Security stepped up as separatists end ceasefireIndian security forces began a fresh offensive against Muslim separatists in the disputed Kashmir region yesterday, after the…Thu Aug 10 2000 - 01:00
Bombay court frees Hindu right-wing leader accused over 800 riot deathsA court in India's financial capital, Bombay, yesterday dismissed charges against a Hindu extremist leader of inciting sectarian…Wed Jul 26 2000 - 01:00
India frees Latvian pilots in advance of Putin visitIndia has released five Latvian pilots, serving life terms for waging war against the countryMon Jul 24 2000 - 01:00
Indian air crash kills at least 60An Indian commercial airliner burst into flames yesterday seconds before a second landing attempt in eastern India's Bihar state…Tue Jul 18 2000 - 01:00
Kashmir state assembly votes for autonomy after heated debateThe state assembly in northern India's disputed Kashmir state yesterday passed a controversial autonomy proposal by voice vote…Tue Jun 27 2000 - 01:00
11 held after village massacre in BiharPolice arrested 11 people yesterday in connection with the killing of 34 lower-caste villagers in eastern India's crime-ridden…Mon Jun 19 2000 - 01:00
Preacher is latest Indian Christian victimThe recent wave of anti-Christian attacks continues across India, with the police recovering the partially burnt body of a young…Tue Jun 13 2000 - 01:00
Baby Aastha's birth brings India's population to billionIndia yesterday became the world's second country after China whose population reached the billion markFri May 12 2000 - 01:00
India to stay out of Sri LankaIndia yesterday ruled out all military support to the beleaguered Sri Lankan army fighting Tamil Tiger rebels in the north of…Tue May 9 2000 - 01:00
India pledges aid to alleviate droughtIndia's Hindu nationalist-led coalition government yesterday said it would mobilise all its resources to avert the drought affecting…Wed Apr 26 2000 - 01:00
Clinton to use his official visit to India to promote regional peacePresident Clinton is to begin an official visit to India tomorrow, the first by an American head of state in 22 years.Mon Mar 20 2000 - 00:00
Eunuch seeks electionA eunuch is contesting the upcoming state assembly by-elections in central India's Madhya Pradesh state, one of an increasing…Mon Feb 7 2000 - 00:00
Six jailed for life in Calcutta over large arms dropAN Indian court yesterday sentenced a former British army officer and five Latvians to life imprisonment for sedition, four years…Thu Feb 3 2000 - 00:00
Suspected murderer of missionary is arrestedThe main suspect in the murder of an Australian missionary and his two young sons a year ago was arrested in the eastern Indian…Wed Feb 2 2000 - 00:00
Unease after India frees militants for hostagesThe relief felt in India at the safe return of 160 hostages last Friday, eight days after an Indian Airlines jetliner was seized…Mon Jan 3 2000 - 00:00
Sick passenger leaves hijacked plane for 2 hours for treatmentHijackers of an Indian Airlines aircraft temporarily released an ill passenger for treatment yesterday, as extra Taliban militiamen…Fri Dec 31 1999 - 00:00
Many still marooned as epidemics threaten India's cyclone survivorsBulldozers dumped hundreds of bloated corpses yesterday onto scarce dry patches of land for cremation across eastern India's …Thu Nov 4 1999 - 00:00
Orissa still devastated by `storm of the century'Rescue operations, led by the military, gathered momentum yesterday in eastern India's Orissa state, three days after it was …Tue Nov 2 1999 - 00:00
Colour TV works black magic on a threatened tribeThe ancient Jarawa people, who have lived on India's Andaman Islands territory for nearly 40,000 years, are threatened with extinction…Mon Oct 25 1999 - 01:00
Indian coalition sworn in amid tensionIndia`s newly elected government assumed office yesterday at a swearing-in ceremony overshadowed by grave concern over the military…Thu Oct 14 1999 - 01:00
Indian military put on alert following coupThe Indian military went on alert yesterday following reports of the coup in neighbouring PakistanWed Oct 13 1999 - 01:00
Election counts in India show BJP in leadIndia's ruling coalition, led by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, the BJP, was leading yesterday over its rival …Thu Oct 7 1999 - 01:00
Sonia Gandhi's daughter a rising starMs Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (27), the daughter of Mrs Sonia Gandhi, head of India's best-known political dynasty, is emerging as…Tue Sep 21 1999 - 01:00
Pakistan's navy buries 16 dead amid rising tensionsProspects of peace talks between India and Pakistan faded yesterday after both sides adopted belligerent postures over the shooting…Fri Aug 13 1999 - 01:00
India claims helicopters were fired onIndia accused Pakistan of firing at Indian military helicopters yesterday, a day after a Pakistani naval surveillance plane was…Thu Aug 12 1999 - 01:00
Indian fighter jets shoot down Pakistani maritime patrol aircraft, killing 16 servicemenIndian fighter jets shot down a Pakistani maritime reconnaissance aircraft on a training flight yesterday, killing all 16 servicemen…Wed Aug 11 1999 - 01:00
Bloody, burnt bodies strewn on railsBloodied and badly burnt bodies were strewn over the site of a head-on train crash in eastern India yesterday in which up to …Tue Aug 3 1999 - 01:00
Customers at only liquor shop in Srinagar fear they could be killedSecreted between a police and a paramilitary base in northern Kashmir state's capital, Srinagar, lies the only liquor shop in…Wed Jul 21 1999 - 01:00
The cold reality of a logistics nightmare after the heat of battleIndia may have won a decisive military victory over Pakistan-backed intruders in northern Kashmir but it has lost the battle …Tue Jul 20 1999 - 01:00
Kashmir casualties up despite calls to pull outWith 38 Indian soldiers killed in one assault against Islamic intruders in the disputed state of Kashmir, casualties in the two…Sat Jul 10 1999 - 01:00
Loyal Gurkha gets less than Tommy AtkinsThe death of a British Gurkha soldier recently in Kosovo, detonating unexploded NATO bombs, has reopened the dispute in Nepal…Thu Jul 8 1999 - 01:00
Indian army consolidates control over seized landThe Indian army moved forward yesterday to establish control in the strategic mountain areas it has recaptured from invaders …Tue Jun 22 1999 - 01:00
Indian anger rises as bodies of soldiers are brought homeAnger against Pakistan rose in India yesterday as bodies of soldiers who died fighting Islamic intruders in northern Kashmir …Thu Jun 17 1999 - 01:00
Indian strategists want swift `surgical strike' at supply linesDespite the Indian army's various successes in driving out Islamic mercenaries from its territory in northern Kashmir state over…Tue Jun 15 1999 - 01:00
PM warns Indians to prepare for warWith India and Pakistan having failed to reach any compromise on ways to defuse the month-long fighting in northern Kashmir state…Mon Jun 14 1999 - 01:00
Pakistan hands over bodies of six soldiersThe mutilated and disfigured bodies of six Indian soldiers were yesterday handed over by neighbouring Pakistan in northern Kashmir…Fri Jun 11 1999 - 01:00
India warns Pakistan over altering borderThe Indian Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, warned Pakistan yesterday that any attempt to alter the disputed border in…Tue Jun 8 1999 - 01:00
India prepares ground assault in Kashmir to repel Islamic rebelsIndia resumed air strikes yesterday against hundreds of Islamic guerrillas it has been battling with for over a month in northern…Mon Jun 7 1999 - 01:00
India deploys sophisticated fighters in bombing raidsIndia yesterday stepped up its aerial bombing missions in northern Kashmir state by bringing Mirage 2000 fighters, among the …Tue Jun 1 1999 - 01:00
Tensions heighten after Indian helicopter is shot down by Stinger missileTensions between India and Pakistan escalated yesterday after an Indian helicopter gunship was shot down by Pakistan-backed Muslim…Sat May 29 1999 - 01:00
Kashmir's fragile border peace is shattered by gunfire every dayThe fragile peace between nuclear-capable India and Pakistan is shattered every day along the 776 km-long line of control between…Sat May 29 1999 - 01:00
India loses two planes in Kashmir skirmishesIndia yesterday lost two fighter aircraft over northern Kashmir state, but claimed only one of them was shot down by Pakistan…Fri May 28 1999 - 01:00
India launches strikes against infiltratorsIndian fighter aircraft and helicopters yesterday launched strikes against over 600 well-armed Pakistani-backed Muslim mercenaries…Thu May 27 1999 - 01:00
Congress hails Gandhi as `unquestioned leader'India's Congress party yesterday welcomed Italian-born Ms Sonia Gandhi back as its president at a massive gathering of its members…Wed May 26 1999 - 01:00
Congress revolt on Gandhi widens rift as party faces electionsMrs Sonia Gandhi, president of India's main opposition Congress party, offered to resign from her post yesterday following a …Tue May 18 1999 - 01:00
Command system for India's nuclear weapons still unclearOne year after conducting multiple nuclear tests, India has still to resolve the mechanics of being a nuclear weapon state.Tue May 11 1999 - 01:00
President gives Gandhi more time to form new governmentIndia's Congress party, led by the Italian-born Ms Sonia Gandhi, was yesterday given more time to try and form India's new government…Sat Apr 24 1999 - 01:00
Gandhi support claim disputedIndia's opposition leader, Ms Sonia Gandhi (52), yesterday claimed her Congress party would form a new government within two …Thu Apr 22 1999 - 01:00
Indian parties struggle to prevent financial crisisHectic lobbying continued yesterday as Indian opposition parties tried to cobble together a coalition government to replace the…Tue Apr 20 1999 - 01:00
India and Pakistan add to arms tensionIndia and Pakistan both successfully test-fired short and long-range missiles capable of carrying conventional and nuclear warheads…Sat Apr 17 1999 - 01:00