CALCUTTA, India – A bomb tied to a bicycle exploded outside a supermarket in eastern India on Wednesday, killing at least two people and wounding 16 others, police said.
Kundan Lal Tamta, an inspector general of police, said the bomb went off in Alipurduar, about 400 miles (650 kilometers) northeast of Calcutta, the capital of West [...]
GAUTAM SINGH, Associated Press Writer
MUMBAI — The child stars of the Oscar-winning “Slumdog Millionaire” returned to India on Thursday to a chaotic but rousing heroes’ welcome.
Hundreds of well-wishers waited for them at the Mumbai airport, where dozens of police, some heavily armed, were needed to escort the children through the cheering crowds.
The film, a rags-to-riches [...]
By ERIKA KINETZ
Associated Press Writer
MUMBAI, India (AP) – India’s film industry basked Friday in the glow of 10 Oscar nominations for “Slumdog Millionaire” as the rags-to-riches story finally hit theaters to rave reviews and predictions of blockbuster sales.
The film, set amid the fetid alleys of Mumbai’s notorious slums, continued its surprise run of success since [...]
By BISWAJEET BANERJEE
Associated Press Writer
LUCKNOW, India (AP) – Three people riding on top of a speeding train at night in northern India were killed and 50 others were injured when tree branches knocked them off, police said Tuesday.
The victims were among nearly 500 people on the train’s roof Monday night after finding no room inside [...]
Terming Pakistan’s action against terrorism as an ‘eyewash’, India on Monday said the civilian government there was “not strong enough” to act against terror on its own.
“What they are doing right now is not enough. It looks like an eyewash. I think the civilian power centre in Pakistan is not strong enough to act on [...]
By ASHOK SHARMA
Associated Press Writer
NEW DELHI (AP) – About 55,000 white collar workers at state-run oil companies called off a three-day strike late Friday, the petroleum minister said, after causing a severe fuel shortage in India.
News reports said the strike left nearly 60 percent of gas pumps dry and delayed flights across the country.
“Good sense [...]
By ASHOK SHARMA
Associated Press Writer
NEW DELHI (AP) – A three-day-old strike by about 55,000 white collar workers at state-run oil companies has caused a severe fuel shortage in India, leaving nearly 60 percent of gas pumps dry and delaying flights, officials and news reports said Friday.
Long lines of cars formed at gas stations as the [...]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Sunday again ruled out hand-over of suspects of Mumbai attacks to India a day after the Indian prime minister asked Islamabad to hand over those behind the attacks.
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi renewed Pakistan’s policy at a press conference that no suspect would be handed over to India.
“We do not [...]
By WASBIR HUSSAIN
Associated Press Writer
GAUHATI, India (AP) – India’s prime minister demanded Saturday that Pakistan hand over suspects in the Mumbai attacks – raising again an issue that has heightened tensions between the longtime rivals.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reiterated that India does not want war with Pakistan “but it must hand over the perpetrators of [...]
New York/Islamabad: The United States has exposed the involvement of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba in the Mumbai carnage following a “confession” by its top commander Zarar Shah and handing over of taped conversations of the group’s operation head Zakiur Rahman Lakhvi to Pakistan, media reports said on Wednesday.
The Americans are believed to have given Pakistan a [...]
