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  • 15
    May
    2013
    12:10pm, EDT

    Life-saving surgery for baby with swollen head brings parents joy, relief

    Sajjad Hussain / AFP - Getty Images

    Doctors prepare Roona Begum, a 15-month old girl suffering from hydrocephalus, a buildup of fluid inside the skull that leads to swelling, for surgery at a hospital in Gurgaon, near New Delhi, on May 15, 2013.

    By Agence France-Presse

    Roberto Schmidt / AFP - Getty Images

    Roona Begum's parents Abdul Rahman and Fatima Khatun wait in anticipation as their daughter is taken for an MRI exam at a hospital in Gurgaon on April 17, 2013.

    Doctors carried out life-saving surgery Wednesday on an Indian baby suffering from a rare disorder that caused her head to swell to nearly double its size, in a case that aroused sympathy worldwide.

    "The surgery went perfectly, much better than expected," neurosurgeon Sandeep Vaishya said after carrying out a procedure to drain fluid from the head of 15-month-old Roona Begum, who was born with hydrocephalus.

    The condition had caused Roona's head to swell to a circumference of 38 inches, putting pressure on her brain and making it impossible for her to sit upright or crawl.

    "My wife and I were both so worried this morning," said Roona's father, 18-year-old Abdul Rahman. "But now when the doctor says everything went well, I feel hugely relieved."

     

    Arindam Dey / AFP - Getty Images

    Fatima Khatun kisses the head of her daughter, Roona Begum, at their mud hut in Jirania village, Tripura, on April 13, 2013. Roona's father, Abdul Rahman, told AFP at the time that he was praying for "a miracle" to save his only child.

    Roberto Schmidt / AFP - Getty Images

    Roona Begum is wheeled to an operating room moments before she had a drain valve in her head changed at a hospital in Gurgaon on May 2, 2013. Publication of pictures taken by an AFP photographer prompted the hospital, run by the private Fortis Healthcare group, to offer to treat Roona for free.

    Roberto Schmidt / AFP - Getty Images

    Roona Begum's father caresses the arm of his daughter moments after she was brought out of the operating theater after doctors changed a drain valve on May 2, 2013.

    Sajjad Hussain / AFP - Getty Images

    Doctors prepare Roona Begum for surgery on May 15, 2013.

    Sajjad Hussain / AFP - Getty Images

    Roona Begum's parents greet her after surgery on May 15, 2013.

    Roberto Schmidt / AFP - Getty Images

    Roona Begum's mother sits with her daughter at a hospital in Gurgaon on April 17, 2013.

    Related:

    AFP Correspondent blog: A new life for baby Roona

    Hope for girl born with hair covering half her face

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    5 comments

    My prayers are with the baby and her family. May she have a healthy and normal life.

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  • 20
    Apr
    2013
    7:34pm, EDT

    Protests build in New Delhi after child rape

    Manish Bhandari / AP

    Young Buddhist monks pray on Saturday for the speedy recovery of a 5-year-old girl who was raped and tortured in Delhi, India. Officials say the child is in serious condition after a man held her in a locked room in India's capital for two days. Police say the girl went missing Monday and was found Wednesday by neighbors who heard her crying in a room in the same New Delhi building where she lives with her parents.

    By Devidutta Tripathy and Frank Jack Daniel, Reuters

    NEW DELHI - Angry crowds demonstrated in India's capital on Saturday after a 5-year-old girl was allegedly raped, tortured and kept in captivity for 40 hours, reviving memories of last December's brutal assault that shook the country.

    Police arrested a man they accuse of the attack from the eastern state of Bihar, and brought him back to New Delhi for interrogation. Doctors say the girl suffered severe injuries and bruising, including to her neck and genitalia.

    Read the full story.

    Adnan Abidi / Reuters

    Demonstrators shout slogans as they try to cross a police barricade during a protest outside police headquarters in New Delhi, April 20. Hundreds of angry protesters gathered after a five year-old girl was allegedly raped and tortured, reviving memories of a brutal December assault on a woman that shook the country.

    AP

    A 5-year-old girl, according to police, is wheeled into a hospital for treatment, Friday, April 19, after she was raped and tortured in New Delhi, India.

    4 comments

    It stuns the senses to perceive the evil that humans are capable of inflicting on each other.

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    5
    Apr
    2013
    8:01am, EDT

    Dozens killed after building collapses near Mumbai

    Dozens of people are dead after a building collapsed in Mumbai, India, with many more missing in the rubble. The building was under construction when it collapsed. Families had moved into the unfinished structure.

    Rafiq Maqbool / AP

    Rescue workers look for trapped people after a residential building collapsed in Thane, Mumbai, India, Thursday, April 4, 2013.

    By Reuters

    At least 39 people were killed and dozens injured after an illegal, half-constructed building collapsed in seconds "like a pack of cards" on the outskirts of India's financial centre Mumbai, officials and witnesses said.

    Rescue workers using cranes and bulldozers searched for survivors in the wreck of steel and concrete on Friday after the seven-storey building crumbled on Thursday night. Residents said laborers paying rent of around $5 a day had lived in it.

    "The building collapsed like a pack of cards within three to four seconds," said Ramlal, a local resident. "It just tilted a bit and collapsed," he said. Read the full story.

    Danish Siddiqui / Reuters

    Rescue workers carry a woman who survived from the collapsed building.

    Vivek Prakash / Reuters

    Rescue workers search for survivors at the site of the collapsed building.

    Danish Siddiqui / Reuters

    Rescue workers carry a child who survived the collapse of a residential building in Thane.

    Divyakant Solanki / EPA

    Rescue work continued at the site of the building collapse on April 5, 2013.

    AP

    Rescue workers carry a young child who survived the building collapse on Friday, April 5, 2013.

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    This story was originally published on Thu Apr 4, 2013 5:39 PM EDT

    Copyright 2013 Thomson Reuters. Click for restrictions.

    5 comments

    hope they find survivors and punish all those involved in building this ghetto..

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  • 4
    Apr
    2013
    8:19am, EDT

    Leopard gets a dunking after falling down well

    Anupam Nath / AP

    A leopard got a nasty surprise when it became trapped in a well at a temple in India on Thursday, The Associated Press reports.  

    The animal fell into the well while scouring for food on the premises of the Kamakhya temple in Gauhati, local people said. 

    Forest officers tranquilized the leopard before rescuing it from the well.

    Anupam Nath / AP

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    That is one very lucky gorgeous creature. For had the well been a deep one, it would have drown once it became too tired to paddle. In addition, the villagers wanted to save its life and people were available to do it the right way, safe and humanly. Hope its new location is far enough removed, so s …

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  • 26
    Mar
    2013
    12:11pm, EDT

    The Hindu festival of colors celebrations continue in India

    Vivek Prakash / Reuters

    A boy sprays colored foam during Holi celebrations in a lane near the Bankey Bihari temple in Vrindavan, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on March 26. Holi, also known as the Festival of Colours, heralds the beginning of spring and is celebrated all over India.

    Altaf Qadri / AP

    Hindu devotees chant religious slogans amid dust from colored powder inside Banke Bihari temple during Holi festival celebrations in Vrindavan, India, on March 26.

    Thousands pack a small town in India to celebrate spring with their traditional Holi Festival. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports.

    Previously on PhotoBlog:

    • In a dirty, polluted river, prayers are offered
    • Hindus worship the sun god as night falls during Chhath Puja
    • With a flash and a bang, Hindus celebrate festival of lights
    • Color flies at Hindu festival in India

     

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  • 22
    Mar
    2013
    12:21pm, EDT

    Colorful Holi celebrations kick off in India

    Sanjay Kanojia / AFP - Getty Images

    Indian Hindu devotees participate in rituals for the Lathmar Holi festival at the Nandji Temple in Nandgaon on March 22, 2013. Lathmar Holi is a local celebration, but it takes place well before the national Holi day on March 27.

    Sanjay Kanojia / AFP - Getty Images

    Indian Hindu devotees participate in rituals for the Lathmar Holi festival at the Nandji Temple in Nandgaon on March 22, 2013.

    Sanjay Kanojia / AFP - Getty Images

    Indian Hindu devotees participate in rituals for the Lathmar Holi festival at the Nandji Temple in Nandgaon on March 22, 2013.

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    Awesome pics!

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  • 21
    Mar
    2013
    6:13pm, EDT

    Color flies at Hindu festival in India

    Kevin Frayer / AP

    Colored powder is thrown on Hindu men from the village of Nandgaon as they sit on the floor during prayers at the Ladali or Radha temple before the procession for the Lathmar Holy festival, the legendary hometown of Radha, consort of Hindu God Krishna, in Barsana, 71 miles from New Delhi, India, Thursday, March 21, 2013. During Lathmar Holi the women of Barsana beat the men from Nandgaon, the hometown of Krishna, with wooden sticks in response to their teasing as they depart the town.

     

    Previously on PhotoBlog:

    • In a dirty, polluted river, prayers are offered
    • Hindus worship the sun god as night falls during Chhath Puja
    • With a flash and a bang, Hindus celebrate festival of lights
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    magnificent...powerful...spiritual

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  • 13
    Mar
    2013
    11:39am, EDT

    Five killed in militant attack on police camp in Kashmir

    Dar Yasin / AP

    Indian policemen take cover during a gunbattle in Srinagar, the capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, on March 13, 2013. A team of militants stormed a paramilitary camp Wednesday morning, leaving five soldiers and two militants dead, a police official said.

    Dar Yasin / AP

    Indian policemen and paramilitary soldiers react during a gunbattle in Srinagar on March 13, 2013.

    Reuters reports — Two militants hiding automatic rifles and grenades in cricket equipment opened fire on a paramilitary camp on the Indian side of Kashmir on Wednesday, killing five Indian personnel and wounding five, police said.

    The militants were killed in a gunfight at the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) base just outside the restive city of Srinagar, which has been under curfew for much of the last few weeks following protests and clashes with police.

    Local media reports said that Hizbul Mujahideen, the bitterly disputed region's largest militant group, had claimed responsibility for the attack, in which three civilians were also wounded.

    Police said the gunmen approached the camp by mingling with children playing cricket in a nearby field, hiding their weapons in the cricket gear they were carrying. Once at the camp, they shot a sentry dead and then fired indiscriminately into the base. Read the full story.

    EPA

    Indian paramilitary soldiers carry a wounded colleague on March 13, 2013.

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  • 11
    Mar
    2013
    10:25am, EDT

    Alleged Indian gang-rape ringleader found dead in prison

    Manish Swarup / AP

    The mother of Ram Singh, the man accused of driving the bus on which a 23-year-old student was gang raped in December 2012, cries as she speaks to journalists inside the family's home in New Delhi on March 11.

    Reuters reports: The alleged ringleader in the gang-rape and death of a young Indian woman in December hanged himself in jail on Monday, officials said, a dramatic twist in a case that has provoked outrage across India.

    Ram Singh's lawyer said his client had been composed and calm when he spoke to him on Friday and that there were other inmates in his cell in New Delhi's Tihar jail, raising questions about whether it was a suicide and how it could have gone unnoticed by staff in India's highest security prison. Read full story.

    Saurabh Das / AP

    An Indian police officer prepares to close one of the gates at Tihar Jail, the largest complex of prisons in South Asia, in New Delhi on March 11. Indian police confirmed that Ram Singh, one of the men on trial for his alleged involvement in the gang rape and fatal beating of a woman aboard a New Delhi bus, hanged himself at the jail Monday, but his lawyer and family allege he was killed.

    Previously on PhotoBlog:

    • Women in India's 'rape capital' speak out
    • Protests turn to mourning for gang-rape victim as India prepares for muted New Year's
    • Police try to temper outrage over gang rape

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    10 comments

    Ordinairily I feel sorry for mothers put into this kind of situation, but not in this case. She -- and her husband -- raised a monster.

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  • 5
    Mar
    2013
    9:06am, EST

    Elephant killed by express train in Indian wildlife reserve

    AFP - Getty Images

    An Indian forestry worker walks past the body of a tusker elephant after it was struck by a Guwahati-bound Somporkkranti Express train inside the Buxa Tiger Reserve, some 12 km from Alipurduar, West Bengal, India, on March 5, 2013.

    By David R Arnott, NBC News

    An elephant was killed after it was hit by a train in northeastern India on Tuesday. The train was inside the Buxa Tiger Reserve, an area that elephants pass through as they migrate between India and Bhutan.

    The Indian government has been urged to safeguard elephants straying across the country's vast but decrepit rail network, with statistics cited by The Times of India indicating that as many as 49 elephants may have been killed on train tracks since 2010.

    India's Railway Minister said on Friday that speed restrictions have been put in place on trains traversing so-called elephant corridors, the newspaper reported. Pawan Kumar Bansal said the government is also considering constructing ramps and underpasses to allow the animals to cross tracks safely.

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    Elephant killed by train receives proper burial

    Elephant gets stuck in Delhi traffic

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    Uma das cenas mais tristes que ja vi...

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  • 28
    Feb
    2013
    4:25pm, EST

    Villagers get eyeball scans for unique identification in India

    Mansi Thapliyal / Reuters

    Village women stand in a queue to get themselves enrolled for the Unique Identification (UID) database system at Merta district in the desert Indian state of Rajasthan on February 22. In a more ambitious version of programmes that have slashed poverty in Brazil and Mexico, the Indian government has begun to use the UID database, known as Aadhaar, to make direct cash transfers to the poor, in an attempt to cut out frauds who siphon billions of dollars from welfare schemes.

    Mansi Thapliyal / Reuters

    A villager goes through the process of eye scanning for Unique Identification (UID) database system at an enrolment centre.

    Mansi Thapliyal / Reuters

    A villager goes through the process of a fingerprint scanner for the Unique Identification (UID) database system.

    Mansi Thapliyal / Reuters

    A general view of an enrolment centre for the Unique Identification (UID) database system is pictured at Merta district in the desert Indian state of Rajasthan.

    Mansi Thapliyal / Reuters

    Ghewar Ram (R), 55, and his wife Champa Devi, 54, display their Unique Identification (UID) cards outside their hut in Rajasthan.

    See more images from India in PhotoBlog.

    2 comments

    Amazing the Indian govt does not have money to help their poor or fund a real birth control program they don't have money for an effective police force to protect women but they have money for this kind of intrusive high tech technology. Gotta love the global agenda Given the severe over population  …

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  • 28
    Feb
    2013
    8:54am, EST

    Altaf Qadri / AP

    Traders and onlookers watch a live telecast of Indian Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram presenting the annual budget on a television installed at a marketplace in New Delhi on Feb. 28, 2013. Chidambaram unveiled a national budget with a promise to put Asia's third largest economy back on a path of high growth and to check runaway inflation and the fiscal deficit.

    Anxious faces in India as government unveils tax on rich

    Reuters reports — India unveiled new taxes on the rich and large companies on Thursday to fund higher-than-expected spending for the next fiscal year, in a budget that aimed to revive growth amid the country's worst slowdown in a decade ahead of a 2014 election.

    "This country must not lose any time - India must get its act together to accelerate the tempo of growth," Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said in a TV interview after the budget speech. Read the full story.

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