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

Kashmir capital rocked by blasts

Tuesday, July 11th 2006, 13:01
related places: At

At least eight people are killed in a series of grenade attacks in Indian-administered Kashmir, police say.
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Key Indian satellite launch fails

Monday, July 10th 2006, 16:17

The launch of India's heaviest communication satellite fails after the rocked carrying it explodes.
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Tata halts Bangladesh plans

Monday, July 10th 2006, 11:21
related countries: Bangladesh

Indian industrial group Tata suspends a $3bn investment in Bangladesh after government delays.
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Indian missile test 'was failure'

Monday, July 10th 2006, 7:45

India says that a test of its longest-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile on Sunday failed.
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Hindu hardliners riot in Mumbai

Sunday, July 9th 2006, 16:02
related places: Mumbai

Police in the Indian state of Maharashtra are on alert following sporadic incidents of violence in Mumbai.
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India bus crash 'claims 26 lives'

Saturday, July 8th 2006, 13:51
related places: At

At least 26 people are killed in a passenger bus crash in the northern Indian state of Uttaranchal, police say.
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Devotees killed in Kashmir attack

Saturday, July 8th 2006, 8:45

A grenade explosion in Indian-administered Kashmir kills five people and injures over 40 others, police say.
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India lands 2011 World Cup final

Saturday, July 8th 2006, 7:42
related countries: Bangladesh

India will stage the Cricket World Cup final for the second time in 2011, with the opening ceremony in Bangladesh.
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Indian share prices register fall

Friday, July 7th 2006, 16:06

Prices on India's Bombay Stock Exchange close down after the government put its privatisation plans on hold.
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Mittal to build India steel plant

Friday, July 7th 2006, 10:28

The world's largest steelmaker, Lakshmi Mittal, plans to build a new 12 million tonne plant in eastern India.
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Strike hits top India hospital

Friday, July 7th 2006, 6:35

Health services in India's top hospital are hit as doctors strike over the dismissal of the hospital chief.
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India privatisation on hold

Thursday, July 6th 2006, 13:28

Indian PM Manmohan Singh halts plans to sell stakes in state-owned companies following political opposition.
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Indians to inspect 'toxic' liner

Thursday, July 6th 2006, 8:54
related countries: France

Indian officials are to begin checks for toxic waste on a former French liner which is due to be broken up.
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Malaysia call to ban film suicide

Thursday, July 6th 2006, 8:53
related countries: Malaysia

A Malaysian MP calls for suicide scenes to be cut from Indian films, after copy-cat incidents among Tamils.
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Historic India-China link opens

Thursday, July 6th 2006, 5:27
related countries: China

China and India open a historic trade route in the Himalayas that was closed 44 years ago.
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India introduces plea bargaining

Wednesday, July 5th 2006, 9:52

India introduces a radical move under which an accused can plead guilty in exchange for a reduced sentence.
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'Thirty dead' in India monsoon

Tuesday, July 4th 2006, 10:06
related places: At

At least 30 people are killed and scores are missing after three days of heavy rain in India, officials say.
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'HIV stigma' drives India suicide

Monday, July 3rd 2006, 12:38

A 15-year-old Indian boy whose parents had HIV committed suicide because of the stigma, police say.
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Cairn secures big Indian oil deal

Monday, July 3rd 2006, 9:59
related countries: United Kingdom

UK firm Cairn Energy wins approval to develop a key Indian oil field and secures a $1bn finance deal.
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Dravid savours Caribbean triumph

Monday, July 3rd 2006, 6:32

Rahul Dravid becomes the first India skipper for 35 years to win a Test series in the West Indies.
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Five 'militants' die in Kashmir

Monday, July 3rd 2006, 6:08

Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir say five militants and a soldier have been killed in clashes.
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India clinch historic series win

Sunday, July 2nd 2006, 23:02

India skittle West Indies for 219 to win by 49 runs and claim the four-Test series 1-0 at Sabina Park.
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India aids farmers after suicides

Saturday, July 1st 2006, 13:29

India is giving aid worth nearly $815m to crisis-hit cotton farmers in the western state of Maharashtra.
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Indian minister to quit WTO talks

Friday, June 30th 2006, 21:58

India's commerce minister says he will walk out of WTO talks after members fail to reach agreement.
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India peeved over prisoner swap

Friday, June 30th 2006, 16:05
related countries: Pakistan

India accuses Pakistan of reneging on a deal to free 240 Indian fishermen from its jails in a prisoner swap.
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India to assist debt-hit farmers

Friday, June 30th 2006, 13:54

Indian PM Manmohan Singh vows to help cotton farmers facing crisis in western Maharashtra state.
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India offers free anti-Aids drugs

Friday, June 30th 2006, 12:15

Some 100,000 HIV infected people in India will be provided free anti-retroviral drugs by 2007, officials say.
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'Militants' shot dead in Kashmir

Friday, June 30th 2006, 4:32

Eight militants are killed after trying to cross the Line of Control in Kashmir, the Indian army says.
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Senate panel backs nuclear deal

Thursday, June 29th 2006, 16:54
related countries: United States

A US Senate committee backs a controversial plan to share civilian nuclear technology with India.
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'Fake shrine' inquiry in Kashmir

Thursday, June 29th 2006, 14:06

An inquiry into malpractice allegations is ordered at a revered Hindu shrine in Indian-administered Kashmir.
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The 'curse' of having a girl

Thursday, June 29th 2006, 13:49
related places: Delhi

Delhi correspondent Navdip Dhariwal contemplates the discrimination against baby girls in India as she prepares to give birth.
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Tsunami warning system ready

Wednesday, June 28th 2006, 17:50
related countries: Indian Ocean

A tsunami warning system covering the Indian Ocean region is "up and running", Unesco says.
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Man held in HSBC India probe

Wednesday, June 28th 2006, 7:12

Police in India arrest a worker in connection with a financial scam at HSBC's Indian call centre in Bangalore.
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US panel backs India nuclear deal

Wednesday, June 28th 2006, 6:06
related countries: United States

A US Congressional committee backs a controversial plan to share civilian nuclear technology with India.
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Tamil Tiger 'regret' over Gandhi

Tuesday, June 27th 2006, 17:42

Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels express "regret" over the assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
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'Nine killed' in Kashmir attacks

Sunday, June 25th 2006, 15:03
related places: At

At least nine people have been killed in clashes in Indian-administered Kashmir since Saturday, officials say.
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India set off after mammoth total

Saturday, June 24th 2006, 21:50

India reach 150-2 in reply to West Indies' 581 at close of play on day three of the third Test at St Kitts.
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Charges in Kashmir sex scandal

Saturday, June 24th 2006, 11:25

Nine people including a top policeman are charged over a sex scandal in Indian-administered Kashmir.
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Cheney confident of nuclear deal

Friday, June 23rd 2006, 4:33
related countries: United States

The US vice president says he is confident that a landmark nuclear deal with India will win support in the US Congress.
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Nepal Maoist's praise for India

Thursday, June 22nd 2006, 9:18
related countries: Nepal

The leader of Nepal's Maoists says India played a key role in persuading his group to take part in peace talks.
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Huge Indian airlines merger off

Thursday, June 22nd 2006, 4:50

Jet Airways' deal to buy rival Indian firm Air Sahara in a deal worth $500m, falls through after a deadline expires.
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New metro rail project for Mumbai

Wednesday, June 21st 2006, 5:52
related places: Mumbai

PM Manmohan Singh launches a metro railway project for India's financial capital, Mumbai.
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Indian army deputy apologises

Tuesday, June 20th 2006, 17:05

The second-in-command of the Indian army apologises for saying it does not need women officers.
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'Villagers die' in Maoist attack

Tuesday, June 20th 2006, 6:57

Suspected Maoist rebels kill seven villagers in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, police say.
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Politicians held in sex scandal

Tuesday, June 20th 2006, 4:46

Two former ministers of Indian-administered Kashmir are arrested in connection with a sex scandal.
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Indian air force 'lacks planes'

Monday, June 19th 2006, 11:58

More than a third of Indian Air Force pilots are doing desk jobs - largely because of too few aircraft, the BBC learns.
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India-China trade link to reopen

Monday, June 19th 2006, 8:34
related countries: China

China and India sign an agreement to reopen an ancient trade route which was closed 44 years ago.
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Bollywood star in poaching case

Monday, June 19th 2006, 4:44

Bollywood star Salman Khan is charged with killing a protected antelope species in the Indian state of Rajasthan.
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Top Indian Maoist rebel 'killed'

Saturday, June 17th 2006, 7:38

A top Maoist leader in India is killed in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, police say.
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India names Tharoor for UN

Thursday, June 15th 2006, 14:06

India nominates a career UN diplomat, Shashi Tharoor, for the post of UN secretary-general which becomes vacant soon.
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Indian shares stage record rise

Thursday, June 15th 2006, 12:21

Indian share prices surged on Thursday to close up 6.9% - their highest ever single-day rise.
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Politician's son wins bail plea

Wednesday, June 14th 2006, 15:48

A court in India grants bail to Rahul Mahajan, the murdered politician's son who faces drugs charges.
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Indian goodwill towards US drops

Wednesday, June 14th 2006, 5:45
related countries: United States
related places: Goodwill

Goodwill for the US among Indians dropped over the past year but increased among Pakistanis, a survey shows.
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India wedding party crash kills 48

Tuesday, June 13th 2006, 15:53

At least 48 people are killed in the India's Uttaranchal state when the truck they were in crashed, police say.
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Indian share prices hit new low

Tuesday, June 13th 2006, 12:56

Shares on India's benchmark Bombay Stock Exchange index fall to their lowest level this year.
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Sikh pilgrims enter Pakistan city

Tuesday, June 13th 2006, 5:59
related countries: Pakistan

Thousands of Sikhs from India head to Pakistan to mark the 400th death anniversary of a religious leader.
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