India
Defying China, Dalai Lama visits Indian town near border
Ignoring Chinese protests, the Dalai Lama traveled Sunday to a remote town in northeastern India near China's Tibetan border where thousands of pilgrims had braved cold weather to catch a glimpse of their spiritual leader.
Tourism Authority of Thailand opens second India office in Mumbai
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) New Delhi Office announced that TAT will open its second India office in the city of Mumbai on November 2, 2009. This expansion is to accommodate the rapid growth of the Indian tourist outbound travel to Tha...
Major fire at Indian oil depot, 6 killed, 150 injured
New Delhi - A huge fire engulfed an oil depot in India's north-western state of Rajasthan Friday, leaving six people dead and nearly 150 injured, while authorities evacuated an estimated 500,000 people from the area, media reports said.
India must put house in order: PM Singh
NEW DELHI, India — It's time for India to put its "own house in order" Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Friday, arguing that the country's external challenges paled before its domestic ones.
Indian PM says 'new chapter' opening on Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India — India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh heralded Thursday the opening of a "new chapter" in a peace process to end a two-decade-old revolt in Indian-held Kashmir.
Thai Airways keen on expanding its route network in India
Thai Airways, the flag carrier of Thailand is keen on expanding its route network in India in the coming year. Currently operating from Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Hyderabad; the carrier is keen on starting services from Amr...
Thailand keen to invite Bollywood: Deputy PM
Mumbai: Deputy prime minister of Thailand Korbask Sabhavasu has said that Thailand attaches great importance to relations with India and is keen to promote trade and business relations with the country.
India floods death toll crosses 300: officials
BURDIPADU, India — The death toll from the worst floods to hit southern India in decades passed 300, officials said Wednesday, as relief efforts struggled to help survivors.
Millions affected, thousands homeless in South India floods
Millions in India's southern states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka are reeling under the impact of incessant rains that has claimed hundreds of lives and left several thousand homeless.
India and Pakistan Fail to Restart Negotiations
UNITED NATIONS — An attempt by India and Pakistan to agree on resuming either open or back-channel negotiations over the full range of their differences stalled on Sunday, stuck once more by the fallout from the 2008 terrorist attack on Mumbai by ...
More than 100 feared dead in India chimney collapse
RAIPUR, India — Rescuers on Thursday were searching desperately for survivors in rubble left by the collapse of a giant chimney in central India, with a top union official saying more than 100 workers were feared dead.
Stampede kills 5 students at New Delhi school
NEW DELHI — Hundreds of students who were jammed into a narrow school staircase panicked and set off a stampede Thursday that left five girls dead and 31 other students injured in India's capital.
Thousands pay respects to dead Indian politician
NEW DELHI — Tens of thousands of mourners packed a stadium in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad Friday to pay their respects to their popular chief minister who was killed in a helicopter crash this week.
Powerful Indian politician killed in chopper crash
HYDERABAD, India — Rescuers retrieved the bodies Thursday of a powerful Indian politician and four others whose helicopter crashed in dense jungle in southern India during a pounding rainstorm.
Western Indian state bans book on Pakistan's founder
Authorities in the western Indian state of Gujarat state have banned a controversial book on Pakistan's founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah.
India opposition party expels member for praising Pakistan founder
India’s main opposition party on Wednesday expelled former finance minister Jaswant Singh for praising Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah in a book.
India must invest in green technology: PM Singh
India's prime minister said on Tuesday the country must invest in its own environmentally friendly technologies, the latest in myriad pledges from one of the world's biggest polluters to fight climate change.
Pakistani Militants Planning Fresh Terrorist Attacks in India, Prime Minister Singh Says
Terrorist outfits based in Pakistan are planning fresh attacks in India, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said, stressing the need for continued vigilance.
India celebrating 63rd Independence Day
SRINAGAR, India — Troops killed four Muslim rebels in Indian Kashmir as a separatist strike paralysed the restive region Saturday in protest against celebrations marking India's 1947 independence, police said.
Thaicom to launch IPSTAR service in India by H2/2009
Thailand's leading satellite operator, Thaicom PCL THCOM.BK, said on Thursday it expected to launch a high-speed Internet service in India via its broadband satellite IPSTAR in the second half of this year.