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India gang-rape suspects due in court

Five men charged with the brutal gang rape and murder of a student in New Delhi are due to appear in court for the first time.

India in uproar after crackdown on anti-corruption protest

India in uproar after crackdown on anti-corruption protest

Indian police arrested an anti-corruption hunger-striker and detained 1 400 of his supporters on Tuesday in a crackdown that provoked outrage in

India pushes Pakistan to crack down on militants

India pushes Pakistan to crack down on militants

India PM Manmohan Singh on Sunday warned Pakistan that a recent resumption of dialogue would go nowhere unless Islamabad cracks down on militancy.

India seeks extradition of US boss over Bhopal disaster

India seeks extradition of US boss over Bhopal disaster

India is to push the US to extradite the American former boss of the company blamed for the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster.

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Afghan, Indian leaders discuss militant threat

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Afghan President Hamid Karzai met on Monday and vowed to tackle militant violence.

‘Hundreds of thousands’ of Tibetans killed

The Dalai Lama on Tuesday accused China of having killed hundreds of thousands of his people and transforming his homeland into a "hell on earth".

Dalai Lama welcomes Chinese offer for talks

The Dalai Lama on Friday welcomed China’s offer to meet his envoy for talks after weeks of protests over Tibet and repeated calls from the exiled spiritual leader for dialogue…

India bristles at Chinese security for Olympic flame

Grim-faced Chinese guards protecting the Olympic torch have attracted further criticism ahead of the global relay’s arrival in India, where bitter memories of war with its…

Boje denies links to match-fixing scam

South Africa bowler Nicky Boje on Tuesday denied charges of match-fixing under questioning by Indian police probing the scandal that hit cricket seven years ago, officials said.…

Rivers recede but millions go hungry in South Asia

The toll from floods across South Asia soared to nearly 1 900 on Tuesday as water levels in the region’s swollen rivers started to recede. Aid workers struggled to deliver…

Tourism, development seen as a threat to Goa

The once low-budget tourist haven of Goa is facing a crisis, environmentalists say, as developers force up land prices and a tourism boom threatens the delicate coastal ecology.…

Army seals off bloodied capital of Indian Kashmir

Indian troops sealed off large parts of Kashmir’s summer capital following random grenade attacks and murders ahead of a visit on Wednesday by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.…

City struck by bombers is Hinduism’s holiest site

The city of Varanasi, reeling from a deadly triple bomb attack, is India’s holiest Hindu site where pilgrims flock to wash away their sins in the sacred River Ganges and to die.…

Please leave, Andamans beg tsunami aid brigade

A surge in job-seekers sailing to the Andamans for a slice of the post-tsunami aid pie could alter the archipelago’s demography and further squeeze its indigenous peoples,…

Tsunami survivors beg for houses in Andamans

Housing being provided by India in the tsunami-battered Andamans is ”totally unsuitable”, a United Nations expert said, while thousands of survivors crammed into tin shacks…

Baby Tsunami celebrates first birthday

Tsunami was born on the morning of December 26 2004 to an exhausted mother sheltering in a crevice in the ground from the giant waves that crashed into India’s Andaman…