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NEWS ABOUT: Delhi

Delhi stories: 7 news summaries

India Appeal Likens Gay Sex to Bestiality

Court ruling could recriminalize homosexuality

Jul 11, 09 6:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - India’s gay and lesbian community celebrated the Delhi High Court’s decriminalization of homosexual sex last week with lavish parties, but festivities may have been premature, GlobalPost reports. India’s Supreme Court has signaled that it will consider an appeal of the verdict, the climax of an 8-year legal... More »

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gay rights • India • Bollywood • homosexuality • Delhi • homosexual • verdict • decriminalization

 Delhi Bans Plastic Bags 

After time for plan to phase in, penalties will include 5 years in jail

Jan 16, 09 3:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Officials in Delhi have banned the “use, storage, and sale” of plastic bags, the Guardian reports, after Indian environmentalists warned about the dangers of the non-biodegradable bags. Violators could be imprisoned for up to 5 years and fined over $2,000. Plastic bags have become a staple in Delhi... More »

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plastic bags • India • Delhi • environmentalists

 Fired Workers Kill Boss in India 

Workers, invited to negotiate, beat Indian chief of Italian manufacturing firm to death

Sep 23, 08 4:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - An angry mob of laid-off workers killed their former boss at an Italian manufacturing firm in India yesterday, the Independent reports. Lalit Kishore Choudhary, who oversaw Oerlikon Graziano’s auto-parts business in India, was bludgeoned to death with iron bars as he tried to negotiate with the disgruntled former employees.... More »

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India • Italy • murder • labor • Delhi • manufacturing • riots • Uttar Pradesh

 Delhi Melee Rocks Torch Arrival 

Downtown locked down

Apr 17, 08 4:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Olympic torch was greeted with furious protests as it arrived in Delhi today, and 15,000 security forces have locked down the heart of the city ahead of the relay, Reuters reports. Members of India's large community of Tibetan exiles have vowed massive protests to highlight China's human rights... More »

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China • India • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Delhi • Tibet • Olympic torch • New Delhi • Olympic protests • torch relay

Scavengers Face Trash Shortage

Delhi may lose green credential by replacing ragpickers

Nov 18, 07 7:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Delhi’s 300,000 ragpickers "are the original recyclers," the Economist reports—but their trade of mining trash for re-sellable goods is in trouble. The city, hoping to clean up for the 2010 Commonwealth games, has hired private companies to collect trash—and ragpickers, who save the city... More »

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recycling • India • Delhi • ragpickers • Commonwealth Games

Monkeys Manhandle New Delhi

Nov 13, 07 10:31 AM CST
(Newser) - What separates man from monkeys? In New Delhi, precious little. The Indian capital is being overrun by anywhere from 10,000 to 20,000 of the marauding primates, which have caused numerous recent injuries—not to mention a fall that killed the city's deputy mayor. But the monkey's sacred status... More »

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monkey • Delhi

Exploring the Two Sides
of India

A trip home reveals a society of extreme wealth and extreme poverty

Jul 28, 07 7:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Delhi area is a microcosm of India, torn between urban sprawl and utter poverty. Endless construction, skyscrapers, highways, condos, and shopping malls share the city with naked children rummaging through garbage for food. Pasha Malla of the Morning News returns to his ancestral home on a mission to visit... More »

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India • wealth • poverty • Kashmir • urban sprawl • Delhi

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