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Suspected Maoists derail train in India

Suspected Maoists blew up a railway track in eastern India, derailing a train packed with passengers less than a week ahead of regional elections opposed by the powerful rebels, authorities said.

Newborn deaths spark investigation in India

Authorities are investigating the death of six newborns at a government hospital in southern India over allegations of equipment failure and staff negligence.

New Delhi's 'eunuchs' forge lives in conservative nation

Dotting a crammed neighborhood in the Indian capital are homes that can be easily located without addresses.

Six killed as train derails in India

Six passengers were killed and 20 injured when a train derailed in northwestern India early Saturday, officials said.

India's third gender gets own identity in voter rolls

Indian election authorities Thursday granted what they called an independent identity to intersex and transsexuals in the country's voter lists.

29 killed as bus plunges into gorge in India

At least 29 passengers were killed and 20 others injured as a bus fell into a gorge in northern India Friday, police said.

25-year-old massacre haunts India's Sikhs

Gurdeep Kaur's wrinkled face was wet with tears, as she recounted what she saw a quarter century ago: the killings of 21 of family members.

Three killed as India oil depot burns

Three people were killed and six others were missing in a massive fire at an oil depot in north-western India, authorities said Friday.

In India's villages: No toilet, no bride

Most Indian mothers want their daughters to marry decent men who make a good living. Now, in parts of rural India, women have a new -- and rather unusual -- demand for matrimony: a toilet.

Desperate farmers sell wives to pay debts in rural India

The cattle slowly drag the old-fashioned plow as a bone-thin farmer walks behind, encouraging them to move faster with a series of yelps.

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