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We have started to collect the most important news related to India in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
United StatesThe American schoolboy bringing bikes to India's poorest children
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In urban India just one in every four women goes out to work, with social attitudes and a lack of opportunities partly to blame.
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Indian will not elect a new prime minister until 2014, but two of the men vying for the post have already begun to try and woo business leaders.
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An Indian man has bought what is believed to be one of the world's most expensive shirts, made entirely from gold.
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India's Supreme Court rejects a petition by death row prisoner to commute his sentence to life in jail, a ruling likely to affect similar cases.
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India's embattled Kingfisher Airlines submits a fresh revival plan to aviation authorities as it seeks permission to restart operations.
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Thirty-six policemen in the Indian city of Mumbai are suspended after they were allegedly filmed taking 'shameful' bribes, officials say.
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Africans complain of discrimination in India
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Annual car sales in India have fallen for the first time in a decade, underlining the impact a slowdown in its economy is having on key sectors.
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Five Indian peacekeepers escorting a UN convoy in South Sudan and seven others are killed in an ambush by rebels, the UN says.
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India deploys aerial drones over Kaziranga National Park in Assam state in an effort to protect endangered one-horned rhinos from poachers.
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A court in India gives the death penalty to a bus driver who killed nine people and injured 27 by driving into vehicles and pedestrians in the city of Pune last year.
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Indian police arrest nine people they suspect of colluding to illegally construct a high-rise residential building in Mumbai that collapsed and killed 74 people.
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Netherlands, 
United KingdomPolice in Indian-administered Kashmir are questioning a Dutch national about the killing of a British woman on a houseboat in Srinagar
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United KingdomPolice in Indian-administered Kashmir are questioning a Dutch national about the killing of British woman Sarah Groves on a houseboat in Srinagar.
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A group of Sikhs are to protest outside the Houses of Parliament, as part of a long-standing campaign to end the death penalty in India.
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United KingdomThe British High Commission in Delhi says it is investigating reports that a British woman has been found dead in Indian-administered Kashmir.
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Rescuers in India end their search for survivors in the rubble of a Mumbai high-rise which collapsed with the loss of at least 72 lives.
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At least 45 people have died, including 15 children, after a building being constructed illegally collapsed near the Indian city of Mumbai, police say.
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At least 45 people are killed, including 15 children, after a building being constructed illegally collapses near the Indian city of Mumbai.
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A man goes on a rampage with an axe in a village in central India, killing four women and five girls, according to police.
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Protests are held in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta over the death of a young Communist student who was in police custody.
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India's Olympics medal-winning boxer Vijender Singh takes a dope test after charges that he took heroin procured from alleged drug smugglers.
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ItalyThe lights at Rome's famous Colosseum were switched off as part of a protest against the forthcoming trial of two Italian marines in India.
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A court in India finds a bus driver guilty of murder for smashing into vehicles and pedestrians in Pune last year, killing nine people.
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Police in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh investigate an attack on four sisters who suffered burns after acid was thrown at them.
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India's PM, Manmohan Singh says he is confident the country's economy will bounce back and that the current downturn is "temporary".
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Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan performs at the opening of the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in the eastern city of Calcutta.
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India's richest man Mukesh Ambani and his brother Anil, who have battled over their father's businesses, sign a $200m telecoms deal.
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Teaching Indian sex workers how to spot fake banknotes
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AustraliaCaptain Michael Clarke insists Australia will not struggle in the Ashes despite their 4-0 Test series defeat in India.
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ItalyIndia's top court withdraws its earlier order barring the Italian ambassador from leaving India after a row over Italian marines accused of killing two Indians.
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One of India's most controversial politicians, the Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi is on the rise.
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SwitzerlandHealthcare campaigners hail India's rejection of a patent bid by Swiss company Novartis for its cancer drug, Glivec, amid industry criticism.
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SwitzerlandIndia's Supreme Court rejects a plea by Swiss company Novartis to patent an updated version of its cancer drug, Glivec.
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Police in the Indian capital Delhi arrest two men suspected of killing wealthy businessman and politician Deepak Bhardwaj.
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Police in India's Punjab state say Olympics medal winning boxer Vijender Singh consumed heroin after procuring it from alleged drug smugglers.
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The lives of foreign students at India's Muslim university
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Indian Ocean, 
MauritiusA day of national mourning has been declared on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, where at least 11 people have died in severe floods.
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The 'angels' helping Indian start-ups grow their businesses
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Indian Ocean, MauritiusAt least 11 people have died after sudden rains caused flooding in the Mauritian capital Port Louis, officials on the Indian Ocean island say.
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Five people die and three others are injured in a fire at a factory in the western Indian city of Mumbai, fire brigade officials say.
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The Indian Association of Tour Operators has demanded the formation of tourism police and helplines to counter the potential fallout from the high profile rape cases since the beginning of the year.
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Brazil, 
Russia, 
South AfricaLeaders of the Brics nations - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - meeting in Durban discuss the formation of a new development bank.
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ItalyForeign Minister Giulio Terzi quits over Italy's decision to send two Italian marines, accused of killing two Indian fishermen, to Delhi for trial.
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Sri LankaTamil Nadu state says it will not host Indian Premier League (IPL) matches involving Sri Lankan cricketers, amid anger over Sri Lanka's rights record.
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Wealthy Indian businessman and politician Deepak Bhardwaj has been shot dead by two men at his home in Delhi, police say.
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Central African Republic, 
FranceFrench troops guarding the Central African Republic capital Bangui's international airport accidentally kill two Indian citizens, the French defence ministry says.
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ItalyThe Indian unit of Ford apologises for an advert showing former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi with a group of bound women in the boot of a car.
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A deadly fire in a factory on the outskirts of the southern Indian city of Bangalore kills six people who were asleep inside the building.
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AustraliaIndia secure a 4-0 whitewash over Australia after winning the fourth Test in Delhi by six wickets.
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United KingdomA British woman tells the BBC that she shouted for help for more than an hour before jumping from a hotel balcony in India fearing a sexual assault.
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The Indian town with 6,000 singing, praying widows
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Is storytelling in India becoming a dying art?
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ItalyTwo Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen return to Delhi for their trial, Indian officials say, as diplomatic tensions ease.
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AustraliaAustralia all-rounder Shane Watson returns to the side as captain for the fourth Test against India.
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A court in Delhi allows the press to cover the trial of four men charged with the fatal gang rape of a student in December which outraged India.
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ItalyTwo Italian marines accused of murdering two Indian fishermen, in a case that has sparked a diplomatic row, are to be sent back for trial.
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Jockey Martin Dwyer will appeal after he is given a two-month ban by the Indian racing authorities.
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India's Supreme Court rules that Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt must return to jail for his connection with the 1993 Mumbai blasts.
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At least three Indian soldiers are critically wounded in Indian-administered Kashmir in a militant attack, the second such assault in a week.
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Police raid the home of MK Stalin, a leader of a former ally of India's ruling coalition in connection with alleged import of foreign cars.
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Lives in limbo on India-Bangladesh border
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More than 1,600 students are expelled for cheating in school examinations in the northern Indian state of Bihar, officials say.
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United KingdomA hotel manager and guard accused of sexually harassing a British tourist who jumped from a hotel balcony to escape appear in court in India.
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Five federal ministers belonging to a former ally of India's ruling coalition are to resign, a day after their party pulled out of the government.
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A bill containing harsher punishments for rapists, including the death penalty, has been passed by India's lower house of parliament.
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A bill containing harsher punishments for rapists is approved by India's lower house of parliament, following outrage over a recent gang rape.
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United KingdomA British woman is injured after jumping from a hotel balcony to escape from alleged harassment in Agra, India, local police say.
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Sri LankaA key regional ally pulls out of India's ruling coalition over the government's failure to condemn alleged atrocities against Sri Lankan Tamils.
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India cuts its main interest rate for the second time in three months as it looks to revive its sluggish economic growth.
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A bus careers off a bridge and falls into a dry river in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, killing at least 37 people on board.
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ItalyItaly accuses India of violating international law on diplomatic immunity by preventing its ambassador from leaving the country.
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India's politicians take to social media to woo the young
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A leading Indian sports lawyer tells the BBC that more action should be taken to stop doping in Indian athletics.
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SwitzerlandPolice in India's Madhya Pradesh arrest six people in connection with the gang rape of a Swiss tourist.
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ItalyIndia's Supreme Court rules that Italy's ambassador has no legal immunity, in a row over Rome's refusal to return two Italian marines charged with murder.
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AustraliaMahendra Dhoni helps India chase down their victory target to defeat Australia and complete a series victory over the tourists.
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India's film industry has turned its attention to the country's inflation rate, which has been around 7%
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Photographs of India's ancient Parsi community
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