A return to India, this time with Mom Orlando Sentinel DELHI - The driver tossed our bags into the trunk of a white Ambassador cab and pressed his palms together. | "Welcome to India, sir. Is this your wife?" | "No, she's my mother." | Mom giggled; neither of us was sure whether the driver's motivation was flattery or innocence. But it was an encouragin...
India quietly observes 10th anniversary of nuclear tests+ AOL NEW DELHI, May 11 (Kyodo) - India on Sunday quietly observed the 10th anniversary of its underground nuclear tests that stunned the world and served as the occasion for India to declare itself a nuclear weapons state. | No official ceremonies were held to commemorate May 11-13, 1998, when India test...
Beaten up and robbed by seven men The Star | KUALA LUMPUR: An Indian national is crying foul, claiming he was beaten up and robbed by seven men, including a policeman, in an alley near the Masjid Jamek LRT station. | The victim, Ayyavu Gannapandhithan, 34, also claimed to have single-handedly...
MIC man wants Indian rep appointed in each constituency The Star | KUALA Kangsar MIC division chief M. Bhupalan said an Indian representative should be appointed in each parliamentary constituency to identify and handle the problems in each constituency, Tamil Nesan reported. | He said it would be easier for these...
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India's software state votes in high-stakes election Turkish Press | The Indian national flag and national emblem in Bangalore. The southern Indian state of Karnataka goes to the polls Saturday in a crucial election testing the ruling Congress par...
India protests border shooting Gulf Daily News | SRINAGAR: India will lodge a protest with Pakistan after soldiers came under heavy cross-border fire while trying to stop a group of armed men from sneaking into its part of Kash...
India may ease rice curbs as supply worries linger International Herald Tribune | : India said on Friday it may allow limited rice exports, a sign that a global supply crisis could start to ease, as Philippine traders held off purchases hoping for new crops so...
Inflation Spurs India To Limit Futures Trade Wall Street Journal | NEW DELHI -- In an effort to curb inflation, India's government has suspended futures trade in four commodities, and many economists expect further restrictions in this nascent market. | Inflation at the wholesale level has been hovering above 7% o...
Slap for Sree, boost for ratings The Star | Some pin the behaviour in the Harbhajan-Sreesanth Slapgate to big bucks, which turned young men arrogant and irresponsible. Nevertheless, the antics of IPL cricket players have helped to add more appeal to the games. | IT IS probably the costliest ...
Bird flu resurfaces in India Independent online | Kolkata, India - Veterinary workers were getting ready to cull thousands of backyard poultry to contain an outbreak of bird flu in India's eastern state of West Bengal which has struggled to control the virus since January. | The communist-ruled state briefly contained the outbreak by culling more than four million birds in 14 of its 19 districts...
India key market for Australian food companies The Times Of India | MELBOURNE/HOBART: The emergence of India as a major economy has led many food companies from Australia to eye the booming Indian market for cheese, wines, fruit, vegetables, meat, beef and marine foods. | India is a key market for Australian wheat and apples and efforts are now on at various levels to ensure more shelf space for Australian items ...
Fans pack chapel for glimpse of Bollywood heartthrob Canada Dot Com | He has starred in more than 120 films, has trained in martial arts since he was a child and performs his own action-hero stunts. | But when Bollywood heartthrob Akshay Kumar received his newest title -- Dr. -- he felt weak in the knees. | "Wow," Kumar said Friday night at a crowded and electric convocation ceremony at Assumption University chapel...
