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Articles of the author Sunrita Sen
Mumbai residents pay 437,000 dollars in spitting fines
New Delhi (dpa) – Residents of India's financial hub, Mumbai, paid fines worth 437,000 dollars for spitting in just six months in spite of health officials warning it was spreading tuberculosis, news reports said Sunday. The 200-rupee (about (...)

25 - 03 - 2012
Indian Maoists release one Italian hostage
New Delhi/Rome (dpa) – One of two Italians abducted by Maoist rebels in the eastern Indian state of Orissa was released Sunday, the Italian Foreign Ministry confirmed. Tourist Claudio Colangelo, 61, was released to a correspondent of NDTV, the (...)

25 - 03 - 2012
Maoists abduct Indian politician involved in Italy talks
New Delhi (dpa) – Talks on the release of two Italians kidnapped by India's Maoist rebels would not be derailed despite the abduction of a legislator from the state's ruling party, Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said Saturday. Over 100 (...)

24 - 03 - 2012
Safety a priority in India's nuclear program, says Singh
New Delhi (dpa) – India is committed to the highest safety standards as it expands its nuclear power program, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Saturday as he left to attend a nuclear security summit in Seoul. India, which depends heavily on oil (...)

24 - 03 - 2012
Talks on release of Italians held by India's Maoists suspended
New Delhi (dpa) – Talks on the release of two Italians kidnapped by India's Maoist rebels were suspended Saturday following the abduction of a local politician, the mediators said. The talks could not continue while the Maoist rebels continued to (...)

24 - 03 - 2012
Two men sentenced to death for rape, murder in India
New Delhi (dpa) – An Indian court Tuesday sentenced to death two men convicted of the rape and murder of a woman in the southern city of Pune in 2007, news reports said. According to evidence presented in the court, the 22-year-old woman was (...)

20 - 03 - 2012
12 children killed as bus falls into canal in southern India
New Delhi (dpa) – At least 12 children were killed Tuesday when their school bus plunged into a canal in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, police said. The school bus carrying more than 20 children skidded off a bridge and fell into (...)

20 - 03 - 2012
India's Supreme Court rejects government plea in Vodafone tax case
New Delhi (dpa) – India's Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a government plea to review a previous ruling that British telecom firm Vodafone should not pay a tax bill of 2.5 billion dollars for its 2007 acquisition of Indian operator Hutchison (...)

20 - 03 - 2012
Protesters arrested at Indian nuclear plant
New Delhi (dpa) – Over 100 protesters have been arrested for defying orders prohibiting gathering outside a nuclear power plant in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, news reports said Tuesday. Safety concerns have prompted local villagers (...)

20 - 03 - 2012
BRICS: Indian economy showing a turnaround
NEW DELHI (dpa): The Indian economy showed clear signs of being on the cusp of recovery after a year of slower-than-expected growth, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Friday while unveiling the government's annual budget in (...)

16 - 03 - 2012
Violent protests in Kashmir after man run over by army truck
NEW DELHI (dpa): Violent protests erupted in India-administered Kashmir Saturday after a man was run over by an army truck, news reports said. A mob torched the army vehicle and injured two soldiers after the accident in the town of Khannabal, 55 (...)

10 - 03 - 2012
Hindus stall film shoot in India recreating bin Laden's hideout
NEW DELHI (dpa): Right-wing Hindu activists on Friday disrupted the shooting of a film by Hollywood director Kathryn Bigelow's recreating Osama bin Laden's Pakistan hideout in the Indian city Chandigarh, news reports said. Bigelow is making a (...)

02 - 03 - 2012
Indian police seize guns, documents from Italian ship
NEW DELHI (dpa): Indian police on Sunday seized guns and documents from the Italian oil tanker whose guards allegedly shot two Indian fishermen after suspecting they were pirates, media reports said. Two marines posted as guards on the Enrica (...)

26 - 02 - 2012
Stampede at Muslim shrine in India leaves 12 dead
New Delhi (dpa) – At least 12 people, including four women, died Saturday in a stampede during a religious ceremony of a Muslim sect in central India, officials said. The accident occurred at Hussain Tekri, in Madhya Pradesh's Ratlam district, (...)

14 - 01 - 2012
India, Japan agree 15 billion dollar currency swap
New Delhi (dpa) – India and Japan on Wednesday signed a series of deals designed to develop transport infrastructure in India and agreed to a 15-billion-dollar currency swap agreement to help shore the Indian rupee. The agreements were signed (...)

29 - 12 - 2011
Indian family makes Facebook appeal to get son's body home
New Delhi (dpa) – An Indian father who learned on Facebook of his son's death in a racial attack in Britain is using the social networking site to try and get his body home, Indian Express newspaper reported Wednesday. Subhash Bidve discovered (...)

28 - 12 - 2011
Indian Parliament begins three-day debate on anti-graft bill
New Delhi (dpa) – India's Parliament Tuesday began a three-day debate on anti-corruption legislation as activist Anna Hazare prepared to go on a new hunger strike to demand a stronger law. The bill envisages setting up an independent ombudsman (...)

27 - 12 - 2011
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