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Clothes are hung up to dry alongside railway tracks as a train passes by in New Delhi on Februaury 3, 2012. India's railway system, the main form of long-distance travel in India despite fierce competition from private airlines, runs 14,000 passenger and freight trains a day, carrying 18.5 million people.

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  • 1st C.D.: Demos slams GOP 'boss' tilt to 'outsourcer'

    were held.Its a fait acompli, said Demos. Its disgraceful that party bosses would again endorse an outsourcer who send jobs to India and couldnt win a year ago in a year that Republicans couldnt lose.Demos pointed to an invitation that listed Altschuler as   Read more »

  • Ikea boosts profit, sales despite economic crisis

    crisis in Europe pummeled markets around the globe.Ohlsson said Ikea is examining the details of recent legislation that will open up India to foreign companies and allow large single-brand retailers to own 100 percent of their stores there.He said Ikea would   Read more »

  • iBrowse: Gadget sales to top $1 trillion

    ASSOCIATED PRESSDeveloping countries like China and India will drive global sales of consumer electronics above $1 trillion this year for the first time, even as cash-strapped shoppers in the U.S. and Western Europe ease off spending for high-tech gear, industry   Read more »

  • India marks milestone in fight against polio

    and, in some cases, death.With its dense population, poor sanitation, high levels of migration and weak public health system, India had been seen as "the perfect storm of polio," Aylward said. In addition, even some vaccinated children fell ill with the virus   Read more »

  • Iran defiant amid appeals for European sanctions

    Western snub of one of OPEC 's heavyweight exporters would still leave Iran with many oil-hungry markets such as China and India -- and give Tehran crucial economic lifelines to resist the U.S. and its allies. But worries that Gulf tensions could disrupt supplies   Read more »

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  • Bihar tourism promotion in city via road show

    intricate travel photographs and an exclusive information kiosk for those keenly interested in ‘discovering Bihar’. “Among all Indian states, Bihar is the most intimately linked to Buddha’s life, resulting in a trail of pilgrimages, known as the Buddhist circuit,” 28 m ago from IBN Live Read more »

  • NULL State election has big implications for all India

    the party's prime minister-in-waiting, who has campaigned across the state for months. A poor Congress showing could cripple India's government for the last two years of its term. While the competing parties here pay lip service to development and corruption 30 m ago from WTOP News Read more »

  • KKR buy McCullum for $900,000

    as they bid to strengthen their line-ups ahead of the tournament which will be played between April 4 and May 27. Sahara India also requested BCCI to pass on Pune Warriors team to some other interested party immediately. The auction will be conducted by Richard 43 m ago from Times of India Read more »

  • The morale has lifted: Raina

    said. India excelled in the field during the eight-wicket triumph last night and Raina, one of the foremost young fielders in Indian cricket, said the key is to show confidence in the field. "You should expect each and every ball coming your way. Only then 45 m ago from Moneycontrol.com Read more »

  • St. John de Britto

    He decided the best way to minister to the Indian people was to adapt his style as much as possible to the traditions of the Indians. He dressed as an Indian holy man would dress, abstained from meat, and translated the Gospel into terminology that would be 12:07 AM from Catholic Exchange Read more »

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About India

India (Hindi: भारत Bhārat; see also other names), officially the Republic of India (Hindi: भारत गणराज्य Bhārat Gaṇarājya), is a sovereign nation in South Asia. It is the seventh largest country by geographical area, the second most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal on the east, India has a coastline of 7,517 kilometers (4,671 mi). It borders Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north-east; and Bangladesh and Burma to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka, Maldives, and Indonesia.

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