India News

• Murder of B.C. Sikh leader puts Khalistan movement in spotlight. What is it?

  Allegations the Indian government was involved in the murder of a Sikh leader in British Columbia has put a renewed spotlight on the Khalistan movement.

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  Sep 19
  
• Indian officials discover 36 bodies inside well after temple collapse

  Video of Thursday’s collapse at the temple complex in Indore in Madhya Pradesh state showed chaos afterward, with people rushing away.

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  Mar 31
  
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• BBC offices in India searched by tax officials after controversial Modi documentary

  Officials from India's Income Tax Department searched the BBC's offices in New Delhi and Mumbai, weeks after it broadcast a documentary about Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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  Feb 14
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• Indian police crack down on illegal child marriages, over 2,000 arrested 

  Those arrested this week included more than 50 Hindu priests and Muslim clerics for allegedly performing marriages for underage girls in Assam.

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  Feb 4
• Thousands join LGBTQ march in New Delhi, India after COVID break

  The government is yet to legalize same-sex marriage even though the Supreme Court in 2018 struck down a colonial-era law that made gay sex punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

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  Jan 8
• Death toll from India’s bridge collapse climbs to at least 133

  Military teams were searching Monday for people missing after a 143-year-old suspension bridge collapsed into a river Sunday in the western Indian state of Gujarat.

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  Oct 31, 2022
• India demolishes high-rise twin towers for violating building laws

  Two high-rise apartment towers in India were leveled to the ground in a controlled demolition on Sunday after the country's top court declared them illegal.

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  Aug 28, 2022
• India moves to ban some single-use plastics to cut down waste

  This isn't the first time that India has considered a plastic ban. But previous iterations have focused on specific regions, resulting in varying degrees of success.

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  Jul 1, 2022
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• At least 18 dead, millions stranded as floods ravage India, Bangladesh

  Both India and Bangladesh have asked their militaries for help as more flooding looms with rains expected to continue over the weekend.

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  Jun 18, 2022
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• India bans wheat exports as heatwave hurts crop, domestic prices hit record high 

  India banned wheat exports days after saying it was targeting record shipments this year, as a scorching heatwave curtailed output and domestic prices hit a record high.

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  May 14, 2022