A long battle by New York State to collect taxes on cigarettes resold on Indian land has led tribes to make and sell their own cigarettes, which they argue are exempt from the tax.

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Indian Tribes Make Own Cigarettes to Avoid N.Y. Tax

The Indian foreign secretary described his country’s relationship with the United States as one of growing comfort, depth and candor, if hardly perfect harmony.

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India Trumpets Ties With U.S. Amid Iran Oil Deal

NEW DELHI — The Indian government’s recent announcement that it taps nearly 300 new phones every day has sparked a debate about privacy in a country that traditionally views such concerns as an ugly offshoot of Western individualism. Read full article > >

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Privacy concerns grow in India

Seven England players and Ireland batsman Kevin O’Brien fail to attract bids at the Indian Premier League auction.

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England players go unsold at IPL

The Royal Navy has captured 13 Somali pirates after boarding a dhow in the Indian Ocean, the Ministry of Defence says, as part of a Nato-led operation.

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Royal Navy takes Somali pirates

Piece by piece, the curls of wood have fallen from the ancient log to the floor at David A. Boxley’s feet. Little by little, his adze and knife have carved from the fragrant cedar the image of the eagle, who was saved by the young Indian; the chief whose village was, in turn, saved by the eagle; and the people, who were spared by the cycle of good deeds. Read full article > >

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Museum gets totem pole newly carved in ancient wood

The parents of Indian student Anuj Bidve, who was shot dead in Salford on Boxing Day, are to visit Parliament to discuss the investigation into his murder.

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Bidve family to visit Parliament

The family of murdered Indian student, Anuj Bidve, leaves the city of Pune for Britain to bring back his body.

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Bidve family leaves for Britain

A 20-year-old man is charged with the murder of the Indian student Anuj Bidve who was shot in the head in Salford on Boxing Day.

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Man charged with Salford murder

A team of British scientists has captured images of very rare species, in some of the most inaccessible parts of the Indian Ocean.

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VIDEO: Creatures found at deep-sea vent

NEW DELHI — Hundreds of anti-corruption campaigners descended on New Delhi and several other Indian cities on Sunday for the third time this year to protest a new draft legislation that they say is powerless to fight corruption. Anna Hazare, the veteran activist who held two public fasts earlier this year, began a symbolic one-day hunger strike early Sunday. He called the new proposal “a betrayal,” and said he would begin a bigger, marathon hunger strike on Dec. 27. Read full article > >

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Anna Hazare resumes hunger strike against graft in India

At least 89 people are killed as a fire breaks out in a multi-storey hospital in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta, trapping patients in rooms.

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Dozens die in India hospital fire

Some New York City police officers who commented about the West Indian Day Parade appear to have violated department rules barring officers from “disrespectful remarks” about race or ethnicity.

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Why Dev Anand was Indian film’s first cool hero

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Dev Anand: Bollywood’s first cool hero

NEW DELHI — Persistently questioned by an Indian journalist over a disputed map, the Chinese ambassador finally lost his temper. “Shut up,” Ambassador Zhang Yan snapped at the correspondent at an event last month, his undiplomatic tone a reflection of China’s deep discomfort with India’s raucous and often nationalistic media. Read full article > >

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Popular distrust challenges peaceful rise of India and China