A computer operator from an impoverished region of eastern India has become the first contestant to win the $1 million top prize on the Indian version of the television quiz show Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Sushil Kamar accomplished the feat during a taping of the popular show Tuesday, which is set to air […]
Contestant Wins $1 Million on Indian Game Show
Posted October 27th, 2011 at 6:40 am (UTC-5)
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Kashmir Official Defends Plans to Withdraw Impunity Laws
Posted October 27th, 2011 at 5:35 am (UTC-5)
The chief of Indian-controlled Kashmir has defended plans to roll back controversial laws that allow security forces to act with near impunity in the region, saying the move is not an effort to undermine the army. Kashmir’s Chief Administrator Omar Abdullah said Wednesday the Armed Forces Special Powers Act is being revoked in some areas […]
Grenade Attack Wounds 5 in Indian Kashmir
Posted October 26th, 2011 at 6:20 am (UTC-5)
Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir say suspected militants have hurled a grenade at a police vehicle, wounding five civilians when the grenade missed its target. The attack Wednesday in Bijbehara comes a day after several similar attacks directed at security forces in Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar. Those attacks wounded three paramilitary officers. Kashmir is divided […]
India’s FM to Visit Japan
Posted October 25th, 2011 at 5:55 pm (UTC-5)
India’s Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna will travel to Japan later this week for a three-day visit aimed at boosting ties. In a statement Tuesday, Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Krishna will arrive in Tokyo on Friday and leave on Sunday. The statement said Krishna and his Japanese counterpart, Koichiro Gemba, will hold the fifth […]
India Raises Interest Rates Again to Curb Inflation
Posted October 25th, 2011 at 8:55 am (UTC-5)
India’s central bank has raised interest rates for the 13th time since March of 2010, in another attempt to curb the country’s high inflation. The Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday raised its short-term lending rate, or repo rate , by 25 basis points, to 8.50 percent. RBI Governor Duvvuri Subbarao said he expected inflationary […]
Grenade Attacks Hit Indian Kashmir
Posted October 25th, 2011 at 7:30 am (UTC-5)
Suspected militants have hurled grenades at security forces in Indian-controlled Kashmir, wounding three paramilitary police officers. Authorities say the attacks took place within minutes of each other in Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar. Suspected rebels first threw grenades at a paramilitary camp, wounding the three members of the Central Reserve Police Force. A second attack […]
India’s Tourism Minister Disputes Travel Warnings
Posted October 25th, 2011 at 7:05 am (UTC-5)
India’s tourism minister is disputing the decision of five Western countries to issue recent travel advisories that warn of possible terrorist attacks during the upcoming Indian holiday season. The United States, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have all warned their citizens to take extra precaution during the festival period. Tourism minister Subodh Kant Sahay […]
India Bus Accident Leaves 25 Dead
Posted October 25th, 2011 at 3:00 am (UTC-5)
Indian officials say at least 25 people have died after a crowded passenger bus slid down a ravine in the mountainous northern state of Himachal Pradesh. Officials say the accident happened late Monday when the bus rolled down a hill after stopping to pick up stranded passengers of another bus that had broken down. At […]
Officials: India Close to Wiping Out Polio
Posted October 24th, 2011 at 8:45 am (UTC-5)
Indian health officials say the country is on the verge of eradicating polio, with no cases reported there in more than nine months. Indian officials said Monday the last new case was reported in January in West Bengal state. According to the World Health Organization, a country is declared polio free when no cases are […]
India Close to Wiping Out Polio
Posted October 24th, 2011 at 4:15 am (UTC-5)
Monday marks World Polio Day, a day to spotlight the importance of global eradication of polio. Health officials in India announced Monday there has been no detection of polio in the country for nine months, India’s longest polio-free period since eradication efforts began. Indian health officials say the last new case was reported in January […]
