Religious Violence in India

13 Feb 2009

Few would have thought that a quiet drink with friends could turn into a national debate about alcohol, gender and morality. But that's what happened after an incident on a breezy, Sunday...

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Police consider reward for clues on acid attack

16 Dec 2008

Police may offer a reward for help finding the person who threw two bottles of acid from a Mong Kok rooftop on Saturday, injuring 46 people.

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Enemies of the state

10 Nov 2008

Hours after shooting dead two Muslim youths in New Delhi's Jamia Nagar district on September 19, police were adamant that the two were terrorists who had masterminded a series of blasts in the...

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Nun, two army officers arrested for bombings

8 Nov 2008

A nun and two army officers are among nine suspects arrested in the western state of Maharashtra over the past two weeks for bomb attacks allegedly carried out by a Hindu terror network that...

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Muslims and Christians unite over Hindu attacks

10 Oct 2008

Attacks by militant Hindus on Christians in the eastern Indian state of Orissa have led to an unlikely and unintended alliance between Christian and Muslim leaders.

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An unholy war

20 Sep 2008

The first thing Niranjan Naik heard was a panicked cry from the house of his neighbour: 'Help us, we are attacked, they are killing us ...

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Opinion

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

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Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

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Political power struggle behind attacks on minority Christians

The violence began on Christmas Eve, when a rabble of hardline Hindus, some armed with guns, some knives, went on a rampage in Kandhamal, in the east Indian state of Orissa. They set fire to the...

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Mixed marriage brings Hindu death threats

Mumbai police have been ordered to protect a young Muslim man and his Hindu wife because of threats to their lives and the danger that, if they return to their central Indian home city of Bhopal...

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Where wounds refuse to heal

The slight young woman pulls a dust-covered suitcase from under her bed and rummages through it. She smiles briefly as she takes a photograph out of the clear plastic cover that has protected it...

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Film ban hampers search for son

Roopa and Dara Modi are devastated that an acclaimed film about their son's disappearance in the Gujarat riots five years ago is being turned away by cinema owners in the state. They had hoped it...

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Militant Hindus pledge to prevent mixed marriages

Militant Hindu activists, who stormed a marriage registrar's office to prevent a woman marrying a Christian, say they will no longer tolerate anti-Hindu activities on Indian soil.

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Report on train blaze tragedy clears Muslims, angers Hindus

Ruling party accused of playing politics after inquiry finds fire was accidental

A report clearing Muslims of starting a deadly train fire four years ago that sparked savage communal...

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