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Shalini Gupta became so disgusted with news of gang rapes and corruption scandals in India that she left her job as a management trainer in Chicago and returned to her homeland after three decades of living overseas.

More than a year after the infamous gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old physiotherapy student in New Delhi grabbed major international headlines, jostling the ns remain concerned about the problem of rape in their country and feel that the criminal justice system dealing with the issue is inadequate.

A major day of voting in the world's biggest elections was marred by violence Thursday as suspected rebels killed four paramilitary soldiers and three polling officials who were leaving buses after conducting balloting in two Indian states.

Nokia's ongoing tax dispute with Indian authorities has put an end to its plans to transfer a local smartphone factory over to Microsoft, as the software maker finalizes its takeover of the Finnish company's devices and services business..

Several top stars created a controversy by skipping town on election day to attend an awards show in the U.S., while politically-themed local movies have been popping up to cash in on the world's largest democratic process.

The new state-of-the-art showroom is located at Gopalpura Bye Pass and is spread over an area of 10,600 sq.

Mohammad Amin Pandith, a smallholder and father-of-three from Indian-controlled Kashmir, was lured from his home at night by a man in army uniform, dragged along a potholed lane and shot in the back of the head.

The four detained have been identified as Jairam Mukhiya, 45, Ram Ayodhya Mukhiya, 41, Birendra Mukhiya, 40 and Wasar Mukhiya, 40. All of them were the permanent residents of Piparthana in Motihari district of Bihar, India.

Ranchi, April 23: A Bokaro court Wednesday issued an arrest warrant against Bihar BJP leader Giriraj Singh for making a provocative speech.

Gurgaon , Apr. 23: Police have arrested five girls and a pimp after conducting a raid on a spa and massage parlour in Gurgaon, Haryana.

In this May 22 2013 file photo, climbers descend Khumbu Icefall on their way back to Base Camo after summitting the 8,850-meter Mount Everest.

Chandigarh, April 22: The Limca Book of Records has included the name of Ranbir Singh, father of Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, for his national record of being member of seven different legislatures.

Shah also said that SP president Mulayam Singh Yadav dreamt of becoming the prime minister.

For the first time, India's transgender people will be able to choose their gender as "other" on ballot forms following on from an Election Commission order of November 2009.

A new poll shows that Indians view rape as a big problem in their country and think the criminal justice system is inadequate to deal with it.

Stooping to feed grain to a black cow as a religious offering at his unfinished mansion, Indian politician and rags-to-riches millionaire B. Sreeramulu may need help from the gods if he is to win a hard-fought race for the parliamentary seat of Bellary.

Indian opposition leader Narendra Modi on Tuesday distanced himself from colleagues on the Hindu far right, saying they must focus on development issues in the election campaign, rather than rail against minority Muslims and liberals.

Suspected rebels in India-controlled Kashmir gunned down two village elders and one victim's son in attacks that police said were aimed at scaring off voters in the country's general election.

Militants killed three men in the restive Kashmir region on Monday, police said, in attacks that appeared intended to intimidate locals who are due to vote in a general election this week.

Kolkata, April 21: Two people died after some explosives kept inside a room went off Monday in West Bengal's Birbhum district, police said.