Tag: India
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India-Pakistan border dispute | India warns Pakistan of heavy response if clashes persist
Indian Defense Minister Arun Jaitley warned Pakistan that it will face a heavy military response if it continues attacks along the disputed border of the nuclear-armed ... -
INDIA-PAKISTAN BORDER DISPUTE | 3rd night of gunfire leaves 4 dead
Troops traded heavy fire between Pakistan and Indian-controlled Kashmir, killing at least four civilians and worsening tensions between the long-time rivals, officials on both sides said yesterday. ... -
DIPLOMACY | Obama, Modi say they will set new US-India agenda
President Barack Obama and India’s new Prime Minister Narendra Modi said yesterday that “it is time to set a new agenda” between their countries, addressing concerns that the world’s two ... -
INDIA DIPLOMACY | Modi courts Indian-Americans at Madison Sq Garden
A day after addressing a hushed U.N. General Assembly, where headphone-wearing delegates rarely break into a smile, India’s new prime minister is assured a raucous reception as he ... -
INDIA | Modi looks to big US welcome, mended ties
When India’s prime minister visits the United States this week, he’ll see a welcome normally reserved for rock stars — a sold-out appearance at Madison Square Garden. It’s ... -
SPACE | Mission accomplished: India joins Mars explorers
India triumphed in its first interplanetary mission, placing a satellite into orbit around Mars yesterday and catapulting the country into an elite club of deep-space explorers. ... -
INDIA | Tiger kills boy who climbed zoo enclosure
A white tiger killed a young man who climbed over a fence at the New Delhi zoo and jumped into the animal’s enclosure yesterday, a spokesman said. Despite ... -
28 dead in landslides, floods in northeast India
Landslides and flash floods triggered by two days of heavy rain have killed at least 28 people in India’s remote northeast, officials said yesterday. At least ... -
Dalai Lama praises Xi as ‘realistic’
The Dalai Lama praised Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday for being “more realistic” and principled than his predecessors, a day after Xi’s three-day visit to ... -
INDIA | Delhi, Beijing vow cooperation as border troops face off
Indian and Chinese troops faced off along their Himalayan border yesterday as the countries’ leaders held a rare meeting in New Delhi, promising to boost economic cooperation and ... -
Trade, investment hopes as Xi begins India visit
Chinese President Xi Jinping landed in the Indian prime minister’s home state of Gujarat yesterday for a three-day visit expected to focus on India’s need to ... -
Xi’s India visit highlights changing power dynamic
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s trip to India this week highlights subtle shifts in the regional power dynamic that are bringing warmer ties between the two Asian ... -
INDIA | Modi’s Kashmir flood relief may earn him Muslim goodwill
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stepped up the military’s operation to save thousands from floods in Muslim-majority Jammu and Kashmir, where his Hindu nationalist party will ... -
INDIA | Monsoon floods kill nearly 300 in Kashmir
Landslides and flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains have killed nearly 300 people in large swaths of northern India and Pakistan, officials said yesterday. Five ... -
TERRORISM | Al-Qaida leader says it has expanded into India
Al-Qaida has expanded into India, the leader of the terror group said in a video released yesterday, vowing that its militants would bring Islamic law to the ... -
JAPAN | Tokyo and Delhi pledge to strengthen ties as Beijing rises
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged an upgrade of economic and security ties with India, saying Japan would double investment and expand defense cooperation amid concerns about ... -
JAPAN | Modi visit draws pledges of support from Tokyo
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi courted Japan’s government and business leaders yesterday, winning pledges of help for his effort to revitalize the lagging Indian economy. Modi ... -
INDIA | ‘Untouchables’ still forced to clean human excrement
Hundreds of thousands of impoverished, low-caste Indians are still working with their bare hands to clean human excrement from open roads and millions of dry pit ... -
INDIA | Jewish center reopens 6 years after Mumbai attacks
Rabbis from across Asia yesterday celebrated the reopening of a Jewish center targeted by rampaging Pakistani gunmen who stormed through Mumbai on a 60-hour killing spree ... -
INDIA | Stampede at Hindu holy procession kills 10
A pre-dawn stampede killed 10 people yesterday as tens of thousands of Hindus were worshipping in an annual procession in central India, police said. Some 50,000 ... -
THAILAND | Interpol seeks clues to ‘baby factory’ case
Interpol said it has launched a multinational investigation into what Thailand has dubbed the “Baby Factory” case: a 24-year-old Japanese businessman who has 16 surrogate babies ... -
INDIA | Poachers now threaten lesser-known animals
Wildlife poachers, hindered by India’s efforts to protect majestic endangered animals including tigers and rhinos, have begun to think smaller. And activists say scores of the country’s lesser-known ... -
PAKISTAN | Thousands of protesters rally demanding Sharif step down
Tens of thousands of protesters thronged the streets of Pakistan’s capital Saturday, defying pouring rain to answer the call of a fiery cleric and a cricket star-turned-politician who ... -
INDIA | Asbestos pushed as product for the poor
The executives mingled over tea and sugar cookies, and the chatter was upbeat. Their industry, they said at the conference in the Indian capital, saves lives ... -
THAILAND | Australian case casts spotlight on business of surrogacy
For thousands of well-off childless couples, the dream of having a baby is often realized in places like Thailand and India. Ready to help them are ... -
INDIA | Mudslide swallows village; at least 30 dead
Rescuers using earth-moving equipment and their bare hands dug through heavy mud and debris yesterday after a landslide engulfed an entire village in western India, killing at ... -
INDIA | Landslide hits village, 150 may be trapped
Torrential rains triggered a massive landslide that buried a remote village in western India yesterday, sweeping away scores of houses and possibly trapping more than 150 people, ... -
Gandhi to join Churchill, Mandela in London square
Katy Daigle, New Delhi A statue of India’s pacifist freedom fighter Mohandas K. Gandhi will be placed in London’s Parliament Square alongside other famous statesmen, including ...
