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