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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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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 Bangladesh, Somalia 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 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 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 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 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 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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India lose despite Tendulkar ton

Thursday, November 5th 2009, 17:10
related countries: Australia Australia

Sachin Tendulkar's dazzling 175 fails to stop Australia taking a 3-2 lead over India in their one-day international series.
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Obama pledge to Native Americans

Thursday, November 5th 2009, 16:53
related countries: United States United States
related places: White House

US President Barack Obama vows not to forget American Indian tribes, as representatives gather for a White House conference.
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Assam rebels 'arrested in Dhaka'

Thursday, November 5th 2009, 8:06
related countries: Bangladesh Bangladesh

A separatist group in India's troubled north-east says Bangladeshi police have arrested two of their top leaders.
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India PM probe into man's death

Wednesday, November 4th 2009, 6:51
related places: Chandigarh

The Indian PM's office orders an investigation into an incident involving the death of a man in a hospital in Chandigarh city.
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India denies assisting militants

Wednesday, November 4th 2009, 5:25
related countries: Pakistan Pakistan

India's foreign minister denies charges by a Pakistani army official that his country helped militants in South Waziristan.
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Express train kills six in India

Tuesday, November 3rd 2009, 13:11
related places: Delhi

Six people are run over by an express passenger train while trying to cross a railway track near the Indian capital, Delhi.
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Bear kills militants in Kashmir

Tuesday, November 3rd 2009, 12:28

A bear kills two militants who were hiding in its den in Indian-administered Kashmir, police say.
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Top Indian judges disclose assets

Tuesday, November 3rd 2009, 4:54

Judges at India's Supreme Court make public details of financial assets and publish them on the court's website.
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Boat capsizes off Cocos Islands

Monday, November 2nd 2009, 13:15
related countries: Indian Ocean Indian Ocean

About 12 people are missing after a boat believed to be carrying 40 people sank off the Cocos Islands in the Indian Ocean.
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India train crash leaves 14 dead

Monday, November 2nd 2009, 4:20

Fourteen die when a train rams into a truck at an unmanned railway crossing in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
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Toll from India oil blaze rises

Sunday, November 1st 2009, 14:09

The death toll from a massive fire at an oil depot in the western Indian state of Rajasthan rises to at least 10 people.
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In pictures

Sunday, November 1st 2009, 0:35

India's massacre of the Sikhs after Indira Gandhi death
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In pictures

Sunday, November 1st 2009, 0:35

India's massacre of the Sikhs after Indira Gandhi death
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UK government rules out ransom

Saturday, October 31st 2009, 18:29
related countries: Indian Ocean Indian Ocean, Somalia Somalia, United Kingdom United Kingdom

The UK government insists it will not pay a ransom to Somali pirates who kidnapped a British couple in the Indian Ocean.
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Ransom demanded for yacht couple

Saturday, October 31st 2009, 12:09
related countries: Indian Ocean Indian Ocean, Somalia Somalia, United Kingdom United Kingdom

Somali pirates issue a ransom demand of $7m (£4.3m) for a British couple kidnapped in the Indian Ocean.
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Brazil tribe finds crash survivors

Friday, October 30th 2009, 22:53
related countries: Brazil Brazil

An Indian tribe in Brazil has found at least nine survivors of a plane crash in the Amazon region, Brazil's air force says.
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Ransom demanded for yacht couple

Friday, October 30th 2009, 22:14
related countries: Indian Ocean Indian Ocean, Somalia Somalia, United Kingdom United Kingdom

Somali pirates issue a ransom demand of $7m (£4.3m) for a couple from Kent kidnapped in the Indian Ocean.
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Five die in huge India oil blaze

Friday, October 30th 2009, 8:02

A massive fire at an oil depot in the western Indian state of Rajasthan kills at least five people and injures 150 others, officials say.
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Yacht man tells of Somali pirate kidnap

Thursday, October 29th 2009, 18:08
related countries: Indian Ocean Indian Ocean, Somalia Somalia, United Kingdom United Kingdom

A British man tells how he and his wife were kidnapped by armed Somali pirates while sailing in the Indian Ocean.
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Two 'militants' killed in Kashmir

Thursday, October 29th 2009, 5:51

At least two militants die in a gun battle with security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir, an army spokesman says.
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Dhoni helps India to easy victory

Wednesday, October 28th 2009, 17:01
related countries: Australia Australia
related places: Nagpur

Captain Mahendra Dhoni hits a magnificent 124 as India beat Australia by 99 runs in Nagpur.
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India's sick 'suffer needlessly'

Wednesday, October 28th 2009, 16:25

Hundreds of thousands of sick people in India suffering unnecessary pain because of a lack of funds, according to a new report.
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'Freed' train returning to Delhi

Wednesday, October 28th 2009, 10:02
related places: Delhi

An Indian train held by a Maoist-supported militia for six hours is returning to its destination, the capital, Delhi.
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India v Australia latest score

Wednesday, October 28th 2009, 9:16
related countries: Australia Australia
related places: Nagpur

Champions Trophy winners Australia take on India in the second one-day international in Nagpur.
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India train stranded after attack

Tuesday, October 27th 2009, 13:51

Hundreds are stranded in an Indian jungle after gunmen kidnap the driver of an express train.
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Row at India kidnap officer on TV

Tuesday, October 27th 2009, 11:21

An Indian police officer recently freed by Maoist rebels is accused of violating codes of conduct.
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All that glitters

Tuesday, October 27th 2009, 1:07

Spectacular new display of India's past royal glories
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Tata Motors sees surging profits

Monday, October 26th 2009, 13:32

India's largest carmaker Tata Motors makes a net quarterly profit of $156m, soundly beating expectations.
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Botched India surgery 'blinds 10'

Monday, October 26th 2009, 12:42

A least 10 people become partially blind due to infections during free cataract operations in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
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India v Australia latest score

Saturday, October 24th 2009, 11:21
related countries: Australia Australia
related places: Mohali

Australia take on India in Mohali in the fourth of seven one-day internationals.
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India v Australia scorecard

Saturday, October 24th 2009, 11:21
related countries: Australia Australia
related places: Vadodara

Champions Trophy winners Australia take on India in Vadodara in the first of seven one-day internationals.
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Congress leading in India states

Thursday, October 22nd 2009, 5:47

India's Congress party is ahead in all three states which held assembly elections this month.
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India-China climate change deal

Wednesday, October 21st 2009, 17:49
related countries: China China

Two of the world's biggest polluters, India and China, sign an agreement to work together on addressing climate change.
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Bangalore beta

Wednesday, October 21st 2009, 15:44

India's city of rising tech and spreading poverty
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Briton's rapist arrested in India

Wednesday, October 21st 2009, 13:02
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

Police in India arrest a rapist who went missing after being released on bail three months into his sentence for attacking a British woman.
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India train crash leaves 22 dead

Wednesday, October 21st 2009, 8:22
related places: Agra

Two passenger trains collide near the city of Mathura in northern India, killing at least 22 people.
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Village 'witches' beaten in India

Tuesday, October 20th 2009, 20:10

Five Muslim women are paraded naked, beaten and forced to eat human faeces, after being labelled witches in eastern India.
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Indian Maoist rebels loot bank

Tuesday, October 20th 2009, 15:06
related places: Sankrail

Armed Maoist rebels in the Indian state of West Bengal attack a bank and a police station simultaneously in the town of Sankrail, police say.
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China vows to free hijacked ship

Tuesday, October 20th 2009, 10:33
related countries: China China, Indian Ocean Indian Ocean, Somalia Somalia

China pledges an "all out" effort to rescue a cargo ship with 25 crew hijacked by pirates in the Indian Ocean.
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Delhi car workers go on strike

Tuesday, October 20th 2009, 9:25
related places: Delhi, Gurgaon

Thousands of workers of automobile firms in Gurgaon, near the Indian capital Delhi, are on a day's strike to protest against the death of a worker.
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Indian fireworks blaze 'kills 30'

Saturday, October 17th 2009, 3:48

At least 30 people have been killed and 10 injured in a fire at a fireworks warehouse in southern India, reports say.
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India state changes madrasa rules

Friday, October 16th 2009, 16:00

Madrasas or traditional Islamic religious schools in the Indian state of West Bengal are to switch to English as the medium of instruction.
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Top Indian Maoist couple arrested

Friday, October 16th 2009, 15:06

Police in the Indian state of Jharkhand arrest a scientist and his wife who are believed to be senior Maoist leaders.
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