http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/IndiaFind stories, videos, and photos about India from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:32:01 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/India14433Find stories, videos, and photos about India from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/24/state.dinner.scene/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/24/state.dinner.scene/index.html#cnnSTCTextTables set in apple green, ruby and gold with arrangements of roses, hydrangeas and sweet peas awaited guests to Tuesday's White House state dinner.Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:08:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/19/india.derailment/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/19/india.derailment/index.html#cnnSTCTextSuspected Maoists blew up a railway track in eastern India, derailing a train packed with passengers less than a week ahead of regional elections opposed by the powerful rebels, authorities said.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:28:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/11/16/india.newborn.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/11/16/india.newborn.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTextAuthorities are investigating the death of six newborns at a government hospital in southern India over allegations of equipment failure and staff negligence.Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:40:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/14/india.third.gender/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/14/india.third.gender/index.html#cnnSTCTextDotting a crammed neighborhood in the Indian capital are homes that can be easily located without addresses.Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:46:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/14/india.trainwreck/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/14/india.trainwreck/index.html#cnnSTCTextSix passengers were killed and 20 injured when a train derailed in northwestern India early Saturday, officials said.Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:47:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/india.gender.voting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/india.gender.voting/index.html#cnnSTCTextIndian election authorities Thursday granted what they called an independent identity to intersex and transsexuals in the country's voter lists.Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:40:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/06/india.bus.plunge/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/06/india.bus.plunge/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least 29 passengers were killed and 20 others injured as a bus fell into a gorge in northern India Friday, police said.Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:12:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/29/india.sikhs/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/29/india.sikhs/index.html#cnnSTCTextGurdeep Kaur's wrinkled face was wet with tears, as she recounted what she saw a quarter century ago: the killings of 21 of family members.Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:49:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/30/india.oil.depot.fire/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/30/india.oil.depot.fire/index.html#cnnSTCTextThree people were killed and six others were missing in a massive fire at an oil depot in north-western India, authorities said Friday.Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/28/intl.india.toilet.bride/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/28/intl.india.toilet.bride/index.html#cnnSTCTextMost Indian mothers want their daughters to marry decent men who make a good living. Now, in parts of rural India, women have a new -- and rather unusual -- demand for matrimony: a toilet.Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/24/intl.india.farmers.selling.wives/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/24/intl.india.farmers.selling.wives/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe cattle slowly drag the old-fashioned plow as a bone-thin farmer walks behind, encouraging them to move faster with a series of yelps.Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/24/tech.digitalbiz.ethnography/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/24/tech.digitalbiz.ethnography/index.html#cnnSTCTextProfessor Michael Wesch should be flattered.Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:47:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/22/india.farmers.selling.wives/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/22/india.farmers.selling.wives/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe cattle slowly drag the old-fashioned plow as a bone-thin farmer walks behind, encouraging them to move faster with a series of yelps.Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/23/india.train.wreck/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/23/india.train.wreck/index.html#cnnSTCTextA bridge and a water pipeline collapsed on a train passing underneath in western India on Friday, killing at least one and injuring six others, police said.Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/22/un.ambassadors/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/22/un.ambassadors/index.html#cnnSTCTextThree U.N. ambassadors on the front lines of the fight against radical Islamist terrorism presented a united front Thursday against extremism in an unprecedented joint public appearance on a major television news program.Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:05:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/21/india.train.crash/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/21/india.train.crash/index.html#cnnSTCTextA train collision in northern India killed at least 22 people early Wednesday.Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:41:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/20/india.labor.unrest/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/20/india.labor.unrest/index.html#cnnSTCTextThousands of workers were part of a strike in an important north Indian industrial hub Tuesday, underscoring touchy labor relations in Asia's third-largest economy.Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:21:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/17/india.fireworks.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/17/india.fireworks.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTextA raging blaze at a wholesale fireworks store killed at least 32 people in southern India, police said Saturday.Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:20:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/14/india.kashmir/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/14/india.kashmir/index.html#cnnSTCTextNew Delhi will adopt "quiet diplomacy" to find a solution to the problem of Indian-administered Kashmir, India's home minister said.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:09:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/13/india.maoists/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/13/india.maoists/index.html#cnnSTCTextSuspected Maoists bombed a school and a railway track, and set several communication towers afire, Tuesday in eastern India in anticipation of a government crackdown, authorities said.Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:29:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/12/india.maoists/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/12/india.maoists/index.html#cnnSTCTextSuspected Maoists blew up a railway track, a bridge and fired at a bus Monday in eastern India ahead of a planned crackdown by paramilitaries and police.Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:34:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/08/india.police.shootout/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/08/india.police.shootout/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least 17 police officers were killed in what Indian authorities say was a shootout with Maoists Thursday.Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/07/india.aftermath/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/07/india.aftermath/index.html#cnnSTCTextA blanket of water hides the devastation underneath it. Miles and miles of villages, small cities, and farmland are spoiled by standing flood water.Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/06/india.flooding/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/06/india.flooding/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least 300 people have been killed and more than 1 million displaced in the flooding triggered by torrential rains in India, officials said Tuesday.Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:27:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/05/india.flooding/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/05/india.flooding/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe number of dead in devastating floods triggered by torrential rains in India has risen to at least 271, and about a million people have fled their homes, officials said Monday.Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:44:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/09/23/autos/ford_figo/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/09/23/autos/ford_figo/index.htmFord Motor Company unveiled a new small car at a press conference in Delhi, India on Wednesday. The subcompact, which is called the Figo, will be produced in India for the Indian market, as well as for export to other Asian countries and Africa.Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/23/india.vp.beaten/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/23/india.vp.beaten/index.html#cnnSTCTextAngry workers beat to death a human resources vice president after he laid off 42 employees at an auto-parts manufacturing company in southern India, police said Wednesday.Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/09/23/india.satellite/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/09/23/india.satellite/index.html#cnnSTCTextIndia on Wednesday launched a second satellite to study oceans.Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:59:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/19/pakistan.india.attacks/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/19/pakistan.india.attacks/index.html#cnnSTCTextSeven suspects arrested in Pakistan in connection with the Mumbai, India, attacks of last year will be charged in their next court appearance September 26, Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Saturday.Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/18/israel.india.travel.warning/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/18/israel.india.travel.warning/index.html#cnnSTCTextIsrael has warned a terrorist group was planning attacks on Israeli and Western tourists in India, and advised its citizens against traveling to certain parts of that country.Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:16:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/18/india.car.bomb.averted/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/18/india.car.bomb.averted/index.html#cnnSTCTextA car bomb was found Friday parked outside the home of a state governor in India's troubled northeast, police said. It was later detonated.Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:56:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/11/india.shooting.probe/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/11/india.shooting.probe/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe shooting death of a Muslim woman and three others five years ago has sparked a political row in India after a probe said the gun battle in which she was alleged to have been killed was staged.Sat, 12 Sep 2009 02:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/09/india.skin/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/09/india.skin/index.html#cnnSTCTextCosmetic advertisements in Asia are targeting men with blunt campaigns aimed at skin color that one lawmaker labels racist.Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:46:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/09/india.mothers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/09/india.mothers/index.html#cnnSTCTextSome 50 mothers-in-law have come together in a campaign seeking legal protection from what they allege is abuse of laws favoring daughters-in-law in the country.Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/31/india.dangling.heart/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/31/india.dangling.heart/index.html#cnnSTCTextA newborn baby boy with a heart protruding from his chest is set to undergo a complex surgery in New Delhi, India doctors said Monday.Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/31/india.moon.mission.ends/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/31/india.moon.mission.ends/index.html#cnnSTCTextIndia has ended its unmanned moon mission after failed attempts to regain contact with the orbiter, an official said Monday.Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/30/india.idols.pollution/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/30/india.idols.pollution/index.html#cnnSTCTextSouth India's sun beats down on a long line of trucks wending to the Bay of Bengal. In the back of these trucks, giant, brightly painted statues of the Hindu god Ganesha are waiting to be dropped in the nearby ocean.Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:56:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/31/india.quake/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/31/india.quake/index.html#cnnSTCTextA 5.3-magnitude earthquake shook India's remote northeastern region bordering Myanmar on Monday, authorities said.Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/19/india.tv/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/19/india.tv/index.html#cnnSTCTextDressed in fancy clothes, she applies eye liner, dabs her nose with a powder puff and the director shouts, "Silence, rolling!"Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:31:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/07/08/smallbusiness/internet_for_india.fsb/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/07/08/smallbusiness/internet_for_india.fsb/index.htmIt's a sweltering day in May, the hottest time of year in the South Indian town of Sathanur. In the shade of a whitewashed storefront, a rugged, mustached man named Nagabhushana Achalu is filing his first application for a certificate that will help his children go to school. Within minutes the kiosk operator behind the counter has logged on to the state government's intranet and sent Nagabhushana's application to a server in the state capital, 40 miles away.Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/18/encephalitis.india.outbreak/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/18/encephalitis.india.outbreak/index.html#cnnSTCTextDoctors say an encephalitis outbreak has killed 130 people -- mostly children -- in northern India since January.Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:04:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/13/sex.or.tv/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/13/sex.or.tv/index.html#cnnSTCTextOn World Population Day this year India's new health and welfare minister came out with an idea on how to tackle the population issue: Bring electricity to every Indian village so that people would watch television until late at night and therefore be too tired to make babies.Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:20:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/09/india.mudslides/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/09/india.mudslides/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least 43 people are feared dead after a massive mudslide swept away three hamlets in northern India, authorities said Sunday.Sun, 09 Aug 2009 08:16:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/08/india.landslides.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/08/india.landslides.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least 38 people are feared dead in landslides and heavy rains in two hilly hamlets of northern India, authorities said Saturday.Sat, 08 Aug 2009 09:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/08/india.nkorea/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/08/india.nkorea/index.html#cnnSTCTextIndian investigators are investigating a North Korean vessel they say had ignored warnings and sailed close to an unusual location off its remote island chain in the Bay of Bengal.Sat, 08 Aug 2009 07:40:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/04/india.police.hrw/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/04/india.police.hrw/index.html#cnnSTCTextPolice in India summarily execute prisoners, torture and threaten suspects and arrest people without reason, a leading rights group said Tuesday.Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:48:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/08/04/news/economy/rising_commodities_prices.breakingviews/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/08/04/news/economy/rising_commodities_prices.breakingviews/index.htmCommodity prices are flashing a danger signal for the world economy. Generally, price spikes occur at the peak of economic cycles. This time however, a sharp rebound is coinciding with an economic trough.Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/31/india.plane.crash/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/31/india.plane.crash/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn air force plane crashed in southern India on Friday, killing both pilots, authorities said.Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/29/india.children.hiv/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/29/india.children.hiv/index.html#cnnSTCTextExpanded testing across India in the past three years shows a 2,000 percent jump in the number of HIV cases among children, the country's health minister announced Wednesday.Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/28/india.karate.kids.test/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/28/india.karate.kids.test/index.html#cnnSTCTextA government school in southern India has tested pupils' karate skills by running over their outstretched arms with a motorcycle.Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/27/india.attacks/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/27/india.attacks/index.html#cnnSTCTextSix police officers were killed in a landmine explosion triggered by suspected Maoists in eastern India, authorities said Monday.Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/24/india.tide.alert/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/24/india.tide.alert/index.html#cnnSTCTextIndia's financial capital of Mumbai was put on a high-tide alert with officials expecting a water rise of up to 197 inches (5 meters).Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/23/solar.eclipse.india.children/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/23/solar.eclipse.india.children/index.html#cnnSTCTextAuthorities are investigating reports that disabled children in India were buried up to their necks during this week's solar eclipse as a supposed remedy for their handicaps.Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:27:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/23/india.flood.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/23/india.flood.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least 441 people have died in floods in India from this season's monsoon rains, federal authorities said in their latest report.Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/21/asia.solar.eclipse/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/21/asia.solar.eclipse/index.html#cnnSTCTextSkywatchers are gathering from parking lots in western India to music festivals on remote Japanese islands to witness what NASA describes as an "exceptionally long" total solar eclipse that will cross half the planet on Wednesday.Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/21/india.solar.eclipse/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/21/india.solar.eclipse/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhile many now recognize the scientific explanation for a solar eclipse, the phenomenon is still marked with tradition and sometimes suspicion in Hindu-majority India.Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:34:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/19/us.india.clinton/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/19/us.india.clinton/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praised India's efforts to reduce carbon emissions Sunday, but India's environment minister said the country won't agree to "legally binding" limits on greenhouse gases.Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:34:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/17/clinton.asia.trip/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/17/clinton.asia.trip/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton traveled Friday to Mumbai, India, the first stop on a weeklong visit to that country and Thailand, where she will attend meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/15/india.space/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/15/india.space/index.html#cnnSTCTextFlashback to 1984: As a child, I am glued to my family's black-and-white television set for our daily dose of evening entertainment and news on India's national broadcaster.Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/14/india.bus.flood/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/14/india.bus.flood/index.html#cnnSTCTextA bus carrying about 40 passengers sank in an overflowing canal in eastern India, killing seven of them, officials said Tuesday.Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/13/india.cranes.collapse/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/13/india.cranes.collapse/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least three cranes collapsed at a New Delhi metro rail construction site Monday, a day after a subway bridge collapsed at the same location and killed at least five people.Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/12/india.bridge.collapse/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/12/india.bridge.collapse/index.html#cnnSTCTextA portion of a partially built bridge for New Delhi's metro rail network collapsed Sunday, killing five people and injuring 15, authorities said.Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:16:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/12/india.boat/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/12/india.boat/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least 13 women died and 18 were missing after two boats capsized in western India, police said Sunday.Sun, 12 Jul 2009 08:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/09/india.gay.sex.challenge/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/09/india.gay.sex.challenge/index.html#cnnSTCTextA landmark ruling that legalized gay sex between consenting partners in India was challenged Thursday in the country's high court, lawyers said.Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/06/india.factory.blasts/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/06/india.factory.blasts/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least 10 people were killed and 49 injured in blasts at two explosives-making factories in central India, authorities said Monday.Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:41:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/03/india.pig.religious.riot/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/03/india.pig.religious.riot/index.html#cnnSTCTextThree people have been killed in religious rioting in southern India between Muslims and Hindus, police said Friday.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:31:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/02/india.matchmaking.wedding/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/02/india.matchmaking.wedding/index.html#cnnSTCTextShweta Gupta knows exactly what kind of groom she wants: he should be educated, well settled and live in a good location --- one that must be in India.Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:56:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/29/india.antigay/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/29/india.antigay/index.html#cnnSTCTextReligious groups in India have warned they will oppose any move to legalize homosexuality as the federal government prepares to hold talks on a law that classifies same-sex acts as crimes.Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:17:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/28/india.marriage/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/28/india.marriage/index.html#cnnSTCTextOnce, they were a prized catch.Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:31:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/26/india.drought/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/26/india.drought/index.html#cnnSTCTextPista Devi struggles to keep her toes from poking out through the holes in her shoes, as she pushes and pulls a wicked-looking farm tool. She is a widow, struggling to feed herself and five children.Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:29:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/15/india.australia.student.attacks/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/15/india.australia.student.attacks/index.html#cnnSTCTextAnjali Thakur is living in fear in India. She is a mother afraid for her son. "We are all having sleepless nights," Thakur says.Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/03/india.female.speaker/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/03/india.female.speaker/index.html#cnnSTCTextIndia's lower house of parliament elected a woman as its speaker Wednesday, a first in the male-dominated chamber's history.Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/02/pakistan.mumbai.release/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/02/pakistan.mumbai.release/index.html#cnnSTCTextIndia has criticized the release from house arrest of the leader of a Pakistani group linked to the Mumbai terror attacks.Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/26/india.cyclone.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/26/india.cyclone.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least 87 people have been killed in a powerful cyclone that slammed Bangladesh and neighboring India, officials said Tuesday.Tue, 26 May 2009 10:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/11/india.prostitution.children/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/11/india.prostitution.children/index.html#cnnSTCTextAround 1.2 million children are believed to be involved in prostitution in India, the country's federal police said Monday.Mon, 18 May 2009 12:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/13/india.election/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/13/india.election/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe fifth and final phase of India's marathon general election to choose a federal government ended Wednesday.Wed, 13 May 2009 14:16:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/11/india.heat.weather/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/11/india.heat.weather/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe death toll from stifling heat in eastern India has risen to 31, officials said Monday.Mon, 11 May 2009 09:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/11/india.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/11/india.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTextBetween four and 10 security officers on a routine patrol were feared dead after a land mine blew up their cars in central India Monday, police said.Mon, 11 May 2009 08:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/07/india.elections.turnout/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/07/india.elections.turnout/index.html#cnnSTCTextMore than half of the voters in the eight states participating Thursday in India's general elections cast ballots for a new federal government, election officials said.Thu, 07 May 2009 16:09:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/05/05/technology/mehta_china.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/05/05/technology/mehta_china.fortune/index.htmIt would be a groundbreaking deal if consummated: According to press reports, telephone operator Sprint is in serious discussions with Telefon AB L.M. Ericsson to outsource management of its wireless network to the Swedish equipment maker. If finalized, the arrangement would make Sprint the first major U.S. wireless operator to cede total maintenance of its network to a third party consultant.Tue, 05 May 2009 14:40:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/05/india.moonshine/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/05/india.moonshine/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least eight villagers have died and about 45 more have been hospitalized after drinking illegally-brewed liquor in eastern India, officials said Tuesday.Tue, 05 May 2009 08:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/04/india.heat/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/04/india.heat/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe death-toll from sunstroke has risen to at least 22 in eastern India although the grueling heat wave sweeping across many parts of the country is abating, authorities said.Mon, 04 May 2009 08:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/04/india.storm/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/04/india.storm/index.html#cnnSTCTextA hailstorm tore through eastern India Sunday, killing at least 10 people, officials said Monday.Mon, 04 May 2009 08:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/01/india.heat/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/01/india.heat/index.html#cnnSTCTextA stifling heat wave gripped more than a dozen states across India Friday, pushing the mercury to record levels in some areas.Mon, 04 May 2009 08:20:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/30/india.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/30/india.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextA land mine planted by suspected Maoists exploded as a police patrol made security sweeps during elections in eastern India, with at least one officer suffering shrapnel wounds, authorities said Thursday.Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/22/india.hijack/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/22/india.hijack/index.html#cnnSTCTextSuspected Maoist rebels in eastern India who held up a train carrying 300 passengers Wednesday ended their siege after a four-hour standoff, officials said.Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:53:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/20/india.troops.shootout/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/20/india.troops.shootout/index.html#cnnSTCTextIndian troops have gunned down five suspected militants in a shootout in a remote northeastern state, authorities said Monday.Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:29:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/20/india.bus.crash.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/20/india.bus.crash.deaths/index.html#cnnSTCTextA freight truck carrying more than 30 passengers overturned Monday in western India, killing 19 of them, including six children, police said.Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:16:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/20/india.satellite/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/20/india.satellite/index.html#cnnSTCTextIndia on Monday launched a radar-imaging satellite built with Israeli assistance and equipped with all-weather and night-vision capabilities.Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/17/india.election.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/17/india.election.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextNew violence marred India's general elections Friday as suspected militants attacked Indian border guards as they escorted polling staff through a treacherous passage in troubled northeastern Assam state Friday, police said.Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:50:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/15/india.elections/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/15/india.elections/index.html#cnnSTCTextIndia begins voting Thursday to choose a new government in a mammoth exercise covering more than three million square kilometers of the planet in scattered polling until next month.Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/13/india.siege/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/13/india.siege/index.html#cnnSTCTextFour suspected Maoists and 10 federal security officers died in an hours-long shootout Monday in eastern India.Mon, 13 Apr 2009 05:20:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/11/india.ambush/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/11/india.ambush/index.html#cnnSTCTextMore than 200 heavily armed suspected Maoists ambushed a police patrol in central India, killing 10 officers and injuring 16, authorities said Saturday.Sat, 11 Apr 2009 11:40:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/11/india.fire/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/11/india.fire/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwenty-two people were killed and 58 others injured in a fireworks factory fire in western India, police said Saturday.Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/02/india.heart.disease/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/02/india.heart.disease/index.html#cnnSTCTextHindu priest Pandjitee is not overweight, does not smoke or drink and follows a strict vegetarian diet. Yet three years ago he was suddenly struck by a heart attack.Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/03/india.uranium.children/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/03/india.uranium.children/index.html#cnnSTCTextIndia's Department of Atomic Energy is sending an investigative team to the northern state of Punjab after traces of uranium where found in the hair samples of children and adults with disabilities.Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/02/india.g20/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/02/india.g20/index.html#cnnSTCTextIndia's prime minister, in a speech ahead of the G-20 economic summit, called for added funding to developing nations as a way to maintain demand in a troubled global economy.Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/01/india.tornado/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/01/india.tornado/index.html#cnnSTCTextA tornado ripped through more than 60 villages along India's eastern coast, killing 10 and injuring around 100 people, officials said Wednesday.Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/31/india.truck.wreck/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/31/india.truck.wreck/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwenty-three pilgrims died and more than 70 were injured as a truck carrying them overturned in north India, police said Tuesday.Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/22/india.moonshine/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/22/india.moonshine/index.html#cnnSTCTextSeven people have died in a week after drinking suspected illicitly brewed liquor in the Indian capital, police said Sunday.Sun, 22 Mar 2009 07:38:00 EDT