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We have started to collect the most important news related to India in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
The heated debate over India's death penalty
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RussiaIndian MPs express anger at a court case in Russia that could see Hindu holy book the Bhagvad Gita banned.
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A key week begins for India's controversial anti-corruption bill, with the cabinet expected to approve it on Tuesday, reports say.
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At least 26 people die in a cold wave sweeping through northern India, the country's state broadcaster Doordarshan News says.
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Doctors in India's West Bengal state battle to save dozens of people still critically ill after drinking toxic alcohol that has now killed 169.
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Jyoti Amge, an Indian student measuring just 62.8cm, a little over two feet, is confirmed as the world's shortest woman by Guinness World Records.
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The Reserve Bank of India keeps interest rates on hold at 8.5% as growth fears come to the fore despite high inflation.
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IndonesiaIndonesia recovers its investment grade status from Fitch Ratings after 14 years, putting the country on the same level as India.
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Some 143 people die and dozens are in hospital after drinking illegally brewed alcohol in India's state of West Bengal.
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Anger and grief as India's toxic alcohol toll rises
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At least 146 people are dead, and many more seriously ill after drinking contaminated alcohol in India.
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Toxic alcohol poisoning in India's West Bengal
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Indian activist Anna Hazare demands that the parliament session be extended to pass a new anti-corruption bill.
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India's government holds a key all-party meeting on a new anti-corruption bill, which it plans to present to parliament this month.
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The issue of sexual harassment in India is back under the spotlight following the murder in Mumbai of two young men who went to the defence of female friends being harassed by a group of men.
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India's Supreme Court orders states to provide adequate night shelters for the homeless during the coming winter to ensure "not a single person dies" from the cold.
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United StatesIndia's rupee hits an all-time low against the US dollar, after industrial production tumbles in the month of October.
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ChinaTensions rise as China and India vie for regional influence
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Indian miners are turning to innovative ways to extract gold
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The Indian city of Calcutta pays respects to the 90 people who lost their lives in last Friday's hospital fire.
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The city of Delhi marks 100 years as India's capital, but the celebrations are low-key.
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Factory output in India fell much more than expected in October in another sign of the slowing economy, official figures show.
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A citizen's view of Delhi as it marks 100 years as India's capital
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Prominent Indian anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare stages a one-day symbolic fast in Delhi over a newly drafted anti-corruption bill.
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The Indian maharajah who spurned King George V
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At least 89 people are killed as a fire breaks out in a multi-storey hospital in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta, trapping patients in rooms.
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India opener Virender Sehwag breaks the record one-day international score after hitting a double century against West Indies in Indore.
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PakistanPakistani actress Veena Malik defends pictures in an Indian men's magazine, saying she was "topless" but not "nude" in the controversial shoot.
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Nearly 11 children go missing in India every hour and at least four of them are never found, says a landmark study by a child rights organisation.
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Police in India charge Tibetan Buddhism's third most important leader with conspiracy after seizing $1.4m in cash from his headquarters in Dharamsala.
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India's parliament has ended a two-week deadlock after the government confirmed it was suspending a plan to open up the retail market to global supermarkets.
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India's parliament ends a two-week deadlock after the government confirms it is suspending a plan to open the retail market to global supermarkets.
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The top 10% of Indian wage-earners make 12 times more than the bottom 10%, the OECD says, twice as big a gap as 20 years ago.
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The Indian government vows to crack down on "blasphemous" internet material, accusing web firms of failing to co-operate.
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India's Congress-led government confirms to the opposition it is suspending retail reform and hopes to end a two-week deadlock in parliament.
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Shares in Indian retailers fall after the government puts on hold plans to open up the retail market to global supermarket chains.
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Australia, PakistanPakistan says it should be allowed access to uranium from Australia, after a long-standing ban on exporting the substance to India was overturned.
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AustraliaDelhi welcomes Australia's governing Labor party's decision to overturn its long-standing ban on exporting uranium to India.
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Australia's governing Labor party has voted to overturn its long-standing ban on exporting uranium to India after a debate on nuclear proliferation.
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AustraliaAustralia's governing Labor party overturns its ban on uranium exports to India, despite Delhi's refusal to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
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India is reported to be suspending its plan to open up the retail market to global supermarket chains just days after approving the move.
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United KingdomSurvivors of India's Bhopal gas disaster burn an effigy of London 2012 Olympics organiser Lord Coe in protest at Dow Chemical's role in the Games.
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A low-caste Dalit boy is killed in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh for sharing a name with a man of a higher caste, police say.
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United StatesIndia's Ranbaxy wins an approval from authorities to sell its version of the world's best selling drug, Lipitor, in the US.
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New biopic recalls India's ill-fated film siren Silk Smitha
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ChinaCountries most vulnerable to climate impacts ask that talks on a new climate deal covering all countries begin now, putting them on a collision course with giants such as China and India.
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Traders in India observe a day-long strike in protest at the decision to open up the retail market to global chains.
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For many Indian actors making the move from Bollywood to Hollywood has been fraught with difficulty as Talking Movies' Tom Brook reports.
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Sri LankaA Sri Lankan government minister comes under fire after admitting that thousands of Indian coconuts were imported only to be dumped at sea.
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Workers flee in panic after a disgruntled snake charmer lets loose dozens of snakes in a revenue office in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state.
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India's PM Manmohan Singh defends the decision to open the retail market to global chains, but parliament again adjourns in uproar.
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The Indian economy grows at its slowest pace in two-years, as the manufacturing and mining industry suffer.
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United StatesIndia's governing Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi makes her first public speech since undergoing surgery in August in the US.
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AfghanistanA consortium of Indian companies wins the right to develop some of Afghanistan's large iron ore deposits, Afghan mining ministry officials say.
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An all-party meeting fails to break a deadlock between the government and opposition on foreign direct investment retail.
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Well-known Indian writer and activist Indira Goswami dies in the north-eastern state of Assam after a long illness, aged 70.
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A three-month blockade by a tribal group of roads into the Indian state of Manipur is lifted ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's trip there.
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Mark Tully on whether English will eclipse Indian languages
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United KingdomThe Indian Olympic Association says there is "no question" of a boycott of the 2012 London Games amid a row over a sponsor.
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Animal rights activists criticise a bounty of 500 rupees ($9.60) a head to capture monkeys for sterilisation in India's Himachal Pradesh state.
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PakistanThe tennis doubles "peace pair" of India's Rohan Bopanna and Pakistan's Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi announce an end to their partnership.
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Maoist rebels in India call for a two-day-long countrywide strike in protest against the killing of top rebel Koteshwar Rao last week.
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Inside Indian homes with The Way We Live photo project
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India's comics industry could be facing a mortal blow
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India wrap up a 2-0 series win against West Indies after the third Test finishes in a thrilling draw.
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There is uproar in India's parliament over the opening up of the retail market to global chains, as the trade minister defends the move.
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Fans expressed their disappointment after India cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar fell six runs short of his 100th international 100.
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The Indian state of West Bengal is on high alert amid fears of revenge attacks after police said they had shot dead senior Maoist rebel Koteshwar Rao.
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India legend Sachin Tendulkar falls six runs short of his 100th international century, out for 94 in the third Test against West Indies in his home city of Mumbai.
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A man in New Delhi has slapped India's agriculture minister in the face, reportedly to draw attention to corruption.
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India approves long-awaited proposals to open up the retail market to global supermarket chains.
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Police in the Indian state of West Bengal investigate reports that senior Maoist military leader Koteshwar Rao has been killed.
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United KingdomThe head of the Indian state where the Bhopal gas disaster occurred urges Delhi to boycott the London Olympics if sponsorship by Dow Chemicals continues.
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Veteran Bollywood actor Om Puri writes to the speaker of India's parliament apologising for insulting politicians at an anti-corruption rally.
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After much speculation, the head of India's largest microlender, SKS Microfinance, steps down.
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Why it's time for India to help shape the rules of the global economy
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Tata Group has announced that Cyrus Mistry will succeed Ratan Tata when he retires as chairman of the Indian giant next year.
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India has spent $3m in the past three years to keep Mohammad Ajmal Amir Qasab, the sole surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai attacks, in jail.
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Maoists in India's Jharkhand state tell the BBC they killed rights campaigner Sister Valsa John, saying she "worked for mining companies".
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BBC launches India page with look at future challenges
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