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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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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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India criticised on World Food Day

Friday, October 16th 2009, 10:30
related countries: Brazil Brazil, China China

Brazil and China are praised, and India criticised, in a new report on efforts to tackle hunger, published on UN World Food Day.
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India's richest man takes pay cut

Thursday, October 15th 2009, 21:29

India's richest man, Mukesh Ambani, has accepted a two-thirds cut in his pay "to set a personal example of moderation".
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Trescothick flies home from India

Thursday, October 15th 2009, 19:57

Somerset's Marcus Trescothick returns home from the Champions League in India after a recurrence of his stress-related illness.
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Fury over south India temple ban

Thursday, October 15th 2009, 17:07

Low caste Hindu people protest at being prevented from offering worship at Hindu temples in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
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Mumbai lands 2011 World Cup final

Wednesday, October 14th 2009, 12:13
related countries: Bangladesh Bangladesh
related places: Mumbai

Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium will stage the final of the 2011 Cricket World Cup, which is being co-hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
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India rejects Mother Teresa claim

Wednesday, October 14th 2009, 10:57
related countries: Albania Albania
related places: Calcutta

India rejects a demand by Albania for the return of the remains of Mother Teresa, currently buried in Calcutta.
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Tsunami drill across Indian Ocean

Wednesday, October 14th 2009, 10:17
related countries: Indian Ocean Indian Ocean

Eighteen countries around the Indian Ocean hold an exercise to evaluate the region's tsunami early warning systems.
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China ire over India border visit

Tuesday, October 13th 2009, 17:26
related countries: China China

China strongly criticises a visit by the Indian prime minister to the disputed north-east Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.
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Indian states hold elections

Tuesday, October 13th 2009, 14:33

Polls are held in three Indian states in the first major test for political parties since the general elections in April.
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India unease over Pakistan cleric

Tuesday, October 13th 2009, 6:07
related countries: Pakistan Pakistan

India expresses concern about the the dismissal of two cases against the head of an Islamic charity accused of involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
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India 'behind schedule' for Games

Monday, October 12th 2009, 17:05
related places: Delhi

The Indian capital, Delhi, is warned it faces a major challenge to be ready to host next year's Commonwealth Games.
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India tests medium range missiles

Monday, October 12th 2009, 8:43

India successfully tests two short-range ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads, according to defence officials.
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Violence in India's Maoist strike

Monday, October 12th 2009, 5:01

Maoists in India blow up culverts and cut electricity for the railways on the first day of a strike the rebels have called.
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Ladies only

Saturday, October 10th 2009, 10:05

Indian women delight in men-free trains
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India in new anti-Maoist strategy

Friday, October 9th 2009, 14:14

The Indian government agrees on a new tactic to fight Maoists who are operating in several states across India.
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Friday, October 9th 2009, 11:27

More than 20,000 people on social networking site Facebook call for the Farmville game to include an Indian flag.
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India agrees to cheetah survey

Friday, October 9th 2009, 8:51

The Indian government approves a survey of sites which can accommodate the cheetah, in an effort to reintroduce the animal.
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Maoists 'kill 17 Indian police'

Thursday, October 8th 2009, 16:01
related places: At

At least 17 policemen are killed in a gun battle with Maoist insurgents in the Indian state of Maharashtra, officials say.
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India floods trigger food fears

Wednesday, October 7th 2009, 11:41

Major crop damage after heavy floods in southern India could lead to severe food shortages, aid agencies say.
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India pregnancy deaths 'needless'

Wednesday, October 7th 2009, 9:25

Tens of thousands of women die in India during pregnancy or childbirth or soon after giving birth, a new report says.
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Afghan bride wins 'maintenance'

Wednesday, October 7th 2009, 5:50
related countries: Afghanistan Afghanistan
related places: Delhi

An Indian army doctor is ordered by a Delhi court to pay monthly maintenance to an Afghan woman who has accused him of bigamy.
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Kin as king

Monday, October 5th 2009, 23:55

Will a select few families control Indian politics?
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Race to help India flood stranded

Monday, October 5th 2009, 17:01

A massive relief operation is under way in southern India after floods kill some 250 people and leave millions homeless.
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Screen tragedies

Sunday, October 4th 2009, 23:05

Films expose harsh realities of farmers' lives in rural India
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India pilots in mid-air 'scuffle'

Sunday, October 4th 2009, 11:11

Pilots and cabin crew come to blows on an Air India flight over a claim of sexual harassment, Indian media report.
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Scores killed in India flooding

Friday, October 2nd 2009, 14:36
related places: At

At least 125 people die after three days of torrential rain batters southern India causing heavy flooding, officials say.
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Pirates take Spanish fishing boat

Friday, October 2nd 2009, 13:44
related countries: Indian Ocean Indian Ocean, Somalia Somalia, Spain Spain

A Spanish fishing boat with a crew of 36 is attacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean, reports say.
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Indian shot for public urination

Friday, October 2nd 2009, 8:39
related places: Delhi

A man has been shot dead in a brawl over urinating in public near a petrol station in the Indian capital, Delhi, police say.
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Maoists kill 16 Indian villagers

Friday, October 2nd 2009, 5:31
related places: Bihar

Sixteen villagers are tied up and shot by suspected Maoist rebels in the Indian state of Bihar, police and witness reports say.
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Row over China Kashmir visa move

Thursday, October 1st 2009, 13:50
related countries: China China

A senior Congress party member in Indian-administered Kashmir condemns moves by China to issue separate passport visas.
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'Treasure trove' of dinosaur eggs discovered in India

Thursday, October 1st 2009, 13:42

Geologists in southern India say they have found hundreds of dinosaur egg clusters which could be about 65 million years old.
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India boat capsize kills tourists

Thursday, October 1st 2009, 4:55

A tourist boat carrying 76 people sinks in a lake in the southern Indian state of Kerala, killing at least 37 people, officials say.
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Bharti MTN telecoms tie-up is off

Wednesday, September 30th 2009, 14:45
related countries: South Africa South Africa

Tie-up talks between Indian mobile phone company Bharti and South Africa's MTN are abandoned.
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Air India pilots call off protest

Wednesday, September 30th 2009, 5:31

Pilots of India's national carrier call off their four-day protest after the government pledges to look into their demands.
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India withdraws Bofors graft case

Wednesday, September 30th 2009, 4:54
related countries: Italy Italy

India drops a graft case against an Italian accused over an arms scandal which ended Rajiv Gandhi's rule 20 years ago.
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Bearded Vultures 'seen in India'

Tuesday, September 29th 2009, 13:27

About 200 Bearded Vultures have been spotted in a remote part of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, reports say.
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Kashmir girl fights off militants

Tuesday, September 29th 2009, 11:15

A teenage girl says she killed a top militant with his own gun after her home was attacked in Indian-administered Kashmir.
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Air India protest hampers flights

Tuesday, September 29th 2009, 10:04

Hundreds of passengers are left stranded in India because of a strike by senior pilots working for the national carrier, Air India.
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Australia-India match washed out

Monday, September 28th 2009, 18:08
related countries: Australia Australia

India are still in with a chance of reaching the Champions Trophy semi-finals after their group match against Australia was abandoned due to rain.
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Australia-India match washed out

Monday, September 28th 2009, 18:08
related countries: Australia Australia

India are still in with a chance of reaching the Champions Trophy semi-finals after their group match against Australia was abandoned due to rain.
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Bodies exhumed in Kashmir probe

Monday, September 28th 2009, 11:55

The bodies of two women murdered in Indian-administered Kashmir are exhumed in a fresh attempt to find their killers.
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'Contract killings'

Monday, September 28th 2009, 10:34
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

British Asians 'outsourcing murder to India'
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Eco pyres

Sunday, September 27th 2009, 0:01

Cow dung cremations catch on in eastern India
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Live text - India v Pakistan

Saturday, September 26th 2009, 12:24
related countries: Pakistan Pakistan

Pakistan lose two wickets after winning the toss in the sell-out ICC Champions Trophy encounter at Centurion.
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Envy of India

Friday, September 25th 2009, 23:20

The village where cleanliness is next to godliness
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India prepares for Maoist assault

Friday, September 25th 2009, 14:43

India's home minister says the government is prepared to provide "every support" to states battling Maoist rebels.
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India hails Moon mission 'find'

Friday, September 25th 2009, 7:11

India's inaugural Moon mission is hailed as a "grand success" by the head of India's space agency and Indian media.
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India chimney toll rises further

Friday, September 25th 2009, 5:39

More bodies are recovered from the site of a building collapse in central India as rescue teams continue work.
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Oil spill threatens rare turtles

Thursday, September 24th 2009, 14:32

An oil spill from a ship sunk off the coast of the Indian state of Orissa could harm rare sea turtles, environmentalists warn.
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GM to develop Indian electric car

Thursday, September 24th 2009, 10:11
related countries: United States United States

US carmaker General Motors says it will develop a small cheap electric car for the Indian market.
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Spacecraft see 'damp' Moon soils

Thursday, September 24th 2009, 7:36

Data from three spacecraft, including an Indian probe, detect very fine films of water coating dirt particles on the Moon.
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India collapse toll revised to 14

Thursday, September 24th 2009, 4:38

Rescue workers find 14 bodies from the debris of a building which collapsed in the Indian state of Chattisgarh.
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India chimney collapse kills 22

Wednesday, September 23rd 2009, 18:58

At least 22 workers are killed and many more trapped as a chimney collapses at a power plant in central India, officials say.
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