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Amazon removes Indian flag doormat link after visa threat

Amazon.com removed doormats resembling the Indian tri-colour flag from its Canadian website, after an Indian government threat to rescind visas of the US company’s employees if they did not stop selling the product.

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Fury over India flag doormats for sale on Amazon

India's foreign minister has criticised online retail giant Amazon after its Canadian website was found to be selling doormats featuring the Indian flag.

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3 killed in militant attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir

​Three people associated with India's General Reserve Engineering Force (GREF) were killed Monday after militants attacked their camp in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said.

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India’s supreme court limits strategy foreElection campaigns

India’s Supreme Court ruled on Monday that candidates for political office cannot appeal to voters on the basis of religion, caste, community or language, arguing that India’s Constitution enshrines its elections as fundamentally secular.

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India's AGP World Plans First U.S. Tour With Bollywood Comedy

​India’s leading live theater producer AGP World is arranging its first tour in North America and planning to open an office in New York as part of a global expansion.

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Cyclone Vardah kills 10 in south Indian city Chennai

​At least 10 people were killed when Cyclone Vardah slammed into the southern Indian city of Chennai, bringing down houses and cutting off the electricity supply, authorities said Tuesday (Dec 13).

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Mass grief as Indian film star politician known as "Mother" dies

​When Jayalalithaa Jayaraman first fell ill one supporter set himself on fire, while an elderly man suspended himself from a crane with steel hooks pierced through his skin

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India cinemas ordered to play national anthem

​India's supreme court has ruled that the national anthem must be played in every cinema before a film is screened.

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Women enter Mumbai's Haji Ali Dargah mosque after ban lifted

​Trustees put the ban in place in 2011, arguing that allowing women near the tomb of a revered saint was a ‘grievous sin’ in Islam

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Pakistan's outgoing army chief sends warning to India over Kashmir

​Pakistan's outgoing army chief issued a stern warning to India over violence in the disputed region of Kashmir on Tuesday as he handed over command, saying patience should not be mistaken for weakness.

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Drop in sex-trafficking cases in India may mask the real number

​India has seen a 70 per cent drop in cases filed under an anti-trafficking law between 2001 and 2015, which experts attribute to a lack of reporting of the crime and more sex workers moving out of brothels to escape police detection among other factors.

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Inside the world's first Bollywood theme park

In Dubai, a city where more is always more and bigger is most certainly better, two brand new theme parks are vying for the hearts of visitors.

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Nine dead after India fires at Kashmir bus, Pakistan says

​At least nine people were killed and seven others wounded in cross-border fire which hit a Pakistani bus in disputed Kashmir on Wednesday, officials said, in the latest deadly skirmish between India and Pakistan.

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Top 5 vendors in India's smartphone market

115,Sir Chittampalam A,Gardiner Mawatha, ColomboCinnamon Lakeside HotelChinese smartphone vendors have performed strongly in the Indian market, with China's Lenovo continuing to lead the country's online sales.

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India rupees: Chaos at banks after "black money" ban

The surprise government move is aimed at tackling corruption and tax evasion.

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British PM flies to India for post-Brexit trade preparations

British Prime Minister Theresa May flew to India yesterday, a nation she called a "key strategic partner", to prepare the ground for key trade agreements after Britain quits the European Union.