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India’s Muslims are the second-largest Muslim community in the world after Indonesia.

AP tops in lock-up death:- Andhra Pradesh has acquired the dubious distinction of recording the highest number of custodial death cases in the country during 2005-07, accounting for more than 55 per cent of such cases in India.

The Times of India received one of the world’s leading media awards for simple and effective use of English. TOI recently became Asia’s first paper to get Britain’s Plain English Campaign International Media award for 2008 for clarity in news and reporting. The award has previously gone to BBC Online, The Guardian and Financial Times.

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