Indian police dragged away a group of Tibetan exiles as they demonstrated Thursday in New Delhi outside a meeting between Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and his Indian counterpart. The protesters were demanding that China withdraw from disputed China-India border land high in the Himalayas, where both sides have backed their competing territorial claims in […]
Tibetan Exiles Protest China’s Top Diplomat in India
Posted March 1st, 2012 at 10:00 am (UTC-5)
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Tibetan Exiles Protest China’s Top Diplomat in India
Posted March 1st, 2012 at 6:55 am (UTC-5)
Indian police dragged away a group of Tibetan exiles as they demonstrated Thursday in New Delhi outside a meeting between Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and his Indian counterpart. The protesters were demanding that China withdraw from the disputed Himalayan region, where India has backed its claim with a troop presence for more than five […]
Tibetan Exiles Protest China’s Top Diplomat in India
Posted March 1st, 2012 at 5:45 am (UTC-5)
Indian police dragged away a group of Tibetan exiles as they demonstrated Thursday in New Delhi outside a meeting between Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and his Indian counterpart. The protesters were demanding that China withdraw from the disputed Himalayan region, where India has back its claim with a troop presence for more than five […]
Tibetan Exiles Protest China’s Top Diplomat in India
Posted March 1st, 2012 at 5:05 am (UTC-5)
Indian police dragged away a group of Tibetan exiles as they demonstrated Thursday in New Delhi outside a meeting between Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and his Indian counterpart. The protesters were demanding that China withdraw from the disputed Himalayan region, where India has back its claim with a troop presence for more than five […]
Pakistan to Normalize Trade with India This Year
Posted February 29th, 2012 at 2:20 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistan says it plans to normalize trade with its longtime rival India by the end of the year. The Pakistani government said Wednesday that it will phase out restrictions on imports from India by December, honoring a commitment Islamabad made last year to liberalize trade with New Delhi. Pakistan currently restricts hundreds of items from […]
India Arrests Two Suspected Terrorists
Posted February 29th, 2012 at 10:40 am (UTC-5)
Indian officials say they have detained two men who were planning to carry out attacks in New Delhi. Indian Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram told reporters Wednesday that the men were affiliated with the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba. Lashkar is blamed for the 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai that killed 166 people. Chidambaram did not give […]
India’s Nationwide Strike Targets Economic Policies
Posted February 28th, 2012 at 6:40 pm (UTC-5)
India’s three key economic sectors were crippled Tuesday after 11 trade unions took part in a nationwide strike to protest what they called “anti-labor” policies. Transport, financial and postal services were disrupted in many parts of the country, as union members stayed at home. The stoppage is a setback for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Congress […]
India Removed from WHO’s Polio Endemic List
Posted February 25th, 2012 at 5:30 am (UTC-5)
The World Health Organization has removed India from the list of polio endemic countries. India’s health minister says WHO removed India from the list Saturday after the country passed one year without registering any new polio cases. India must go another two years without new cases to be declared polio-free. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said […]
Indian Authorities Relocate Village to Protect Tigers
Posted February 16th, 2012 at 10:50 pm (UTC-5)
Authorities in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan have relocated a village in the heart of a tiger sanctuary to protect the habitat of the big cat. The move is aimed at reviving the tiger population in the Sariska reserve where conservationists, to their dismay, did not find a single tiger in 2005. The last […]
Indian Authorities Relocate Village to Protect Tigers
Posted February 16th, 2012 at 3:40 pm (UTC-5)
Authorities in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan have relocated a village in the heart of a tiger sanctuary to protect the habitat of the big cat. The move is aimed at reviving the tiger population in the Sariska reserve where conservationists, to their dismay, did not find a single tiger in 2005. The last […]
