Krittivas Mukherjee
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/ 8 October 2007

Nuclear row rages in India

The United Nations’s nuclear watchdog head begins a long scheduled trip to India on Monday that has turned into a political flashpoint as a nuclear energy deal with the United States threatens to spark snap elections. The trip comes as India faces an informal end-October deadline to begin securing clearances to clinch the nuclear energy deal.

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/ 8 September 2006

Dozens killed in India explosions

At least 31 people, mostly worshippers at weekly Islamic prayers, were killed and up to 75 injured in a series of explosions in a Muslim-majority town in western India on Friday, police said. The blasts came days after Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that intelligence agencies had warned of more terrorist attacks across the country.

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/ 21 August 2006

Mumbai’s Hitler eatery angers Indian Jews

A new restaurant in India’s financial hub, named after Adolf Hitler and promoted with posters showing the German leader and Nazi swastikas, has infuriated the country’s small Jewish community. Hitler’s Cross, which opened last week, serves up a wide range of continental fare and a big helping of controversy, thanks to a name the owners say they chose to stand out among hundreds of Mumbai eateries.

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/ 21 July 2006

Three arrested for Mumbai train blasts

India has arrested three men in connection with last week’s Mumbai bombings that killed more than 180 people, and urged Pakistan on Friday to hand over a top Kashmiri militant as a gesture of its determination to fight terrorism. The three men, all Indian Muslims, were arrested on suspicion of being involved in the July 11 attacks.