Andrew Buncombe

The Independent's Asia Correspondent, based in Delhi.

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United Andhra Pradesh activists burn a portrait of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in Ananthapur

India's backing for new state ups the stakes in the battle for Hyderabad

Campaign for a new Indian state want the IT hub as their capital

Supporters of India’s Bharatiya Janata Party wear masks of Gujarat’s Chief Minister Narendra Modi at an election rally near the state capital, Ahmedabad

Narendra Modi: The man behind the mask who wants to be India’s Prime Minister

... but, during his time as Gujarat’s chief politician, tribal peoples have suffered

Shwedagon pagoda on the full moon day in Rangoon

Good news for Burma is bad for UN staff losing luxury offices to returning tourists

Prices of 'average' hotel rooms leap from $30 to $100

The purported hysteria can be triggered by large-scale tragedies such as the Rana Plaza disaster

Garment factory workers in Bangladesh fall ill in what experts say could be sign of mass hysteria

More than 1,000 factory workers have fallen ill across the country in recent weeks

Koran case girl Rimsha Masih flees Pakistan to start new life in Canada

A Christian girl from Pakistan who was wrongly accused of burning the Koran and charged with blasphemy has left the country and started a new life in Canada.

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron poses inside the premises of the holy Sikh shrine the Golden temple in the northern Indian city of Amritsar

Visa bonds a blow to ‘special relationship’ with India

Cameron should think carefully before he progresses with this scheme, which has been greeted with anger and disbelief by the very people the PM has tried to woo

A Bangladeshi police officer walks between rows of burnt sewing machines in a garment factory outside Dhaka, Bangladesh

US suspends Bangladesh trade privileges over poor workers' rights and safety

Move follows series of factory accidents, fires and collapses which have killed at least 1,200 this year

Workers search the wreckage after the Dhaka factory collapse earlier this year

Bangladesh hits back at US decision to suspend trade privileges to the country

Bangladesh has criticised a decision by the US to suspend trade privileges to the country in what has been seen as largely symbolic gesture over working conditions and labour rights.

Indian security personnel stand guard at an entrance gate - covered with portraits of missing pilgrims - of the Jolly Grant Airport in Dehradun

Anger as Indian politicians involved in scuffles at airport over flood relief

As India on Thursday began the mass cremation of hundreds of bodies left by the Himalayan floods, half a dozen politicians from rival parties have been condemned after scuffling at an airport and trying to lure survivors on to planes they had chartered.

Indian TV reporter Narayan Pargaien has faced criticism for sitting on a flood victim during a news item in order not to get wet.

Indian TV reporter defends decision to do live piece to camera from shoulders of recently rescued Uttarakhand flood victim

One could, if one were being utterly charitable to Narayan Pargaien, assume the Indian television reporter was trying to use his initiative.

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The CIA whistleblower struck a blow for us all, but his 1970s predecessor showed how to win
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Comedy and booze go together, says Walsh. The trouble is stopping at just the one. So when do the hangovers stop being funny?
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Hugh Montgomery profiles the faces to watch, from the sitcom star to the surrealist
'Hello. I have cancer': When comedian Tig Notaro discovered she had a tumour she decided the show must go on

Comedian Tig Notaro: 'Hello. I have cancer'

When Notaro discovered she had a tumour she decided the show must go on
They think it's all ova: Bill Granger's Asia-influenced egg recipes

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Our chef made his name cooking eggs, but he’s never stopped looking for new ways to serve them
The world wakes up to golf's female big hitters

The world wakes up to golf's female big hitters

With its own Tiger Woods - South Korea's Inbee Park - the women's game has a growing audience
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10 athletes ready to take the world by storm in Moscow next week

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