by Bhuvan Bagga Agence France-Presse BANGALORE, India (AFP) — The Congress party, which has dominated Indian politics in the seven decades since independence, will stage a last stand against Prime Minister Narendra Modi when a key southern state goes to the polls Saturday. Karnataka, home to 60 million people and the wealthy global IT hub of Bangalore, is the last major bastion held by Congress under leader Rahul Gandhi. Saturday’s high-stakes vote comes after one of the […]
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Indian Army sets world record of 58 men riding on a motorbike
BENGALURU, Karnataka, India (Reuters) – The Indian Army set a new world record with 58 men riding on a single motorbike on Sunday (November 19), local media reported. The stunt was performed by ‘Tornadoes,’ a motorcycle display team of army’s logistics arm, Army Service Corps (ASC). Dressed in the colors of the Indian flag, they flanked either sides of the moving a 500 cc Royal Enfield, covering a distance of 1.2 kilometers (0.74 miles) at […]





