Russia on Monday handed over a nuclear-powered submarine to India at a ceremony near the port of Vladivostok in the country’s Far East. The transfer ceremony was attended by Russian and Indian officials, but was closed to journalists. Moscow offered the Russian-built Nepra submarine to the Indian Navy on a 10-year lease at a cost […]
Russia Hands Over Nuclear Submarine to India
Posted January 23rd, 2012 at 3:05 pm (UTC-5)
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2 Arrested in Mumbai Blasts
Posted January 23rd, 2012 at 7:15 am (UTC-5)
An Indian anti-terrorism investigator says Mumbai police have arrested two men involved in the triple blasts that hit India’s financial hub last July. However, the investigator said Monday the top suspect, Yasin Bhatkal, remains at large. Bhatkal is a leader in the Indian Mujahideen. Authorities say the back-to-back blasts killed 27 people and wounded more […]
12 Killed in Maoist Attack in India
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 6:50 am (UTC-5)
Police in eastern India say suspected Maoist rebels have triggered a landmine blast, killing at least 12 police officers and wounding at least two. Authorities say the Maoists targeted a police vehicle in a densely forested region in Jharkhand state Saturday. National leaders say the 40-year-long Maoist insurgency in India is the country’s biggest internal […]
Banned Rushdie Book Read At Indian Festival
Posted January 21st, 2012 at 6:00 am (UTC-5)
Writers read passages of Salman Rushdie’s banned book, The Satanic Verses, at a literary festival Friday in India. Rushdie canceled his plans to attend the Jaipur Literary Festival after protests from Muslim clerics and warnings that he could be targeted for assassination. Hari Kunzru and Amitava Kumar were among the authors who read from the […]
Rushdie Cancels Appearance At Literary Festival
Posted January 20th, 2012 at 7:15 am (UTC-5)
Salman Rushdie has canceled plans to attend an Indian literary festival Friday after protests from Muslim clerics and warnings that he could be targeted for assassination. Rushdie said Indian intelligence sources had informed him “paid assassins from the Mumbai Underworld” were on their way to Jaipur to “eliminate” him. Rushdie said it would be “irresponsible” […]
Indian Court Rules in Favor of Vodafone
Posted January 20th, 2012 at 5:15 am (UTC-5)
India’s Supreme Court has ruled British telecom giant Vodafone is not liable for more than $4 billion in back taxes and penalties for its purchase of an Indian mobile operator. The dispute centered on Vodafone’s $11 billion purchase in 2007 of a majority stake in the Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa’s Indian mobile unit. Vodafone had […]
21 Internet Companies Fight Web Control in India
Posted January 18th, 2012 at 5:00 pm (UTC-5)
In India, 21 Internet companies, including such giants as Google and Facebook, are fighting a lawsuit after the government authorized their prosecution for failing to block offensive content that appears on their websites. The criminal lawsuit was filed by the editor of the New Delhi-based Urdu weekly, Akbari, who alleged that online material on their […]
India, China Agree to Prevent Flareups along Border
Posted January 18th, 2012 at 11:40 am (UTC-5)
India and China have agreed to work to prevent any flare-ups and to ensure peace along their disputed Himalayan border. India’s ambassador to China, S. Jaishankar, and China’s Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin signed an agreement in New Delhi to establish a committee on border management. The agreement calls for both countries to strive to […]
India, China Agree to Prevent Flareups along Border
Posted January 18th, 2012 at 9:10 am (UTC-5)
India and China have agreed to work to prevent any flareups and to ensure peace along their disputed Himalayan border. India’s ambassador to China, S. Jaishankar, and China’s Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin signed an agreement in New Delhi to establish a committee on border management. The agreement calls for both countries to strive to […]
India Urges Sri Lanka to Work on Reconciliation Efforts
Posted January 17th, 2012 at 4:35 pm (UTC-5)
India’s External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna has urged the Sri Lankan government to forge ahead with political reconciliation steps recommended by a presidential inquiry into the final phase of the 25-year civil war that ended in 2009. Krishna met Tuesday with President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Colombo. He noted the constructive recommendations of the Lessons Learnt […]
