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The chief minister of India’s Uttar Pradesh state has rebuffed accusations from rights groups of police abuses during protests against a new citizenship law, crediting his tough stand with restoring calm to the streets. CBC | World News

Six people died and dozens were injured on Friday as Indian police clashed with thousands of protesters who again took to the streets in several parts of the country to oppose a new law they say discriminates against Muslims. CBC | World News

At least 43 people died on Sunday in a devastating fire that broke out in a building in a crowded grains market area in central New Delhi, police said. CBC | World News

An alleged rape victim in northern India set on fire on her way to a court hearing in the case she filed has died in a hospital in New Delhi. CBC | World News

VIOLENCE has erupted in the volatile Kashmir region with reports of Pakistani and Indian troops exchanging fire across the disputed border in violation of a ceasefire. Daily Express :: News Feed

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An Indian judge sentenced a self-styled “godman” whose followers went on a deadly rampage after he was convicted of rape last week to 20 years in prison on Monday, but a shoot-to-kill order, curfew and heavy police presence kept protesters at bay. CBC | World News

A judge on Monday sentenced a flamboyant and controversial Indian spiritual guru to 10 years in prison on charges of raping two female followers. CBC | World News

Mobs rampage across a north Indian town, leaving 12 people dead and buildings in flames, after a court declares a quasi-religious sect leader guilty of raping two of his followers, according to police and a doctor. CBC | World News