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Rescuers on Sunday recovered the bodies of two Indian climbers who died on the world's third-tallest peak this past week and flew them to Nepal's capital. The bodies of Biplab Baidya and Kuntal Kanrar were first carried by rescuers from Mount Kanchenjung's highest camp to ...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling alliance is likely to win a big majority in parliament after a mammoth general election that ended on Sunday, most exit polls showed, a far better showing than expected in recent weeks. Modi faced criticism early on in the ...
After five weeks, India's marathon national election reaches the finish line
Voting in India's mammoth national election ended Sunday with the seventh and final phase of a grueling poll that lasted more than five weeks, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party seeks to govern for another five years. Vote counting begins Thursday, and the ...
Anti-India protests erupt after seven combatants and two civilians die in Kashmir fighting
Five rebels, two army soldiers and two civilians were killed Thursday during two gun battles in disputed Kashmir that triggered anti-India protests and clashes, officials and residents said. The first gun battle broke out in a neighborhood in southern Pulwama town as police and soldiers ...
Ant Financial Services Group, the operator of Chinese mobile payment service Alipay, hopes to make it possible for users of its partner apps in Asia to make cashless payments in Japan, the company's top executive has said. The fintech company, an affiliate of e-commerce giant ...
As risks rise, too little is spent to avert disasters, say U.N. and Red Cross
Governments and businesses are still investing far too little to protect poor communities at rising risk from wild weather and other threats, the heads of the U.N. disaster prevention agency and the Red Cross said Tuesday. Countries are having to dig deep to bail out ...
Thousands protest alleged rape of 3-year-old girl in Indian Kashmir
Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Indian-controlled Kashmir to protest the alleged rape of a 3-year-old girl by a neighbor who lured her to a school bathroom, escalating into intense clashes between protesters and government forces. Top local administrator Baseer Khan said ...
Six weeks on, India's marathon election reaches next-to-last phase
Indians voted Sunday in the next-to-last round of a six-week-long national election marked by a highly acrimonious campaign that has seen Prime Minister Narendra Modi blame opposition party chief Rahul Gandhi's family for the country's ills. Sunday's voting in 59 constituencies, including seven in New ...
West Bengal ruling party activist arrested for posting see-through dress meme on social media
Indian police have detained a ruling party activist after she posted a meme superimposing the head of a state chief minister on a photograph of a Bollywood star in a see-through dress, an officer said Saturday. The announcement injected controversy into campaigning ahead of polls ...
Following clash in Kashmir region, Islamic State claims it has created a 'province' in India
The Islamic State (IS) on Friday claimed for the first time that it has established a "province" in India, after a clash between militants and security forces in the contested Kashmir region killed a militant with alleged ties to the group. IS's Amaq News Agency ...
Dearth of female candidates highlights obstacles women face during India's election cycle
The men contesting India's general election are vying for female voters, but the paltry number of female candidates shows the battle women face in Indian politics — as in so much else in Indian life. When not trading barbs, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ...
Naval vessels from Japan, the U.S., India and the Philippines have sailed together through the disputed South China Sea in a nearly weeklong multilateral drill amid tensions with China over the strategic waterway. The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Izumo — Japan's largest flat-topped helicopter carrier — ...
