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Pakistani Taliban faction claims Easter park bombing

April 1, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Zarar Khan Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) – A bombing on Easter Sunday killed 65 people in a park in the eastern city of Lahore that was crowded with Christians, including many children. A breakaway Pakistani faction of the militant Taliban group claimed responsibility. Ahsanullah Ahsan, spokesman for Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, told the Associated Press that a […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, Asim Saleem Bajwa, Associated Press, Deeba Shahnaz, External Affairs, Haider Ashraf, India, National Security Council, Pakistani Taliban, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Raheel Sharif, Salman Rafiq, Shahbaz Sharif, Tariq Mustapha, United States, Vol 35 No 14 | April 2 - April 8, Zaeem Qadri

Nod to India’s female lawmakers highlights how few there are

March 12, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ashok Sharma Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — What was meant as a gesture of respect toward women ended up reminding India that it needed to improve female representation in politics. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for only female lawmakers to address the Indian parliament on International Women’s Day included silence — because there […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, Afghanistan, Associated Press, India, International Women, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Reservation Bill, Shatabdi Roy, Shiv Sena, Sonia Gandhi, Sreemathi Teacher, Trinamool Congress, Vol 35 No 11 | March 12 - March 18, West Bengal

Coconut trees are no longer considered trees in Indian state, now are palms

January 30, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

PANAJI, India (AP) — Coconut trees are no longer considered trees in the tropical Indian state of Goa, where authorities have reclassified them as palms to allow farmers to cut them down more easily.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, 2016, Associated Press, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar, Claude Alvares, PANAJI, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rajendra Arlekar, Vijai Sardesai, Vol 35 No 5 | January 30 - February 5

India, cows and politics — With Hindu party leading India, beef grows more political

October 25, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tim Sullivan Associated Press NEW DELHI — The legislator was full of outrage when he arrived in the northern Indian village days after the killing of a Muslim farmer who was rumored to have slaughtered cows. A Hindu mob had smashed through the heavy wooden door to the man’s home, then beat him to […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, BJP, India, Mark Zuckerberg, Maybe Vijay, Meanwhile Som, Mohammad Akhlaq, New Delhi, Nirmala George, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Ram Mandal Das, Ram Mangal Das, Sangeet Som, Tarun Vijay, Vol 34 No 44 | October 24 - October 30

Praise for Srikanth, Nehwal after China victories

November 23, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By C. Rajshekhar Rao AP Sports Writer NEW DELHI (AP) — It’s not cricket. But that hasn’t stopped the Indian media and sports fraternity marveling at a performance few people thought they’d ever see.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Akane Yamaguchi, China Open, Chinese, Congrats Srikanth, Indian Badminton, Kidambi Srikanth, Lin Dan, Olympics, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Pullela Gopichand, Rajshekhar Rao, Saina Nehwal, Viren Resquinha, Vol 33 No 48 | November 22 - November 28, attention, japan, social media

Asbestos pushed in Asia as product for the poor

August 17, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Katy Daigle AP Environment Writer VAISHALI, India (AP) — The executives mingled over tea and sugar cookies, and the chatter was upbeat. Their industry, they said at a conference in the Indian capital, saves lives and brings roofs, walls and pipes to some of the world’s poorest people.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2014, Abhaya Shankar, Asbestos Cement Products Manufacturers Association, Asia, Assistant Surgeon General Dr, India, John Nicodemus, Madan Prasad Gupta, New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Quebec-based Chrysotile Institute, Richard Lemen, Russia, Supreme Court, Toxicologist David Bernstein, Umesh Kumar, VAISHALI, Vol 33 No 34 | August 16 - August 22, WHO

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