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In this handout photo supplied by the Indian Army, a team carries out rescue operations for trapped construction workers who were swept away by an avalanche near the Mana Pass in northern Uttarakhand state in Chamoli district, India, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (Indian Army via AP)
At least 4 construction workers are killed in an avalanche in northern India
The Indian army says at least 4 workers have died a day after an avalanche swept away a large construction crew working on a highway near India’s mountainous border with Tibet.
 
In this handout photo supplied by the Indian Army, a team carries out rescue operations for trapped construction workers who were swept away by an avalanche near the Mana Pass in northern Uttarakhand state in Chamoli district, India, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (Indian Army via AP)
At least 25 workers are trapped by an avalanche in northern India
Officials say at least 25 construction workers are trapped after a large group of them was swept away by an avalanche near India’s border with Tibet.
 
A vehicle burns during a clash between protesters and police in Sambhal, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024. (AP Photo)
4 killed after a survey of a mosque sparks clashes in a northern Indian city
Authorities have closed schools and suspended internet services in a northern Indian city a day after four people were killed in clashes sparked by an official survey probing whether a 16th-century mosque was built on a Hindu temple.
 
Equipment damaged by fire lies inside a neonatal intensive care unit at Jhansi Medical College hospital in Jhansi, India, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. (AP Photo)
Fire engulfs hospital ward in northern India, killing 10 newborn babies
A fire tore through a neonatal intensive care unit in a hospital in northern India, killing 10 newborn babies and injuring 16 others. The fire occurred late Friday at a hospital in Jhansi city in India’s Uttar Pradesh state.
 
At least 36 dead after an overcrowded bus falls into a gorge in northern India
At least 36 people have been killed when a poorly maintained and overcrowded bus veered off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in northern India. Monday’s accident took place in the remote Almora district in the mountainous state of Uttarakhand.
 
A record 2.51 million earthen oil lamps are lit along the Saryu river during Deepotsav celebrations on the eve of Diwali, creating a new Guinness World Record, in Ayodhya, India, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Indians celebrate Diwali by lighting a record number of clay lamps
Indians are celebrating the Hindu festival of lights, Diwali, by symbolically lighting a record 2.51 million clay oil lamps at dusk on the banks of the river Saryu in a city they believe to be the birthplace of the deity Lord Ram.
 
This photograph shared by Indian Air Force on the X platform shows two foreign climbers, center, who were stranded in India's Himalayas posing with Indian Air Force personnel who rescued them in Uttarakhand, India, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (Indian Air Force on X via AP)
American and British climbers who lost tent and gear on Indian Himalayan peak rescued after 3 days
American and British climbers have been rescued after being stranded for three days on a mountain in India’s Himalayan north.
 
A roadside assistance worker tows away the mangled remains of a double-decker passenger bus that collided with a milk truck, near Unnao, in northern India state of Uttar Pradesh, Wednesday, July 10, 2024. Officials said the collision killed and injured multiple people. (AP Photo)
A double-decker bus collides with a milk truck in northern India, killing at least 18 people
At least 18 people were killed when a double-decker passenger bus collided with a milk truck in northern India. The collision occurred on an expressway in Uttar Pradesh state, and 19 injured people have been rushed to a hospital.
 
An injured arrives in an ambulance at the Sikandrarao hospital in Hathras district about 350 kilometers (217 miles) southwest of Lucknow, India, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. Thousands of people at a religious gathering in India rushed to leave a makeshift tent, setting off a stampede Tuesday that killed more than hundred people and injured scores. (AP Photo/Manoj Aligadi)
How did a religious gathering in India turn into a deadly stampede?
More than 120 people died in a stampede after a religious gathering in northern India on Tuesday. It was one of the deadliest such accidents in recent years. Authorities are investigating.
 
A woman watches members of a forensic team investigate the scene a day after a fatal stampede, in Fulrai village of Hathras district, Uttar Pradesh, India, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. Thousands of people at a religious gathering rushed to leave a makeshift tent, setting off a stampede Tuesday that killed more than hundred people and injured scores. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Severe overcrowding and a lack of exits contributed to the deadly stampede at an Indian festival
Authorities in India say severe overcrowding and a lack of exits contributed to a stampede at a religious festival that left at least 121 people dead. Nearly a quarter of a million people attended Tuesday’s event.
 
A man mourns by the body of his 37-year-old sister Ruby, victim of a stampede, outside Hathras district hospital, Uttar Pradesh, India, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. Thousands of people at a religious gathering rushed to leave a makeshift tent, setting off a stampede Tuesday that killed more than hundred people and injured scores. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Stampede at religious event in India kills at least 116 people, mostly women and children
Authorities say at least 116 people died in a stampede when a crowd at a religious gathering in northern India rushed to leave a makeshift tent.
 
An Indian Hindu holy man shows his finger marked with indelible ink after casting his vote during the fifth round of multi-phase national elections outside a polling station in Ayodhya, India, Monday, May 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Modi’s Hindu nationalist politics face a test as India holds fifth stage of national election
Millions of Indians across 49 constituencies are casting ballots as the country’s six-week-long election enters its final stages.
 
This photograph shared by Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on his social media platform X shows him, right, in white jacket, meeting with the policemen injured in clashes over the construction of a Muslim seminary and a mosque in Haldwani in the Uttarakhand state, India, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. (Pushkar Singh Dhami on X via AP)
Indian town sets a curfew and orders police to shoot violators after deadly clashes over a mosque
Authorities in a northern Indian town have imposed a curfew and ordered police to shoot violators after clashes over the construction of a Muslim seminary and a mosque left five people dead and more than 150 injured.
 
India's Bharatiya Janata Party supporters celebrate after Uttarakhand state lawmakers passed a uniform marriage law for all religions in Dehradun, India, Wednesday, Feb.7, 2024. The northern Indian state on Wednesday approved an unprecedented uniform code for marriage, divorce, adoption and inheritance for Hindus, Muslims and other religious communities under a new law that also requires couples that live together to register with the government or face punishment. (AP Photo)
Indian state passes uniform marriage legislation opposed by Muslims as a Hindu code applied to all
An Indian state has approved an unprecedented uniform code for marriage, divorce, adoption and inheritance for Hindus, Muslims and other religious communities in the state.
 
Indian workers aspiring to be hired for jobs in Israel line up during a recruitment drive in Lucknow, India, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Thousands in India flock to a recruitment center for jobs in Israel despite the Israel-Hamas war
Thousands of Indians have flocked to a recruitment center in India for jobs as construction workers in Israel, willing to take the risk of going to a country embroiled in a devastating war with Hamas militants in Gaza.
 
A general view of the audience during the opening of a temple dedicated to Hindu deity Lord Ram, in Ayodhya, India, Monday, Jan.22, 2024. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to open a controversial Hindu temple built on the ruins of an ancient mosque in the holy city of Ayodhya in a grand event that is expected to galvanize Hindu voters months before a general election. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Modi opens Hindu temple built on ruins on razed mosque, in political triumph for prime minister
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has opened a controversial Hindu temple that was built on the ruins of a razed historic mosque.
 
FILE - Workers put up cutouts of Hindu deity Lord Ram and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to mark the opening of a grand temple for Lord Ram in Ayodhya, India, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. Coming ahead of the upcoming national elections, the ceremony has welded into a potent mix of religion and statecraft that analysts say will secure an enduring, though contentious legacy for Modi who is seeking a third-consecutive term. (AP Photo/Deepak Sharma, File)
A temple to a top Hindu deity was built over a destroyed mosque in India. Here is why it matters - Edited Headline
India’s top politicians, religious leaders and celebrities have gathered in the holy city of Ayodhya for the partial opening of a grand temple for one of Hinduism’s most revered deities, Lord Ram.
 
A person takes selfie in front of a replica of the Lord Ram temple in Ayodhya, which is on display outside India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party office, in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Modi’s promised Ram temple is set to open and resonate with Hindus ahead of India’s election
Preparations are underway in India’s northern Ayodhya city to mark the opening of a grand temple for Lord Ram, Hinduism’s most revered deity.
 
A heavy machinery works at the the entrance to the site of an under-construction road tunnel that collapsed in mountainous Uttarakhand state, India, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. Forty workers were trapped in the collapsed road tunnel in northern India for a seventh day Saturday as rescuers waited for a new machine to drill through the rubble so they could crawl to their freedom. (AP Photo)
41 workers in India are stuck in a tunnel for an 8th day. Officials consider alternate rescue plans
Officials trying to save 41 workers who have been trapped in a collapsed tunnel in northern India for eight days are contemplating alternative rescue plans after snags with a drilling machine caused them to halt digging.
 
People watch rescue work at the site of an under-construction road tunnel that collapsed in mountainous Uttarakhand state, India, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. Forty workers were trapped in the collapsed road tunnel in northern India for a seventh day Saturday as rescuers waited for a new machine to drill through the rubble so they could crawl to their freedom. (AP Photo)
41 workers remain trapped in tunnel in India for seventh day as drilling operations face challenges
Forty-one workers remain trapped in a collapsed road tunnel in northern India for a seventh day as a new drilling matching arrived on site to replace the damaged one.
 
People stand near the entrance to the site of an under-construction road tunnel that collapsed in mountainous Uttarakhand state, India, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. Rescuers drilled deeper into the rubble of a collapsed road tunnel in northern India on Friday to fix wide pipes for 40 workers trapped underground for a sixth day to crawl to their freedom. (AP Photo)
New drill bores deeper into tunnel rubble in India to create an escape pipe for 40 trapped workers
Rescuers drilled deeper into the rubble of a collapsed road tunnel in northern India to fix wide pipes for 40 workers trapped underground for a sixth day to crawl to their freedom.
 
People watch rescue and relief operations at the site of an under-construction road tunnel that collapsed in mountainous Uttarakhand state, India, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. Rescuers have been trying to drill wide pipes through excavated rubble to create a passage to free 40 construction workers trapped since Sunday. A landslide Sunday caused a portion of the 4.5-kilometer (2.7-mile) tunnel to collapse about 200 meters (500 feet) from the entrance. It is a hilly tract of land, prone to landslide and subsidence. (AP Photo)
Indian rescuers start drilling to reach 40 workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel since the weekend
Rescuers in northern India are supplying food and medicine to 40 construction workers as officials started drilling through the rubble to reach the men who have been buried since a portion of the tunnel they were working on collapsed over the weekend.
 
This photo provided by Uttarakhand State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) shows rescue work inside a collapsed road tunnel where 40 workers were trapped in northern in Uttarakhand state, India, Tuesday, Nov.14, 2023. ( SDRF via AP)
Some of the 40 workers trapped in India tunnel collapse get sick as glitches delay rescue
Some of the 40 workers trapped for days in a collapsed road tunnel in northern India are getting sick, while falling debris and technical glitches delay the work to free them.
 
This photo provided by Uttarakhand State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) shows rescuers inside a collapsed road tunnel where more than 30 workers were trapped by a landslide in northern in Uttarakhand state, India, Sunday, Nov.12, 2023. ( SDRF via AP)
A rescue operation for 40 workers trapped under a collapsed tunnel in north India enters third day
Rescuers are working around the clock Tuesday to remove debris to extract 40 workers who have been trapped for over two days after an under-construction tunnel collapsed in northern India. Officials hope to extricate them in the next 24 hours.
 
This photo provided by Uttarakhand State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) shows rescuers inside a collapsed road tunnel where more than 30 workers were trapped by a landslide in northern in Uttarakhand state, India, Sunday, Nov.12, 2023. ( SDRF via AP)
Rescuers dig to reach 40 workers trapped in collapsed road tunnel in north India
Rescuers are digging through dirt and parts of a collapsed road tunnel to reach 40 workers trapped by a landslide in northern India. Authorities have confirmed the construction workers are safe and they’ve been supplied with oxygen and water.
 
Over 30 workers are trapped after a portion of a tunnel under construction collapses in India
Officials say a part of an under-construction road tunnel in a mountainous north Indian state popular with tourists has collapsed after a landslide, trapping more than 30 workers.
 
Fireworks light the sky as lamps are light up the banks of the river Saryu on the eve of the Hindu festival of Diwali, in Ayodhya, India, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. Ayodhya city in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh Saturday set a record by lighting over 2.2 million earthen oil lamps during Deepotsav celebrations on the eve of Diwali, creating a new Guinness World Record for lighting lamps in such a large number, according to state tourism department. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Millions of Indians set a world record celebrating Diwali as worries about air pollution rise
Millions of Indians are celebrating Diwali, the Hindu festival of light, with a Guinness World Record number of bright earthen oil lamps as concerns about air pollution soared in the South Asian country.
 
Landslides kill 3 at base camp of a Hindu temple in northern India and 17 others are still missing
Torrential rains have triggered a landslide at a base camp of a revered Hindu temple in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand, killing three people.
 
FILE- An Aerial view shows Gyanvapi mosque, left, and Kashiviswanath temple on the banks of the river Ganges in Varanasi, India, Dec. 12, 2021. An Indian court on Thursday ruled that officials can conduct a scientific survey to determine if the 17th-century mosque in the country's north was built over a Hindu temple. . (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh, File)
Indian court allows survey of a 17th-century mosque to see if it was built over a Hindu temple
An Indian court says officials can conduct a scientific survey of a 17th-century mosque in northern India to determine if it was built over Hindu temple. The Gyanvapi Mosque in the Hindu pilgrammage city of Varanasi.
 
15 die by electrocution after transformer explodes in northern India
Fifteen people including six policer officers have died by electrocution after a transformer exploded near a sewage treatment plant in northern India.
 
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