MUMBAI, India (AP) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper arrived in India on Monday on his first state visit, part of an effort to boost trade and tourism between the two countries.
SRINAGAR, India (AP) Fierce gunbattles and a roadside bomb killed three Indian soldiers and two suspected Islamic insurgents early Monday in the troubled Himalayan Kashmir region.
TOKYO (AP) President Barack Obama's first big speech on Asia had a little something for just about everyone.
JAIPUR, India (AP) A speeding train derailed in western India, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 80. Fifteen cars of the New Delhi-bound train flew off the tracks Saturday and rolled onto their sides when the driver suddenly applied the brakes because of poor visibility in the region, said Vipin Kumar Pande, superintendent of police.
JAIPUR, India (AP) A railway official says at least nine people have been killed when a speeding train derailed while traveling through western India.
SRINAGAR, India (AP) A government ban on prepaid cell phones to prevent rebels from using them to clandestinely plan attacks has stirred resentment among Indian-controlled Kashmir's impoverished residents, who depend on prepaid connections for inexpensive communication.
NEW DELHI (AP) All elephants living in Indian zoos and circuses will be moved to wildlife parks and game sanctuaries where the animals can graze more freely, officials said Friday.
NEW DELHI (AP) Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd insisted Thursday that his country will not sell uranium to India because it has not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
BEIJING (AP) On the eve of President Barack Obama's first visit to Asia, China floated a potentially provocative comparison, likening serfdom in Tibet to slavery in the U.S. an apparent attempt to gain support for its policies in the Himalayan region.
TAWANG, India (AP) The Dalai Lama exhorted thousands of his followers to maintain Buddhist culture as he closed a series of public teachings Wednesday in a northeastern Indian region near his homeland of Tibet in a visit that has drawn protests from China.
NEW DELHI (AP) More than half of the world's chronically undernourished children under the age of 5 live in South Asia, according to a U.N. report released Wednesday.
MUMBAI, India (AP) Cyclone Phyan roared toward India's western coast Wednesday as authorities sounded an alert and shut schools and offices in anticipation of its blustery arrival.
NEW DELHI (AP) The Indian government said Tuesday it will not allow a US-flagged ship to be dismantled at a shipyard in the western state of Gujarat after a team of experts found toxic and radioactive material on board the vessel.
SRINAGAR, India (AP) A major separatist leader in Indian-controlled Kashmir agreed Tuesday to take part in direct talks with New Delhi to settle a six-decades-long dispute over the Himalayan province.
BEIJING (AP) China lashed out at the Dalai Lama's visit to a disputed border region in India on Tuesday, saying the trip to the area revealed the exiled Tibetan leader's separatist agenda.
NEW DELHI (AP) A landslide triggered by torrential seasonal rains swept through a hilly region in southern India, killing at least 42 people, an official said Tuesday.
NEW DELHI (AP) An official says a landslide triggered by torrential seasonal rains in a hilly region in southern India has killed at least 39 people over the past two days.
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