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Deployment of 10,000 fresh troops sparks fear in Indian Kashmir
Jul 28, 2019Tensions in Indian-administered Kashmir rose Sunday over the weekend deployment of at least 10,000 paramilitary troops to the troubled region despite authorities’ assertions the move was routine. India maintains a deployment of 500,000 soldiers in the... -
WhatsApp to roll out its payments service in India this year
Jul 26, 2019WhatsApp will roll out its payments service in India this year following a year-long pilot, its global chief Will Cathcart has said, as the Facebook-owned messaging giant taps an upsurge in digital payments in its dominant... -
West Indies recall Narine and Pollard for T20s versus India
Jul 23, 2019West Indies have turned to sense with the recall on Tuesday of veteran duo Sunil Narine and Kieron Pollard for the first two T20s upon India next month. Bursting hitter Pollard was left out of the... -
India-Pakistan spy case ruling due at world court
Jul 18, 2019The International Court of Justice will decide Wednesday on India’s bid to remove an alleged spy from death row in Pakistan, in a case that has stoked tensions between the South Asian rivals. Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav,... -
More than 30 trapped after a four-storied building collapsed in Mumbai
Jul 16, 2019At least four people have been killed and more than 30 are trapped after a four-storied building collapsed in the Indian city of Mumbai, officials say. The cause of the collapse in the Dongri area of... -
More than three million people displaced in India amid monsoon rain
Jul 16, 2019More than three million people have been displaced across north and north-eastern India amid monsoon rain that has cost lives and destroyed homes. Storms and floods have ripped through areas of Nepal, Bangladesh and India, killing... -
29 people killed in bus crash in Uttar Pradesh in India
Jul 8, 2019At least 29 people have been killed after a bus they were traveling in went off an expressway in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The crash happened early on Monday near the city of... -
Bangladesh seeks luck to beat India
Jun 28, 2019Despite not winning any match in any format of cricket against India since their landmark bilateral series victory in 2015 at home, Bangladesh came agonizingly close to beat the sub-continent rivals on three occasions in the... -
India’s Shikhar Dhawan ruled out of the World Cup
Jun 19, 2019India opener Shikhar Dhawan has been ruled out of the rest of the World Cup with a fractured finger, the Board of Control for Cricket in India announced Wednesday. The in-form batsman suffered the break while... -
Kohli fastest ever to reach 11,000 ODI runs
Jun 16, 2019Virat Kohli became the fastest player to reach 11,000 one-day international runs as the India captain made history in Sunday’s World Cup clash against Pakistan. The 30-year-old reached the landmark in his 222nd innings, surpassing Indian...