The poaching of rare turtles and dolphins off India’s eastern coast for their aphrodisiac value in Chinese and Hong Kong markets has increased over the past two years.
At a time when e-mail threatens to banish the postman to the museum, mail-runners are still the only means of communication in remote regions of India
Indian commandos early on Wednesday stormed a Hindu temple in the riot-torn eastern state of Gujarat and killed three gunmen, ending a bloody siege which left 30 devotees dead.
More than 1 900 people have died in Kashmir’s vicious separatist struggle this year, including 136 people in the first half of August, official sources say.
Suspected Islamic militants on Tuesday killed nine Hindus and wounded two dozen others as devotees slept in tents along a Kashmir pilgrimage route.
Swirling floodwaters which have left 500 dead and millions homeless continue to affect vast tracts of Bangladesh, India and Nepal.
Indian security forces shot dead seven Islamic militants in three separate overnight encounters in Indian-administered Kashmir, a police representative said on Friday.
Flash floods triggered by monsoon rains in India’s northeastern state of Assam have submerged at least 30 villages, marooning up to 20 000 people.