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Five police killed in Maoist attack in central India
New Delhi - At least five policemen were killed and six injured Thursday in a landmine blast triggered by suspected Maoist rebels in the central Indian state Chhattisgarh, a news report said. The incident occurred in a hamlet in the southern Surguja ...

[Posted on : 2008-09-04 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

10 killed as bus plunges into river in northern India
New Delhi - At least 10 people were killed and another 10 are missing after a bus plunged into a river in India's northern state of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, a news report said. More than 20 were injured in the accident when the bus skidded off ...

[Posted on : 2008-09-04 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

Shortage of tents hits relief effort in India's flood-hit Bihar
New Delhi - The Indian army Thursday said there was an acute shortage of tents to house hundreds of thousands of flood victims in the eastern state of Bihar, news reports said. The army, tasked with relief and rescue operations, has been able to send...

[Posted on : 2008-09-04 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

As time runs out, US seeks nuclear trade waiver for India - 2nd Update
Vienna - The United States said Thursday it was making progress in clinching a deal among nuclear-exporting countries to allow exports to India, as Washington is trying to find international consensus for a trade waiver before the US presidential ele...

[Posted on : 2008-09-04 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

Under time pressure, US aims to clinch India nuclear waiver - Update
Vienna - Nuclear-exporting countries gathered in Vienna Thursday for a second round of talks on allowing exports to India as Washington was under pressure to build an international consensus for a trade waiver before the US presidential election. As ...

[Posted on : 2008-09-04 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

Floods displace thousands in central Bangladesh
Dhaka - Floods in northern and central Bangladesh displaced thousands of families Thursday as rescuers braced for another day of heavy rains, officials said. A spokesperson for the Disaster Management Office said nearly 50,000 people were stranded on...

[Posted on : 2008-09-04 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

Casualties mount in fighting in northern Sri Lanka
Colombo – Sri Lanka's military said it had killed 37 Tamil separatist rebels Thursday amid mounting casualties on both sides in fierce fighting in northern Sri Lanka. Both the military and the rebels said Thursday that heavy fighting had taken place ...

[Posted on : 2008-09-04 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

Ex-premier's son freed after long detention in Bangladesh - Summary
Dhaka - The military-backed interim government in Bangladesh set free Wednesday the jailed elder son of former prime minister Khaleda Zia who was held for more than a year on charges of corruption, judicial officials said. Tarique Rahman, set to wear...

[Posted on : 2008-09-03 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

PREVIEW: Uncertainty over nuclear trade waiver for India this week
Vienna - It is not clear whether nuclear-exporting countries will be able to agree this week to make an exception to its trade rules to allow exports to India, according to sources close to the negotiations. The Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG), which ...

[Posted on : 2008-09-03 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

India's flood-hit Bihar grapples with epidemic fears
New Delhi - As flood waters receded in India's eastern state of Bihar, authorities and the military Wednesday faced the challenge of warding off mass epidemics in inundated areas and relief camps, news reports and officials said. More than 115 people...

[Posted on : 2008-09-03 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

 

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