Internet suspended in parts of India's Manipur as students clash with police

Internet and mobile data services were suspended for five days and an indefinite curfew imposed in some parts of India's northeastern state of Manipur on

Internet suspended in parts of India's Manipur as students clash with police
Asia|News|World

Rohingya refugees in India on hunger strike over 'prolonged' detention

More than 100 Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar including women and children have been on hunger strike since Monday to protest at their

Rohingya refugees in India on hunger strike over 'prolonged' detention
Asia|News|World

India's Manipur on high alert over alleged influx of 900 militants from Myanmar

India's northeastern state of Manipur has been placed on high alert after intelligence reports of a potential influx of 900 suspected Kuki militants from

India's Manipur on high alert over alleged influx of 900 militants from Myanmar
Asia|World

India's Naga separatists threaten to resume violence after decades-long truce

An armed separatist group in a remote northeast Indian state on Friday threatened to "resume violent armed resistance" after nearly three decades of

Crime|World

Ten killed in India's Manipur after firefight with security forces

Ten armed men were killed in a gunfight with security forces in India's remote northeastern state of Manipur on Monday after trying to attack a police

Asia|Technology

Internet cut during protests in India's violence-hit Manipur state

Authorities in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur suspended internet and mobile services and imposed an indefinite curfew on Saturday in areas where

Internet cut during protests in India's violence-hit Manipur state
Asia|Crime|Election|World

Twenty-three arrested in India's Manipur after violent protests

Police arrested 23 people on Sunday in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur for ransacking and setting fire to the homes of lawmakers and ministers,

Twenty-three arrested in India's Manipur after violent protests
Asia|Crime|World

One dead as renewed unrest erupts in India's Manipur state

At least one person died in the past 24 hours during a third straight day of ethnic unrest in the troubled eastern Indian border state of Manipur, a

One dead as renewed unrest erupts in India's Manipur state
Asia|Business|Crime|Environment|World

One body recovered from flooded Indian mine as rescuers search for trapped men

The body of a miner was recovered from a flooded coal mine in a remote district of India's northeastern state of Assam on Wednesday, two days into the

One body recovered from flooded Indian mine as rescuers search for trapped men
Asia|Crime|Environment|World

Three miners feared dead in India's Assam state, six others trapped

Three miners were feared dead inside a flooded coal mine in a remote district of India's northeastern Assam state, authorities said on Tuesday, and the men were

Three miners feared dead in India's Assam state, six others trapped

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