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India's main opposition says bank accounts frozen ahead of elections
Feb 16, 2024 09:12India’s main opposition Congress party says its bank accounts have been frozen by the income tax department weeks before the expected announcement of national elections.
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India police fire tear gas at farmers demanding higher crop prices
Feb 13, 2024 09:08Indian Police have fired tear gas to prevent thousands of protesting farmers demanding better crop prices from marching on Delhi.
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At least six killed in anti-Muslim violence after mosque demolition in India
Feb 11, 2024 04:59At least six people have been killed in India and dozens severely injured during communal clashes against Muslims after the demolition of a mosque and an adjoining madrasa by the authorities in the northern State of Uttarakhand.
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Indian court allows Hindus to pray in another disputed mosque
Feb 09, 2024 05:52In one of the most sensitive religious disputes in India, the country’s court permits Hindu worshipers to pray inside a mosque in the north Indian city of Varanasi.
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At least 10 killed, scores injured in India firework factory explosion
Feb 06, 2024 11:43At least 10 people have been killed and 75 others injured in a giant explosion at an illegal firework factory in India’s central state of Madhya Pradesh.
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Kashmiris observe Indian Republic Day as 'Black Day'
Jan 27, 2024 01:18Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and the world over have held demonstrations to mark India's Republic Day as a “Black Day”. Similar rallies were also held in various cities in Pakistan.
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Muslim shop fronts demolished in India as violence against Muslims increase
Jan 25, 2024 13:43The authorities dismantled multiple Muslim-owned makeshift shop fronts in India’s financial capital Mumbai after violence against Muslims broke out following the opening of a divisive Hindu temple by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi this week.
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OIC condemns opening of controversial temple in India in place of Babri Masjid
Jan 23, 2024 11:53The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has denounced the opening of the controversial Hindu “Ram Temple” in place of the historic Babri Masjid (Babari Mosque) destroyed in 1992 by the extremists in India.
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India’s Modi inaugurates Hindu temple on site of razed mosque ahead of elections
Jan 22, 2024 10:49India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated a controversial temple that was built on the site of a historic mosque, demolished by Hindu extremists, heralding a “new era” for India.
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Indian foreign minister meets and confers with senior Iranian officials
Jan 18, 2024 10:18India's Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar was in Tehran on a two-day trip. This was the top diplomat’s first official visit to Iran since the Islamic Republic joined BRICS group of countries back in September 2023.