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35 dead, 75 feared missing in India boat accident

By AP News Mon, Apr 30, 2012 2:45PM UTC View Comments

GAUHATI, India (AP) — Police say a packed ferry boat has capsized in heavy winds and rain in remote northeastern India, leaving at least 35 people dead and 75 others feared missing. Assam state police chief J.N. Choudhury says the boat was carrying about 200 passengers, but details were sketchy because bad weather and the...

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India: Government jobs back in vogue

By Sriram Vadlamani Wed, Apr 25, 2012 9:31AM UTC View Comments

There was a time when all the graduates in India dreamed about just one thing: A government job. A groom with a government job is worthier than a groom without one. In fact, no one’s really a groom until he has a government job. Looks like those times are back. The only difference between then...

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India tests nuke-capable missile able to hit China

By AP News Thu, Apr 19, 2012 12:41PM UTC View Comments

NEW DELHI (AP) — India announced Thursday that it had successfully test launched a new nuclear-capable missile that would give it, for the first time, the capability of striking the major Chinese cities of Beijing and Shanghai. The government has hailed the Agni-V missile, with a range of 5,000 kilometers (3,100 miles), as a major...

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India to test nuclear missile that can hit Beijing

By AP News Wed, Apr 18, 2012 7:00PM UTC View Comments

NEW DELHI (AP) — India is planning to test launch a new nuclear missile that for the first time would give it the capability of hitting the major Chinese cities of Beijing and Shanghai. The government has hailed the Agni-V missile, with a range of 5,000 kilometers (3,100 miles), as a major boost to its...

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Teen rescued days after factory collapse in India

By AP News Wed, Apr 18, 2012 6:56PM UTC View Comments

JALANDHAR, India (AP) — Rescuers pulled a 15-year-old boy from a massive heap of broken concrete Wednesday morning, more than 48 hours after the blanket factory he was working in collapsed and killed at least six people in northern India. The boy, who told rescuers his name was Sandeep, was carried on a stretcher from...

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