India loses two planes in Kashmir skirmishesIndia yesterday lost two fighter aircraft over northern Kashmir state, but claimed only one of them was shot down by Pakistan…Fri May 28 1999 - 01:00
India launches strikes against infiltratorsIndian fighter aircraft and helicopters yesterday launched strikes against over 600 well-armed Pakistani-backed Muslim mercenaries…Thu May 27 1999 - 01:00
Congress hails Gandhi as `unquestioned leader'India's Congress party yesterday welcomed Italian-born Ms Sonia Gandhi back as its president at a massive gathering of its members…Wed May 26 1999 - 01:00
Congress revolt on Gandhi widens rift as party faces electionsMrs Sonia Gandhi, president of India's main opposition Congress party, offered to resign from her post yesterday following a …Tue May 18 1999 - 01:00
Command system for India's nuclear weapons still unclearOne year after conducting multiple nuclear tests, India has still to resolve the mechanics of being a nuclear weapon state.Tue May 11 1999 - 01:00
President gives Gandhi more time to form new governmentIndia's Congress party, led by the Italian-born Ms Sonia Gandhi, was yesterday given more time to try and form India's new government…Sat Apr 24 1999 - 01:00
Gandhi support claim disputedIndia's opposition leader, Ms Sonia Gandhi (52), yesterday claimed her Congress party would form a new government within two …Thu Apr 22 1999 - 01:00
Indian parties struggle to prevent financial crisisHectic lobbying continued yesterday as Indian opposition parties tried to cobble together a coalition government to replace the…Tue Apr 20 1999 - 01:00
India and Pakistan add to arms tensionIndia and Pakistan both successfully test-fired short and long-range missiles capable of carrying conventional and nuclear warheads…Sat Apr 17 1999 - 01:00
A capital choking to death on its garbageIndia's capital, New Delhi, will be an overcrowded, powerless slum buried deep under garbage by 2001 unless immediate measures…Tue Feb 16 1999 - 00:00
Militant Hindus blamed for burning to death of missionary and two sonsPolice in the eastern Indian state of Orissa have begun a manhunt for a Hindu militant suspected of killing a respected Australian…Mon Jan 25 1999 - 00:00
Militants call off threat to Pakistan's cricket tourHindu militants called off their threat yesterday to disrupt the coming cricket test series in India with arch rivals Pakistan…Fri Jan 22 1999 - 00:00
Flocking to bar for breath of fresh airScores of people are flocking to India's first oxygen bar in the capital New Delhi, the world's second most polluted city after…Sat Dec 12 1998 - 00:00
India begins massive military manoeuvresIndia began a massive military exercise yesterday, its first since becoming a nuclear state, involving nearly 100,000 personnel…Thu Dec 03 1998 - 00:00
Elephants seek mahouts and maternity leaveThe elephants of India are prospering and multiplying, but a simultaneous decline in the numbers of human beings willing to work…Wed Sept 09 1998 - 01:00
`Life without respite' irks populace in nuclear ageIndia's capital, New Delhi, seems to be under the influence of a malevolent star this summer, as anything that could go wrong…Tue Aug 11 1998 - 01:00
Drive carefully, it's a zoo out thereDriving in India, the country with the world's highest accident rate, can be little short of a nightmareWed Jul 22 1998 - 01:00
Lighting-up time is not for the poorAt $32 a throw - or nearly twice the monthly wage of the average Indian - Cuban cigars are the latest rage amongst the rich in…Tue Jul 07 1998 - 01:00
Indian PM calls for a `unified front'India yesterday said that Pakistan's multiple nuclear test had vindicated its decision to conduct its own nuclear explosions …Fri May 29 1998 - 01:00
250-strong scientific team toiled secretly on project for four yearsDetails have emerged of the secrecy with which India conducted the scientific work leading up to last week's five underground…Sat May 16 1998 - 01:00
Indian PM makes world appeal against economic sanctions as two more N-tests are conductedA defiant India conducted two more underground nuclear tests yesterday, two days after carrying out three others at the same …Thu May 14 1998 - 01:00
Tests seen as sign of might, maturity, on world stageIndian public opinion appeared unfazed yesterday by international condemnation of its three underground nuclear tests, announced…Wed May 13 1998 - 01:00
Pakistan pledges to defend itself after Indian N-testsSurprise nuclear tests by India yesterday provoked shock, apprehension and disappointment from the world community and a pledge…Tue May 12 1998 - 01:00
Indians go to the polls after tense, violent campaignIndia goes to the polls today amid tight security after a campaign during which some 80 people were killed in violence from armed…Mon Feb 16 1998 - 00:00
Famous and forgotten names come to life in election frayHitler, Lenin and Frankenstein are all contesting India's general elections from the north-eastern state of Meghalaya later this…Fri Feb 13 1998 - 00:00
Clarke puts off award ceremonyThe investiture ceremony at which the science fiction writer, Arthur CTue Feb 03 1998 - 00:00
Gandhi's assassins sentenced to deathAll 26 people found guilty of assassinating the former Indian prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi, over six years ago have been sentenced…Thu Jan 29 1998 - 00:00
Legalise prostitution, says ministerThe Indian Health Minister, Ms Renuka Chowdhary, has proposed legalising prostitution to control the spread of the HIV-AIDS virus…Tue Dec 02 1997 - 00:00
Condom with your coffee sir?India's Health and Family Welfare Ministry has started a countrywide campaign to contain a burgeoning population and provide …Thu Oct 30 1997 - 00:00
Queen to honour British massacre victimsQueen Elizabeth will formally begin a week-long state visit today, at the imposing presidential palace whose first occupant was…Mon Oct 13 1997 - 01:00
State funeral in contrast with life of austerityThe state funeral of Mother Teresa in Calcutta, where she looked after the poor, sick and the unwanted for over 50 years, was…Mon Sept 15 1997 - 01:00
Order's future hangs in the balanceThere is hardly anyone in India who does not recognise with respect and affection the deeply-lined face of Mother TeresaMon Sept 08 1997 - 01:00
Thousands file past the body of Mother TeresaThousands of mourners filed past the body of Mother Teresa lying in state at St Thomas's Church in the eastern India city of …Mon Sept 08 1997 - 01:00
India still plagued by territorial disputesWhat exactly is the entity known as India? The country's land and maritime boundaries remain unresolved 50 years after independence…Fri Aug 15 1997 - 01:00
Notorious Indian bandit leader tries to strike a dealIndia's most notorious bandit leader, wanted for some 150 murders and shooting dead 2,000 elephants, yesterday released one of…Thu Aug 07 1997 - 01:00
'Untouchable' elected 10th president of IndiaMr Kocheril Raman Narayanan, an "untouchable" Hindu from the lowest Harijan caste, was elected 10th president yesterday, succeeding…Fri Jul 18 1997 - 01:00
Yacht club reveals colonial mindsetA group of Indian nationalists are engaged in a heated exchange with Royal Bombay Yacht Club about its insistence on flying the…Thu Jul 17 1997 - 01:00
Antiquated laws dating back to British rule will be changedTHOUSANDS of antiquated Indian laws dating back to British colonial rule, some of which even refer to Queen Victoria in their…Wed May 28 1997 - 01:00
Fate of budget will be crucial in first weeks of PM's termMR Inder Kumar Gujral, who heads the latest incarnation of a multi-party coalition, was sworn in yesterday as India's 12th prime…Tue Apr 22 1997 - 01:00
Crisis eases as PM agrees to stand down from leadershipINDIA's political crisis edged towards resolution yesterday after the deposed prime minister, Mr H. DTue Apr 15 1997 - 01:00
Political crisis in India as PM loses vote of confidenceINDIA was plunged into a political crisis yesterday after the 10 month old United Front coalition government lost a vote of confidence…Sat Apr 12 1997 - 01:00
Coalition may collapse after major partner withdraws its supportINDIA'S 10 month old United Front coalition government was on the brink of collapse yesterday after the Congress Party, its largest…Mon Mar 31 1997 - 01:00
Prohibition support takes a thrashingWOMEN who were responsible for the imposition of prohibition on alcohol in the northern Indian state of Haryana eight months …Mon Mar 10 1997 - 00:00
Gallagher survives gunshot attackCO Kildare jockey Mark Gallagher suffered minor injuries when an unidentified gunman fired at him three times in the southern…Mon Feb 24 1997 - 00:00
Police accused of beating and killing street childrenPOLICE in India have been accused of detaining, beating and even killing street children by Human Rights Watch Asia.Tue Feb 18 1997 - 00:00
Mahatma Gandhi's ashes scattered in sacred GangesTHE last remaining ashes of Mahatma Gandhi were scattered across the Ganges River yesterday, 49 years after the independence …Fri Jan 31 1997 - 00:00
Indian train blast death toll now expected to exceed 100AS MANY as 100 people are believed to have died and scores were injured after a bomb ripped through three crowded carriages of…Tue Dec 31 1996 - 00:00
Mother Teresa says `let me die' but agrees to more treatmentMOTHER TERESA of Calcutta is to undergo coronary angiography - after much persuasion - to determine whether sufficient quantities…Wed Nov 27 1996 - 00:00
Human error and obsolete airport equipment blamed for mid air crashAVIATION experts in India yesterday sifted through wreckage from the world's worst mid air collision in which 350 people died…Thu Nov 14 1996 - 00:00
"Petrol" inventor protectedPOLICE in southern India are protecting the inventor of a "herbal petrol", after his laboratory was burnt down recently by people…Tue Sept 17 1996 - 01:00