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.

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India: news

Italian cruise ship foils pirates

Sunday, April 26th 2009, 14:52
related countries: Indian Ocean, Italy

A captain of an Italian cruise ship gives the BBC a dramatic account how his crew fended off a pirate attack off the coast of Somalia.
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Australia pull out of India tie

Saturday, April 25th 2009, 12:35
related places: Chennai

Tennis Australia withdraws its team from the Davis Cup tie against India in Chennai because of security concerns.
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Flintoff to undergo knee surgery

Friday, April 24th 2009, 14:06
related countries: South Africa, United Kingdom

England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff returns to England from playing in the Indian Premier League in South Africa to undergo surgery on his right knee.
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Flintoff to undergo knee surgery

Friday, April 24th 2009, 13:14
related countries: South Africa, United Kingdom

England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff returns to England from playing in the Indian Premier League in South Africa to undergo surgery on his right knee.
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IPL boss must explain trip abroad

Friday, April 24th 2009, 12:26

An Indian court orders cricket boss Lalit Modi to explain why he is not in the country to defend himself against charges of cheating.
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Tests to find Mumbai suspect's age

Friday, April 24th 2009, 8:22
related places: Mumbai

An Indian court orders tests to determine the age of the leading suspect in last November's deadly Mumbai (Bombay) attacks.
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Gandhi urges Tamil civilian help

Thursday, April 23rd 2009, 16:18
related countries: Sri Lanka

Priyanka Gandhi, the daughter of India's assassinated former PM, Rajiv Gandhi, calls on her country to help Sri Lankan Tamil civilians.
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Film star

Thursday, April 23rd 2009, 14:38

On the campaign trail with Indian silver screen idol
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India holds second election day

Thursday, April 23rd 2009, 12:17

Polls are held across India in the second of five stages of a marathon general election, with millions voting in 12 states.
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PM in waiting?

Thursday, April 23rd 2009, 9:59

Is Rahul Gandhi ready for India's top job
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Pakistan lays Balochistan blame

Wednesday, April 22nd 2009, 14:59
related countries: Afghanistan, Pakistan

Pakistan accuses India and Afghanistan of wanting to destabilise Pakistan in supporting rebels in Balochistan province.
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Indian Maoists free seized train

Wednesday, April 22nd 2009, 8:29

Maoist rebels who seized a train carrying several hundred passengers in eastern India have released them, police say.
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Lost lustre

Wednesday, April 22nd 2009, 7:19

Global downturn hits India's diamond merchants
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Maoist rebels seize Indian train

Wednesday, April 22nd 2009, 6:14

Maoist rebels in eastern Indian state of Jharkhand seize a train and take several hundred passengers hostage, police say.
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Rate cut by Indian central bank

Tuesday, April 21st 2009, 6:21

The Reserve Bank of India cuts a key interest rate as it aims to lift an economy slowing in the face of the global recession.
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Twelve killed in Assam violence

Tuesday, April 21st 2009, 5:46

Twelve people die in violence in the north-eastern state of Assam ahead of the second phase of India's election.
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Madagascar ex-leader 'to return'

Monday, April 20th 2009, 14:13
related countries: Indian Ocean

Ousted Madagascar President Marc Ravalomanana says he will return to the Indian Ocean island in the next few weeks.
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New election head to take office

Monday, April 20th 2009, 9:35

A controversial new chief election commissioner is to take office in India with the marathon five-phase election now under way.
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India launches key spy satellite

Monday, April 20th 2009, 7:50
related countries: Israel

India says it has successfully launched an Israeli-built spy satellite that will be able to track movement along its borders.
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Minority report

Sunday, April 19th 2009, 0:15

Why the Muslim vote will be vital in India's poll
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IPL action begins in South Africa

Saturday, April 18th 2009, 14:56

The relocated Indian Premier League gets under way, as Mumbai beat Chennai in the opening game in Cape Town.
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At loggerheads

Friday, April 17th 2009, 18:41

Soft-spoken Indian leaders in election slanging match
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Mumbai confession 'was coerced'

Friday, April 17th 2009, 17:00
related places: Mumbai

The leading suspect in the Mumbai attacks trial retracts his confession, saying it was coerced by the authorities.
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Cricket crazy

Friday, April 17th 2009, 14:18

South Africans embrace role as Indian league hosts
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Delhi girl 'left in sun to die'

Friday, April 17th 2009, 14:06

An Indian schoolgirl dies in hospital after allegedly being made to stand in the sun for not doing her homework.
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Media applaud India's elections

Friday, April 17th 2009, 10:01

Indian newspapers applaud the first phase of general elections on Thursday, despite disruption caused by Maoist rebels.
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Millions of Indians go to polls

Thursday, April 16th 2009, 15:31

Polls close in India where millions braved heat and in some areas Maoist violence on the first day of marathon general elections.
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Follow the BBC's election train around India, in text, audio and video

Thursday, April 16th 2009, 14:28

Follow the BBC's election train around India
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Court orders Varun Gandhi release

Thursday, April 16th 2009, 8:23

A grandson of ex-India PM Indira Gandhi, detained for inciting religious tension, is freed on bail.
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How will elections change India?

Wednesday, April 15th 2009, 23:21

Indians have begun voting in the first round of the general elections. What are your expectations?
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Maoist shadow

Wednesday, April 15th 2009, 14:33

Bloody insurgency wreaking havoc as India votes
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Infosys sees difficult year ahead

Wednesday, April 15th 2009, 8:34

Quarterly profits at Indian outsourcing giant Infosys jump by nearly a third but it warns that its revenues will fall this year.
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Campaign lull as India poll looms

Tuesday, April 14th 2009, 15:01

India has its last day of campaigning before the first phase of the month-long general election starts on Thursday.
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Troops in fatal Kashmir avalanche

Tuesday, April 14th 2009, 10:45
related places: At

At least seven soldiers in Indian-administered Kashmir are killed in an avalanche in the Shamsabari mountain range, the army says.
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Indian politician beats retreat after wrong rally blunder

Tuesday, April 14th 2009, 9:19

A minister in the Indian state of Karnataka makes a quick exit after realising he was addressing the wrong election rally.
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New Mumbai attacks suspect held

Tuesday, April 14th 2009, 8:31
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Mumbai

Pakistan says it has arrested another man suspected of helping the militants who attacked the Indian city of Mumbai.
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Leftist rules out Congress tie-up

Tuesday, April 14th 2009, 7:58

The head of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Prakash Karat rules out supporting any Congress party-led alliance after the polls.
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Satyam announces winning bidder

Monday, April 13th 2009, 10:13

Satyam, the fraud-hit Indian IT firm, says local company Tech Mahindra is to buy a controlling stake in it.
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India poll candidate found dead

Monday, April 13th 2009, 7:01

Massive protests erupt in India's Uttar Pradesh state after the body of an election candidate is found hanging from a tree.
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Troops die in India Maoist attack

Monday, April 13th 2009, 5:45
related places: At

At least 10 paramilitary troops die in a Maoist attack on a mine in India's eastern Orissa state, police say.
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Deadly debts

Sunday, April 12th 2009, 23:01

Farmer suicides a key Indian election issue in Punjab
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Stepping out

Saturday, April 11th 2009, 23:31

Dancer takes on stalwart Advani at India polls
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Banking on votes

Friday, April 10th 2009, 23:04

Businesswoman who wants to become Indian MP
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Eating the world's hottest chilli - 51 in two minutes

Friday, April 10th 2009, 13:57

An Indian mother is set for a Guinness World Record after eating 51 of the world's hottest chilli in two minutes.
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Dirty linen

Thursday, April 9th 2009, 13:49

Artist delivers poll message on India politicians' clothes
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US crew seized by Somali pirates

Wednesday, April 8th 2009, 14:49
related countries: Denmark, Indian Ocean, Somalia, United States

Somali pirates hijack a ship with a 20-strong US crew, after what maritime officials describe as a sustained night-time attack.
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S Asia foes 'face common threat'

Wednesday, April 8th 2009, 14:15
related countries: Afghanistan, Pakistan, United States

US envoy Richard Holbrooke calls for India, Pakistan and the US to work together to defeat Islamic militants.
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Indian elephant kills Dutch man

Tuesday, April 7th 2009, 11:00
related countries: Netherlands
related places: Kaziranga

A Dutch tourist is trampled to death by a wild elephant at Kaziranga national park in India's north-eastern state of Assam.
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Shoe attack on Indian minister

Tuesday, April 7th 2009, 9:56

A Sikh reporter throws a shoe at India's home minister, saying he was evading a question about anti-Sikh riots in 1984.
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NZ draw Test but India win series

Tuesday, April 7th 2009, 6:26
related countries: New Zealand
related places: Wellington

India claim their first series win in New Zealand since 1968 after rain ends the third Test in Wellington as a draw.
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In pictures

Monday, April 6th 2009, 15:58

Parties and stars - India's election campaign
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Dravid breaks world catch record

Monday, April 6th 2009, 6:23

Indian cricketer and former captain Rahul Dravid breaks the world record for the number of catches in Test matches.
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Pirates 'seize German cargo ship'

Sunday, April 5th 2009, 18:54
related countries: Germany, Indian Ocean, Somalia

Somali pirates have hijacked a 20,000-tonne German container ship in the Indian Ocean, a merchant mariners' group reports.
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Late rally gives India the edge

Friday, April 3rd 2009, 9:38

Important late-order half centuries from Mahendra Dhoni and Harbhajan Singh give India the advantage on a first day of fluctuating fortunes in the third Test.
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BJP sets out India poll manifesto

Friday, April 3rd 2009, 8:28

India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party releases its election manifesto, with some key financial pledges.
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True or false?

Friday, April 3rd 2009, 5:16

Examining six myths about India's elections
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