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Indian PM starts first state visit under Obama

AFP - 2 hours 37 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived Sunday in the United States for the first state visit under President Barack Obama, an Indian official said. More »

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Separatist blasts kill five in northeast India
AFP - Monday, November 23
GUWAHATI, India (AFP) - - Suspected separatists in northeast India set off two explosions on Sunday killing five people and wounding 50 more, police said, as two of the movement's leaders remained under arrest.
Bomb blasts kill six, wound 40 in India's northeast
Reuters - Monday, November 23
GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - At least six people were killed and 40 wounded in two bomb blasts in northeast India's troubled Assam state on Sunday, police said.
Two Pakistanis suspected of Mumbai attack funding arrested
AFP - Sunday, November 22
ROME (AFP) - - Two Pakistanis have been arrested in Italy on suspicion of having sent money to people implicated in the Mumbai attacks in November 2008, Italian media reported Saturday, citing anti-terror police.
Italian police arrest two linked to Mumbai attacks
AFP - Sunday, November 22
ROME (AFP) - - Italian police have arrested two Pakistanis whose money transfer service was allegedly used by those in contact with militants who carried out the 2008 Mumbai attacks, media reported Saturday.
Indian railways seek protection after fresh attack
AFP - Saturday, November 21
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) - - India's railways minister said Friday she would seek extra protection for the state-run service after the latest in a series of rebel attacks left two dead in the east of the country.
India's attack on Maoists troubles European aid body
Reuters - Saturday, November 21
By Nita Bhalla
Mumbai's Taj hotel picks up pieces
AFP - Thursday, November 19
MUMBAI (AFP) - - The general manager of Mumbai's Taj Mahal Palace and Tower hotel, Karambir Singh Kang, still works at the place where his wife and two children were killed.
Bollywood changes its tune with English lyrics
AFP - Wednesday, November 18
MUMBAI (AFP) - - First came offshore locations, then foreign special effects experts, fashion designers and movie titles.
Ranbir Kapoor tipped as Bollywood's next male superstar
AFP - Tuesday, November 17
MUMBAI (AFP) - - For years, Amitabh Bachchan and the three Khans -- Shah Rukh, Aamir and Salman -- have been Bollywood's leading male actors.
India fraud office to prosecute Satyam founder
AFP - Tuesday, November 17
NEW DELHI (AFP) - - India's fraud office will file charges this month against the founder of outsourcer Satyam after he admitted to falsifying profits in the nation's biggest corporate fraud, a minister said Monday.
India says six rebels killed on Kashmir border
Reuters - Sunday, November 15
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - The Indian army shot dead six separatist militants Saturday as they tried to cross into Indian Kashmir, the fourth such infiltration attempt to be foiled in the last two weeks, an army spokesman said.
Indian landslides, flash floods kill 45: police
AFP - Wednesday, November 11
CHENNAI, India (AFP) - - Heavy rain in southern India triggered flash floods and landslides that killed 45 people in the last 24 hours and left about 1,000 tourists stranded, police said Tuesday.
Remote Tawang buoys last vestiges of old Tibet
Reuters - Tuesday, November 10
By Krittivas Mukherjee
Dalai Lama visits Indian state disputed by China
Reuters - Monday, November 9
By Krittivas Mukherjee
Villagers flee war zone as India battles Maoists
Reuters - Saturday, November 7
By Bappa Majumdar
Indian Sikhs defy advice to pray in Pakistan
AFP - Friday, November 6
HASAN ABDAL, Pakistan (AFP) - - Roads were closed, shops shuttered and police on guard in Hasan Abdal, near Pakistan's capital, as about 2,000 Indian Sikh pilgrims defied advice to honour the founder of the faith.
Pre-paid mobile ban hits Kashmiri lovers
AFP - Thursday, November 5
SRINAGAR, India (AFP) - - Secret lovers in Indian-controlled Kashmir, used to arranging trysts on their mobile phones, are up in arms over a ban on pre-paid connections announced last week by the government.
India's pot-bellied males hit gym for Bollywood buff look
AFP - Wednesday, November 4
NEW DELHI (AFP) - - For Raghu Ghai, the day begins and ends at the same place -- a gym in New Delhi where he pursues his quest for bulging biceps, a "six-pack" stomach and slab-like chest muscles.
IMF sells gold to India's central bank
AP - Wednesday, November 4
WASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund has sold 200 metric tons of gold worth $6.7 billion to India's central bank as part of an effort to shore up IMF finances and increase low-cost lending to developing countries.