Gurkhas used against Kashmir militantsINDIA: A junior commissioned army officer and two others died in rebel violence in northern India's disputed Jammu and Kashmir…Mon Sep 8 2003 - 01:00
India rules out talks with Pakistan after hotel attackINDIA: India's Prime Minister Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee yesterday ruled out talks with nuclear rival Pakistan until it ended terrorist…Sat Aug 30 2003 - 01:00
39 die in stampede at religious festivalINDIA: At least 39 people, including 26 women, were trampled to death and another 150 were injured yesterday following a stampede…Thu Aug 28 2003 - 01:00
Thousands march in protest over bombingsINDIA: Thousands of hardline Hindu activists marched in silent protest yesterday across India's financial capital, Bombay, where…Thu Aug 28 2003 - 01:00
Report on site fails to resolve conflictsINDIA: Indian archeologists have failed to resolve competing claims of Hindus and Muslims following excavations at the country…Wed Aug 27 2003 - 01:00
Hopes ride on India, Pakistan 'peace bus'INDIA: Escorted by armed guards, the bus service between India and Pakistan resumed yesterday after an 18-month break as the…Sat Jul 12 2003 - 01:00
Construction work near Taj Mahal puts mausoleum at risk of floodingINDIA: A £30 million project to build a complex of shopping malls, restaurants, a boat club and open-air entertainment spots…Mon Jun 30 2003 - 01:00
Moscow to boost ties with Asia tripCAMBODIA: Russia's Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov was in Cambodia yesterday, India the day before, as part of Moscow's "look-east…Wed Jun 18 2003 - 01:00
Indian 'no' to Pakistan nuclear offerINDIA: India yesterday said it would not reciprocate Pakistan's offer to dismantle nuclear weapons, but hoped never to use them…Fri May 9 2003 - 01:00
PM of Pakistan in peace overture to IndiaPAKISTAN: Pakistan's Prime Minister Mr Zafarullah Khan Jamali has invited opposition leaders to discuss improving ties with …Mon May 5 2003 - 01:00
Vultures facing extinction from mystery illnessINDIA: Asia's first Vulture Care Centre, set up to preserve the scavenging birds that face extinction from a deadly, mysterious…Mon Feb 24 2003 - 00:00
Rift grows as India, Pakistan expel envoysINDIA/PAKISTAN: India and Pakistan carried out tit-for-tat expulsions of 10 senior diplomats at the weekend, deepening the chill…Mon Feb 10 2003 - 00:00
Pakistan decries India's latest missile testINDIA: India yesterday conducted its third missile test in less than two weeks, leading to neighbouring nuclear rival Pakistan…Tue Jan 21 2003 - 00:00
Over 115 people die in Indian cold spellINDIA: Northern India shivered in a relentless cold wave yesterday in which more than 115 people, mostly street dwellers, have…Wed Jan 8 2003 - 00:00
Tension in India over remarks by Musharraf on warPAKISTAN: Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf raised tensions with nuclear rival India yesterday by declaring that he had …Tue Dec 31 2002 - 00:00
Dolphins will become innocent victims in a war they do not chooseAnimal rights activists have condemned the Indian Navy's proposal of using dolphins to plant mines on enemy ships and submarines…Tue Dec 24 2002 - 00:00
Anti-Muslim election victors aim to turn India into Hindu republicINDIA: The anti-Muslim campaign that has returned India's Hindu nationalists to power in the state assembly in troubled western…Fri Dec 20 2002 - 00:00
Three sentenced to death for raid on Indian parliamentINDIA: Three men were sentenced to death yesterday for helping to plan last year's suicide attack on India's parliament.Thu Dec 19 2002 - 00:00
Rioting follows Hindu nationalist victoryINDIA: Curfews were imposed yesterday following clashes between Hindus and Muslims, after the announcement of a landslide victory…Mon Dec 16 2002 - 00:00
Gujarat politicians turn to celebrity and celestial starsINDIA: The leader of India's main opposition Congress Party has lashed out at the ruling right-wing Hindu nationalist BJP party…Mon Dec 9 2002 - 00:00
Hardline Hindu shot in GujaratUnidentified gunmen yesterday shot and wounded a prominent Hindu extremist leader in western India's politically volatile Gujarat…Wed Dec 4 2002 - 00:00
India says group backed by Pakistan attacked Hindu templesINDIA: India yesterday blamed a Pakistan-backed Muslim terrorist group for attacking two Hindu temples in northern, disputed…Tue Nov 26 2002 - 00:00
10 civilians die as gunmen seize Hindu templeINDIA: At least 10 people died in Indian Kashmir yesterday when Muslim rebels attacked Hindu temples targeted in a previous …Mon Nov 25 2002 - 00:00
Violent threat overshadows Indian festivalINDIA: Over 50,000 police and anti-terrorist commandos were deployed across India's capital New Delhi yesterday as, under the…Tue Nov 5 2002 - 00:00
Pakistani guerrillas killed in Delhi shootoutINDIA: Police shot dead two armed militants yesterday evening in an upmarket shopping mall in the Indian capital, New Delhi, …Mon Nov 4 2002 - 00:00
Hindu party leader faces charges after call to form suicide squads in IndiaINDIA: An extremist Hindu leader, who is part of India's Hindu nationalist-led federal coalition, has been charged with promoting…Mon Oct 21 2002 - 01:00
Indians pull back from Pakistani borderINDIA: India began pulling back 300,000 of its 700,000 soldiers from the border with Pakistan yesterdayFri Oct 18 2002 - 01:00
40 killed in election violence in KashmirINDIA: Over 40 people, including 11 security forces personnel, were killed and dozens of others were injured earlier this week…Fri Oct 4 2002 - 01:00
Heavy army and police presence in Gujarat after temple attackINDIA: Terrified Muslims breathed easy in western India's Gujarat state last evening after tight security in the communally …Fri Sep 27 2002 - 01:00
Indian commandos kill Muslim gunmen in Hindu temple attackINDIA: Indian commandos shot dead two teenage Muslim gunmen in a Hindu temple complex in western Gujarat state early yesterday…Thu Sep 26 2002 - 01:00
At least 30 killed as grenades thrown and shots fired at Hindu temple in GujaratINDIA: A gun battle was still raging late last night between India's security forces and gunmen who stormed a crowded Hindu …Wed Sep 25 2002 - 01:00
At least 14 killed in Kashmiri election violenceINDIA: A teenager and a policeman have been killed and two other people injured in Jammu and Kashmir's state assembly elections…Tue Sep 17 2002 - 01:00
Kashmir militants fire near minister's funeralKASHMIR: Islamic militants yesterday fired on India's security forces near the funeral of Kashmir's assassinated law minister…Fri Sep 13 2002 - 01:00
Kashmir's law minister and two bodyguards assassinated at rallyINDIA: Kashmir's law minister, Mushtaq Ahmed Lone, and his two bodyguards were assassinated yesterday at an election rally in…Thu Sep 12 2002 - 01:00
Sixty-nine killed in Indian train crashINDIA: Sixty-nine people died and almost 180 were injured after their luxury express train hurtled off a bridge into a swollen…Wed Sep 11 2002 - 01:00
Kashmir terrorists warn of anti-election crusadeINDIA: Islamic terrorists opposed to next week's polling in northern India's disputed Jammu and Kashmir state assembly have …Tue Sep 10 2002 - 01:00
Details of major clash in Kashmir were kept secret by India and PakistanKASHMIR: India and Pakistan fought a secret, large-scale battle in Kashmir last month in which Indian fighter jets and helicopter…Mon Aug 26 2002 - 01:00
Indian base in Tajikistan 'quietly operational 'India has established a military base in Central Asia as the race for access to the oil and gas-rich region intensifies.Thu Aug 22 2002 - 01:00
Rebels kill 19 in Indian state of TripuraNineteen policemen were killed and five seriously injured in an ambush by unidentified rebels in the remote north-eastern state…Wed Aug 21 2002 - 01:00
Viagra sales on rise in KashmirA thriving market for Viagra has developed among young men in Kashmir who have been rendered sexually dysfunctional by living…Sat Jul 27 2002 - 01:00
India's new president puts on a tie but keeps long locksIndia's "missile man", Mr A.P.JFri Jul 26 2002 - 01:00
India says Pakistan 'inspired' Kashmir massacreINDIA: India yesterday accused Pakistan of "sponsoring" an attack in the disputed northern Jammu and Kashmir state in which …Mon Jul 15 2002 - 01:00
Colonial restraining order invoked to prevent pig meetingsINDIA: A former colonial restraining order has been imposed on pigs, forbidding the assembly of four or more of the animals, …Tue Jun 18 2002 - 01:00
20,000 left homeless as monsoon rains trigger flash floods in IndiaINDIA: Monsoon rains have triggered flash floods in India's north-eastern Assam state, submerging around 30 villages and leaving…Tue Jun 18 2002 - 01:00
India's missile man to become presidentINDIA: For Avil J.P. Abdul Kalam, the scientist behind India's missile and nuclear weapon programmes who distributed newspapers…Fri Jun 14 2002 - 01:00
Rumsfeld no longer sure about al-Qaeda presenceINDIA: The US Defence Secretary, Mr Donald Rumsfeld, rowed back yesterday on earlier comments that al-Qaeda cadres were present…Fri Jun 14 2002 - 01:00
Rumsfeld says al-Qaeda inside KashmirThe US Defence Secretary, Mr Donald Rumsfeld, yesterday backed India's claims that al-Qaeda militants are operating near the …Thu Jun 13 2002 - 01:00
Lifting of flight ban by India eases tensionINDIA: India yesterday lifted its over-flight ban on Pakistani commercial aircraft as the nuclear rivals, under intense US pressure…Tue Jun 11 2002 - 01:00
Pakistan given time to act on its promise to tackle terrorismINDIA/PAKISTAN: India has given Pakistan 72 hours to make good its promise of reducing cross-border terrorism in KashmirMon Jun 10 2002 - 01:00
Nuclear tensions reduced but threat remainsINDIA/PAKISTAN: Tension between nuclear rivals India and Pakistan eased somewhat yesterday after a senior US official assured…Sat Jun 8 2002 - 01:00