A popular Indian yoga guru has ended his nine-day, anti-graft fast. Baba Ramdev, who hosts a popular daily television yoga program, ended his fast Sunday by drinking juice. He went on the fast to protest corruption in India’s scandal-tainted government. He was demanding a return of so-called black money – cash stashed in foreign bank […]
Ten Indian Policemen Dead in Rebel Attack
Posted June 10th, 2011 at 2:10 am (UTC-5)
Indian police say Maoist rebels have killed 10 policemen in a landmine attack in the central state of Chhattisgarh. The officer in charge of Maoist operations, Ram Niwas, told reporters the Maoists targeted a police vehicle and triggered a massive explosion, 400 kilometers from the state capital of Raipur. Three other officers were wounded in […]
Mexico’s Carstens Takes IMF Bid to India
Posted June 9th, 2011 at 7:25 pm (UTC-5)
Mexican Central Bank Governor Agustin Carstens is due in India Friday to press his case to become the next head of the International Monetary Fund. Carstens is expected to hold series of meetings in New Delhi similar to his rival, France’s Christine Lagarde. She met Tuesday with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister […]
India’s “Picasso” Dies at 95
Posted June 9th, 2011 at 5:00 pm (UTC-5)
India’s most eminent artist, Maqbool Fida Husain, sometimes called “the Indian Picasso,” died Thursday in London at the age of 95. Indian President Pratibha Patil, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, and artists and ordinary Indians paid tribute to Husain after news of his death spread across the country. Husain began his career in India as a […]
Maoist Rebels Kill 5 Policemen in Central India
Posted June 9th, 2011 at 1:35 pm (UTC-5)
Police say Maoist rebels have killed five policeman in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. The five officers died in a shootout with rebels who attacked a police camp in the Naryanpur district early Thursday. There were no reports of casualties among the attackers. Late last month, Maoist rebels ambushed a group of police investigating […]
India’s “Picasso” Dies at 95
Posted June 9th, 2011 at 5:35 am (UTC-5)
An artist sometimes called “the Indian Picasso” has died in London at the age of 95. M.F. Husain — whose full name was Maqbool Fida Husain — began his career in India as a Bollywood poster artist and later developed a style combining Indian traditions with a Western-influenced Cubist style. He was also known for […]
India’s Anti-Corruption Activists Renew Pressure on Government
Posted June 8th, 2011 at 5:00 pm (UTC-5)
Two high-profile anti-corruption activists in India have renewed pressure on the government in New Delhi to deal with graft, widely seen as the country’s most pressing problem. India’s wealthiest yoga guru, Baba Ramdev, who is continuing his anti-corruption hunger strike from his base in northern India, warned of violence as he condemned the government crackdown […]
Activists Fast to Press Indian Government on Corruption
Posted June 8th, 2011 at 11:10 am (UTC-5)
Indian social activist Anna Hazare has started a day-long fast against corruption and the government’s crackdown on a similar protest led by a popular yoga guru. Anna Hazare started a day-long fast Wednesday at the New Delhi site where Mahatma Gandhi was cremated. Hazare sat on a stage dressed in his traditional white cotton clothes […]
Bus Crash Kills 22 in India
Posted June 8th, 2011 at 9:35 am (UTC-5)
Police in India say 22 people were killed after a speeding bus plunged off a bridge and burst into flames in the country’s south. Officials say the crash occurred Tuesday night in Tamil Nadu state when the driver of the bus swerved to avoid two trucks which had collided with each other. Only two people, […]
Rampaging Elephants Trample Indian Man to Death
Posted June 8th, 2011 at 6:00 am (UTC-5)
Two wild elephants went on a three-hour rampage in the Indian city of Mysore on Wednesday, trampling one man to death. Authorities said the elephants entered the city from a nearby forest and panicked residents in the southern Indian city. The elephants attacked a cow, roamed onto the campus of a women’s college and romped […]
