Commonwealth Games organisers launched an investigation into the water quality at the event’s pool after reports that over 50 swimmers had fallen ill.
Indian BlackBerry users reacted with dismay on Friday to a government threat to block data services on security grounds.
Indian cricket authorities suspended the driving force behind the Premier League on Monday in a bid to stem an escalating tax and match-fixing crisis.
An Indian court on Thursday sentenced to death three people, including a married couple, for planting bombs that killed 52 in Mumbai in 2003.
The trial of a gunman from the Mumbai attacks was adjourned on Tuesday to give the prosecution more time to respond to his dramatic confession.
Militants who attacked Mumbai were urged to kill their hostages in cold blood, according to transcripts of intercepted phone calls.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday said he took ”full responsibility” for the decision not to call an early election, but rejected claims he had run scared from a possible defeat. Brown told an often rowdy news conference that he had instead opted to wait and take a long-term approach before going to the polls.
Visiting British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Monday that he and United States President George Bush will ”step up” pressure to end violence in Sudan’s Darfur province, as the two leaders wrapped up talks. ”I’ve agreed with the president that we step up our pressure to end the violence that has displaced two million people,” Brown told a press conference.
Tony Blair prepared on Wednesday to hand the British premiership to Gordon Brown after 10 years in office, as speculation grew he was to become a Middle East envoy. The formal handover was scheduled to take place at Queen Elizabeth II’s official London residence at Buckingham Palace.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday received a standing ovation and ringing praise from his senior ministers as he chaired an emotional last Cabinet meeting before leaving office. Among the tributes paid was one from incoming premier Gordon Brown, who told Blair that his achievements in office had transformed the country.