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

Two 'militants' killed in Kashmir

Thursday, August 24th 2006, 5:07

The army in India-administered Kashmir say they have killed two militants in the Jammu region.
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Dutch arrest 12 in flight alert

Wednesday, August 23rd 2006, 17:58
related countries: United States
related places: Amsterdam

Dutch police arrest 12 passengers from a flight turned back to Amsterdam after a security alert.
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India rejects cola health fears

Wednesday, August 23rd 2006, 5:38

India's health ministry rejects an environmental group's findings over pesticide levels in Coca Cola and Pepsi.
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Two ministers quit India cabinet

Wednesday, August 23rd 2006, 4:28

Two Indian ministers resign from the federal government over demands for a new state in part of Andhra Pradesh.
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Millions to cut deaths in India

Tuesday, August 22nd 2006, 16:50
related countries: United Kingdom

The UK has committed £252m to a scheme designed to save the lives of a million Indian children and mothers each year.
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India wife dies on husband's pyre

Tuesday, August 22nd 2006, 6:57

India police say a woman has died on her husband's funeral pyre, committing the banned Hindu practice of "sati".
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Mumbai 'militant' killed in clash

Tuesday, August 22nd 2006, 5:15
related places: Mumbai

Indian police say they have killed a suspected militant in a clash in the western city of Mumbai.
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India mourns legendary musician

Monday, August 21st 2006, 15:37

The funeral is held for one of India's most famous musicians, Ustad Bismillah Khan, who has died aged 91.
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Indian firm in bid to run Lotto

Sunday, August 20th 2006, 14:00
related countries: United Kingdom

India's largest lottery firm says it is finalising its bid to run Britain's National Lottery.
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India aims to revive trade talks

Friday, August 18th 2006, 13:46

India offers key tariff concessions in an effort to revive stalled trade talks between south-east Asian nations.
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Cricket: Rain at Sri Lanka v India

Friday, August 18th 2006, 10:03
related countries: Sri Lanka
related places: Colombo

The first one-dayer between Sri Lanka and India will resume on Saturday after only 3.4 overs are possible on Friday.
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Indian PM stands by nuclear deal

Thursday, August 17th 2006, 15:47
related countries: United States

India will not accept US pressure to cap its atomic weapons programme, the PM tells parliament.
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Cricket: India to honour Sri Lanka tour

Thursday, August 17th 2006, 7:59
related countries: Sri Lanka

India captain Rahul Dravid says his team are happy to stay in Sri Lanka and play a one-day series despite a bomb attack.
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Manipur temple blast 'kills five'

Wednesday, August 16th 2006, 18:02

A bomb attack on a temple in north-east India kills at least five people and injures many others, police say.
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Senator sorry for 'monkey' slur

Wednesday, August 16th 2006, 15:30
related countries: United States

US Senator George Allen apologises for calling a man of Indian descent by a name that means monkey.
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Media 'egged on' fire protest man

Wednesday, August 16th 2006, 14:53

Indian police investigate claims that journalists encouraged a man who burnt himself to death.
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'Toxic ship' docks in Indian port

Tuesday, August 15th 2006, 20:57

The asbestos-lined former ocean liner SS France docks in the western Indian port of Alang for scrapping.
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Bollywood star's guard shot dead

Tuesday, August 15th 2006, 10:57

Indian police arrest one of Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan's security guards after another guard is shot dead.
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Japan tanker's Indian Ocean spill

Tuesday, August 15th 2006, 8:20
related countries: Indian Ocean, Japan

A Japanese tanker spills 4,500 tonnes of crude oil into the Indian Ocean after a collision with another vessel.
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India PM plea on 'terror attacks'

Tuesday, August 15th 2006, 4:56
related countries: Pakistan

India's prime minister calls on Pakistan to take steps to prevent "terror attacks" being launched from its territory.
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UK experts say Indian Coke 'safe'

Monday, August 14th 2006, 16:49
related countries: United States

Coca Cola enlists the help of British government scientists to prove its soft drinks sold in India are safe to drink.
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India halts action on Assam group

Monday, August 14th 2006, 4:37

The Indian government suspends military operations against a top separatist group to push forward peace talks.
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Ex-minister calls off Gandhi attack

Friday, August 11th 2006, 19:06

Ex-Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh pulls back from an attack on Congress party President Sonia Gandhi.
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Kashmir militants 'kill family'

Friday, August 11th 2006, 10:50
related places: Jammu

Police in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir say a woman and her two children have been killed by militants.
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US warns of India terror attacks

Friday, August 11th 2006, 9:38
related countries: United States
related places: Delhi, Mumbai

The US warns of possible terror attacks in Delhi and Mumbai in the run-up to India's Independence Day celebrations.
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India-Bangladesh shelling dispute

Thursday, August 10th 2006, 12:12
related countries: Bangladesh

India and Bangladesh accuse each other of cross border shelling, with two people reported killed.
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Date set for Mumbai verdicts

Thursday, August 10th 2006, 7:56
related places: Mumbai

A judge announces the verdicts in the case of the deadly 1993 Mumbai bombings will be delivered in September.
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Kerala bans Pepsi and Coke

Wednesday, August 9th 2006, 15:25

The Indian state of Kerala bans the production and sale of Coca Cola and Pepsi saying they pose a health risk.
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India floods close energy plants

Wednesday, August 9th 2006, 8:48

Floods in India force the closure of a number of energy plants, including a natural gas complex, reports say.
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India party suspends ex-FM

Wednesday, August 9th 2006, 0:25
related countries: Iraq

An ex-foreign minister is suspended from India's ruling party over his alleged role in Iraq's oil-for-food programme.
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Rural India in big HIV-Aids push

Tuesday, August 8th 2006, 16:06

India launches a major offensive against HIV-Aids in rural areas.
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World Bank 'lends more' to India

Tuesday, August 8th 2006, 10:16

India is one of the World Bank's largest borrowers, receiving six per cent of total funds, the donor agency says.
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Three 'militants' die in Kashmir

Tuesday, August 8th 2006, 6:35
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Kashmir

Police in India-administered Kashmir say they have killed three militants belonging to a Pakistan-based group.
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Heavy rains continue to hit India

Monday, August 7th 2006, 17:52

Heavy rains continue to lash different states in India including Maharashtra, where at least 35 are killed.
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India row over ex-FM Iraq report

Monday, August 7th 2006, 10:31

A former Indian foreign minister accuses the prime minister of leaking a report into the oil-for-food scandal.
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Hopes fading for trapped miners

Monday, August 7th 2006, 9:50

Indian authorities are giving up hope of rescuing dozens of people trapped in an abandoned mine.
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'Two dead' in Assam rebel attack

Monday, August 7th 2006, 5:43

Separatist rebels say they have killed two people, one a soldier, in India's north-east Assam state.
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India 'needs huge services boost'

Sunday, August 6th 2006, 16:35

India must invest $331bn on infrastructure over the next five years to maintain growth, a study suggests.
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India and Pakistan in expulsions

Saturday, August 5th 2006, 15:47
related countries: Pakistan

India and Pakistan expel diplomats from each other's country, heightening tensions between the two rivals.
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Court asks Pepsi, Coke to respond

Friday, August 4th 2006, 11:11

The Indian Supreme Court asks Coca Cola and Pepsi to respond to charges that their drinks contain pesticides.
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Rare turtle to get satellite tag

Thursday, August 3rd 2006, 23:45
related countries: Indian Ocean

A critically endangered turtle is to be tracked swimming across the Indian Ocean as part of conservation efforts.
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Natwar Singh report given to PM

Thursday, August 3rd 2006, 18:36

A report on ex-Indian cabinet minister Natwar Singh's role in the UN oil-for-food programme is given to the PM.
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India PM apologises to Jehangir

Thursday, August 3rd 2006, 16:36
related countries: Pakistan

The Indian prime minister apologises to the prominent Pakistani human rights activist, Asma Jehangir for "inconvenient" security checks.
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Officials discuss Iran gas deal

Thursday, August 3rd 2006, 12:36
related countries: Iran
related places: Delhi

Officials from India, Pakistan and Iran hold talks in Delhi on a proposed gas pipeline linking the three countries.
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Pepsi and Coke under fire again

Wednesday, August 2nd 2006, 16:58

An Indian NGO says Coca-Cola and Pepsi products are showing even worse levels of pesticides than in a previous study.
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Two-day rape trial 'sets example'

Wednesday, August 2nd 2006, 15:12
related places: Bihar

A court in the Indian state of Bihar sentences a man for rape after a two-day trial, possibly the fastest such trial in Indian history.
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Saarc defers free trade dispute

Wednesday, August 2nd 2006, 13:39
related countries: Pakistan

South Asian foreign ministers agree to defer a dispute between India and Pakistan over a regional free trade agreement.
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Bodies of Indians returned home

Wednesday, August 2nd 2006, 10:34
related countries: Bahrain

The bodies of 16 Indian workers who died in a fire accident in Bahrain two days ago have arrived in the southern Indian city of Madras (Chennai).
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'Toxic ship' cleared for breaking

Wednesday, August 2nd 2006, 7:45
related countries: France

The former SS France cruise liner can be scrapped in India, an official says, despite environmentalists' protests.
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Militants killed in Kashmir clash

Wednesday, August 2nd 2006, 4:44

Two suspected militants and a soldier die in a clash in an Indian-administered Kashmir, the police say.
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India bans child domestic labour

Tuesday, August 1st 2006, 15:12

The Indian government announces a ban on children working as domestic servants or in roadside food stalls.
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Two Asians win prestigious award

Tuesday, August 1st 2006, 9:17

Two South Asians-a NGO head and an eye surgeon-are awarded the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay awards.
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Children die in India bus mishap

Tuesday, August 1st 2006, 7:28
related places: Haryana

Six school children die after their bus plunges into a canal in the northern Indian state of Haryana.
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India, Pakistan in peace pledge

Tuesday, August 1st 2006, 4:59
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Mumbai, Top

Top officials of India and Pakistan meet for the first time since the Mumbai blasts and pledge to pursue peace.
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Fresh arrest in Mumbai probe

Monday, July 31st 2006, 16:11
related places: Mumbai

Indian police probing the Mumbai bombings hold a journalist over alleged links with a banned militant group.
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Inquiry into 'beggar amputations'

Monday, July 31st 2006, 11:44

Indian medical authorities launch a probe after doctors are caught on tape offering to amputate beggars' limbs for money.
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