India

Radical Hindus Protest Valentine’s Day in India
Claiming that Valentine’s Day is a Western-influenced "corruption" of their culture, extreme Hindu groups prowled cities in India looking for inappropriate displays of affection.

Of Paper Balls and Lame Death Scenes: Indian Fiction Television
Debate with Indians about anything under the sun, and they will have achieved equal if not more in that field, be it science, information technology or even entertainment. Yes, we have incessantly long, all song and dance, unfrigging believable movies, but all the same we have an entertainment industry that has B - Grade movies and a turnover that will turn some movie industries green with envy.

Autorickshaw: The Little Lord of the Tarmac Jungle
The autorickshaw is a three-wheel contraption that is ubiquitous as a mode of transport in Indian cities and towns. Here is a tongue-in-cheek take on these plucky little vehicles that ply our roads.

From Ras Garba to Disco Dandiya: Journey of an Indian Festival
Garba, Dandiya, Dandiya Raas, Ras Garba.. many names, but the same games. Read on to know more.

The French and Indian War
War, something that nobody wants to see for real…however, it happens nowadays as well. This war seems to have brought victory for the British who soon turned into Americans!

Reverse Racism and Me: Why I Hate The Osho Ashram In Pune
The Osho Ashram in Pune is considered to be a hot spot for everyone around. Here's my two pennies 'bout it.

The 11th July Bomb Blasts in India
If the bomb blasts on 11 July 2006 were engineered by Al Qaeda or its various branches, then all the more reason for the Indian Government to dissociate itself from US war policies. If you want to stop terrorism, a good place to begin is by stopping being one yourself.

Exotic India - Thugs and Khonds
This was one brotherhood that, in all its history, was never touched by the tensions of communal differences.

Oldest Known Living Creature Dies in India
Addwaita, a 255-year-old Aldabra giant tortoise brought to India in the 18th century, has died in a Calcutta Zoo.

Modern Art & India
Art is nothing but depiction of Society. Artists come from Society only and portray nothing but something which is around them. Society is a great influencer in encouraging or discouraging artist’s creativity and thoughts. Experiments go on and on and modern age gives birth to modern art.

Indian in Western Hearts
Perceptions of Asians and the Asian culture for a western audience is what makes a lot of things extremely interesting. Here are some noteworthy misconceptions.

Christmas In India
India is situated in Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan.

The Indian Miniature
The different schools of Indian miniatures - like the Pala, Orissa, Jain, Mughal, Rajasthani and Nepali -- did not spring up like mushrooms after isolated showers.

Sculpting a Sculpture in Indian Way
Sculpture means Differentiation. I feel great when I contribute in sharing art or carving art. Here is a brief introduction to art of sculpting!!

Embroidery - Designs of India
Art is a medium to inter link cultures and values. Thank god for today most of us believes in interweaving cultures especially for inventions and arts.

Indian words are Accepted by Oxford
As the world becomes a smaller place, communication has taken on a speed of its own. Apart from the universal languages, there is lots more that can be `talked’ about. The classical, accepted norms of language are being stretched to receive this new culture.

Parents: Guidelines
India has always been a country of plenty. Hence, there were also, plenty of kids in each family. The small family norm had not set in. India had not experienced the Indira phenomenon.

Hindi? This is pukka English.
What has been the influence of ‘Hindi’, India’s national language, on English?

India’s New Prime Minister - The Reluctant King
He is best remembered as the Finance Minster who lead India’s economic reforms bout a decade and a half ago. There is a slight problem, though..he may turn out to be India’s best bet, but Dr Singh is first and foremost an academic, a learned man..politics is not his cup of tea. Do we have reason to be proud or do we need to just cross our fingers and hope for the best?

India and Space Research
Just take a look, how a developing country like India changed its reputation in International scenario by its consistent efforts. You can find here the chronology of Indian Space Programme.

Excellence Limited
The Indian Institutes of Management, India’s centers of excellence in the education sector, are under severe duress. Recent reports of lofty pays in campus recruitments only add to the pain…will the excellence in these centers survive?

India wins UK’s heart
Britain’s National Health Service (NHS), now facing mounting waiting lists of patients suffering from heart and lung elements, is now considering a new plan to fly them to India for surgery quickly and at almost half the cost.

HOLI : The Festival of Colors
The onset of spring in the tropical countries is the beginning of longer days and shorter nights, in many countries, the beginning of a number of diseases, new plantings and blooming of flowers too. That is, when the flame of the forest comes in full bloom. In India, the most significant festival that actually revels in the experience of color, the sprays of cheers is Holi, the festival of color.

Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II
Sawai Jai Singh II, the remarkable Monarch of Jaipur, was a mathematician, an astronomer, and a town planner par excellence. He set up the famous observatories known as Jantar Mantars and built the city of Jaipur.

Jaipur Curfew Imposed As Bombings Toll Passes 80
The death toll from the serial bomb blasts in Jaipur rose to more than 80 people today, as police imposed a dawn-dusk curfew across the heritage city

Series of Six Bomb Blasts Kills Dozens in Centre of Jaipur
Evening explosions rip through markets and main temple complex in popular tourist destination

Dozens Killed in Indian Market Blasts
Six bombs explode in the center of Jaipur, one of India's most popular tourist destinations

Free Barefoot Doctor, Say Nobel Winners
Twenty two laureates urge Indian PM to quash terror charges of human rights activist who gave medicine to rebels in jail

Organised Retail Zooms in Hyderabad
The organized retail players plan to penetrate in cities such as Chandigarh, Pune and Hyderabad with a major share of investments worth Rs 27,550 crores, as per Assocham reports.

Buying Residential Property in Kolkata
Although Kolkata property markets have always been identified as the end-user one, investor activities have started to gain ground in the city, of late. According to experts, it is DLF that has suddenly brought Kolkata in the attention of real estate investors.

Mobile Technologies in India
The mobile phone industry continues to grow by leaps and bounds as it has in the past few decades. Two open technologies that offer great promise for India are GSM and CDMA

Those Gluttonous Indians
As if I did not have enough to worry about with global warming and skyrocketing fuel prices, I now find myself in a further quandary. It appears that I am to blame for the increasing cost of groceries at Wal-Mart.

Gurgaon Reviving, But ‘Infrastructure’ Still a Road Block
For the last few months Gurgaon real estate industry was undergoing a slow down phase but now it is back to life.

Gurgaon-New Growth Corridors
Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) new tax policy of improving city infrastructure and the need of a business center close to International Airport has once again opened new channels of investment in Gurgaon real estate.

Relocation to Portland: Three Reasons to Choose Lake Oswego
Many people are looking for Portland area neighborhoods to move to. This article explores the three best aspects of Lake Oswego that make it a perfect relocation area in Portland, OR.

India to Crack Down on Doctors Aborting Girls
Only two doctors have been convicted since selective abortion was outlawed

New Growth corridors Open Real Estate Opportunities in Pune
Pune is buzzing with real estate activities and the city is stretching its borders to accommodate new residential, commercial and industrial areas. Pune, known as Maharashtra’s ace city, is witnessing rise in new business activities like the BPO sector, IT and ITES industry.

Metro Rail to Drive Hyderabad Real Estate
On the lines of the Delhi Metro Rail, the government of Andhra Pradesh is all set to introduce the metro rail system in Hyderabad.

Challenging Phase for Indian Real Estate
Analysts may be asserting that the US sub-prime crisis won’t affect India, the real estate sector is perhaps the first one that denies the claims.

'Brain Gain' for India As Elite Return
Top-range salaries tempt back tens of thousands of highly skilled Indians who had moved to the West

The New Passage to India, Business Class
Foreign executives pour in as salaries soar · Shortage of local talent for booming economy

Torch Greeted By Low-key Reception in Indian Capital
Indian police shut down the country's capital as Olympic torch is carried in ceremony drained of pomp and celebration

Delhi Shut Down for Olympic Torch Relay
Thousands of Indian police shut down the country's capital, emptying the streets of crowds and protesters for the Olympic torch relay

Study with eleventh five year plan
Today we discuss something about study with eleventh five year plan. Is it really a great or just fake expectation?

Theme Based and Architecturally Brilliant Luxury Villas in India
India has, over the past few years, seen a large increase in the number of luxury villas being developed. Property market in India is flourishing well with its booming economy and NRI interest.

Exclusive and High-End Properties in Delhi
Are you looking to buy or sell a property in Delhi? But you are not sure of how to find the best areas for investing in Delhi and how to go about making this investment.

Court Doubles Affirmative Action in India's Colleges
Almost half of places at state-funded universities and colleges to be reserved for students from disadvantaged backgrounds

India Reserves Half of University Places for Lower Castes
India's supreme court gives go ahead for almost 50% of places at publicly funded universities to be for lower-caste and other disadvantaged people

India Joins Queue for Africa's Resources
India unveils new strategy of 'resource diplomacy' in Africa, hosting summit meeting and offering financial help

India Offers Aid at First Summit With African Leaders
India unveils new strategy of 'resource diplomacy' in Africa, hosting its first ever summit meeting with leaders from the continent

Making a Difference: the Philanthropic Industrial Powerhouse Rising in the East
Indian conglomerate Tata is no slick upstart but a 140-year-old institution

Land Rover and Jaguar Become Firm's Latest British Brands
Ford announces agreement to sell two car marques to Indian conglomerate Tata for $2.3bn

Indian Firm Buys Jaguar and Land Rover
Silence on speculation that Tata has paid $2.65bn while deal means Ford likely to provide engines for both marques

Real estate developers in India
Real estate in India, due to this reason, is one of the biggest growing sectors. Buy a property in India is also suitable for investors due to emerging new renting system. After buying a house, one can easily get a well paying renter.

Indians Rock In U.S.A
There is no gainsaying the reality that, in relation to their physical numbers, a disproportionate percentage of Indian-Americans hold down high end jobs and professions in the US.

India Prepares Nano for Drive Into Europe
Tata looking for partners to market £1,250 car in Europe

Passage to India Curtailed in Calais As Language Barrier Trips Campaigner
Cash-free peace pilgrimage to Gandhi's birthplace comes to an early end

India Pledges £7.6bn to Combat Rural Suicides
Speculation over imminent election as government plans to write off small farmers' debts

India At The Crossroads
This may seem like an alarmist and premature statement, but I believe this chaotic land of diverse languages, cultures and skin tones, that we call India, is under attack – not by an outside power, but from within.

Princess Joins Fight to Save Jaipur
Royal recluse opposes 'land mafia' developers as malls and high-rises dominate the historic city's skyline

US Rushes to Get Slice of $45bn Indian Arms Pie
India emerges as leading competitor in global military market following $10bn jet fighter contract

Disney Foothold in India
Walt Disney company pays $203m (£104m) to increase its stake in film and television production company in Mumbai

India Tells Bangladeshi Writer to Stay Hidden or Leave
Exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin, who is accused of insulting Islam, permitted to stay in India only if she remains in a secret location unable to receive visitors or step outside her door

Rajasthan Travel Tours and Tourism Wildlife National Parks
Rajasthan tours, Rajasthan forts, and Rajasthan Palaces, wildlife Ranthambore National Park Rajasthan has a plethora of wildlife parks that a tourist might choose to visit.

Alarm As Indian Tiger Numbers Fall to 1,400
Number of Indian wild tigers has dwindled to about 1,400, less than half the previous estimate

Indian Wild Tiger Numbers Almost Halve
The number of wild tigers in India has dwindled to just over 1,400, almost half the previous estimate

Doctor Arrested Over Indian Kidney Racket
An Indian doctor suspected of being behind a kidney transplant racket was arrested in Nepal yesterday and paraded before journalists in the capital, Kathmandu

Leading Indians Campaign for Exiled Writer
Roy leads fight to stop expulsion of Bangladeshi accused of insulting Islam

Aftab Husain Kola - the Navayaths of Bhatkal (India) - an Arabian Lake in the Indian Ocean
The sight of pleasing - looking men attired in shirt and lungi and women fully clad in veil greets you in this El Dorado. This is Bhatkal, a prosperous picturesque town on the west coast of Karnataka where Navayaths have settled down over the centuries.

Indian Doctor Held in Nepal Over Kidney Snatching Racket
Indian doctor suspected of being behind illegal kidney transplant racket arrested in Nepal

Soros Spends $100m on a Slice of Indian Entertainment
A fund owned by US-based billionaire investor George Soros bought a 3% stake in an Indian entertainment company for $100m (£51.4m), it was confirmed yesterday

Diamonds Fail to Take Shine Off India's Political Champion of the Poor As Earnings Reach £7.7m
Party members fill the coffers of 'Dalit Queen' · Anti-corruption raid found 54 bank accounts

Nubra Valley In Ladakh
The Nubra is one of the most beautiful Valleys in Ladakh lying on the foothills of mighty Siachen glacier and surrounded by the lofty Karakoram. Snaked by the equally beautiful Nubra river, the Valley is a historical romance, cultural synthesis and a tourist paradise, left in splendorous isolation even today.

Spice up Your Vacation at the High Range Resort of Spice Village
Experience the slice of Kerala hospitality at Spice Village, a Casino Group hotel located in Kumily, a sleepy hamlet at an earshot from Thekkady, the gateway to the fabled Periyar Tiger Reserve in Kerala.

West Bengal Travel Guide
The name Bengal or Bangla is derived from the ancient kingdom of Vanga or Banga and this name came to denote the entire linguistic region. However, the term West Bengal came only after the partition of Bengal province in 1905, when the British made two separate provinces of West and East Bengal.

Britons Held in India Kidney Snatching Investigation
Indian police confiscate passports of two Britons who allegedly traveled to buy kidneys in an organ transplant racket

India ? Nope Hindusthan... Future of Indian Politics
Mr. Narendra Modi CM of Gujarat proven that Hindutva is the key factor in forthcoming elections. Every Nation has its own Identity. India is secular but it need face and Hindutva is ideal face for the nation. It will be true identity of the India. Don’t get surprised if in coming 4-5 years, India will be known as Hindusthan...

Indian Police Arrest Suspected Kidney Snatching Gang
Police arrested five people, including a doctor, in suburbs of Delhi for allegedly removing kidneys from young men without their permission and selling them to wealthy patients

India Prosper As Errors Cost Sloppy Australia
Cricket: Anil Kumble led India to an imposing total of 526 as India took control on the second day of the fourth Test

'An Idea Whose Time Has Come': Brown Backs Un Security Council Seat for India
Conditional support excludes right to veto · PM also calls for reform of World Bank and IMF

Climate Blame for India As Brown Praises Chinese Role
Environment minister says Delhi not yet 'putting shoulder to wheel' on emissions

India Gears Up for Mass Motoring Revolution With £1,260 Car
Environmentalists fear city smog nightmare if millions of Tata's Nanos hit the road

International medical trade fairs in India
Trade Fairs or Trade shows have now become an integral part of the urban life style of Indian people .Today’s everybody knows very well that International Trade Fairs in India play such a big role in Indian International market. Indian market day by day growing with help of it. Here a question arise that why International Trade Fairs much successful in India?

The £1,290 Car Delights Indians But Horrifies the Green Lobby
After years of secret preparation, the world's cheapest car will be unveiled in Delhi this week - delighting millions of Indians as much as it is horrifying environmentalists

Is Mumbai Safe?
The molestation of two young women at Juhu, on New Year’s Eve, has provoked predictable newspaper headlines like, "Is Mumbai Safe?"

Indians Welcome Being Bossed Around
Why does Indian society throws up such a large number of subservient sycophants. There are any number of people who are quite content to be lap dogs for their superiors; to be bossed around at will.

Leave Shivaji In Peace
The Bible exhorts us not to take the Lord’s name in vain. The same maxim could well be applied to poor old Shivaji Maharaj. He has become the most overused – and abused – personality in India’s commercial capital.

India 'star Wars' Plan Risks New Arms Race
· Missile defence would protect big cities by 2010· Plan revealed as Pakistan tests short-range missile

Five Killed in Indian Train Bomb
Rebel group of tribal guerrillas claims to have carried out attack in north-eastern India

Dowry Law Making Us the Victims, Says India's Men's Movement
New money and old mindsets clash amid claims dishonest wives are exploiting an act passed to protect them

Cost Effective and Reliable Web Hosting company in India
With features analogous to the more expensive Web hosting packages, Olive Web Hosting, has transfigured the website hosting industry by providing the most cost effective and cheap Web hosting solutions for your website hosting needs.

India's Supreme Court Throws Out Ban on Female Bartenders
Landmark ruling dismisses petition calling for a ban on women working behind a bar

Bar Jobs Open to Indian Women
Women in India have won the right to work as bar staff and serve alcohol after a landmark ruling by the country's supreme court dismissed a petition calling for a ban on females behind the bar

Speed Limits Rise As India Falls in Love With the Car
India, set to become the fastest growing car sales market in the world, bowed to the inevitable today when the government indicated it would raise the country's speed limits for the first time since 1989.

India's Drivers Feel the Need for Speed
India, set to become the fastest growing car sales market in the world, bowed to the inevitable yesterday when the government indicated it would raise the country's speed limits for the first time since 1989

Left at War in Wake of Communist Raid on Indian Village
Western authors' letter highlights risks of split · Signatories ignorant of facts, says historian

India - A Craven Superpower
Other countries may regard India as a world power, but India itself does not. Time and again, our government cravenly caves in to the slightest hint of pressure.

Calling Cards: Finding the right calling card for calling India
Prepaid calling cards are becoming popular with people who are students and non residential Indian. The calling cards are easy to use and cheap.

Hollywood Takes Action Hero Jesus to India
Hollywood is to fill in the Bible's 'missing years' with a story about Jesus as a wandering mystic who traveled across India, living in Buddhist monasteries and speaking out against the iniquities of the country's caste system

UN Security Council Reform: Veto Right for India
It is therefore only normal to question why 123 million European citizens of two colonial relics are granted a right that is still not ascribed to a more than 10-fold population.

India’s leading web hosting service provider – Olive Web Hosting
Web hosting service is the most important part of Internet hosting service and is the most effective aspect of your web presence. Web hosting providers give website owner a space on their server for stocking information, images, videos and other things that is reachable via World Wide Web. Web hosting companies give their customers access to the server through FTP, so that they can upload their updated web files to the server.

Delhi Stalls Protest By Thousands of Landless
Thousands of landless workers, indigenous people and 'untouchables' from the bottom of Indian society were yesterday prevented from taking their demands to the country's parliament - the final leg of a month-long protest march.

Indian Islamic Group Attacks Bbc Film for Bin Laden Link
Claim that Deobandism linked to extremist groups · School fueling divisions in UK, says presenter

Sending money to India: Internet remittances for NRI and PIO
Internet remittances is a growing, fast and cheap option for remitting money to India. This service would be of interest to Non Resident Indians (NRI) and Persons of Indian Origin (PIO).

Indian Shares Plunge
Benchmark index drops as much as 9% as government curbs on the flood of foreign money spook investors. By Randeep Ramesh in New Delhi.

Indian law firms to benefit from LPO boom
India might be considered as a growing industry till now also but legal process outsourcing (LPO) is expected to fetch up to $20 billion by 2015.

Karwa Chauth - with Love, for My Husband
A tradition of faith, Karwa Chauth is a full-fledged festival in modern times. Celebrating Karwachauth, married Hindu women observe a day-long fast for the long life of their....

Goods Vehicles Cross India-pakistan Border for First Time
Trucks carrying goods crossed the border between India and Pakistan today for the first time since the subcontinent was partitioned 60 years ago, raising hopes of peaceful trade between the neighboring countries.

A Personal Reflection on Mahatma Gandhi
On the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday on October 2nd, I thought I would pen a few personal reflections on an extraordinary human being.

Can Government lie before the Supreme Court
Sethusamudram project .. is it necessary to hold a bandh? Holding a rare sitting on a Sunday 30th September 2007 , the bench of Acting Chief of the Supreme Court of India , Justice B N Aggrawal and P P Naolekar ordered that the DMK and its allies shall not go ahead with the bandh either on October 1 or any other date, as the bandh per se was illegal and unconstitutional in view of the court’s earlier ruling on the validity of bandhs.

Protests Force India War Grave Visitors to End Tour
Group were retracing events of 1857 mutiny· Nationalists attacked tourists with bottles

It is time for the Hindu Unity
Of late many things have been blabbered about Lord Ram only with the intention of insulting the Hindus. So, it is time for the Hindus to unite and bring back the Ram Rajya.

The Art of Indian Block Print Textiles
The art of Indian block print textiles is a labor-intensive, painstaking process that has survived from ancient times to the present because of the beauty of the handmade products. The process of block printing takes time, team work and, especially, skill. This process of block printing has been used for centuries, is still practiced, and is still in vogue.

War of Words As Highest Battlefield Prepares for First Tourist Invasion
India's efforts to turn a disputed glacier into a trekking destination have angered neighboring Pakistan.

Equal Justice For All?
A number of people are expressing smug satisfaction at the recent stiff jail sentences handed down to Sanjay Dutt and Salman Khan. These idealists need to get over their euphoria and look at the hard facts. In India, the concept of equal justice for all is so ludicrous as to be pathetic.

Dozens Killed By Bomb Blasts in Indian City
Three bomb blasts just minutes apart killed 38 people and injured more than 70 in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad last night.

Real India Seeps Into Gated Villas
Professionals protest as their luxury community fails to keep out city's dust, heat and squalor.

India's Secret History: 'a Holocaust, One Where Millions Disappeared...'
Author says British reprisals involved the killing of 10m, spread over 10 years.

Food Products Manufacturers and Exporters in India
Online study is the best source to read about these food product manufacturers and increase our knowledge about food products and how much amount of vitamins and proteins that a human body should take in different stages.

India and Pakistan at Crossroads As They Celebrate 60 Years of Independence
Pakistan and India began celebrating 60 years as independent nations today with a series of parades, gun salutes and speeches that sees both nations at crucial crossroads in their histories.

Of All the Beachfront Restaurants in India, She Walks Into Mine
It seems safe to assume that most viewers of Ezham Mudra, a film by Indian director Rajeev Nath, will be unaware that they are watching Casablanca in disguise.

Three Dozen Aborted Female Fetuses Found in India
Police in the eastern Indian state of Orissa exhumed skulls and body parts believed to be from three dozen aborted female fetuses and murdered girls in an abandoned well, a grisly find that highlights the persistence of infanticide in the country.

Dozens of Female Babies' Body Parts Found in Disused Indian Well
Police in the eastern Indian state of Orissa have exhumed skulls and body parts believed to be from three dozen aborted female fetuses and murdered infant girls in an abandoned well, a grisly find that highlights the persistence of infanticide in the country.

Row Greets India's Likely First Female President
A controversial regional governor is poised to take over as India's first female president after legislators voted yesterday in a poll seen as a foregone conclusion.

Controversial Governor to Become India's First Female President
A controversial regional governor is poised to take over as India's first female president after the country's 4,500 legislators voted today in a poll widely seen as a foregone conclusion.

Promise of a Televised Education Has India Gripped By Swot Idol Fever
Two thousand Indian schoolchildren began a televised battle last night to win five scholarships to English universities, in the first installment of a new prime-time show tipped to grip the nation this summer.

India - Let my country awake
I follow a profession where , not expressing an opinion may also be punishable. Know the Profession Series

Raksha Bandhan – An Eternal Tradition of Love!!
Raksha Bandhan is an age-old tradition of celebrating the eternal bond of love shared by brothers and sisters. With a simple and sober ceremony of tying Rakhi, the festival aims......

Born on the 4th of July
Modern mothers everywhere are going slightly nuts about giving their toddlers a competitive edge. Some Indian moms are trying to time the birth of a child to a favorable star or an auspicious hour.

Taxpayers’ Wallets ‘Mag-Lev’ed
When it comes to the art of making a fast buck with almost negligible effort, industrialists and entrepreneurs can learn a thing or two from India’s ministers. Behind every apparently hare-brained proposal of theirs, there is financial wizardry at work.

Ragging And Rigging In India
'A' is with students. 'I' is with politicians…

The New Passage to India, Business Class
Foreign executives pour in as salaries soar - Shortage of local talent for booming economy

Enough Of This Charade
This whole Quattrocchi affair has been a farce, right from the word go. Anyone with a modicum of intelligence would have divined that there was absolutely no way Sonia Gandhi was going to allow her good friend Ottavio to be brought to India to face trial.

Godhra Has A Lot To Answer For
The forces unleashed by Godhra have been mustering over the past few years are now bursting forth with unremitting vigor.

Hundreds of Workers Die As India's Tea Industry Suffers Crisis
Plantations close after collapse in prices -Court inquiry finds sharp rise in malnutrition

Boy, Eight, Accused of Murdering Babies in India
Police in Bihar, one of India's poorest states, are investigating claims that an eight-year-old boy has killed in cold blood three babies - including his eight-month-old sister and nine-month-old cousin.

India's Richest Man Builds 60-storey Home
£500m Mumbai tower for family of six and 600 staff - High-rise era attacked as dawn of 'new vulgarity'

The Responsibilities Of Role Models
India’s politicians, public officials – and some businessmen – are expected to be corrupt. But Mr. Bachchan is a demi-god in the eyes of most of the Indian public – and idols are not permitted the luxury of improprieties – of any sort.

A Hindu Kingdom In India?
Something very frightening is going on in Narendra Modi’s Gujarat. The Constitution of India is being systematically and insidiously chipped away.

Surprise Landslide in Indian State Election
Mayawati takes country's most populous state - Untouchable leader uses cross-caste appeal to win

Untouchables Sweep to Power in India's Most Populous State
India's most prominent untouchable leader, a former Delhi school teacher, pulled off a surprise election victory in the country's most populous state today, stalling the political ambitions of the Gandhi family's heir apparent.

India's Untouchable Millionaire
Entrepreneur who escaped the rigid caste system warns that it is becoming more divisive as India grows richer.

Soar High with Finest Jobs in Kolkata
THE CITY OF JOY, Kolkata, is soaking in ecstasy of boom in the job market. The city is know for its innumerable contributions in the past and now it is supporting the country’s growing economy by providing it with talented pool of Human Resource.

Write Success with Top Jobs in Pune
Pune is one of the chief industrial cities in India and has been contributing steadily to several small, medium sized industries and offering jobs to more than thousands of people every year.

Whose Shame Is It?
The tragic incident near the Airoli bridge in Mumbai, where a 15 year-old girl was brutally raped by four drunken fishermen is, unfortunately, all too common. It also throws into sharp focus two appalling character flaws in Indian men and women.

Modernising Fast - But Beware If You Try to Choose Who to Marry
Love stories highlight durability of class and religious divides.

Get Milk
An 88 year old farmer from some village in India had fathered a son, attributing his virility to regular intake of camel’s milk.

Hurley Launches India's Hello!
Further evidence that celebrity culture is making the world a smaller place was prominently displayed on Delhi newsstands yesterday as the first Indian edition of Hello! magazine was launched with Liz Hurley on the cover.

India's Maoist Insurgency Gathers Pace As Police Station Raid Kills 55
Pro-government militia fighters among casualties - Rebels' strength may draw army into direct conflict

Maoist Rebels Kill at Least 49 Indian Police Officers
Hundreds of Maoist rebels armed with guns, grenades and home-made bombs attacked a remote police station in the dense forests of eastern India, in a pre-dawn raid that left at least 49 police officers dead.

Six Protesters Die in Indian Land Clashes
Riot police battle farmers over new economic zones - Loss of livelihoods fuels violence in West Bengal

White Still Rules In India
Saturday’s newspapers carried a report about Liz Hurley foreign bodyguards roughing up media personnel. Boorish and arrogant behaviour by foreigners of this ilk seems to have become the norm in India. What is even more demeaning is that it is tacitly accepted.

Racing Mogul in £2.5bn Indian Tax Inquiry.
A reclusive racehorse breeder based in a small southern Indian city has emerged at the centre of 200bn rupee (£2.5bn) tax evasion investigation, which officials claim is the largest in the country's history.

Henry Would Be Proud
As you drive into Vanthli, a sleepy small town in on the west coast of India, you feel as if you have entered a sepia-toned photograph from the World War II era. Flitting by occasionally are round-bodied Ford Super Deluxe cars, 1946 model.

India's Missing Girls
Daughters aren't wanted in India. So many female foetuses are illegally aborted that baby boys now hugely outnumber baby girls, while a government minister has begged parents to abandon their children rather than kill them. What does this mean for the country's future, ask Raekha Prasad and Randeep Ramesh.

Haste Makes Waste
The initial police investigation into the Samjhauta Express bomb blasts is following an all too familiar pattern. Within a few days of the crime, suspects are announced with great fanfare and self-congratulation. After the euphoria has settled down, it is quietly revealed that there is not sufficient to prosecute them.

Pakistan and India Vow to Continue Peace Talks
The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan vowed today to continue with peace talks following the bombing of a train service linking the two countries claimed the lives of 68 passengers.

Pakistan and India Pledge to Talk Peace After Train Bombing
The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan yesterday vowed to continue with peace talks after the bombing of a train service linking the two countries claimed the lives of 68 passengers.

Dozens Killed in India Train Bombing
Two bombs planted on a train travelling from India to Pakistan sparked a fire that killed at least 66 people, in an attack that officials say was designed to disrupt the peace process between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.

66 Burned Alive in Indian Train Bombing
Explosives planted aboard service to Pakistan - Attack was meant to derail peace process, say officials

India to Open Orphanages to Take Thousands of Unwanted Girls Who Would Otherwise Be Killed
400 pieces of bones found believed to be female - 7,000 fewer girls born a day than natural rate

The train singers of India
Their skills on the keyboard are such as would take an adult nearly a year to master.

India Eyes Riches at Poor's Expense
The media and business are buzzing about the nation's successes, but poverty is all around.

Tata Celebrates Costly Victory in Corus Chase
Indian company rejoices at £6.7bn 'milestone' - Shares fall as traders see price of deal as too high

India - From Muddy Villages to Boomtown
As Gordon Brown arrives for a visit, the old image of a country permanently mired in poverty is giving way to that of a global giant.

NRI, The New Investors
As far as investment options available to NRI, the Reserve Bank of India has allowed them to invest in immovable properties. They are liable to use their foreign currency assets which have been earned and accumulated by them lawfully without the contravention of FERA 1973 while they were resident outside India. Moreover prior permission of RBI has to be taken in acquiring, holding, transferring or disposing of any immovable property in India.

Indian Gang Beats Uk Tourist to Death 'for Harassing Woman'
Family says traveller may have just have been lost - Victim's body was hanged from tree, say police

Riots Over Police Inaction on Indian Serial Murders
Crowds rampaged through an upmarket suburb of Delhi yesterday smashing shops and fighting with police after two men appeared in court accused of raping and killing at least 15 women and children.

Scientists Find Way to Slash Cost of Drugs
Indian-backed approach could aid poor nations and cut NHS bills.

What India owes to England
Whatever India is today, most of its social, political, economic institutions, is because of the English rule from the 19th to the middle of 20th century.

Nuking the Democrats away...
As the nuclear deal between India and the US comes through, it will be a tough decision for both ...

Accenting Home Décor: The Best in India Gets a Global Hit
Expo Mart remains a unique, one-stop sourcing centre where one can select from myriad products displayed under one roof. Best of all, the mart is fully equipped with latest amenities to facilitate most effective buyer-seller interface in real time.

India Grounds Hostesses Who Are 'too Fat to Fly'
National carrier faces legal backlash from cabin crew suspended for being overweight.

India Ponders Moon Landing
India yesterday held out the possibility of sending astronauts to the moon by 2020 and called for a national debate on whether it should enter a space race with richer nations.

India's It Centre Renamed Bengalooru
Bangalore, the centre of India's booming software industry, is to be renamed by provincial politicians alarmed that its cosmopolitan nature is submerging local culture.

Empire Strikes Back: India Forges New Steel Alliance
The newly confident nation is no longer afraid to let its homegrown companies make acquisitions abroad.

New and Old Money Fuels India's Boom
Entrepreneurs are springing up but the Corus bid shows the old clans are still a power.

Steel Workers in Line for Windfalls As India's Tata Makes Bid for Corus
· £1.4bn offer likely to be raised to seal a deal · Unions seek safeguards for wages and pensions

'You Want to Hang Him? Go Ahead; India Will Be in Flames'
· Clemency bid for Kashmiri man facing execution · Riots follow court ruling over attack on parliament

Small and Medium-sized Enterprise and SAP Contribution to Indian Market
In depth article on SME and SAP contribution towards Indian Market

America's Dirty Secret: India Becomes the Gasoline Gusher
Subcontinent to fill the petrol production gap in the United States and Europe.

Indian Work Bar on Under-14s
The Indian government yesterday banned children under 14 from working in homes, hotels and restaurants, aware that the country's image suffers while its young are employed by middle-class families and businesses.

Hospitals Overwhelmed As Dengue Fever Sweeps India
An outbreak of mosquito-borne diseases across India has left scores of people dead and swamped hospitals and clinics, exposing the poor quality of the country's public health system.

India on Alert As Dengue Fever Spreads
An outbreak of mosquito-borne diseases across India has left scores of people dead and swamped hospitals and clinics, exposing the country's shabby public health system.

Navi Mumbai – SEZ
Pick up any national or international newspaper, all have one thing in common that is, Navi Mumbai – SEZ. Yes, this has become the latest focus of conversation not only in India but also in majority of the Asian countries.

Smiles and suffering amongst India’s poorest children
This article is about Heather Campbell, a 53 year old New Zealander, and her experiences volunteering in India, working with disabled children.

Indians Plough Cash Into False Hopes of New Homes on English Green Belt
Plots of green belt land in England are being sold to Indians for thousands of pounds as one of the best ways to make money.

India's Literary Elite Call for Anti-gay Law to Be Scrapped
· Academics join 100-plus signatories to open letter · Nobel and Booker winners condemn 'colonial' bigotry

31 Dead in Indian Bombings
A series of bomb attacks targeting Muslim worshippers leaving afternoon prayers killed 31 people today and injured up to 100 in a city in the west of India.

Bombs Aimed at Muslims Kill 35 in India
At least 35 people were killed and scores injured yesterday when two explosions ripped through crowds of Muslims returning from Friday prayers in Malegaon, north-east of Mumbai.

Woman Hit By Press Bus on Cameron's India Trip
An elderly woman was left fighting for her life yesterday after being hit by a minibus carrying journalists and Conservative party aides on David Cameron's visit to India's financial capital, Mumbai.

Stone Age Andaman Tribe at Risk From Outsiders, Experts Warn
An isolated jungle tribe that dates back to the Stone Age could be wiped out on islands off India's eastern coast because they are in danger of losing their habitat and are being 'sexually exploited' by outsiders, according to a report published by experts yesterday.

Kashmir and its impact on India and Pakistan
Regarding Kashmir, India has moved away from its hard stance that it would not negotiate until border incursions stopped. It has also withdrawn some of its troops. Pakistan, on its part, has relaxed its demand that a plebiscite be conducted to resolve the dispute. Neither country any longer claims the whole of Jammu and Kashmir. Citizens in each country are beginning to see that a compromise is needed.

India: Marching ahead
According to experts, India has been able to stabilize economic growth at a level of 6 per cent plus, though, falling way short of the 8-10 per cent desired to make a sizeable impact on removing poverty and generating gainful employment.

Blow to Plan for Polar Conservation Zone As India Joins the Cold Rush
New research base would add to human pressure on isolated area, environmentalists fear.

Indian Floods Displace Hundreds of Thousands
· Monsoon rains lash south and west, killing 200 · Experts blame disaster on poor dam management

Maoist Guerrillas and Tribal Rebels Threaten India's Industrial Boom
Plans to develop the mineral wealth of the country could be derailed by Naxalites.

Top Indian Civil Servant 'was Cia Spy'
Moles, nuclear secrets, espionage in high places are all essential ingredients for a racy spy thriller - but they have also ensured the memoirs of India's former foreign minister will be a runaway publishing success.

HIV Will Cost India Billions
HIV could cause huge damage to the Indian economy, opening an 11,000bn rupee (£140bn) hole in the country's balance sheet, according to a UN report released yesterday.

Bloggers' Fury As India Blocks Sites
Government cites national security following Mumbai train bombings.

Peace Talks Put Off As India Claims Pakistan 'hand' in Mumbai Bombs
· Police say Lashkar-e-taiba militants behind attacks · Photos of two Muslim suspects shown on TV

In India's City of Dreams, Survivors Relive Their Nightmare
Mumbai is a city where India comes to make dreams come true. The poor come to become rich. Others seek the sin of glamour. On Tuesday night, when seven bombs ripped through the city's densely packed railway in 11 minutes, that dream became a nightmare.

An Ear-splitting Blast, Then Silence. Attacks Bring Death to India's Commercial Heart
· Seven bombs rip apart city's transport lifeline · Attacks target evening rush hour commuters

India Tests Long-range Missile
India has launched its longest-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile.

On the Roof of the World, India and China Put Aside Differences to Reopen Trade Route
· Business resumes on pass closed 44 years ago · Booming economies ease neighbours' hostility

New Rules Imposed on Indian Tv Industry
India's fast-growing media empires may be forced to restructure under new legislation designed to place the country's broadcast industry within a regulatory framework for the first time. By Julia Day.

Monsoons Leave 1.5m Stranded in India and Bangladesh
Up to 1.5 million people have been marooned or made homeless by the annual flooding of the Brahmaputra and Ganges rivers in north-east India and Bangladesh.

Scores Killed As Storms Sweep India
Monsoon rains triggered landslides, downed electricity cables and swamped many parts of northern India, pushing the death toll from the seasonal downpours to 114, officials said today.

Report: Millions breathe cancer-causing air in India
India, one of the most polluted countries in the world, does not even have a standard for many harmful chemicals and gases, and thus no monitoring nor regulation for them, the report said. Exclusive report by Vipin Agnihotri

Fate of Indian War Leader Thrown Into Doubt By New Report
· Subbhas Chandra Bose did not die in crash, says judge · Enshrined ashes are those of Japanese soldier

Violence Feared in Indian Caste Row
· Government stands firm on university quotas · Patients turned away after protests hit hospitals

Inside India's Hidden War
Mineral rights are behind clashes between leftwing guerrillas and state-backed militias.

India is on the Road to a Transport Revolution
Huge efforts are being made to improve India's infrastructure.

India Flexes Its Muscles With First Foreign Military Base
India is to open its first overseas military base this year in the impoverished central Asian country of Tajikistan - a testament to its emerging status on the world stage.

Indian Police Arrest Hunger Striker
· Leading environmentalist put in intensive care · Protest to support families threatened by dam project

India Calls in Police to Probe Fashion Faux Pas
They were fleeting glimpses of flesh in a fashion show that revels in revealing attire. But India's lawmakers think there may be something criminal about embarrassing slips on the catwalk.

Muslim India Struggles to Escape the Past
Prominent individuals belie the poverty of a minority left behind by the 1947 partition.

Jailing of Indian Doctor Highlights Scandal of Aborted Girl Foetuses
· Campaigners hope ruling will end illegal practice · Wealthier families shown to be biggest offenders

Straw Tilts Foreign Policy Towards China and India
Jack Straw, the foreign secretary, is to set out a new direction for British foreign policy today that will shift the balance towards the growing economies of China and India.

Our Baby Joy, By Test-tube Tourists Who Flew to India
Britons risked fury of health professionals at home to have banned multi-embryo implant.

British Couples Desperate for Children Travel to India in Search of Surrogates
Ethics under scrutiny as would-be parents are enticed by lower costs and relaxed laws.

Fury in India at Justice to 'benefit Rich'
A wealthy playboy tried for killing an ex-model walked free, but police have been forced to hold an inquiry, reports Amelia Gentleman in Delhi.

At Least 15 Killed in Bomb Blasts Across Indian Holy City
· First explosion targets pilgrims at temple · Places of worship put on high alert

Spinning a Web for India
Underneath fuzzy talk of shared values, President Bush's real concern is to hobble a potential rival. By Randeep Ramesh

Bush Woos India With Nuclear Deal and Trade Pacts
Visit a breakthrough for outcast country.

Booming India Finds That America Wants to Be Its New Best Friend
This week Bush visits the next Asian superpower, a honeypot for US firms, a democracy - and a rival to China. Amelia Gentleman reports from Delhi.

India's Revival Means It Can Pick and Choose Its Friends
Delhi seems eager for America's embrace, but many nationalists are unhappy with US pressure on foreign policy. by Jonathan Steele

Sen: US nuke deal won’t stop India’s atomic arms program
Sen said the US-India deal was "unique but not risky," underlining what he called India’s untarnished track record in terms of nuclear non proliferation.

Bush visit to alter Indo-US business: USIBC
The USIBC has in its membership 176 of the largest American corporations investing in India with one new company joining every week. Report from Vipin Agnihotri

A Thoroughly Modern Indian Marriage
· Lavish week-long party for playboy and actress bride · Bill Clinton and Naomi Campbell among guests

Don't Work With Men, Muslim Clerics Tell Indian Women
Muslim women should not work with men or go shopping in areas where they could mix with strangers of the opposite sex, according to an edict issued by the influential All India Muslim Personal Law Board, which claims to represent the nation's 140 million Muslims.

The Actress, the Virgins and the Lads' Mag in India
Wealthy young Indian men are being targeted by a 'culturally tweaked' British publication.

10 Million Girl Foetuses Aborted in India
The births of up to 10 million girls in India may have been prevented by selective abortion in the past 20 years, researchers say today.

India to Investigate People's Causes of Death
The world's largest study into death is under way in India. Three quarters of the 9.5 million annual deaths in the country occur in homes, but in the majority of cases, no cause is recorded.

India Hails the Art of Showing Off
After the Porsches and Chanel handbags, the latest must-have item for Delhi's new millionaires is a piece of contemporary Indian art.

India Steps Up Security After Delhi Bombings
· 2,500 extra police sent in ahead of holiday season · Pakistan's president condemns attacks.

Foreign Link to Bombings, Indian Pm Warns
India's prime minister has told Pakistan's president that there is a foreign link to Saturday's New Delhi bombings, a spokesman for the Indian leader said today.

India Promises $25m to Pakistan for Quake Relief
· Small breakthrough in relations between rivals · Aid workers warn there is no time for politics

Richard Gere, Indian actors stage AIDS awareness show
The Heroes Project, a campaign launched by the Gere Foundation and socialite Parmeswar Godrej earlier this week, organized the show, which included popular actors Kamal Hassan, Chiranjeevi and Prabhu Deva, who pledged to help fight the disease.

Fortune: China got basics right, India flubs the obvious stuff
Comparing India and China, it said "China's economic miracle was achieved by getting the basics right... India, by contrast, is the global economy's idiot savant. India flubs the obvious stuff."

Onion prices shoot up across India
Prices of onions have shot up across the country after heavy rain destroyed crops in six onion-producing states.

India's anti-Iran vote: America is happy
A senior American official has provided ample indication that the Indian Government’s decision to let down a long-standing ally was meant to please the US. Exclusive report from Vipin Agnihotri

US Congress To Discuss ‘Cast Bias’ In India
Resolution wants Bush to monitor Rashtriya Swamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP)

India-Pakistan Moving 'Ahead'
Indo- Pak relations getting better but they are still far away from solving the core dispute over Kashmir.

Chindia, Where the World's Workshop Meets Its Office
By 2050, China and India will make up half of the global economy.

Ray of hope for Rural India
Billion constitutes the rural India but no basic health facilities. Finally, a ray of hope for all these people. Find out how?

India and EU: Moving Ahead
India-EU relations have grown exponentially from what used to be a purely trade and business driven relationship but what lies ahead?

Indian Airspace Buzzes With First-time Flyers As Budget Airlines Stage a Revolution
Passengers leave the trains behind for fast, cheap but polluting travel by plane.

Tale of the Prisoners
The issue of the hour is that both Pakistan and India show some apathy towards prisoners.

Theory Ties Vcjd to Indian Funerals
Controversial proposal says cows may have eaten infected human remains which ended up in UK feed.

$12bn Battle That Pits an Indian Upstart Against the Mighty Pfizer
Fight for rights to cholesterol drug could slash £400m NHS bill.

Record Rainfall Brings Chaos in India
The heaviest rainfall ever recorded in India shut down the country's financial and entertainment capital, Mumbai, yesterday, closing the airport and halting train services. Tens of thousands of people were stranded in the city, formerly known as Bombay, with many forced to sleep in their...

No Nocturnal Honking Please, Indians Told
India's supreme court has banned the honking of horns, playing loud music and bursting firecrackers after nightfall in the country's expanding residential areas.

America to Aid India's Nuclear Power Project
Deal breaks bar on countries which refuse to be monitored.

Bush to Aid India's Nuclear Power Project
The US president, George Bush, has agreed to aid India's civilian nuclear power programme, an unexpected decision that reverses three decades of American policies designed to deter nations from developing nuclear weapons.

Row over integration rocks Indian province
The north-eastern state of Manipur in India was rocked by violent protests and its highways were blocked by demonstrators yesterday, cutting the region's valley off from the rest of the country.

Violent Protests Across India After Attack on Holy Site
Hundreds of rightwing Hindu protesters stormed an airport in central India yesterday, preventing a flight from taking off in one of a series of violent protests across the country against an attack on a holy site sacred to both Hindus and Muslims.

Gunmen Storm Disputed Religious Site in India
Security forces have been put on nationwide alert in India to prevent sectarian violence after five gunmen and a suicide bomber were killed trying to storm a sealed religious site claimed by both Hindus and Muslims in north India.

Corrupt Practices Cost Indian Citizens £2.7bn, Says Watchdog
Indians paid more than £2.7bn in bribes last year to receive public services, a study said yesterday, highlighting the systematic graft afflicting the country's fast-growing economy.

Villagers Fall Victim to India's Caste War
Brahmins and Dalits, at the top and the bottom of Hindu society, seek political alliance to fight 'Yadav Raj'.

Aviation Infrastructure is not commensurate with air traffic growth
As the Indian aviation market is growing rapidly, the question arises weather the infrastructure is growing at same pace.

India's Disaster Hero Vanishes With Relief Fund Millions
An Indian government official, hailed by Time magazine as a flood disaster hero, has disappeared after he was accused of stealing millions of pounds in aid money. Police have launched a nationwide hunt for Gautam Goswami, who became a national celebrity when the US magazine commended 'his...

Indian Call Staff Quit Over Abuse on the Line
Abuse from British and American customers is driving increasing numbers of Indian call centre workers from their jobs, defeated by the strain of handling persistent rudeness.

Obituary: Ismail Merchant
Ismail Merchant, who has died at the age of 68 following surgery for abdominal ulcers, was the Indian-born film producer of brilliance, garrulity and charm who created a universally recognisable movie brand, in a remarkable partnership with the American director James Ivory that lasted for more than 40 years and 40 films.

Independent Group Buys Into Indian Paper
Tony O'Reilly's Independent News & Media today completed a £19m investment in one of India's leading newspaper groups. By Chris Tryhorn.

Airlines: From sellers’ to buyers’ market
As new players are coming into fray to take advantage of this still-untapped-market, the travelers have reason to smile. Thanks to competition, the sellers’ market has been replaced by a buyers’ market, one where buyers can choose from different airlines.

India Ends Arms Ban on Nepal
Maoist fighters attacked two army camps in Nepal, sparking gun battles which claimed the lives of 30 rebels, officials said yesterday as the country's neighbour, India, confirmed it would send a shipment of weapons to the Himalayan kingdom.

Banned Indian State Shuts Dance Bars
Thousands of dancers in Mumbai put away their chiffon scarves and bejewelled bustiers for the last time yesterday as India's entertainment capital closed the city's dance bars, saying they promoted crime and prostitution.

India Dismayed As Us Resumes Sales of Jet Fighters to Pakistan
The White House rewarded a crucial ally in the war on terror yesterday, approving the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan.

India Does Not Need Aid From Britain, Say Mps
The British government should review its aid to India, because rapid economic progress indicates that it will become a middle-income country in 10 to 15 years, the Commons international development committee recommends today.

Indian Couples Open Chapter on Self-help
Thousands of young Indian couples are turning to a new self-help manual on how to survive the trials of matrimony.

Exiled Writer Seeks New Life in India
The feminist author Taslima Nasreen, who was forced into a decade-long exile from her native Bangladesh after she appeared to call for the Qur'an to be rewritten because it was 'unfair to women', applied for Indian citizenship last night.

Hundreds Die in Pilgrimage Crush
Hundreds of Hindu pilgrims were crushed or burned to death in a stampede and electrical fire at a religious festival in western India.

Dozens Killed As Trains Collide in India
A head-on collision between two crowded passenger trains in northern India yesterday left at least 30 people dead and 60 injured.

Pakistani Pm to Hold Kashmir Talks in India
The Pakistani prime minister, Shaukat Aziz, arrived in India today for talks aimed at shoring up peace negotiations initiated by the nuclear rivals earlier this year.

India Ends Reign of Bandit King
India's bandit king died as he lived: in dense forests at the tip of a bullet. For more than two decades, Koose Muniswamy Veerappan eluded hundreds of police officers devoted to nothing but his capture. Wanted for the murder of 130 people and for butchering 2,000 elephants,...

Barclays Accused Over Indian Dam
Bank admits assisting controversial project. Barclays Bank was yesterday accused of playing a vital role in the financing of an Indian hydroelectric dam which will force up to 50,000 people from their homes.

Mulk Raj Anand Dies at 99
Mulk Raj Anand, the father of the Indian novel in English, died yesterday from pneumonia aged 99. Born in what is now the Pakistani city of Peshawar, Anand was educated in Cambridge and London. His close friends included George Orwell and Henry Miller.

India's Silicon City Booms to Busting
As IT firms pour into Bangalore, the city's infrastructure is struggling to keep up. On the road to Koramangala, a group of workmen in hard hats stand staring into a six metre deep hole. A line of cars clogs the tree-lined street, engines idling in the sun.

Going Global India's Leading Artist Strikes £12m Deal
Paintings by India's leading contemporary artist, MF Hussain, are to be bought for £12m in a pioneering deal aimed at creating an international market in south Asian art. Mr Hussain, known for his shock of white hair and aversion to wearing shoes, has been commissioned to paint 100...

Independence Day Bomb Kills 16 in India
13 children die in attack feared to be by Assam separatists.

Tesco Jobs to Go East
The transfer of work to India reached the retail sector today as Tesco, Britain's leading supermarket, announced it was moving 420 jobs to Bangalore. The jobs, in the area of business support, will go from offices in Cardiff, Dundee and Welwyn Garden City. The supermarket giant said its...

India Ordered to Pay Out Bhopal Fund
India's supreme court has ordered the government to distribute money held in the bank to more than half a million victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy who have been waiting 20 years for compensation. Legal wrangles have left destitute most of those who suffered injury in the world's worst...

A Change in Destination
Students in India exploring cheaper destinations for higher education despite the US being the most popular country among them for several years.

Indian Villagers Defy Flood Threat From Dam
Tens of thousands of Indian villagers defied a government deadline last night to move out of their homes despite the threat of their centuries-old settlements being submerged by rising waters in the coming weeks from a river dam project being constructed in central India. Monsoon rains,...

Toiling in India's Ship Graveyard for £1 a Day
Alang's critics call it a local version of Victorian Britain's dark satanic mills. Shipbreaking bosses say it is a green industry fighting for its life.

India and Pakistan Cut Risk of War
India and Pakistan agreed last night to set up a hotline to avoid a nuclear confrontation and to continue the ban on nuclear tests. Their diplomats met in New Delhi in what both sides said were moves to "prevent misunderstandings". The neighbours, which held nuclear tests weeks...

China and India Groomed for Membership
The G8 may be about to open its doors to more states, including China and India, to reflect their growing importance in global affairs. Canada's prime minister, Paul Martin, floated the idea of a G20 summit, in addition to the annual G8 meeting. Italy's prime minister, Silvio...

Family Challenges Indian State Over Murders By Mob
The campaign for justice by the family of three British tourists killed in India goes before a court today with potentially devastating evidence against a state government. Lawyers will describe to a district court in India how the group from Yorkshire was attacked by a vengeful mob when...

Michael Porter's Five Forces Model, a way to look at Indian Tyre Industry.
Michael E Porter's five forces model is any day a best tool to analyze any business industry. So with this article I have tried to look at Indian Tyre Industry through Porter's view.

Criminal Candidates Hold Indian State Captive
As its citizens go to the polls, Bihar exemplifies an electoral phenomenon that has spread across the north of the country.

Killings Overshadow India's General Election
Violence cast a shadow over the first round of voting in India's general election yesterday with more than a dozen people killed in attacks by Kashmiri separatists and Maoist guerrillas. More than a quarter of the electorate, about 176 million people, were eligible to vote and early exit...

Brave Indian David hinders the Global Goliaths
Indian business houses are really becoming sturdy competitor on every business front at all level, and no business community can afford to neglect it. Check the authenticity of this bold statement for yourself...

Engineering Design Sector, the Second Sunrise for Indian Inc.!!
A laborious effort of creative pursuit, with crumbles of biz world knowledge has created a noticeable piece. Even if you are not a biz buff, just check it out.

India and Pakistan Pass Test
Peace breaks out between nuclear neighbours after record-breaking cricket match. A long anticipated battle erupted on the subcontinent yesterday, with Pakistan hurling missiles at India's men. India, the regional superpower, responded in fury, scattering the Pakistani attack, returning fire with its own biggest guns.

Don't Cut Our Fees, Say Students
Revolt erupts as India moves to slash cost of courses at elite business schools in attempt to broaden access.

India and Pakistan Begin Negotiations
Senior Indian and Pakistani officials today started their first formal talks for more than three years. The discussionss are intended to lay the foundations for a sustained attempt to resolve the countries' dispute over Kashmir and other issues. Jalil Abbas Jilani, a director...

Cairn Strikes It Rich on Land Shell Sold
Cairn Energy has made a massive find in India worth up to $500m (£278m) on acreage sold to it 18 months ago by Shell for $7m. The discovery sent the British oil company's share price soaring 40% to 518p and is another embarrassment for Shell, which has recently been forced to...

India's Pm Seeks Early Election As Economy Surges
India's prime minister called yesterday for a general election by the end of April - five months before a national vote was meant to be held.

Pakistan and Indian Leaders Meet at Summit
The leaders of India and Pakistan have made a brave attempt at detente by agreeing to their first face-to-face meeting today since their countries almost went to war two years ago. India's prime minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, will meet President Pervez Musharraf during a South Asian...

Pakistan Keeps India Guessing
India and Pakistan agreed yesterday to restore a cross-border rail service, a further sign that relations are continuing to improve after the tension which almost took them to war 18 months ago. The Samjhauta Express will begin running between Lahore in Pakistan and Attari in India on...

There's a New Frog In Town
The Western Ghats Mountains of Southern India often yields unusual species, not found anywhere else in the world. The region's most recent surprise is a purple, small-headed, beady-eyed, bloated frog that scientists are saying has been around since the dinosaurs.

India-Pakistan Press Review
Pakistan this week issued a cautious welcome to proposals from India to normalise relations between the two countries.

Pakistan Stokes Feud With India
Western diplomats are moving to defuse a bitter new row between Pakistan and India that threatens a dangerous crisis in relations between the two nuclear countries, both key allies in the 'war on terror'. Indian and Pakistani officials made clear to The Observer that they are not going to...

Luke Harding: The Day I Fell Out of Love With India
As a young backpacker Luke Harding found India charming and eccentric. Fifteen years later he returned as the Guardian's correspondent. Now, after finishing his time there, he recalls how one terrible incident of secular violence in Gujarat brought his love affair with the country to an end.

John Vidal Sees India's Best Illuminated Art
Take 125,000 light bulbs, miles of wire and three electricians. Then flip the switch. John Vidal sees India's best illuminated art.

5,000 Jobs Safe As India Buys Hawks
Geoff Hoon, the embattled defence secretary, yesterday claimed to have played the decisive role in persuading the Indian government to award a $1.7bn (£1bn) contract to BAE Systems for 66 Hawk jet trainer aircraft. India ended 18 years of tortuous negotiations, often accompanied by...

BAE Wins £1bn Hawk Contract
BAE Systems, Britain's biggest weapons maker, today clinched a contentious £1bn order to supply Hawk training aircraft to India, in a contract for which Tony Blair personally lobbied. The decision to buy 66 Hawk jets was made at a meeting of the cabinet committee on security, an Indian...

Passage From India
Many of the generation of Asian doctors who have long been propping up the NHS faced racism and slow promotion. Anita Pati takes their histories.

India Blames Pakistan for Bombay Bomb Attacks
Tensions on the Indian subcontinent were growing last night after India blamed its neighbour Pakistan for Monday's bomb attacks in the centre of Bombay which killed at least 50 people. India's hardline deputy prime minister, LK Advani, yesterday toured the Gateway of India, Bombay's most...

Terror comes to Bombay's tourist hub as blasts widen India's communal divide
Peace process with Pakistan under threat after Islamist extremists are suspected over deadly explosions. It is the city's most celebrated monument - a large ceremonial arch built by the colonial British along Bombay's balmy seafront.

He is Blamed for the Death of 2,000 Muslims in India. So Why is Narendra Modi in Wembley?
There was to be no Pinochet-style arrest for Narendra Modi. Instead, a man either responsible for mass-genocide or the saviour of India's Hindus - depending on your point of view - rolled into Wembley conference centre last night besieged by hundreds of Muslim protesters from as far afield as...

Indian newsreader scales TV tower in protest over low pay
Disgruntled office workers have often taken drastic action to demand better pay. They have gone on strike, staged walkouts or organised pickets.

Indian Mps Point the Way to Peace Talks
Warm Pakistani welcome for delegates with a 'live and let live' message. The Indian prime minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, called for an end to the "violence and bloodshed" between India and Pakistan yesterday during a historic peace mission to Islamabad by a group of Indian MPs.

Troubled Waters for Bangladesh As India Presses on With Plan to Divert Major Rivers
UN urged to act amid warnings of social and ecological disaster.

Bus Service Heralds New Links Between India and Pakistan
The bus service between Lahore and New Delhi is the first direct contact between citizens of Pakistan and India in 18 months and brings with it the fragile hope that the two impoverished nuclear powers can finally resolve their differences.

WTO challenge India and China team up
India and China will challenge the west's control over global trade rules with a united front at the World Trade Organisation.

Indian Hawk Hints at Talks With Pakistan
The most hawkish member of the Indian government offered open-ended talks with Pakistan yesterday on the disputed Himalayan state of Kashmir if Pakistan ended its "proxy terrorist war" against India. In an interview with the Guardian, India's deputy prime minister, Lal Krishna Advani,...

Scientists Develop Gm 'protato' to Feed India's Poorest Children
The Indian government raised the global biotechnology stakes yesterday by saying it intended to feed "nutritionally enhanced" GM potatoes to poor children as early as next year.

Star of India Guides It Boom
Azim Premji is one of the world's richest men and a global tech tycoon. But he has an asceticism inspired by his hero Gandhi, reports Faisal Islam.

Tensions Mar Indian Peace Initiative
The US deputy secretary of state, Richard Armitage, arrived in Islamabad last night amid signs that the week-old peace process between India and Pakistan has already run into trouble. Mr Armitage, who is on a tour of southern Asia, said he had arrived with "no road map" to bring peace to...

Pakistan and India Inch Towards Peace Talks
Indian premier set to accept invitation to visit Islamabad.

Indian PM offers friendship to Pakistan from behind bulletproof glass
The Indian prime minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, offered friendship with arch-rival Pakistan yesterday in the first public address in Kashmir by an Indian head of government for 16 years.

Sars Spreads to India
The first suspected cases of Sars were today reported in Australia and India, as signs emerged that the Chinese government was beginning to admit the extent of the deadly disease in the country. Universities in China's capital, Beijing, announced they had cancelled some classes in a bid...

India and Pakistan Test Fire Missiles
Bitter rivals India and Pakistan both test fired nuclear-capable missiles today, raising tensions on the subcontinent three days after 24 Hindus were murdered in the disputed region of Kashmir. India appeared to have moved first, firing a surface-to-surface Prithvi missile at 11.30am...

GM Cotton Doubles Yield in India Trials
Genetically modified cotton produced almost double the yield in field trials in India, German and US scientists said today. The scientists reported that experiments on 157 farms in three cotton-producing states showed that Bt cotton, which is resistant to boll weevil attack, needed 70%...

Liberalisation Makes Rajasthan's Drought Lethal
It is not just lack of rain, but also economic exclusion, that is causing starvation in northern India, says Liz Stuart of Christian Aid.

Indian Engineer Who Died at the Moment She Had Lived for
The residents of Karnal, about 80 miles north of New Delhi, had planned a party on Saturday night to celebrate the return of Kalpana Chawla to Earth.

India Limbers Up for Space Race As Prime Minister Asks for the Moon
Shuttle astronaut inspires New Delhi to challenge China's lofty ambitions. It is more than thirty years since the American astronauts Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt wandered around the surface of the moon, scooped up several large chunks of rock and flew home. Since their last epic Apollo mission in December 1972, no one has been back.

The Czechs' Indian Gambit
The Czech deputy Minister for Industry and Trade, Miroslav Somol, sounded upbeat in his visit to India a fortnight ago. At a meeting of the Confederation of Indian industry on Jan 6, he reminded the audience of their country's close economic collaboration with the erstwhile Czechoslovakia.

Russia Leases Nuclear Bombers to India
£1.9bn arms deal to give India power of mass destruction across Pakistan and China. India last night signed a £1.9bn deal with Russia to lease four long-range nuclear bombers and two nuclear-capable submarines, in a move which campaigners say will dramatically escalate the arms race on the subcontinent.

Naga rebels declare end of war with India
There was muted optimism in Delhi last night at the progress of negotiations designed to end one of the longest-running separatist insurgencies in Asia.

India Backpacker Admits Drug Guilt, Mother Reveals
A 22-year-old British backpacker who claimed she had been duped into taking a suitcase full of drugs through Indian customs has admitted she knew what she was doing, her mother said last night. Daisy Angus, a fitness instructor from Bournemouth, Dorset, was arrested six weeks ago when...

India tests ballistic missile
India today conducted a test launch of a long-range ballistic missile that would be capable of delivering a nuclear weapon to just about any part of Pakistan.

Dream Trip That Turned Into an Indian Jail Nightmare
Briton, 22, held for smuggling hashish after carrying friend's case at airport.

Website Pays Price for Indian Bribery Exposé
Tarun Tejpal is sitting amid the ruins of his office. There is not much left - a few dusty chairs, three computers and a forlorn air-conditioning unit. "We have sold virtually everything. I've even flogged the airconditioner," he says dolefully. Twenty months ago Tejpal, editor in chief...

Luke Harding on Water-related Diseases in India
150,000 die from water-related diseases in India every year. The charity WaterAid has come up with a solution - funding community toilets. Luke Harding reports.

Gere Caught in India's Aids Dispute
Rightwingers attack the Buddhist actor for an article citing CIA statistics which they claim are exaggerated.

Death Sentences for Indian Parliament Attack
Three men were today sentenced to death by hanging for aiding an attack on India's parliament last year that almost triggered war with Pakistan. Judge SN Dhingra sentenced the three Indian citizens to death after finding them guilty of murder and waging war against India. "They...

Dark Days for India
Following the victory of the BJP in the Gujarat state elections, Luke Harding looks at the implications for India's future as a secular state.

Fears for Secular India After Bjp Win Landslide in Gujurat
Religious hatred nets hardline Hindus a landslide in Gujarat. Analysts now fear a similar shift across the country.

Indian Detectives Hunt Killer Bandit
Detectives were last night hunting India's most deadly and elusive bandit, Veerappan, after the decomposing body of a senior politician whom he kidnapped several months ago was discovered in the jungle. Police officers stumbled across the remains of Hannur Nagappa, 66, a former state...

Indian Villagers Given a Taste of Equality
Lower-caste Dalits trained to fix pumps gain clean water and modicum of respect.

West too soft on Pakistan, says India
Britain and the US have "lost the right" to lecture New Delhi on how to respond to terrorist provocation by displaying double standards by tracking down bombers in Pakistan but letting them operate freely in Kashmir, India's foreign minister said yesterday.

New Chief Minister Promises a Healing Touch in Indian Kashmir
Indian Kashmir's new political leader promised to bring a "healing touch" to the troubled region yesterday.

India Pulls Troops Back From Border
India announced last night that it would withdraw thousands of soldiers from its border with Pakistan, making its most significant step towards reducing tension with its nuclear rival for nearly a year. The defence minister, George Fernandes, said troops on the international border with...

India and Pakistan Raise Election Tension With Missiles Tests
India tested one of its sophisticated surface-to-air missiles last night, hours after Pakistan tested a missile capable of carrying a warhead to New Delhi. The defence ministry confirmed that it had successfully fired its Akash missile, which has a range of 15 miles, off the east coast...

India and Pakistan in Tit-for-tat Missile Tests
India and Pakistan today test fired ballistic missiles in a display of military hardware likely to inflame tensions across one of the world's most volatile borders. Islamabad launched its nuclear-capable Hatf IV missile to dismissive comments from New Delhi that it was simply "antics"...

Pakistani Missile Tests Nerve of India
Pakistan said it test-fired a surface-to-surface ballistic missile today capable of having a nuclear warhead fitted, in a move that was immediately dismissed by India as a publicity stunt ahead of Pakistani elections. The Indian government said Pakistan advised it of the missile test....

10 Killed Entering Indian-held Kashmir
The Indian army killed 10 suspected Islamic militants today after they crossed into Indian-controlled Kashmir from Pakistani territory, Indian police said. Indian soldiers killed eight intruders in Nanjot sector, along the line of control dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan, a...

Pakistan blamed for 30 deaths in Indian temple raid
India has blamed Pakistan for the raid on a Hindu temple which ended yesterday when commandos attacked at dawn and shot two assailants who had withstood a 14-hour siege after killing 30 worshippers.

India Blames Pakistan for Temple Attack
The Indian government today blamed Pakistan for an attack on a Hindu temple that left 32 people dead and has raised fears of fresh communal violence. New Delhi sent 3,000 soldiers to Gujarat state, in the west of the country, to guard against any outbreak of sectarian rioting in the wake...

Indian firm denies selling chemicals
The manager of an Indian company accused of illegally supplying Iraq with ingredients for making rockets said he was baffled by the allegations yesterday, adding: "We don't make chemicals."

Indian Minister and 15 Others Killed in Kashmir Attacks
Suspected Islamic militants today shot dead an Indian state minister and 15 others, including four Indian soldiers and a 12-year-old boy, in two separate attacks in the run-up to state elections in Kashmir, police said. Guerrillas killed Mushtaq Ahmad Lone, the law minister for the state...

The truth will out
She had no commission, no crew... and she was in jail. So what could documentary maker Franny Armstrong possibly do for the tribal villagers being displaced by the Narmada dam in India?

India Denies Kashmir Attack
Pakistan today accused India of launching an "unprovoked attack" on a Pakistani post in the disputed territory of Kashmir on the eve of a high-level US visit to try to defuse tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours. Pakistan said the Indians suffered heavy casualties. The Indian...

Tripura Separatists Kill 20 Indian Soldiers
Rebels armed with grenades and automatic weapons killed at least 20 Indian soldiers today in the north-eastern state of Tripura, police officials said. No group claimed immediate responsibility for the attack. However police in Tripura, which borders Bangladesh on three sides, said they...

Missile Man Cruises Into Indian Presidency
A popular scientist known as the Missile Man and famous more for his informal dress sense than his political experience was elected president of India yesterday. APJ Abdul Kalam, a quirky former academic and civil servant respected for his humility, earned immense popularity in India for...

Indian-born soldier makes Vatican history
A 21-year-old Indian-born soldier has become the first non-white Swiss Guard in the 500-year history of the militia which is sworn to protect the life of the Pope but is generally kept busy directing tourists around the Vatican.

India Threatens to Deport Pm's Critic
India's Hindu nationalist government was last night poised to deport a British journalist after he wrote an article suggesting that the country's elderly prime minister fell asleep in cabinet meetings, was prone to "interminable silences" and enjoyed a nightly whisky.

UK Selling Arms to India
The government approved arms sales to India and Pakistan throughout the Kashmir crisis, at a time when ministers were warning about the dispute spreading beyond the region and telling British citizens to leave the area immediately.

India's Presidency Goes to Head of Nuclear Missile Programme
India was last night poised to anoint as its next president the man responsible for carrying out the country's controversial nuclear tests four years ago - a Muslim scientist with no political experience. Dr Abdul Kalam, 70, received a rapturous reception in Delhi yesterday when he met...

India Claims 'victory Without War'
The Indian prime minister today ruled out peace talks with Pakistan or any withdrawal of troops from their shared border and claimed that a pledge from Pakistan to rein in Islamic militants, rather than international pressure, had been the key to averting war between the countries. In his...

Al-Qaida Active Close to Indian Border, Says Rumsfeld
The US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld said yesterday that there were "indications" that fugitive al-Qaida fighters were now operating in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, close to the porous border with India. After a meeting with India's Hindu nationalist prime minister, Atal Bihari...

Rumsfeld Upbeat Over Indian Gesture
Indian warships today started moving away from waters close to Pakistan as stormy relations between the two countries appeared to calm ahead of a visit to the region by the US defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld. The order to pull back came a day after the New Delhi government announced it...

India Lifts Flight Ban to Ease Tension in the Air
India announced the first of a series of measures to reduce tension with Pakistan yesterday: letting its aircraft resume flights in Indian airspace. The announcement was made hours before the US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld's arrival in the region. The foreign ministry spokeswoman...

Indian Court Drops Hinduja Corruption Charges
An Indian court today threw out charges against the billionaire Hinduja brothers, who were accused of taking kickbacks from an Indian arms deal in 1986, because of a technical error by the prosecutors.

Kashmir: history of a flashpoint
1846 The British East India Co sells Kashmir to a maharajah for six million rupees and an annual tribute of six shawls spun from the wool of Kashmiri goats.

We lost a plane, admits India
Pakistan military is defiant after air force fighters bring down unmanned enemy spy drone.

US Steps Up India/pakistan Peace Efforts
US steps up peace efforts as envoys fly in.

India Calls for Cooperation in Kashmir
The Indian prime minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, today called on Pakistan to monitor jointly their disputed border in Kashmir, a gesture seen by regional security analysts as a possible step towards conciliation. Mr Vajpayee said that India and Pakistan should work together to patrol the...

Britons defy advice to quit India
Thousands of Britons have defied last week's advice by the foreign secretary Jack Straw to leave India immediately despite the serious risk of a war on the subcontinent, officials said last night.

India and Pakistan Trade Blame Over Kashmir
The leaders of India and Pakistan today blamed each other in angry statements for 55 years of conflict as they sat at the same table while their troops fired at each other over the disputed territory of Kashmir. Shelling continued on the line of control separating India and...

India asserts its right to strike at Pakistan
India's defence secretary, Yogendra Narain, insisted last night that his army had a "moral and legal right" to launch a punitive attack on Pakistan, adding ominously: "We can strike at three hours' notice."

India Plays Down Nuclear War Threat
The Indian defence minister, George Fernandes, today played down fears of nuclear war between India and Pakistan amid intensifying diplomatic efforts to cool tensions. In an interview with the International Herald Tribune, Mr Fernandes said that neither...

India Snub to Peace Talks
India's prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee last night hinted that India was inching away from a decision to attack Pakistan - but said he had no intention of meeting Pakistan's military ruler General Pervez Musharraf at a crucial regional summit later today.

Luke Harding and Richard Norton-Taylor: India alert as nuclear war looms
The foreign secretary Jack Straw last night urged Britons to leave India immediately because of its "dangerous" military stand-off with its nuclear rival Pakistan and advised all nationals against travelling to the region.

Majority would opt for Indian citizenship, says poll