India army chief ends legal battle over birth date
NEW DELHI – India’s army chief on Friday withdrew a lawsuit in which he had sought a change in his birth date that would have let him remain in his post an extra year, ending a showdown with the government.
General V.K. Singh withdrew [...]
India hails missile shield test a success
BHUBANESWAR, India – India successfully tested on Friday an interceptor defence shield developed to detect and destroy incoming ballistic missiles, a government official said.
Officials from the Defence Research and Development Organisation [...]
EU to pressure India over Iran
NEW DELHI – The European Union looked to push India at a summit on Friday to use its commercial and diplomatic influence to try to bring Iran back to the negotiating table over its disputed nuclear programme.
The move came a day after [...]
Bollywood legend Bachchan to undergo surgery
MUMBAI – Veteran Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan will undergo surgery later this week after suffering a bout of “abdominal pain”, the actor revealed on his blog on Thursday.
Bachchan, 69, called the surgery “not [...]
Toxic liquor ‘kills 30 in India’
BHUBANESWAR, India – At least 30 people died after consuming toxic home-made liquor in eastern India, officials said Thursday, warning that the toll could rise with more victims in hospitals.
The deaths — just the latest from dangerous [...]
Indian state ministers resign over sex video
BANGALORE, India – Three state ministers from southern India, including one holding a portfolio for women and child development, quit on Wednesday after being accused of watching porn in the local assembly.
The ministers from the ruling [...]
The heroes of India’s quest to wipe out polio
NEW DELHI – Later this month, India will be removed from a dwindling list of countries where polio is considered endemic, a huge achievement made possible by people like Madara, a 76-year-old street hawker.
At a temporary immunisation [...]
Gandhi election test in most populous Indian state
BARABANKI, India – India’s most populous state goes to the polls Wednesday in a contest pitting the scion of the Gandhi political dynasty against the ruling party of local low-caste leader Mayawati.
Rahul Gandhi, whose family has [...]
India’s Rahul Gandhi not obsessed with PM role
LUCKNOW, India – Rahul Gandhi, the scion of India’s famous Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, on Monday said he was not obsessed with becoming prime minister.
Gandhi, 41, is widely viewed as a prime minister-in-waiting, but has so far avoided [...]
Tibet exiles say repression in China at new heights
DHARAMSHALA, India – A continuing spate of self-immolations by Tibetans in China are a desperate response to “new levels” of Chinese persecution, the Tibet government-in-exile said Monday.
In a statement from its seat in [...]
