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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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India: news

Bail for Bollywood's Sanjay Dutt

Monday, August 20th 2007, 9:29
related places: Mumbai

Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt, sentenced in connection with buying illegal weapons in 1993, is given bail.
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Bail granted to Bihar politician

Wednesday, November 7th 2007, 10:04
related places: Bihar

A local court in the Indian state of Bihar gives bail to a politician who has been in jail since last week for an attack on journalists.
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Ban on India child fighters urged

Friday, September 5th 2008, 7:19

Indian forces and Maoist rebels should stop using children in conflict immediately, a human rights group says.
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Bandit Queen suspect is arrested

Tuesday, April 25th 2006, 8:07

The man accused of killing Indian bandit-turned-politician Phoolan Devi is arrested, two years after his prison escape.
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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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Bangladesh 'takes back' Rohingyas

Monday, March 2nd 2009, 5:52
related countries: Thailand Thailand

Bangladesh takes back 49 boatpeople allegedly returned to the sea by Thai authorities and rescued by Indian coastguards.
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Bangladesh gets its very own Taj Mahal

Tuesday, December 9th 2008, 6:50
related countries: Bangladesh Bangladesh

A life-size replica of India's famous Taj Mahal monument is due to open for visitors in rural Bangladesh.
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Bangladesh victory puts India out

Sunday, March 25th 2007, 21:55
related countries: Bangladesh Bangladesh, Bermuda Bermuda

Bangladesh beat Bermuda by seven wickets to reach the Super 8 stage of the World Cup.
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Bangladesh vow to ban ICL rebels

Wednesday, September 17th 2008, 14:11
related countries: Bangladesh Bangladesh

Bangladesh threaten to ban any player joining the Indian Cricket league from international cricket for 10 years.
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Bangladeshi writer 'exiled again'

Wednesday, March 19th 2008, 17:14
related countries: Bangladesh Bangladesh

Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen reportedly arrives in Europe after protests in India forced her into hiding.
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Bank account for Calcutta 'coin fortune' beggar

Tuesday, July 8th 2008, 12:21
related places: Calcutta

A beggar in India deposits thousands of coins collected during a lifetime on the streets into a bank account.
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Bank staff take three days to count the takings of Indian beggar

Thursday, July 10th 2008, 14:42

Bank staff take three days to count the takings of Indian beggar
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Banking on votes

Friday, April 10th 2009, 23:04

Businesswoman who wants to become Indian MP
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Banned Gambhir misses final Test

Tuesday, November 4th 2008, 15:53
related countries: Australia Australia

Opening batsman Gautam Gambhir misses the final Test with Australia after his appeal against a one-match ban is rejected.
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Banned Indian group's leader held

Thursday, March 27th 2008, 9:46

Indian police arrest the top leader of the banned militant group Students' Islamic Movement of India.
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Batsmen restore India's control

Monday, December 22nd 2008, 11:36
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom
related places: Mohali

Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh guide India to 134-4, a lead of 285, at the close on day four of the second Test against England in Mohali.
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BBC radio seals India rights deal

Monday, February 20th 2006, 18:22
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

The BBC wins exclusive radio rights to all international tour matches in India for the next four years, including next month's England series
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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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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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Bengal farmers in potato protest

Friday, July 18th 2008, 17:00

Angry farmers in the Indian state of West Bengal dump potatoes crop on roads in protest against poor prices.
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Bengal left celebrates 30 years

Thursday, June 21st 2007, 12:20

The ruling left coalition in the Indian state of West Bengal completes a country record of 30 years in power.
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Bengali 'should be UN language'

Tuesday, December 22nd 2009, 7:04
related countries: Bangladesh Bangladesh

The West Bengal assembly passes a resolution backing Bangladesh's call for Bengali to be an official UN language.
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Bharti in $2.5bn retail expansion

Monday, February 19th 2007, 11:00

Indian conglomerate Bharti Enterprises is to spend up to $2.5bn to focus on expanding its retail business by 2015.
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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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Bharti-MTN phone deal talks start

Tuesday, September 22nd 2009, 14:57
related countries: South Africa South Africa
related places: Mumbai

South African and Indian officials hold talks in Mumbai to discuss a merger between mobile phone firms MTN and Bharti Airtel.
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Bhopal gas victims march to Delhi

Monday, March 27th 2006, 17:36
related places: Bhopal, Delhi

Survivors of the Bhopal gas disaster walk all the way to the Indian capital, Delhi, to demand compensation.
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Bhopal remembers gas disaster

Thursday, December 3rd 2009, 7:31
related places: Bhopal

Residents of the Indian city of Bhopal mark 25 years since a gas leak killed thousands and made many more ill.
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Bhopal site 'not leaking toxins'

Tuesday, December 1st 2009, 14:08
related places: Bhopal

Indian officials dismiss claims that the site of the world's worst industrial disaster at Bhopal is still leaking dangerous toxins.
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Bhutan refugees in border clash

Wednesday, May 30th 2007, 6:11
related countries: Bhutan Bhutan, Nepal Nepal

Thousands of refugees living in Nepal and trying to return to Bhutan face police fire as they cross into India.
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Bihar governor offers resignation

Thursday, January 26th 2006, 13:21
related places: Bihar

The governor of India's Bihar state, Buta Singh, says he has resigned after criticism from the Supreme Court.
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Bihar minister out after 12 hours

Friday, November 25th 2005, 9:44
related places: Bihar

A minister in the new government of India's troubled Bihar state is dropped within hours of being sworn in.
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Bindra claims India's first gold

Monday, August 11th 2008, 4:59

Abhinav Bindra becomes India's first individual Olympic gold medallist, winning the men's 10m air rifle shooting title.
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Bird flu confirmed in West Bengal

Tuesday, January 15th 2008, 11:08

Authorities begin a mass poultry cull in India's West Bengal state after confirming an outbreak of bird flu.
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Bird flu cull hit by 'corruption'

Tuesday, January 29th 2008, 11:38

Several bird flu culling teams stop work in the Indian state of West Bengal, complaining of official corruption.
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Bird flu hits India poultry trade

Tuesday, February 21st 2006, 11:35

Indian poultry traders suffer millions of dollars in losses as sales drop following the detection of bird flu.
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Bird flu hits second Indian state

Saturday, February 25th 2006, 18:59

Bird flu spreads to a second Indian state a week after it was first confirmed in the country, health officials say.
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Bird flu hits third Indian state

Wednesday, March 29th 2006, 4:36

Authorities in India's Madhya Pradesh will slaughter 7,000 chickens after detecting a case of deadly H5N1 bird flu.
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Bird flu outbreak nears Calcutta

Thursday, January 24th 2008, 6:18
related places: Calcutta

The bird flu epidemic in the Indian state of West Bengal spreads closer to the capital, Calcutta, officials say.
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Bird flu scare in Indian state

Monday, January 14th 2008, 5:28

Authorities in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal begin investigating the death of thousands of poultry birds.
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Biswas on India

Friday, December 18th 2009, 4:16

Should a brain-damaged woman be allowed to die?
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Bitter tidings

Thursday, September 10th 2009, 23:45

Low production and high prices create sugar crisis in India
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BJP dismisses Gujarat riot claims

Friday, October 26th 2007, 8:34

India's main opposition party rejects claims that its members took part in the 2002 riots in Gujarat.
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BJP expels firebrand politician

Monday, December 5th 2005, 17:45

Uma Bharti, a senior member of India's main opposition party, is expelled for publicly disagreeing with its leaders.
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BJP forms Karnataka government

Friday, May 30th 2008, 10:50

A new government, led by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party takes power in the southern Indian state of Karnataka.
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BJP launches 'security' campaign

Thursday, April 6th 2006, 13:01

Two senior leaders of India's main opposition BJP begin nation-wide tours highlighting security issues.
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BJP meetings hit by attack fears

Wednesday, February 6th 2008, 6:57

India's main opposition party says it has postponed meetings amid warnings of a possible attack on its leader.
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BJP meets to chart tactics

Thursday, September 7th 2006, 8:51

The annual conclave of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party begins in the northern city of Dehradun.
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BJP milestone in southern India

Monday, November 12th 2007, 13:53

India's main opposition BJP takes power in Karnataka - the first time it has governed a southern state.
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BJP protests in campaign CD row

Monday, April 9th 2007, 13:26

India's opposition BJP holds protests amid a row over alleged anti-Muslim campaigning in Uttar Pradesh.
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BJP refuses to drop Varun Gandhi

Monday, March 23rd 2009, 13:24

India's BJP refuses to drop a Gandhi descendant as a candidate despite anti-Muslim accusations by election authorities.
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BJP reserves women posts

Tuesday, January 29th 2008, 6:31

India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party says it will reserve a third of its party posts for women.
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BJP sets out India poll manifesto

Friday, April 3rd 2009, 8:28

India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party releases its election manifesto, with some key financial pledges.
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BJP suspends firebrand politician

Wednesday, November 30th 2005, 10:17

Uma Bharti, a senior member of India's main opposition party, is suspended for disagreeing with its leaders.
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BJP to announce fresh Modi term

Monday, December 24th 2007, 5:47

India's BJP is to announce Narendra Modi will continue as chief minister in Gujarat after his election win.
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BJP wins Karnataka assembly polls

Monday, May 26th 2008, 5:42

The Hindu nationalist BJP wins the assembly polls in the southern Indian state of Karnataka.
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Blackberry spurns Indian spy call

Tuesday, May 27th 2008, 5:31

Makers of Blackberry phones reject India's demands that it be allowed to spy on suspicious text messages.
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