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Most of the reported fatalities were in villages and towns east of Kathmandu, only just beginning to pick up the pieces from the April 25 quake that left more than 8,000 dead. (Photo: Reuters)

Fresh earthquake kills 66 in Nepal, 17 in India

by Ross Adkin |May 13, 2015

A second powerful earthquake in less than three weeks spread panic in Nepal on Tuesday, bringing down buildings weakened by the first disaster and killing at least 66 people, including 17 in India...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: Reuters)

PM Narendra Modi seeks humble, tolerant new image after poll rout

by Rupam Jain Nair |Feb 20, 2015

"The Delhi election results ended the party's honeymoon period with a jolt," a senior BJP leader said, asking not be identified.

Prime Minister Narenda Modi, wearing a dark pinstripe suit repeatedly embroidered with the words "Narendra Damodardas Modi", meets with U.S. President Barack Obama at Hyderabad House in New Delhi January 25, 2015. Photo: Reuters

PM Modi's name-striped suit gave Michelle Obama stiff fashion competition

by Rupam Jain Nair |Jan 27, 2015

Close-up photographs revealed the words "Narendra Damodardas Modi" repeatedly embroidered into the fabric. Damodardas was Modi's father, a tea seller in Gujarat.