India
Hundreds ill in India after eating adulterated flour
April 06, 2011Nearly 400 people have been admitted to hospitals in north India after eating adulterated flour, police say. All the patients had consumed snacks made from buckwheat flour. A mill in the northern state of Rajasthan has been traced as the source, police...
India census: population goes up to 1.21bn
March 31, 2011India has added 181 million new people to its population over the last decade, according to the results of the 2011 census. India's population is now 1.21bn, which is bigger than the combined populations of the US, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan and Bangladesh...
India Godhra train blaze verdict: 31 convicted
February 22, 2011A special court in the western Indian state of Gujarat has found 31 people guilty of setting fire to a passenger train in the town of Godhra in 2002. The court acquitted 63 other people of conspiracy and murder. The Sabarmati Express was attacked...
13 asian nations pledge to save wild tigers
November 24, 2010Thirteen Asian nations, including Russia, China, and India, have signed a pledge to save the dwindling wild tiger population. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin hosted leaders and top officials from 12 other Asian governments in St. Petersburg Tuesday...
Lauding Buffet, Zed urges India’s business elite to generously donate to charities
July 05, 2010Applauding Billionaire Warren Buffet for the recent about $2 billion donation to charities, Hindu statesman Rajan Zed has called upon India’s billionaires/millionaires to donate wholeheartedly to charitable causes. Zed, who is President of Universal...
Vogue editor apologizes to upset Hindus
June 17, 2010by Rajan Zed Vogue India editor, who made Hindus upset by her reported remarks challenging Hindu gods, has apologized. Priya Tanna, editor of Vogue India, in a communiqué to Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, said: “The intent behind my quote was...
Hindus upset at Vogue editor for trivializing Hindu gods
June 16, 2010by Rajan Zed Hindus have strongly objected to Vogue India editor remarks about Hindu gods, in which she was quoted as saying “neither the rains nor the Hindu gods could stop the shoppers from coming” to Fashion’s Night Out. Shopping...
8 lucky survivors, 158 dead in Air India plane crash (video)
May 22, 2010By Anjana Pasricha An Air India passenger plane has crashed while trying to land in southern India, killing about 158 people on board. It is the worst air accident in India in over a decade. The plane crashed as it overshot the runway after landing...
Scientists create 700-year model of Asian monsoons
April 23, 2010Half the world's population is affected by Asian monsoons, yet the rainy seasons are notoriously hard to predict. But U.S. researchers have put together a 700-year record of the Asian monsoons they hope will guide forecasters. Every summer, India, East...
India begins unprecedented census of 1.2 billion people
April 01, 2010By Steve Herman India is kicking off an unprecedented effort to enumerate 1.2 billion people. The count is also meant to gather data for an equally ambitious project to give every Indian a unique identification card. The number of Indian census...