Bombs kill 60 and wound 150 in western India
Bombs ripped through crowded parts of this ancient city in western India on Tuesday, killing 60 people and wounding 150, police said. The seven explosions in Jaipur took place in markets and several other areas of the city in Rajasthan, a region dotted with palaces and temples that draws hundreds of thousands of tourists every year, said A.S. Gill, the state's police chief.
Nations:India Pakistan
2008-05-13
Radical Tibetan disrupted Olympic in India
Hundreds of Tibetan demonstrators were arrested in India and neighbouring Nepal Thursday as thousands of police and soldiers defended the Beijing Olympic torch on a suffocating run through New Delhi.
Nations:India People:Mahatma Gandhi Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics Torch 2008 Tibet Riot 2008 Beijing Olympics
2008-04-17
Tibetans storm into Chinese embassy in New Delhi
About two dozen Tibetan activists living in exile in India broke through the gates of the Chinese embassy on Wednesday and painted "Free Tibet" on the building walls before being arrested by police, witnesses said.
Nations:China India People:Dalai Lama Activities:Tibet Issues
2007-10-10
Death toll rises in South Asia floods
Torrents of water washed away homes, crops and cows, leaving hungry and frightened villagers perched in treetops or on roofs as the death toll rose Friday from monsoon rains across northern India and Bangladesh.
Nations:India Activities:2007 South Asian Flood
2007-08-03
U.S., India announce completion of nuclear deal
The United States and India said on Friday they have completed negotiations on a nuclear cooperation deal that would offer enormous benefits for both sides.
Nations:India People:Condoleezza Rice Activities:India-U.S.
2007-07-27
13 die in explosion, clashes in India
A bomb ripped through a historic mosque Friday in south India, and 13 people were killed -- 11 in the blast and two in subsequent clashes between angry Muslim worshippers and security forces, police said.
Nations:India Pakistan
2007-05-18
India, China discuss decades-old border row
The world's two most populous countries, India and China, began another round of talks to resolve their decades-old border dispute, an official said.
Nations:China India People:Dai Bingguo Hu Jintao Activities:China-India Territorial Disputes
2007-04-21
India, China to discuss border row next week
Officials from the world's most populous countries and economic rivals, India and China, will hold fresh talks next week to resolve a decades-old border dispute, an official said Saturday.
Nations:China India People:Li Zhaoxing Dai Bingguo Hu Jintao Activities:China-India Territorial Disputes Kashmir Conflict
2007-04-15
Chicago is U.S candidate to host 2016 Games
Chicago was selected by the U.S. Olympic Committee on Saturday to be the U.S. candidate to host the 2016 Summer Games.
Nations:U.S. Brazil India Spain Italy U.K. Activities:2016 Summer Olympics
2007-04-14
49 police officers killed in India
Communist rebels armed with rifles, hand grenades and petrol bombs attacked a police post in the jungles of eastern India on Thursday, killing at least 49 officers, police said.
Nations:India
2007-03-15
Sketches released in India train attack
Indian police released sketches Tuesday of two men suspected of planting the bombs that sparked a fire on a train to Pakistan, killing 68 people in an attack officials said was intended to disrupt the steadily improving ties between the longtime rival countries.
Nations:Pakistan India Activities:Kashmir Conflict
2007-02-20
66 die in India-Pakistan train attack
Two bombs exploded on a train headed from India to Pakistan, sparking a fire that swept through two coaches and killed 66 people in an attack that officials said Monday was aimed at undermining the peace process between the rivals.
Nations:India Pakistan People:Pervez Musharraf Activities:India-Pakistan Kashmir Conflict
2007-02-19
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