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GAUHATI, India: Police Sunday fired rubber bullets and used batons to disperse hundreds of villagers protesting the abductions and killings of four Muslim traders in India's remote northeast, where ethnic tensions run high.

Despite the announcement made by Arun Jaitely in the budget for constructing National Military Memorial at New Delhi, the national capital will not be able to take pride of having independent India's first military memorial, because Bengaluru will always have the honour of having the First National Military Memorial of independent India.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi headed to Brazil Sunday for a meeting of the BRICS group of emerging powers, hoping to seal the long-discussed deal to open a new development bank.

The maiden budget from India's new right-wing government has promised a return to high growth -- but disappointed some who hoped premier Narendra Modi might use his thumping mandate to unleash radical change.

There are estimated to be around 56m deaths per year according to the World Health Organisation - and it's thought half are not registered - so there is a lot of missing information about what people die of.

Seven infants have died in past 24 hours at West Bengal's Malda Medical College and Hospital, which witnessed frequent crib deaths in the recent past.

Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has extended its pilot project of cashless treatment worth Rs 30,000 to accident victims on National Highway stretch of Mumbai Baroda, and Ranchi Jamshedpur.

An Indigo flight from Bagdogra came close to a descending Air India plane over Bagdogra in West Bengal this afternoon, raising the spectre of a collision and giving scare to about 250 passengers on board the two aircraft.

Once again on Saturday morning, Pakistani armed forces opened fire at Pindi outpost in RS Pura sector of Jammu and Kashmir, violating the ceasefire.

A sluggish monsoon could be hurtling India towards its first drought in five years, as summer rains stand 43% below average overall, barring the Northeast and Mumbai.

A 14-year-old girl was dragged into a forest and raped on the orders of a village council in remote eastern India in retaliation for a sex assault blamed on her brother, her family and police said Friday.

Combining two types of polio vaccine, including one that is injected rather than given orally, appears to give better immunity and could speed efforts to eradicate the crippling disease, scientists said on Friday.

When Raju the elephant was rescued after being shackled and abused for five decades, the story and picture of him "crying" went viral.

Japan's government has approved a reinterpretation of the war-renouncing constitution to allow greater use of military force to defend other countries.

India's new Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet President Barack Obama in Washington in September during a visit aimed at restoring strained relations between the countries.

The wife of a Georgia man facing charges after their son was left in a hot car and died has retained a criminal defense attorney for herself.

Indian engineers are toiling in the Himalayas to build the world's highest railway bridge which is expected to be 35 metres taller than the Eiffel Tower when completed by 2016.

Zohra Sehgal, the grand dame of Indian theatre and films, was older than Indian cinema at the age of 102 with a glorious performing career behind her that inspired generations.

CHILDREN on the frontline, deadly hatred and a mess that dates back 2000 years. Here's why Israel and Palestine are at each other's throats today.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has promised to allocate Rs 500 crore to set up five new IIMs and five new IITs in the Union Budget 2014-15.