25 YEARS IN MAKING, HINDU ENCYCLOPEDIA IS COMPLETE
By SUSANNE M. SCHAFER This Aug. 21, 2013 photo provided by the University of South Carolina shows Dr. Meera Narasimhan, vice dean of the University of South Carolina School of…
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PAKISTAN ACC– USES INDIAN TROOPS OF KILLING SOLDIER
By SEBASTIAN ABBOT Supporters of Pakistani religious group Jamat-ud-Dawa burn Indian flags at a rally in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. The Pakistani military accused Indian troops on Wednesday…
TRAIN KILLS 37 PILGRIMS IN EASTERN INDIA
By INDRAJIT SINGH Coaches of the Rajya Rani Express train burn after a mob set it on fire as it ran over a group of Hindu pilgrims at a crowded…
BANGLADESH BUILDING COLLAPSE VICTIMS BURIED
By CHRIS BLAKE and FARID HOSSAIN Army personnel watch as workers toil in the collapsed garment factory building, Tuesday, April 30, 2013 in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Emergency workers hauling…
COLLAPSED BUILDING OWNER MAY FACE 7 YEARS IN JAIL
By FARID HOSSAIN and CHRIS BLAKE A Bangladeshi rescuer looks out from a hole cut in the concrete as he looks for survivors at the site of a building that…
CONDITION OF INDIAN GIRL WHO WAS RAPED IMPROVES
By NIRMALA GEORGE Indian women activists of India’s main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party jostle with Indian police women outside ruling United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s residence during a protest…
RUSHDIE RELIVES MAGIC OF ‘MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN’
By HILLEL ITALIE FILE – This Sept. 8, 2012 file photo shows author Salman Rushdie posing during the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto. Rushdie is promoting the film…
INDIAN STATE STOPS PLAYBOY BEACH CLUB FROM OPENING
By MAYABHUSHAN NAGVENKAR FILE – In this Dec. 18, 2010 file photo, waitresses pose inside the Playboy Club at the Sands Casino in Macau. After a month of heated debate,…