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Amnesty calls on EU, India to protect human rights in South Asia
New Delhi - The European Union and India should work together at the United Nations to protect human rights in places of crisis, particularly in the South Asian region, Amnesty International said Friday. The call came in a letter sent to Swedish Prim...

[Posted on : 2009-11-06 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

22 killed as bus plunges into gorge in India
New Delhi - At least 22 people were killed Friday when a passenger bus fell into a gorge in India's mountainous northern state of Himachal Pradesh, news reports said. The bus skidded off a highway and plunged into a 30-metre gorge in Kangra district,...

[Posted on : 2009-11-06 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

Trade pact, climate change to top India-EU summit agenda
New Delhi - India and the European Union on Friday are to hold their 10th summit, which could see both sides provide a fresh impetus to a proposed trade pact and narrow differences over climate change. The summit, which marks a decade of growing rela...

[Posted on : 2009-11-05 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

Indian rebel leaders arrested in Dhaka, reports say
New Delhi - A major separatist group in India's north-eastern state of Assam claimed Thursday that two of its senior leaders were arrested in Bangladesh and handed over to Indian authorities, news reports said. The banned United Liberation Front of A...

[Posted on : 2009-11-05 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

Eight children die as boat capsizes in India's Kerala state
New Delhi - At least eight schoolchildren drowned when a boat capsized in a river in India's southern state of Kerala, police said Thursday. The accident occurred in the Chaliyar river in Mallapuram district some 340 kilometres north of state capital...

[Posted on : 2009-11-05 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

Sri Lanka's ex-army chief leaves US without facing questioning
Colombo – General Sarath Fonseka, who was Sri Lanka's army commander when it defeated Tamil separatist rebels in May, left the United States without being questioned by US authorities about the final phase of military operations against the guerrilla...

[Posted on : 2009-11-04 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

Development not possible in shadow of gun, Indian premier says
New Delhi - In a clear message to India's Maoist rebels, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Wednesday that sustained development in areas inhabited by tribal people could not take place in an atmosphere of violence. Speaking at a conference on tribal...

[Posted on : 2009-11-04 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

India congratulates Karzai, says committed to Afghan reconstruction
New Delhi - India on Tuesday congratulated Afghan President Hamid Karzai on his re-election and said it looked forward to partnering with the war-torn country in its reconstruction efforts. A statement issued by India's External Affairs Ministry also...

[Posted on : 2009-11-03 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

Minister says India cannot view Islam as an alien faith
New Delhi - Muslims had contributed much to the building of modern India and the country could not view Islam as an alien faith, federal Home Minister P Chidambaram said Tuesday, according to news reports. Chidambaram was addressing a gathering of 10...

[Posted on : 2009-11-03 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

Bangladesh pledges not to shelter international terrorists
Dhaka - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed on Tuesday declared that her Muslim-majority nation would never allow international terrorists to operate in the country. Bangladesh will never allow its territory to be used for launching any te...

[Posted on : 2009-11-03 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

 

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