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  • Indian Sikhs defy advice to pray in Pakistan

    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

    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

    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.

  • Slumdog stars 'may lose allowance' for skipping school

    AFP - Tuesday, November 3

    MUMBAI (AFP) - - Two child stars from the Oscar-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire" may lose their monthly allowance unless they improve their school attendance, a report said on Monday.

  • India oil blaze rages on, ten dead: official

    India oil blaze rages on, ten dead: official

    AFP - Sunday, November 1

    JAIPUR, India (AFP) - - A massive fire at an oil depot in western India had left ten people dead, an official said Sunday, as the blaze raged on after more than 48 hours.

  • Bush says Afghan war must be won

    Bush says Afghan war must be won

    AFP - Saturday, October 31

    NEW DELHI (AFP) - - Former US president George W. Bush said Saturday that the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan must be won to stop a return to "brutal tyranny" in the nation.

  • S.Korea announces arrest of N.Korean spy

    S.Korea announces arrest of N.Korean spy

    AFP - Friday, October 30

    SEOUL (AFP) - - South Korean security authorities Thursday announced the arrest of a college lecturer on charges of spying for North Korea, saying he was recruited by Pyongyang's agents in India.

  • India's Sikhs wait for justice 25 years after pogrom

    India's Sikhs wait for justice 25 years after pogrom

    AFP - Thursday, October 29

    NEW DELHI (AFP) - - For Gurdeep Kaur, this weekend marks the 25th anniversary of the day she saw her son burnt alive during an orgy of anti-Sikh violence sparked by the killing of India's then prime minister.

  • Indian president meets British PM in state visit

    Indian president meets British PM in state visit

    AFP - Thursday, October 29

    LONDON (AFP) - - Prime Minister Gordon Brown welcomed Indian President Pratibha Patil to Britain Wednesday on the second day of her state visit which he said showed growing ties between the two nations.

  • Kashmir under heavy security for Indian PM visit

    Kashmir under heavy security for Indian PM visit

    AFP - Wednesday, October 28

    SRINAGAR, India (AFP) - - Indian Kashmir was under tight security Wednesday as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was due to arrive in the insurgency-hit region on a two-day tour.

  • Fugitive Briton arrested in Goa: Indian police

    Fugitive Briton arrested in Goa: Indian police

    AFP - Wednesday, October 28

    PANAJI, India (AFP) - - Indian police in the western state of Goa arrested a British man on the run from a 15-year jail term over charges of kidnapping and torturing a shop manager in Lancashire.

  • Afghanistan in focus at trilateral meeting

    Reuters - Tuesday, October 27

    By Krittivas Mukherjee

  • India anti-Maoist drive draws applause, concern

    India anti-Maoist drive draws applause, concern

    AFP - Tuesday, October 27

    RAIPUR, India (AFP) - - India has decided to confront its Maoist insurgency head on, with a planned offensive that has been embraced by affected states but challenged over its impact on the people it aims to "liberate".

  • Japan calls on India to make climate commitment

    Reuters - Sunday, October 25

    By Yoko Nishikawa

  • Somali pirates take Panamanian carrier, 26 crew

    AFP - Friday, October 23

    NAIROBI (AFP) - - Pirates captured a Panamanian-flagged ship with 26 crew off the East Africa coast on Thursday and fired rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons at an Italian ship, which escaped.

  • Dalai Lama to visit disputed Indian state on November8

    Reuters - Friday, October 23

    By Abhishek Madhukar

  • China ignoring tiger trade: campaign group

    China ignoring tiger trade: campaign group

    AFP - Friday, October 23

    NEW DELHI (AFP) - - China is turning a blind eye to the thriving illegal trade in tiger parts, a campaign group said Thursday following an undercover investigation in western China and Tibet.

  • India's Congress party wins state polls - TV

    Reuters - Friday, October 23

    By Bappa Majumdar

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