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

Delhi police kill two 'militants'

Sunday, January 25th 2009, 9:52
related places: Delhi

Indian police say they shot dead two suspected militants with apparent Pakistani links after a car chase near the capital, Delhi.
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Indian PM 'stable' after heart op

Saturday, January 24th 2009, 22:50
related places: Delhi

Indian PM Manmohan Singh, 76, is in a stable condition after undergoing heart bypass surgery, Indian media report.
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Slumdog makes its debut in India

Friday, January 23rd 2009, 9:44
related places: Mumbai

Slumdog Millionaire, the Mumbai-based movie nominated for 10 Oscars, finally opens in India to much debate.
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Somali piracy 'reduces tuna haul'

Thursday, January 22nd 2009, 15:18
related countries: Indian Ocean, Somalia

Piracy off Somalia is a cause of falls in tuna catches in the Indian Ocean, one of the world's richest sources of the fish, experts say.
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England stars clear for IPL deals

Thursday, January 22nd 2009, 15:04
related countries: United Kingdom

England players will be able to play in the Indian Premier League this season after the England and Wales Cricket Board agrees to release them for three weeks.
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Indian soldier 'kills comrades'

Thursday, January 22nd 2009, 11:36

A member of India's elite Assam Rifles shoots dead six other soldiers after an argument in Manipur state, the army says.
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Rohingya migrants want to return

Thursday, January 22nd 2009, 6:46
related countries: Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand

Migrants rescued by India as they tried to reach Thailand from Bangladesh and Burma say they want to return home.
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India plays down Miliband dispute

Wednesday, January 21st 2009, 14:50
related countries: United Kingdom

India says it disagrees with UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband's comments on Kashmir but adds that it is a "closed chapter".
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Wipro in downbeat 2009 forecast

Wednesday, January 21st 2009, 11:55

Indian outsourcing firm Wipro announces higher quarterly profits, but gives a gloomy forecast for 2009.
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India bus accident leaves 13 dead

Wednesday, January 21st 2009, 5:21

Thirteen schoolchildren and a teacher die when a vehicle carrying them collided with a truck in India, police says.
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India army officer on bomb charge

Tuesday, January 20th 2009, 11:27

A serving Indian army officer is among 11 people charged over a deadly bomb blast in a largely Muslim Indian town last year.
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Miliband faces India media flak

Monday, January 19th 2009, 14:54
related countries: United Kingdom

India's media continue their assault on UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband after he urged a resolution to the Kashmir dispute.
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Indian painter finds fakes at his own art show

Monday, January 19th 2009, 11:24

A top Indian artist says he was outraged to find many of his paintings at a show he was inaugurating were fakes.
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'President rule' for India state

Monday, January 19th 2009, 6:37

India's cabinet recommends direct rule in the eastern state of Jharkhand.
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UK demands quicker Mumbai probe

Friday, January 16th 2009, 15:08
related countries: Pakistan, United Kingdom
related places: Islamabad

UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband urges Pakistan to act more quickly against extremists in the wake of the Mumbai attacks.
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Satyam chief's custody extended

Friday, January 16th 2009, 11:35

An Indian court extends custody of Ramalinga Raju, head of fraud-hit Satyam, until Monday and will hear a bail plea then.
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India army parade bans elephants

Friday, January 16th 2009, 7:58
related places: Delhi

India breaks a three-decade tradition by banning the use of elephants in its yearly military parade in Delhi.
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'Dogs can't use condoms' - star causes stir in Mumbai

Thursday, January 15th 2009, 18:26
related places: Mumbai

Stray dogs in India's financial capital, Mumbai should be sterilised not killed, says former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson.
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Satyam shares plunge by a third

Thursday, January 15th 2009, 12:11

Shares of fraud-hit Satyam Computers in India slump by a third after a board member rejects government money.
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Bollywood star criticises Slumdog

Thursday, January 15th 2009, 10:38

Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan slams award-winning film Slumdog Millionaire for projecting India as the "Third World dirty underbelly".
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Indian filmmaker Tapan Sinha dies

Thursday, January 15th 2009, 9:24

Leading Indian filmmaker Tapan Sinha dies in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta (Kolkata) at the age of 84.
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New auditors for India's Satyam

Wednesday, January 14th 2009, 10:58

A government-appointed board names new auditors for fraud-hit Indian IT firm Satyam, to replace PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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Nations to hold first joint drill

Wednesday, January 14th 2009, 10:16
related countries: Bangladesh

India and Bangladesh are to hold their first ever joint military exercise, according to senior military officials.
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Mumbai dossier 'is not evidence'

Wednesday, January 14th 2009, 7:04
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Mumbai

Pakistan says a dossier offered by India as evidence linking the Mumbai attacks to elements in Pakistan is only "information".
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India Satyam fraud office probe

Tuesday, January 13th 2009, 21:38

India says the scandal involving Satyam Computers will be probed by a federal office dealing with serious corporate fraud.
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Satyam rebounds on rescue hopes

Monday, January 12th 2009, 9:31

Shares in Indian software firm Satyam jump 51% on hopes of a rescue plan for the scandal-hit firm.
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Karzai 'to show India solidarity'

Monday, January 12th 2009, 7:04
related countries: Afghanistan
related places: Delhi, Mumbai

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is meeting India's PM in Delhi and is expected to express support after Mumbai.
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Slumdog Millionaire sweeps Globes

Monday, January 12th 2009, 6:30
related places: Mumbai

Mumbai-based movie Slumdog Millionaire scoops four Golden Globe awards, including the first ever for an Indian.
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India appoints new Satyam bosses

Monday, January 12th 2009, 4:30

The Indian government appoints three leading businessmen to the board of scandal-hit software firm Satyam.
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Indian IT scandal boss in custody

Saturday, January 10th 2009, 18:31

The founder of scandal-hit Indian company Satyam is to be held in custody until 23 January, after he admitted falsifying accounts
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Indian IT scandal boss arrested

Friday, January 9th 2009, 20:10

The founder of scandal-hit Indian IT company Satyam is arrested two days after he admitted falsifying the firm's accounts.
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Kashmir militants 'escaped army'

Friday, January 9th 2009, 19:47

Militants surrounded by the Indian army in a remote area of Indian-administered Kashmir may have escaped, the military says.
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After the deluge

Friday, January 9th 2009, 14:58
related places: Bihar

Floods of last summer still afflict India's Bihar
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India oil staff call off strike

Friday, January 9th 2009, 12:56

Workers at two major Indian oil companies call off a strike, but the action continues at 10 other firms.
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Indian shares rattled by scandal

Friday, January 9th 2009, 12:18

India's main share index falls to a one-month low on fears that an accounting scandal may prompt foreign investors to withdraw funds.
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India call handler sent amorous texts

Friday, January 9th 2009, 10:09
related countries: United Kingdom

A call handler for UK firm BT in India is disciplined after he sent amorous text and voicemail messages to a customer.
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Poll bid for Bollywood star Dutt

Thursday, January 8th 2009, 17:16

Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, sentenced to jail for his role in the 1993 Mumbai bombings, may stand in India's election.
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India and US 'in missile shield talks'

Thursday, January 8th 2009, 10:53
related countries: United Kingdom, United States

India has been holding initial talks with the US over the purchase of its missile defence shield, a UK newspaper says.
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Mumbai gunman is Pakistan citizen

Wednesday, January 7th 2009, 18:12
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Mumbai

Pakistan finally confirms Indian claims that the only surviving gunman from the Mumbai attacks is a Pakistani citizen.
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India truck strike begins to bite

Wednesday, January 7th 2009, 12:18
related places: Delhi

Prices of fruit and vegetables start to rise in some Indian cities as a nationwide strike by lorry drivers enters a third day.
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Singh accuses Pakistan on Mumbai

Tuesday, January 6th 2009, 16:59
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Mumbai

The Mumbai attack must have had support from some official agencies in Pakistan, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says.
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Air India sacks overweight hostesses

Tuesday, January 6th 2009, 12:02

India's state-run carrier Air India dismisses nine hostesses who had earlier been grounded for being overweight.
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India truck strike over fuel cost

Tuesday, January 6th 2009, 8:01

Millions of trucks in India are off the roads in an indefinite strike, with operators demanding a lowering of diesel prices.
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New leader takes oath in Kashmir

Monday, January 5th 2009, 11:21
related places: Jammu

Young pro-India leader Omar Abdullah is sworn is as the new chief minister of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.
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US bid to reduce Mumbai tensions

Monday, January 5th 2009, 7:22
related countries: Pakistan, United States
related places: Mumbai

The US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher is in Pakistan for talks aimed at reducing tensions between India and Pakistan.
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India unveils economic boost plan

Friday, January 2nd 2009, 15:15

Indian authorities unveil a fresh economic stimulus package, including another cut in the country's main interest rate.
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Riot police for Nepal temple row

Friday, January 2nd 2009, 15:05
related countries: Nepal

Riot police are deployed at Nepal's holiest Hindu temple to tackle protesters angry at an attempt to remove Indian priests.
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Bush urges rivals to ease tension

Wednesday, December 31st 2008, 17:08
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Mumbai

US President George W Bush calls the leaders of Pakistan and India to try to ease tension in the wake of Mumbai.
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Hair today, gone tomorrow? India moustaches face chop

Wednesday, December 31st 2008, 13:22

The famous beards and moustaches of India - seen as representing the face of the country to the outside world - are under threat, a new book says.
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Farewell to India temple priests

Tuesday, December 30th 2008, 18:40
related countries: Nepal

One of the most famous sites in Hinduism, the Pashupatinath Temple in Nepal, experiences a significant break with tradition.
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Kashmiri parties agree coalition

Tuesday, December 30th 2008, 13:20

The National Conference party is to form a new government in Indian-administered Kashmir in alliance with Congress.
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Pakistan calls for new India dialogue

Tuesday, December 30th 2008, 11:15
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Mumbai

Pakistan calls for renewed dialogue and "positive" military gestures from India to ease tension over Mumbai.
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Kashmiri parties in coalition bid

Monday, December 29th 2008, 12:05

The National Conference party head emerges as favourite to be chief minister amid coalition talks in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
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Pakistan 'must avoid conflict'

Monday, December 29th 2008, 11:54
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Mumbai

Pakistan's army chief comments amid tension with India over the Mumbai attacks, saying there is a need to "avoid conflict".
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Firms to pipe Burma gas to China

Monday, December 29th 2008, 10:27
related countries: Burma, China, North Korea

Burma signs a deal with Korean and Indian firms to pipe gas to China, despite complaints from rights activists.
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Migrants missing off Andamans

Sunday, December 28th 2008, 16:53

About 300 illegal migrants are feared drowned in the Bay of Bengal off the coast of India's Andaman and Nicobar islands.
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