India
Giant hairy spiders spark panic in northeast India
Environment
June 5, 2012
Giant hairy spiders spark panic in northeast India
GAUHATI, India — Large biting spiders have sparked panic in remote northeast India, but health authorities fear primitive treatment of…
Bicycles keep girls in school in poor Indian state, giving hope for better literacy
Egypt
May 21, 2012
Bicycles keep girls in school in poor Indian state, giving hope for better literacy
RAMPUR SINGHARA, India — The daily trip to high school was expensive, long and eventually too much for Indian teenager…
India tests new long-range missile amid China rivalry
World
April 19, 2012
India tests new long-range missile amid China rivalry
BHUBANESWAR, India — India on Thursday successfully test-fired a new missile capable of delivering a one-ton nuclear warhead anywhere in…
Delhi helmet law takes deadly toll on women
World
April 11, 2012
Delhi helmet law takes deadly toll on women
Priya Mahindroo, 25, zips through New Delhi traffic on the back of a motorbike every day to get to work.…
Pakistan president makes rare trip to India
World
April 8, 2012
Pakistan president makes rare trip to India
President Asif Ali Zardari became the first Pakistani head of state since 2005 to visit India for a one-day trip…
Journalist arrested in New Delhi bomb attack
World
March 7, 2012
Journalist arrested in New Delhi bomb attack
NEW DELHI — Police on Wednesday said they arrested an Indian journalist in connection with last month's bomb attack on…
Indian foreign minister to visit Egypt next week
Egypt
February 28, 2012
Indian foreign minister to visit Egypt next week
Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna will visit Egypt on 4 and 5 March to conduct senior-level talks to bolster bilateral…
Egypt looks to India to boost struggling tourism market
Life & Style
February 22, 2012
Egypt looks to India to boost struggling tourism market
As the country’s tourism sector strives to get back on its feet following the popular uprising that led to Hosni…
Thais find possible bomb link in Thailand, India attacks
World
February 15, 2012
Thais find possible bomb link in Thailand, India attacks
BANGKOK — Thai investigators believe they have found a link between this week's bomb blasts in Bangkok and New Delhi,…
Festival reading of Salman Rushdie’s novel ‘The Satanic Verses’ stirs anger in India
Books
January 21, 2012
Festival reading of Salman Rushdie’s novel ‘The Satanic Verses’ stirs anger in India
Muslim activists in India on Saturday said they would lodge a complaint with police after Salman Rushdie's novel "The Satanic…