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By 2Fun News On Monday, April 22nd, 2013
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The Golden Temple, Amritsar, India

The Harmandir Sahib (Punjabi: ??????? ?????) also Darbar Sahib (Punjabi: ????? ?????, Punjabi pronunciation: [d??b?? s?h?b]) and informally referred to as the Golden Temple is a prominent Sikh Gurdwara located in More...

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By 2Fun News On Wednesday, April 17th, 2013
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Supreme court gives 4 weeks to Sanjay Dutt for surrender

Sanjay Dutt who was recently sentenced to jail for 3 more years by supreme court was given 4 more weeks of time to surrender. Sanjay Dutt has already served 18 months of his 5 year prison time after he was accused More...

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By 2Fun News On Tuesday, March 19th, 2013
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37 killed in India road crash

Thirty seven people have been killed and more than 15 injured after a private bus they were travelling in fell off a bridge near Khed in Ratnagiri district in western Maharashtra in India early Tuesday. The bus More...

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By 2Fun News On Friday, February 22nd, 2013
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3 sisters raped, murdered in India

Three sisters aged between six and 11 were raped and murdered before their bodies were dumped down a village well in rural western India. Police said on Wednesday, reports The Straits Times. The bodies of the three More...

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By 2Fun News On Thursday, January 10th, 2013
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Women in India, other developing countries lag in Internet use

More needs to be done to boost women’s and girl’s lagging online access, tech giant Intel Corp said in a report to be released later on Thursday that calls for doubling the number of female Internet More...

Police chase and use water canons on demonstraters during a protest in front of India Gate in New Delhi
By 2Fun News On Sunday, December 23rd, 2012
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India’s gang-rape protesters defy moves to quell outrage

The Indian government moved on Sunday to stamp out protests that have swelled in New Delhi since the gang-rape of a young woman, banning gatherings of more than five people, but still thousands poured into the heart More...

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By 2Fun News On Tuesday, December 18th, 2012
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Pollution from car emissions killing millions in China and India

An explosion of car use has made fast-growing Asian cities the epicentre of global air pollution and become, along with obesity, the world’s fastest growing cause of death according to a major study of global More...

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By 2Fun News On Wednesday, December 12th, 2012
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Ravi Shankar is no more

Noted sitar maestro Pt Ravi Shankar died in a San Diego hospital at 4.30pm Pacific time. He was 92. Mr Shankar had been unwell for some time and had surgery in San Diego on December 7. Mr Shankar was among India`s More...

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By 2Fun News On Sunday, August 26th, 2012
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India successfully test-fires Prithvi II

India said it successfully flight-tested the nuclear weapons-capable, surface-to-surface Prithvi II missile from Chandipur in Balasore district in Odisha State on Saturday. The Strategic Forces Command (SFC) of More...

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By 2Fun News On Monday, August 6th, 2012
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India Haryana minister Gopal Kanda quits amid scandal

Junior Home Minister of the northern Indian state of Haryana, Gopal Kanda, resigned hours before a former female employee apparently killed herself, accusing him of harassment, reports BBC. Kanda quit on Sunday More...