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Indians race for supplies as coronavirus lockdown bites
Many shelves in the megacities of New Delhi and Mumbai were stripped bare of staples like lentils and rice as the world's second most populous country lurched into a shutdown aimed at slowing the spread of the new coronavirus.
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India's coronavirus cases tick up despite lockdown of 1.3 billion people
The health ministry said the number of cases of coronavirus had risen to 649, of which 13 had died.
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US could be next 'virus epicentre' as India locks down, global recession looms
India joined the ranks of Britain and other countries clamping down to hold back the virus as business activity collapsed from Japan to the United States at a record pace in March.
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India defends citizenship law as UN rights chief joins legal challenge
The law, which makes it easier for religious minorities from three neighbouring countries to get Indian citizenship - but not if they are Muslim - was the spark for last week's deadly riots in New Delhi.
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Modi calls for calm as Delhi riots kill 22
This week's battles between Hindus and Muslims have seen mobs armed with swords, guns, and acid raze parts of a northeastern district of the Indian capital.
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Toll rises to 19 from violence in Indian capital - hospital official
Police used tear gas, smoke grenades and pellets, but have struggled to disperse stone-throwing crowds involved in the violence that spiralled out of control on Monday.
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'Guest is God': Crowds gather to greet Trump as he lands in India
India and the United States have built close political and security ties and Trump’s two-day trip is a sign of their converging interests, officials say, including a way to counter China’s rise as a superpower.
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Record crowd expected for Trump at India cricket ground
Workers in Ahmedabad are rushing to finish the 110,000-capacity Sardar Patel Stadium, which will overtake the 100,000-seater Melbourne Cricket Ground as the world's biggest cricket ve
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Suspected Hindu nationalist opens fire at Delhi student demo
One student was reportedly shot in the hand before police arrested the alleged gunman, who timed his attack to coincide with the anniversary of the assassination of independence hero Mahatma Gandhi in 1948 by a Hindu radical.
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Indian govt ends internet blackout in restive Kashmir
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government imposed a communications blackout in early August when it stripped the portion of Kashmir it controls - the country's only Muslim-majority region - of its partial autonomy.
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India's top court says indefinite Kashmir internet shutdown is illegal
Indefinite suspension of the internet violated India’s telecoms rules, the court said, ordering authorities to review all curbs in Kashmir in a week.
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'Millions' strike in protest at Indian government policies
Farmers and students joined some of the protests called by 10 trade unions who claim 250 million members between them.
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India security clampdown keeps citizenship law protests under control
Nearly 3,000 police were deployed, four times more than last week, the city’s police chief told Reuters.
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Blindspot to backlash: India’s Modi and party misread the mood
In Modi’s biggest challenge since taking office in 2014, hundreds of thousands have rallied against the law offering citizenship to immigrants from non-Muslim minorities who have fled Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
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Modi says citizenship law not anti-Muslim as protests continue across India
New Delhi’s state election early next year will be the first major electoral test for Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party in the wake of the mass demonstrations seen after parliament cleared the Citizenship Amendment Act on 11 December.
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Hundreds arrested in India during days of protests over citizenship law
Those arrested and detained had been resorting to violence during the protests, said two senior federal government officials overseeing the country’s internal security who spoke on condition of anonymity.
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Gatherings banned in parts of Delhi after India citizenship law demos
The ban in some Muslim-dominated districts of New Delhi, where police had been injured in clashes with protesters on Tuesday, followed the arrests of hundreds of people elsewhere in India.
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Police and protesters clash in Indian capital over citizenship law
Nationwide opposition to the Citizenship Amendment Act - which offers a path to Indian citizenship for religious minorities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan - has grown since last week, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government appears to have dug in its heels.
