News: India

We have started to collect the most important news related to India in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to India – overview

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• November 27th 2009 – November 6th 2009
• November 5th 2009 – October 12th 2009
• October 12th 2009 – September 19th 2009
• September 18th 2009 – August 21st 2009
• August 20th 2009 – July 28th 2009
• July 28th 2009 – July 7th 2009
• July 7th 2009 – June 4th 2009
• June 4th 2009 – May 3rd 2009
• May 2nd 2009 – April 7th 2009
• April 7th 2009 – March 18th 2009
• March 18th 2009 – February 12th 2009
• February 12th 2009 – January 15th 2009
• January 14th 2009 – December 21st 2008
• December 20th 2008 – December 9th 2008
• December 9th 2008 – November 26th 2008
• November 26th 2008 – November 9th 2008
• November 8th 2008 – October 20th 2008
• October 20th 2008 – October 6th 2008
• October 6th 2008 – September 17th 2008
• September 17th 2008 – August 28th 2008
• August 27th 2008 – August 4th 2008
• August 3rd 2008 – July 10th 2008
• July 10th 2008 – June 18th 2008
• June 18th 2008 – May 16th 2008
• May 16th 2008 – April 15th 2008
• April 15th 2008 – March 19th 2008
• March 19th 2008 – February 22nd 2008
• February 21st 2008 – January 28th 2008
• January 28th 2008 – January 7th 2008
• January 6th 2008 – December 10th 2007
• December 10th 2007 – November 12th 2007
• November 12th 2007 – October 16th 2007
• October 15th 2007 – September 16th 2007
• September 15th 2007 – August 20th 2007
• August 20th 2007 – July 29th 2007
• July 29th 2007 – July 4th 2007
• July 3rd 2007 – May 31st 2007
• May 31st 2007 – April 27th 2007
• April 27th 2007 – March 16th 2007
• March 15th 2007 – February 19th 2007
• February 19th 2007 – January 20th 2007
• January 19th 2007 – December 27th 2006
• December 27th 2006 – November 29th 2006
• November 28th 2006 – October 26th 2006
• October 26th 2006 – September 30th 2006
• September 29th 2006 – September 5th 2006
• September 4th 2006 – August 3rd 2006
• August 3rd 2006 – July 12th 2006
• July 12th 2006 – June 14th 2006
• June 14th 2006 – May 18th 2006
• May 18th 2006 – April 9th 2006
• April 9th 2006 – March 8th 2006
• March 8th 2006 – February 18th 2006
• February 18th 2006 – January 25th 2006
• January 24th 2006 – December 27th 2005
• December 27th 2005 – December 5th 2005
• December 5th 2005 – November 10th 2005

India: news

China carbon cuts pressure India

Friday, November 27th 2009, 8:24
related countries: Denmark
related places: Copenhagen

China's decision to unveil carbon emissions target two weeks before the Copenhagen climate summit puts pressure on India, a minister says.
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S Korean racially abused Indian

Friday, November 27th 2009, 5:45
related countries: North Korea

A South Korean man is fined $865 for racially insulting an Indian professor in the first case of its kind in the country.
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Delhi gets tough on drink drivers

Thursday, November 26th 2009, 18:47
related places: Delhi

A court in the Indian capital, Delhi, rules that those driving under the influence of alcohol can lose their driving licence.
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Mumbai remembers terror attacks

Thursday, November 26th 2009, 17:43
related places: Mumbai

Ceremonies are held in India on the first anniversary of a series of devastating attacks on the city of Mumbai.
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Mystery as Delhi admits paying 22,000 'ghost workers'

Thursday, November 26th 2009, 12:01
related places: Delhi

The mayor of India's capital, Delhi, admits the city has been paying salaries to more than 20,000 employees who do not exist.
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India set for crushing Test win

Thursday, November 26th 2009, 11:51
related countries: Sri Lanka
related places: Kanpur

Paceman Sree Santh takes six wickets to help India close in on victory over Sri Lanka after three days of the second Test in Kanpur.
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Biswas on India

Thursday, November 26th 2009, 3:36

Living with insecurity in Mumbai
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Pakistan charges seven for Mumbai

Wednesday, November 25th 2009, 16:21
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Mumbai

A court in Pakistan charges seven people over last year's attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai which left 170 people dead.
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India president rides fighter jet

Wednesday, November 25th 2009, 12:46

Indian President Pratibha Patil, 74, flies in a Sukhoi fighter jet, becoming the country's first woman to fly in a combat plane.
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Dravid passes Test runs landmark

Wednesday, November 25th 2009, 12:24
related countries: Sri Lanka
related places: Kanpur

Rahul Dravid completes his 28th Test century and moves to fourth on the all-time scorers list on day two of India's second Test with Sri Lanka in Kanpur.
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Obama praises India in PM talks

Wednesday, November 25th 2009, 2:40

US President Barack Obama hails India as "indispensable" as he holds talks with PM Manmohan Singh at the White House.
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Ayodhya report blames India's BJP

Tuesday, November 24th 2009, 16:28
related places: Ayodhya

An Indian report blames leading Hindu nationalist politicians for playing a role in the demolition in 1992 of the Ayodhya mosque.
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India batsmen dominate Sri Lanka

Tuesday, November 24th 2009, 11:10
related countries: Sri Lanka
related places: Kanpur

Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag make hundreds as India take control of the second Test on day one in Kanpur.
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Mardell's America

Tuesday, November 24th 2009, 7:45

Obama set to lay on the style for visiting Indian PM
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Ayodhya report put to parliament

Tuesday, November 24th 2009, 7:38

The Indian government presents in parliament an inquiry report into the 1992 demolition of the Babri Masjid mosque.
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India launches ballistic missile

Tuesday, November 24th 2009, 4:58
related places: Agni

India test-fires its intermediate-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile, Agni-II, off an island in Orissa state.
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'Herbal mushroom' smugglers held

Monday, November 23rd 2009, 17:59
related countries: China

Police in Indian-administered Kashmir arrest four people trying to smuggle the rare medicinal herb, caterpillar fungus, to China.
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India uproar over Ayodhya report

Monday, November 23rd 2009, 13:46
related places: Ayodhya

India's opposition reacts angrily to reports its leaders were implicated in a mosque demolition which sparked terrible violence.
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Shaping the future

Monday, November 23rd 2009, 12:24
related countries: United States

India's premier in US to talk trade with Barack Obama
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Indian PM Singh begins US visit

Monday, November 23rd 2009, 4:47
related countries: Afghanistan, United States

Indian PM Manmohan Singh begins a visit to the US for talks expected to be dominated by Afghanistan and nuclear issues.
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Abandoned brides

Monday, November 23rd 2009, 3:32
related countries: United Kingdom

'Holiday' wives left behind by UK men in India
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Seven killed in NE India blasts

Sunday, November 22nd 2009, 11:44

At least seven people are killed by two bomb blasts in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam.
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Eradicating polio

Sunday, November 22nd 2009, 0:28

Final push to banish killer disease in India
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India plans surge in solar power

Friday, November 20th 2009, 16:34

India backs plans for a massive increase in the amount of electricity it generates from solar power.
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India v Sri Lanka latest score

Friday, November 20th 2009, 11:13
related countries: Sri Lanka

India take on Sri Lanka in the second match of a three-Test series.
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Generation game

Friday, November 20th 2009, 9:54

India's unusual record-breaking cricketers
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India train 'derailed by Maoists'

Friday, November 20th 2009, 7:02

A passenger train in India derails, killing at least two people, after Maoist rebels blow up a railway track, police say.
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India leader charged with rioting

Thursday, November 19th 2009, 8:35
related places: Mumbai

Police in the western Indian city of Mumbai charge the leader of a right-wing regional party with rioting during violence in the city last year.
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Nine imprisoned for India riots

Thursday, November 19th 2009, 5:32

Nine people are convicted and sent to prison in connection with the anti-Christian riots in the eastern Indian state of Orissa last year.
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India English growth 'too slow'

Wednesday, November 18th 2009, 12:18
related countries: China

India is falling behind countries such as China in its attempts to teach more of its people to speak English, a report says.
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Protests against India land bill

Wednesday, November 18th 2009, 11:55
related places: Delhi

Hundreds of Indian farmers gather to protest against plans they say will make it easier for their land to be used by industry.
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Dilshan leads Sri Lanka fightback

Tuesday, November 17th 2009, 12:30
related countries: Sri Lanka

Tillakaratne Dilshan scores a century as Sri Lanka dominate day two of the first Test against India in Ahmedabad.
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No India launch of Iran satellite

Tuesday, November 17th 2009, 9:41
related countries: Iran, United States

India says it has no plans to anger the United States by agreeing to launch an Iranian satellite.
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India baby deaths probe launched

Tuesday, November 17th 2009, 6:30

Authorities in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh begin an inquiry into the deaths of six new-born babies in a hospital.
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Dravid steals Tendulkar limelight

Monday, November 16th 2009, 13:07
related countries: Sri Lanka

India legend Sachin Tendulkar is overshadowed on day one of his 20th anniversary Test as Rahul Dravid and Mahendra Singh Dhoni steal the show against Sri Lanka.
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Senior officer killed in Kashmir

Monday, November 16th 2009, 7:04

A senior Indian paramilitary officer is killed in an explosion in Indian-administered Kashmir, police say.
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Tendulkar reaches career landmark

Sunday, November 15th 2009, 13:10
related countries: Sri Lanka

Sachin Tendulkar celebrates his 20th anniversary as a Test cricketer by playing for India against Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad.
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India v Sri Lanka latest score

Sunday, November 15th 2009, 10:50
related countries: Sri Lanka

India take on Sri Lanka in the first match of a three-Test series.
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India train accident kills seven

Saturday, November 14th 2009, 5:10
related places: At, Jaipur

At least seven people are killed and dozens injured as an express train crashes near the Indian city of Jaipur.
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Indian eunuchs given separate IDs

Friday, November 13th 2009, 11:05

India's Election Commission gives eunuchs an independent identity by letting them choose their gender as "other" on ballot forms.
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India Maoists abduct politician

Friday, November 13th 2009, 4:58

Armed Maoist rebels have abducted a former legislator in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, police say.
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Spain calls for pirate blockade

Thursday, November 12th 2009, 15:30
related countries: Indian Ocean, Somalia, Spain

Spain's defence minister calls for the EU naval task force in the Indian Ocean to blockade three ports in Somalia.
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Rural poverty and India's Maoist revolt

Thursday, November 12th 2009, 13:40

The Indian government has ordered hundreds of paramilitary troops into eastern parts of the country where Maoist rebels have increasingly been taking control.
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Pirate hostages on hunger strike

Wednesday, November 11th 2009, 17:07
related countries: Bangladesh, Somalia

Indian and Bangladeshi fishermen taken hostage by Somali pirates go on hunger strike in protest at their detention.
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Cyclone threatens western India

Wednesday, November 11th 2009, 12:40

A large cyclone is heading towards the western Indian states of Maharashtra and Gujarat, weather experts warn.
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Train family in India cash row

Tuesday, November 10th 2009, 17:50
related countries: Pakistan

A Pakistani couple given compensation by India for the loss of five children in a bomb attack cannot cash the cheque.
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Renault to challenge Tata's Nano

Tuesday, November 10th 2009, 17:20
related countries: France
related places: Renault

French carmaker Renault pledges to build a low-cost car in India even cheaper than Tata's Nano.
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'Toxic' US ship banned in India

Tuesday, November 10th 2009, 11:29
related countries: United States

India bans a former US naval ship heading for break-up at a scrap yard on its west coast, citing environmental concerns.
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Emotional reunion

Tuesday, November 10th 2009, 11:02

Indian frontier town rejoices in Dalai Lama's visit
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Probe into baby 'hired to beggars'

Monday, November 9th 2009, 12:32
related places: Bangalore

Child welfare officials investigate the case of a baby who was reportedly rented out to beggars in the Indian city of Bangalore.
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Dalai Lama holds mass gathering

Monday, November 9th 2009, 9:55

Tens of thousands of devotees pour into a remote town in north-eastern India to hear the Dalai Lama speak.
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Rebel shutdown hits Indian state

Monday, November 9th 2009, 8:32

A separatist group in India's troubled north-east enforces a dawn-to-dusk strike across the Indian state of Assam.
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In pictures

Sunday, November 8th 2009, 14:39

Warm welcome as Dalai Lama visits Indian border state
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Aussies seal series win in India

Sunday, November 8th 2009, 10:52
related countries: Australia

Doug Bollinger takes 5-35 as Australia beat India by six wickets to take a winning 4-2 lead in their one-day series.
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Burmese army targets India rebels

Friday, November 6th 2009, 5:25
related countries: Burma
related places: Naga

Burmese troops attack a base of Naga separatists in the country's northwest, Indian military officials say.
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