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Protests leave trail of destruction in northern India

ROHTAK and HANIPAT, HARYANA, India (Reuters) — A week-long protest by India’s Jat community, a rural caste, has left a trail of destruction in Rohtak city, in the country’s northern Haryana state. The protesters gutted several showrooms of automobile companies. They also attacked shopping malls and looted and destroyed shops. A school building was torched and several buses parked in the premises were destroyed. Rohtak was one of the worst affected districts in the state, after demonstrations […]

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India protesters accept gov’t state offer

Sonipat, India (AFP)—Indian protesters demanding better conditions for their caste said Monday they had accepted a state government offer aimed at ending days of riots that have killed at least 19 people, as troops won back control of a canal that supplies much of Delhi’s water. Authorities in the northern state of Haryana which borders Delhi said they expected to restore order after apparently reaching a deal with leaders of the Jat caste, who said […]

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Death toll from India caste riots now 19

  Sonipat, India (AFP)—The death toll from caste riots in northern India has risen to 19 with another 200 people wounded, a state government official told AFP on Monday. “Nineteen people have died and more than 200 are injured,” said P. K. Das, additional chief secretary for Haryana state, adding that the violence now appeared to be abating and curfews had been lifted in some districts. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse

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Millions die from air pollution, mainly in China, India

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)–Air pollution kills more than 5.5 million people around the world each year, with over half of those deaths occurring in fast-growing China and India, researchers said Friday. And the number of premature deaths will continue to climb in the years ahead unless more aggressive measures against pollution are adopted, scientists warned the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference in the US capital. “Air pollution is the fourth highest risk […]

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Earthquake causes heavy damage to renowned fort in India’s Kashmir

A renown fort in India’s northernmost state suffered severe damage in an earthquake on Monday (October 26), said an official. A major earthquake struck the remote Afghan northeast on Monday, killing more than 200 people in Afghanistan and nearby northern Pakistan, injuring hundreds and sending shock waves as far as New Delhi, officials said. The death toll could climb in coming days because communications were down in much of the rugged Hindu Kush mountain range […]

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Leopard’s head gets stuck in metal pot as it searches for water

The search for water in India’s parched desert state of Rajasthan landed a leopard in distress after the animal got its head stuck in an metal pot when trying to quench its thirst on Wednesday (September 30). The agitated leopard wandered around as it struggled to get rid of the pot over its head. The incident was recorded and photographed by several onlookers who stopped and watched the creature. But forest officials from the Rajsamand […]

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At least 20 die in cylinder explosion in central India

(Reuters) — At least 20 people were killed on Saturday (September 12) after a suspected gas explosion ripped through a restaurant in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, a police official said. Another 75 people were injured, an official in Jhabua district police control room told Reuters. Police suspect the blast, which occurred about 800 km (500 miles) south of New Delhi, was caused by a gas cylinder exploding in the restaurant. Television footage […]

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At least 75 die after heavy rains in India; aid reaches West Bengal

  (Reuters) — At least 75 people have died and tens of thousands have had to take refuge in state-run relief camps after heavy rains caused floods and landslides in eastern India, government officials and aid groups said on Monday (August 3). Exacerbated by Cyclone Komen which struck the east coast on Friday (July 31), the rainfall has made major rivers overflow, inundating villages in parts of West Bengal, Odisha and Manipur states. Flash floods […]

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India to benefit from fall in oil prices post Iran deal

JULY 16 (Reuters) — India’s Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan, said the country will benefit from the fall in oil prices following Iran nuclear deal. Pradhan said that even though the natural petroleum industry may face some challenges, India will be one of biggest beneficiaries of the dip in oil prices. “With Iran coming to the market, there is an assumption that there will be sliding in the oil price. There will […]

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Tunisia marks World Music Day

(Reuters) Hundreds of revellers descended on one of Tunis’s main streets to watch musicians take to the stage as part of World Music Day, also known as Fête de la musique. The event on Sunday (June 21) marks the first day of Summer and the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. The wide Habib Bourguiba Avenue avenue was cleared of traffic allowing people to soak up the atmosphere and dance the night […]

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Heat wave in India kills more than 1,400; maximum temperature hits 47 Celsius

(Eagle News) — A deadly heat wave in India has killed more than 1,400 people as temperatures soar above 47 Celsius (116.6 Fahrenheit), Reuters said that more than 1,100 died this week.  CNN reported the national death toll at 1,424.  It got so hot that even roads in Delhi had started showing signs of melting. May and June are India’s hottest months, with temperatures regularly pushing above 40 Celsius. But meteorologists say the number of […]

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