By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 02 September 2006 The song that was India's anti-colonial rallying cry, which is 100 years old next Thursday, is at the center of a religious controversy. Muslim leaders are objecting to the song being sung in all school...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 23 August 2006 A senior U.S. military spokesman says Iranian forces have infiltrated Iraq to provide training, money and equipment to Shi'ite extremists and fuel their insurgency. The officer went farther than others have in de...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 20 August 2006 Indian minister for Communications and IT Dayanidhi Maran, right, and Chief Minister of Jammu Kashmir state Mufti Mohammed Sayeed during launch of network expansion in Srinagar, India (File photo) In India...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 13 August 2006 Students stamp on Pepsi bottles during a protest demanding the ban on sale of soft drinks in school and college cafeterias during a protest in Ahmadabad, India In India, six states have announced bans on t...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 06 August 2006 Child laborers who were rescued from small-scale industrial units wait to get themselves registered at a police station, in Bombay, India (File photo) India has announced it will ban the employment of chil...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 01 August 2006 South Asian rivals India and Pakistan have expressed their commitment to a peace process that New Delhi had put on hold following last month's serial bombings in its financial capital Mumbai. This is the f...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 30 July 2006 Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath speaks during a press conference in New Delhi, July 25, 2006 India says it will concentrate on bilateral and regional trade agreements following the collapse...
By Patricia Nunan New Delhi 25 July 2006 Like many developing nations, India contends with endemic corruption. Even the management of one of India's most enduring symbols - the cow, which Hindus consider sacred - is rife with corruption and fraud. T...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 23 July 2006 Chairman of Economic Advisory Council, C Rangarajan, center, Representative of UNDP in India, Maxine Olson, right, and Director General of National Aids Control Organization, K. Sujatha Rao A new U.N. report...
By Michael Bowman Washington 19 July 2006 The Bush administration says it stands with the international community in wanting an end to bloodshed along the Israeli-Lebanese border, but only when the groundwork for a lasting cessation of hostilities h...