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Report on coal fields creates fresh furor for Indian governmentupdated: Fri Mar 23 2012 06:15:00

India's scandal-tainted government has come under fresh attack from opposition parties after a leading newspaper ran a front-page report alleging that auditors had found that the awarding of coal fields to private companies had deprived the treasury of $211 billion.

15 killed in crash in Indiaupdated: Tue Mar 20 2012 08:42:00

A train rammed into a van trying to cross unguarded railroad tracks in northern India Tuesday, killing 15 people and injuring three others, officials said.

India's ruling Congress party suffers loss in key voteupdated: Wed Mar 07 2012 14:54:00

India's ruling Congress party has suffered a crushing defeat in local elections that are considered a litmus test for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government.

Key vote begins in India's biggest stateupdated: Wed Feb 08 2012 05:21:00

Voters in India's most populous and politically important state went to the polls Wednesday, in the first of seven ballots to select members for the 403-seat assembly.

Formula One racing comes to Indiaupdated: Wed Feb 08 2012 05:21:00

Sara Sidner reports that private companies in India have put together everything needed for a new Formula One race.

5 killed as voters go to polls in northeastern Indian stateupdated: Sun Jan 29 2012 06:57:00

Suspected separatist rebels sprayed a polling center with bullets Saturday afternoon in the Indian state of Manipur, killing at least five people.

India's ruling party woos Muslim voters with quotaupdated: Thu Dec 22 2011 20:39:00

India approved quotas for minority groups Thursday in a move that was widely seen as the ruling party's attempt to woo Muslim voters in a key state.

Family health makes moral and economic senseupdated: Wed Nov 30 2011 10:48:00

Last year I traveled to a small village in Uttar Pradesh, India, where I met a young mother named Rukmini, who had recently given birth to a daughter. It was the sixth day of baby Durga's life, and in keeping with Indian custom, Rukmini was preparing for a ceremony to celebrate the special bond between mother and child.

Hundreds die in encephalitis outbreakupdated: Mon Oct 17 2011 05:23:00

At least 435 patients, mostly children, have died this year from encephalitis in one of India's most impoverished regions, health officials said.

Indian politician denies sending jet for sandalsupdated: Tue Sep 06 2011 13:24:00

An Indian politician accused in U.S. diplomatic cables of sending a private jet to fetch a pair of sandals denied the allegations on Tuesday and said WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange had gone "mad."

At least 64 dead from India train crashupdated: Mon Jul 11 2011 06:57:00

At least 64 people were killed after a train carrying them jumped tracks in northern India on Sunday, a local official said.

Train crash kills dozens in Indiaupdated: Mon Jul 11 2011 06:57:00

Dozens of people were killed when a train jumped its tracks and derailed in northern India.

33 dead in train-bus collision in northern Indiaupdated: Thu Jul 07 2011 09:44:00

At least 33 people died and 17 were injured when a train collided Thursday with a bus in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India, authorities said.

New land battles highlight India's woesupdated: Sat May 21 2011 10:22:00

Soot covers the ceiling, fixtures dangle out of the walls and fan blades, a wrecked bike and broken furniture are strewn across the floor of her dark small home.

Land conflict hits Indiaupdated: Sat May 21 2011 10:22:00

Indian farmers say they are being shortchanged in land deals. CNN's Pauline Chiou reports.

36 dead after bus collides with vehicle carrying mourners in Indiaupdated: Thu Dec 30 2010 00:31:00

Thirty-six people in northern India are dead and another 28 are injured following a collision between a bus and a vehicle carrying mourners from a funeral, a news agency reported Sunday, citing local officials.

Indian court splits holy site into three partsupdated: Thu Sep 30 2010 22:14:00

A disputed holy site in India will be divided in an attempt to satisfy competing religious claims to the site, the Allahabad High Court ruled Thursday.

Disputed holy site to be dividedupdated: Thu Sep 30 2010 22:14:00

India's high court rules a holy site will be divided between the Muslim community and two Hindu groups.

Decision on holy site could spark Indian riotsupdated: Tue Sep 28 2010 22:35:00

A court in India is set to rule soon on who owns a small patch of land in Uttar Pradesh, up in the north -- and India is on high alert waiting for the result.

14 die as boat capsizes in northern Indiaupdated: Mon Jun 14 2010 02:01:00

At least 14 people were dead and dozens more missing, after a boat capsized in northern India Monday, authorities said.

Severe storm kills 54 in Indiaupdated: Sat May 08 2010 12:16:00

A powerful storm has killed at least 54 people in northern and eastern India, authorities said Saturday.

More than 60 killed in India temple stampedeupdated: Thu Mar 04 2010 23:14:00

As many as 63 people -- most of them children -- were killed Thursday when a stampede broke out at a temple offering free utensils and food in northern India, authorities said.

Deadly stampede in Indiaupdated: Thu Mar 04 2010 23:14:00

A giveaway turns deadly as thousands stampede in a northern Indian temple. CNN's Rosemary Church reports.

Bus crash in India kills wedding guestsupdated: Wed Feb 17 2010 03:37:00

A bus carrying wedding guests fell into a river in northern India early Wednesday, killing at least 21 people, police said.

India cold snap leaves homeless at riskupdated: Mon Jan 04 2010 06:31:00

A biting cold snap lingered across sections of northern India Monday, hitting the homeless hardest in some of the country's most impoverished regions.

Desperate farmers sell wives to pay debts in rural Indiaupdated: Sat Oct 24 2009 16:35:00

The cattle slowly drag the old-fashioned plow as a bone-thin farmer walks behind, encouraging them to move faster with a series of yelps.

Indian farmers sell wivesupdated: Sat Oct 24 2009 16:35:00

Are debt ridden farmers in India being forced to sell their wives as repayment for loans? CNN Sara Sidner reports.

Farmers sell wives to pay debts in rural Indiaupdated: Fri Oct 23 2009 15:11:00

The cattle slowly drag the old-fashioned plow as a bone-thin farmer walks behind, encouraging them to move faster with a series of yelps.

Brain-swelling disease kills dozens in Indiaupdated: Tue Aug 18 2009 10:04:00

Doctors say an encephalitis outbreak has killed 130 people -- mostly children -- in northern India since January.

Indian police accused of tortureupdated: Tue Aug 04 2009 17:48:00

Police in India summarily execute prisoners, torture and threaten suspects and arrest people without reason, a leading rights group said Tuesday.

India elections: Facts behind world's biggest voteupdated: Sun Apr 19 2009 22:54:00

Indians are voting in their tens of millions in a monthlong general election that creates huge logistical issues in the world's largest democracy. The first round of polling was held on April 16. There are a further five voting phases before the final count is due on May 16.

11 die as train hits wedding bus in Indiaupdated: Sun Mar 01 2009 09:55:00

A train crashed into a bus packed with wedding guests at an unguarded railroad crossing in northern India, killing 11, officials said Sunday.

More than 60 pilgrims die in Indian bus crashupdated: Wed Dec 10 2008 06:55:00

More than 60 people have died after a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims caught fire and burned on a highway in northern India, police said Wednesday.

Flooding deaths now 2,400 in monsoon-hit Indiaupdated: Wed Sep 24 2008 11:53:00

The death toll from monsoon floods in eastern India rose to more than 2,400 Tuesday as authorities reported that another 32 people had perished in the disaster that has affected millions of people.

Floods strike Indiaupdated: Wed Sep 24 2008 11:53:00

New flooding in and around Orissa, India, leave half a million villagers stranded. (No audio)

135 feared dead in India floodingupdated: Mon Sep 22 2008 23:02:00

At least 135 people have died in the last two days in India as a result of flooding, bringing the death toll in monsoon floods to 2,364 since June, according to disaster-management officials in India.

Indian cities on high alert after blastsupdated: Sun Jul 27 2008 00:41:00

All metropolitan areas in India were on high alert Sunday after 17 blasts hit the western city of Ahmedabad within a little more than an hour, killing at least 29 people, according to police and government officials.

India rocked by bombingsupdated: Sun Jul 27 2008 00:41:00

CNN's Sara Sidner reports that the media may have had some warning before the explosions.

Time.com: India's Government Survives Voteupdated: Tue Jul 22 2008 12:00:00

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh easily won a vote of confidence in the Indian Parliament on Tuesday evening, more than two hours behind schedule but with a comfortable margin of victory

Girl, 6, thrown on fire for being 'lowest class'updated: Wed Apr 30 2008 10:33:00

A man, incensed that a 6-year-old girl chose to walk through a path reserved for upper caste villagers, pushed her into burning embers, police in north India said Wednesday. She was seriously burned.

Six arrested in Mumbai stock exchange plotupdated: Mon Feb 11 2008 05:17:00

Police in northern India have arrested six Islamic militants who were headed to the country's financial capital, Mumbai, to carry out suicide attacks on the stock exchange, officials told CNN Monday.

Circus for Changeupdated: Tue Dec 04 2007 10:47:00

Vimlendu Jha is the founder and head of Swechha -- We For Change Foundation which is based in India's capital, New Delhi.

Deadly blasts rock Indian citiesupdated: Fri Nov 23 2007 12:43:00

Blasts outside courts in three northern Indian cities on Friday, have killed at least eight people, CNN-IBN TV has reported.

Blasts target Indian courtsupdated: Fri Nov 23 2007 12:43:00

The aftermath of near-simultaneous blasts detonated outside courts in three northern Indian cities.

Time.com: A Backlash for Big Retail in Indiaupdated: Wed Oct 17 2007 13:05:00

As chain stores move to capitalize on India's emerging middle class, opposition is growing from its legions of small shopkeepers and state governments

Police punished after Agra riotsupdated: Thu Aug 30 2007 04:03:00

Thirteen policemen were suspended Thursday for failing to prevent rioting that left one person dead and forced a curfew in the northern Indian city that is home to the Taj Mahal, a police official said.

India flooding helpupdated: Sat Aug 11 2007 01:37:00

India flooding help

Millions face flood disease threatupdated: Wed Aug 08 2007 04:22:00

The United Nations is warning of a massive "health crisis" in southern Asia, where 30 million people have been overwhelmed by the monsoonal rains and flash flooding sweeping across India, Nepal and Bangladesh.

Flooding devastates Indiaupdated: Wed Aug 08 2007 04:22:00

Flooding devastates India

Millions flee 'worst ever' floodsupdated: Thu Aug 02 2007 21:53:00

Monsoon rains in South Asia have driven millions from their homes and caused what the United Nations says is the worst flooding in living memory.

Millions marooned in floodsupdated: Thu Aug 02 2007 21:53:00

Millions marooned in floods

For a girl in rural India, education is a difficult pursuitupdated: Thu Mar 15 2007 00:42:00

Anuradha Rathore knows of no women doctors in her native village or its surrounding area.

Kashmiri group claims India blastsupdated: Thu Mar 09 2006 02:24:00

A previously unknown militant group claimed responsibility for Tuesday's bombings in the holy Indian city of Varanasi that killed 14 people, and threatened additional violence.

14 dead in Indian bomb blastsupdated: Tue Mar 07 2006 23:23:00

Three explosions in the holy Indian city of Varanasi killed 14 people, Indian authorities have told CNN.

India rail, temple blasts kill 14updated: Tue Mar 07 2006 09:25:00

Three explosions in the holy Indian city of Varanasi have killed 14 people and wounded dozens more, Indian authorities have told CNN.

Gandhi: 'I chose not to be a PM'updated: Fri Dec 30 2005 09:56:00

In her first major interview since turning down the Indian prime ministership in May 2004, Sonia Gandhi says she has no regrets over her decision not to take up the post.

India: Blast on train kills 10updated: Thu Jul 28 2005 19:01:00

At least 10 people were killed and dozens more were wounded in an explosion aboard a crowded passenger train Thursday in the central Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, according to the railways minister Lalu Prasad Yadavsaid.

Voting begins in key Indian statesupdated: Tue May 04 2004 21:13:00

The third phase of India's national elections got under way Wednesday in seven states, mostly in the country's north.

Opposition gains in India: Pollsupdated: Mon Apr 26 2004 07:13:00

Exit polls from the second round of India's staggered parliamentary elections show opposition congress party gains over the ruling coalition.

21 Indians die in sari stampedeupdated: Mon Apr 12 2004 07:24:00

Twenty-one people have been killed in India in a stampede as people rushed to receive gifts of free clothing to mark a politician's birthday.

14 feared dead in boat capsizeupdated: Sun Feb 15 2004 16:07:00

Fourteen people are feared dead after a boat carrying 27 people capsized in the Ganges River, Indian authorities say.

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