Indian officials say they are sending a military delegation to China Sunday, marking a resumption of defense ties suspended for a year over a visa spat. The eight member Indian group will visit Beijing and the Xinjiang region that borders Kashmir on the six-day visit. India cut off defense contacts with China last year to […]
India Raises Interest Rates Again to Curb Inflation
Posted June 16th, 2011 at 3:05 pm (UTC-5)
India’s central bank has raised interest rates for the 10th time since March of last year in an effort to tame the country’s high inflation rate. The Reserve Bank of India, the country’s central bank, on Thursday increased the repurchase or repo rate, the interest charged by the federal bank on loans to commercial banks, […]
Indian Activist to Resume Anti-Corruption Fast
Posted June 16th, 2011 at 10:30 am (UTC-5)
A veteran Indian activist says he will resume his anti-corruption hunger strike, after accusing the government of not being serious about fighting graft. Anna Hazara told reporters in New Delhi Thursday that he will begin a new fast on August 16, because the government has not fulfilled its promise to enact anti-corruption legislation. The 73-year-old […]
UN Congo Mission to Lose Indian Helicopters
Posted June 15th, 2011 at 11:10 am (UTC-5)
India is getting set to withdraw its Mi-35 attack helicopters from the United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The expected departure of the four aircraft early next month has sparked fears the U.N. mission will be less well 1equipped to safeguard civilians, especially in remote and volatile areas of eastern Congo. Indian […]
Indian Spiritual Leader Dies After Months of Fasting
Posted June 14th, 2011 at 4:45 pm (UTC-5)
Indian spiritual leader Swami Nigamanand, who was on a hunger strike for 115 days to protest environmental abuses in the country, died late Monday at the age of 36 in a hospital in Uttarakhand state. Nigamanand was fasting to bring attention to pollution of India’s revered Ganga River, also known as the Ganges. Nigamanand, who […]
India to Support States Hit by Maoist Insurgency
Posted June 14th, 2011 at 12:25 pm (UTC-5)
India’s home minister has offered federal support to states dealing with Maoist rebels. Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said Tuesday the government will enact a two-pronged approach that will include police action and development programs in the two states worst hit by the insurgency, Chhattisgarh and Orissa. Chidambaram told reporters that although the number of deaths […]
India’s Inflation Rate Rises
Posted June 14th, 2011 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
Higher food and fuel costs pushed India’s inflation rate to 9.06 percent in May, increasing pressure on the country’s central bank to increase interest rates again. The country’s main inflation gauge — the wholesale price index — jumped more than half a point last month from 8.66 percent in April. The government on Tuesday also […]
Sri Lanka-India Ferry Service Resumes After 25 Years
Posted June 14th, 2011 at 8:55 am (UTC-5)
Ferry service has resumed between Sri Lanka and India for the first time in more 25 years after it was halted due to the island nation’s civil war. The 1,044-passenger Scotia Prince docked at Colombo’s port Tuesday after leaving the southern Indian port of Tuticorin. The Indian ferry will initially make two trips per week, […]
Indian Journalists Protest Killing of Crime Reporter
Posted June 13th, 2011 at 4:30 pm (UTC-5)
Hundreds of Indian journalists demonstrated in the streets of Mumbai Monday to protest the killing of a prominent crime reporter working for the Mumbai daily Midday. Reporters and editors led the march to the office of the chief minister of Maharashtra state, Prithviraj Chavan, demanding that federal authorities investigate the death of Jyotirmoy Dey, who […]
Indian Journalists Protest Killing of Crime Reporter
Posted June 13th, 2011 at 9:10 am (UTC-5)
Hundreds of journalists gathered in the streets of Mumbai Monday to protest the killing of a prominent crime reporter in the city. Reporters and editors marched to the office of the chief minister of Maharashtra state, demanding that federal authorities investigate the death of 56-year-old Jyotirmoy Dey, who was shot and killed near his home […]
