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India state bans book suggesting Gandhi bisexual
MUMBAI, India (AP) — A state in western Indian state has banned Pulitzer-Prize winning author Joseph Lelyveld's new book about Mahatma Gandhi The furor over Lelyveld's "Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and his Struggle With India" was sparked by local...Tags: Elections, India, Politics
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'Slumdog' star says home lost in Mumbai fire
MUMBAI, India (AP) — "Slumdog Millionaire" child star Rubina Ali says her home has burned down in a fire that raged through a crowded slum in the Indian city of Mumbai. Rubina says most of the awards that she received for her role as a poverty-...Tags: Slumdog Millionaire (movie), Movies, Danny Boyle, Entertainment, Academy Awards
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Tax raid tarnishes India's gold industry, association says
ReutersBy Siddesh Mayenkar MUMBAI, June 14 (Reuters) - A raid by dozens of tax inspectors on one of India's biggest gold traders this week has tarnished the reputation of an industry worth more than $70 billion a year and put at risk its access to funding, a...Tags: India, Imports, Gold and Precious Material, Casino and Gambling Industry, Metal and Mineral
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Bollywood actor held in custody over girlfriend's suicide
ReutersBy Shilpa Jamkhandikar MUMBAI, June 14 (Reuters) - Bollywood actor Suraj Pancholi who was arrested after the suicide of his actress girlfriend Jiah Khan will spend at least another week in jail after a Mumbai court on Friday adjourned his bail hearing...Tags: Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Suicide, Celebrities, Prisons
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Families take sides in wake of Bollywood actress's suicide
ReutersMUMBAI (Reuters) - Two Bollywood families have broken their silences over the suicide of starlet Jiah Khan after police arrested actor Suraj Pancholi in connection with his girlfriend's death last week. Pancholi was arrested on Monday after Khan's...Tags: Amitabh Bachchan, Suicide, Celebrities
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India's Apollo Tyres to buy Cooper Tire for $2.5 billion
Reuters(Reuters) - India's Apollo Tyres Ltd agreed to buy U.S.-based Cooper Tire & Rubber Co for about $2.5 billion in a deal that would make it the world's seventh-largest tire maker and reduce its dependence on a slowing Indian auto market. The acquisition of...Tags: New Products, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Land Rover, Companies and Corporations, Car Tires
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Teva, Sun Pharma to pay $2.15 billion to settle Pfizer patent suit
Reuters(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc said Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd would pay $2.15 billion to settle a patent suit related to its acid-reflux drug. This is the first instance of generic drugmakers paying damages for...Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Protonix (drug), Arbitration, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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Vinegar screening helps cut cervical cancer deaths in India -study
ReutersBy Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, June 2 (Reuters) - A simple screening program for cervical cancer using vinegar and visual exams helped reduce deaths caused by the cancer by 31 percent in a group of 150,000 poor women in India, researchers reported on...Tags: India, Health and Safety at School, Medical Procedures and Tests, Medical Research, Colleges and Universities
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Mumbai blames lingerie-clad mannequins for sex crimes
You can’t blame it on illiteracy or poor policing. Or patriarchal mindsets in India. It’s the fault of the racy mannequins haunting Mumbai’s lingerie stores, seducing passers-by and turning them into sex offenders. At least that’...
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Ranbaxy slumps after Daiichi Sankyo says was misled
ReutersMUMBAI (Reuters) - Shares in Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd fell as much as 10.7 percent on Thursday after majority shareholder Daiichi Sankyo Co said it believed former shareholders of the Indian company hid information regarding U.S. regulatory probes....Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Companies and Corporations, U.S. Department of Justice, Crime, Law and Justice, Economy, Business and Finance
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RPT-With wary eye on the U.S., China courts India
Reuters(Repeats with no changes in text) By Frank Jack Daniel and Rajesh Kumar Singh NEW DELHI, May 22 (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, smiling and effusive, was out to smooth ruffled feathers in India this week, promising to ease tensions and...Tags: Pakistan, New Delhi (India), Steve Jobs, Imports, Burma
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