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Clinton wraps up Asia tour in key player India
09/05/2012 - World news explained

Clinton wraps up Asia tour in key player India

United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has ended her tour of Asia after visits to Bangadesh, India and China.

Property developers, illegal mining scar Goa's beauty
09/05/2012 - International report

Property developers, illegal mining scar Goa's beauty

Sometimes called the "Pearl of the Orient" , the Indian state of Goa attracts over a million visitors a year, drawn by the sunshine, the sea and, it's said, the local brew, ...

03/05/2012 - France - India

Frenchman dies after beating on Indian train

A Frenchman who was beaten up in India after he allegedly harassed a pregnant woman has died in a hospital in Chandigarh, north of the capital Delhi.

 

Bihar region in India
23/04/2012 - France - India

Ten French expelled from Indian state of Bihar over alleged Maoist links

Ten French nationals have been thrown out of the Indian state of Bihar after it was claimed they were working with a charity linked to Maoist rebel fighters, officials said on Monday.

Call for frontier troop withdrawal after Himalayas avalanche
11/04/2012 - World news explained

Call for frontier troop withdrawal after Himalayas avalanche

The avalanche on the militarised Siachen Glacier in the Himalayas a few days ago buried 135 people, most of them Pakistani soldiers. There's little hope for survivors.

09/04/2012 - France - India

Man arrested over murder of French woman in Delhi

Police have arrested an Indian businessman in connection with the murder of a French woman in a New Delhi guesthouse located in a rundown district popular with backpackers.

 

08/04/2012 - France - India

French woman found murdered in Delhi hotel

The badly decomposed body of a French woman has been found in a guesthouse in the Indian capital, Delhi. Police say she was murdered.

Bangladesh's Biharis - from refugee camps to voting rights
05/04/2012 - International report

Bangladesh's Biharis - from refugee camps to voting rights

For 40 years, Urdu-speaking Muslims known as Biharis have been living in refugee camps in Bangladesh.

03/04/2012 - France - India

Renault wants 20-fold increase in India car sales

French carmaker Renault said in Tuesday it hopes to increase its India auto sales 20-fold in 2012 and plans to launch two more cars as it fights to gain a foothold in the country's vast ...

Caring for children with cancer in India
27/03/2012 - International report

Caring for children with cancer in India

The annual number of new cases of childhood cancer exceeds 200,000 worldwide and more than 80 per cent of these are from the developing world.

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