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Poor quality and bad management: India ignored warnings in free meal program
GANDAMAN, India/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The village school in India where 23 children died by poisoning last week had been providing lunch under a government-sponsored scheme without checks or monitoring...

Indian leader’s ‘puppy’ remark triggers new controversy over riots
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian Hindu nationalist leader and possible prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi triggered an uproar on Friday over a remark he made in an interview about deadly...

Insight: Murder trial of Italian marines in India navigates murky waters
NEW DELHI/KANYAKUMARI (Reuters) - The thud of bullets smacking into his wooden fishing boat jolted captain John Freddy out of his afternoon nap. He saw one of his crew slumped...

Top court says Indian government meddled in graft investigation
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Supreme Court accused the government on Wednesday of interfering in a police investigation into the allocation of commercial coalfields, in a damning indictment of political...

Key accused in India gang rape found dead in cell
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The driver of the bus in which a young Indian woman was gang-raped and fatally injured in December hanged himself in his jail cell on Monday,...

India gang-rape trial starts with testimony from victim’s friend
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The trial of five men charged with gang-raping and murdering a young woman on a bus in New Delhi opened on Tuesday with closed-door testimony from...

India gang-rape trial starts with testimony from victim’s friend
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The trial of five men charged with gang-raping and murdering a young woman on a bus in New Delhi opened on Tuesday with closed-door testimony from...

Five accused plead not guilty to Delhi gang rape, murder
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Five men pleaded not guilty on Saturday to charges they raped and murdered an Indian trainee physiotherapist, in a case that led to a shake-up of...

Five accused plead not guilty to Delhi gang rape, murder
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Five men pleaded not guilty on Saturday to charges they raped and murdered an Indian trainee physiotherapist, in a case that led to a shake-up of...

India has jurisdiction to try Italian marines for fishermen deaths: court
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has jurisdiction to try two Italian marines charged with killing two fishermen, the country's Supreme Court said in a long-awaiting ruling on Friday, setting the...
