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What Two Years Without Polio Mean for India By Saptarishi Dutta http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2013/01/13/what-two-years-without-polio-mean-for-india/? On Jan. 13, 2011, doctors confirmed Rukhsaar Khatoon, a two year-old from the state of West Bengal, had polio. The disease was...

Six arrested in new India bus gang-rape case Indian authorities say six men have been arrested over the rape of a passenger on a bus, in case disturbingly similar to the gang rape of a student on a bus in New Delhi that sparked nationwide protests. The victim had boarded the service to her...

Lawyer in India rape case blames victims for assault By Andrew MacAskill http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/world/2013/01/10/victims-delhi-rape-case-are-blame-defendants-lawyer-says/BQ9ts3th2ueLDrIJp3vJwO/story.html NEW DELHI — The lawyer representing three of the men charged with the gang...

India says Pakistan 'beheaded' Kashmir soldier http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20954975 India says one of two soldiers killed in an alleged cross-border attack by Pakistan troops in the disputed territory of Kashmir was beheaded. Pakistan has rejected accusations that it killed any...

Cold Wave Kills 29 More People Across India http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/cold-wave-kills-29-more-people-across-north-india/article4288761.ece Twenty-nine people succumbed to the intense cold wave in North India on Tuesday as temperatures dropped to sub-zero levels at...

India’s rape problem is also a police problem Posted by Max Fisher http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/01/07/indias-rape-problem-is-also-a-police-problem/ Public outrage over the recent shocking assault and gang rape of a 23-year-old Delhi woman developed into outrage...

The following review of a 2001 film gives us a clear idea as to the underpinings of India's mistreatment of women and the origin of the widely prevalent gang-rape of women that pervades Indian society today. It's a must-see film, excellently made though deeply troubling: it reveals how...

How India treats its women BBC - 29 December 2012 An Indian schoolgirl holds a placard during a prayer ceremony to mourn the death of a 23-year-old gang rape victim, at a school in Ahmadabad, India, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012. People have called her Braveheart, Fearless and India's Daughter...

Rapes in India rise by 873% from 1953 IANS / Thursday, December 20, 2012 16:16 IST The number of rapes in India shot up from 1953 to 2001 by a staggering 873%, the CPI(M)'s "People's Democracy" said in its latest edition released Thursday. "Sexual crimes against women have been...

Having triumphed at the Grasim Mr. India 2002 contest, the Mumbai-born Jaspal Singh Sehgal is today a big inspiration for every Sikh youngster eager to enter the pageant world. As a youngster Jaspals dream was to walk the ramp. But being a Sikh boy to contest among all non-Sikhs only...

On Sikh separatism, Harper in India defends freedom of expression By STEVEN CHASE - THE GLOBE AND MAIL - November 8, 2013 Prime Minister tells India hosts that violence and terrorism can't be confused with the right of Canadians to hold and promote their political views Stephen Harper...

More Than 67,000 Lives Saved Through Blood Donation In The Memory Of Over 30,000 Sikh Killed In 1984! Sikh Nation (Sikh Quom) was born with a simple message and revolutionary purpose to save lives by donating blood in the memory of those who lost their lives at the hands of unjust and...

October 3, 2012 CRTC fines India telemarketers, puts foreign operators 'on notice' By STEVE LADURANTAYE - THE GLOBE AND MAIL Telemarkets fined for calling Canadians on do-not-call list to offer virus protection Telemarketers from India who called Canadians and offered them virus...

My friend is visiting India around Christmas (not sure if he's going to Punjab or not, I'll have to ask and suggest), and I've thought about anything I could send for while he's there; as far as I know, things are generally a good bit cheaper in India and there's a good chance he'll find...

Gurfatehji Last week, I did a repair for two Indian lads, they were here studying. One was softly spoken, fair, his friend was bigger, darker, scowly, and arrogant. I took an instant dislike to his friend, but I found the softly spoken one fine. After we had finished discussing his...

India Independence Day Function Disrupted in UK Town Prasun Sonwalkar - OutLookIndia - London - Aug 21, 2012 India's Independence Day celebrations in UK's east Midlands was cancelled after alleged pro-Khalistan elements disrupted the event by preventing people from attending it and...

Panic Seizes India as a Region’s Strife Radiates By JIM YARDLEY - THE NEW YORK TIMES - August 17, 2012 BRAJAKHAL, India — Like a fever, fear has spread across India this week, from big cities like Bangalore to smaller places like Mysore, a contagion fueling a message: Run. Head home...

Air India bomb maker, Inderjit Singh Reyat, loses appeal on perjury conviction The Canadian Press - July 19, 2012 Inderjit Singh Reyat DARRYL DYCK/THE CANADIAN PRESS Inderjit Singh Reyat, seen in this September 2010 file photo, has lost his appeal on his perjury conviction. He is the...

Former Air India Suspect Loses Bid to Recover Legal Fees Read the full ruling by THE SUPREME COURT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA: http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/SC/12/10/2012BCSC1002.htm

12 July 2012 Last updated at 03:02 ET India wrestler-actor Dara Singh dead Tributes have been pouring in for Dara Singh Wrestler-turned-actor Dara Singh has died in the Indian city of Mumbai after a long illness, his doctors say. The 83-year-old had been admitted to hospital...