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March marking the 25th anniversary of the Bhopal industrial disaster
01/09/2010 - India

Bhopal victims 'delighted' over sentence review

Campaign groups working for survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster on Wednesday welcomed a decision by the India’s Supreme Court to look into handing harsher sentences to seven men ...

31/08/2010 - INDIA - PAKISTAN

India quadruples Pakistan flood aid as new towns threatened

India on Tuesday offered another 16 million euros in flood aid to Pakistan, the country's foreign minister said, boosting efforts to build good will between the estranged neighbours.

31/08/2010 - India - Kashmir

Kashmir protests to intensify after 11-year-old killed

Kashmiri separatists threatened to intensify protests in the Indian-run state, as demonstrators defied a curfew on Tuesday to mark the death of an 11-year-old boy Monday.

India's environment, Philippine hijack, Pakistan floods
28/08/2010 - Asia Pacific

India's environment, Philippine hijack, Pakistan floods

India's government faces up to big business over environmental protection; Hostage-taking in the Philippines; Pakistan still suffering from devastating floods.

27/08/2010 - INDIA - PAKISTAN

Kashmir top cop fired as violent protests continue

The top policeman in Indian Kashmir, where 64 protesters have been killed in the last few months, has been removed from his post after the prime minister urged a change in police tactics, officials said.

23/08/2010 - India - Kashmir

Protester killed, police injured in Indian Kashmir

A protester wounded during clashes with Indian security forces in Kashmir died on Monday, following a weekend confrontation that left 31 police injured.

Raksha Bandhan, the Hindu festival of brother-sister love
22/08/2010 - The Club 9516 Sound Kitchen

Raksha Bandhan, the Hindu festival of brother-sister love

Listener Pramod Maheswari from Fatehpur – Shekhawati, India, talks to host Susan Owensby about Raksha Bandhan, a Hindu festival which celebrates the unconditional love bond between ...

21/08/2010 - India - Kashmir

Kashmir protesters defy curfew after two killings

Demonstrators in parts of Indian-run Kashmir defied a curfew Saturday by security forces to protest at two new deaths of protesters the day before.

20/08/2010 - Pakistan - Sherry Rehman interview

Wake up world, says Pakistani MP as flood aid trickles in

Pakistan needs the world’s commitment focused on it 24/7 for the next three months if the country is to be “pulled out of the most acute risks facing it in the history of it's ...

18/08/2010 - India - France

First French Himalayas flood victim identified

Authorities have identified a French national killed in flash floods in northern India, France's Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday.

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