The latest in India

Fires and Explosions

2010-11-29T14:58:10Z

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Indian baby girl rescued from burning rubbish dump

2010-10-23T04:30:22Z

The infant, who had been left on the dump in the town of Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh state, suffered burns when the waste was set ablaze by a municipal worker.

The worker heard the baby's cries after he lit the fire and grabbed the child, but before he could put the flames out the girl suffered burns on her back and lower limbs.

She was admitted to a hospital emergency ward.

"The little one is improvin...

A funny CPR session

2010-11-03T09:40:49Z

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Six hurt in grenade blast in Kashmir: police

2010-05-14T08:15:58Z

Four policemen and two civilians were injured Friday in Indian Kashmir in a grenade attack by suspected Muslim militants, minutes after protesters and police clashed.

The grenade was hurled at a group of local police and paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in downtown Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, shortly after they had chased away a group...

Australia welcomes Indian call for restraint

2010-04-16T07:46:27Z

Australia's government on Sunday welcomed a call from India for restraint in media coverage of attacks on Indians, stressing there was no evidence that race was a factor in two recent incidents.

New Delhi urged its media to act responsibly after an Indian man was burned in an incident in Melbourne...

India Dirty Old Writer

2011-01-01T08:01:24Z

In this photo taken on Monday, Dec. 20, 2010, Khushwant Singh, 96, drinks tea sitting next to a fireplace in his house in New Delhi. The famously grumpy writer, known for everything from beautifully wrought novels to fart jokes, has been a giant of India's literary world for more than sixty years. The lawyer-turned-diplomat-turned-writer insist...

India Taste of Tea

2010-12-31T08:00:22Z

An Indian laborer plucks tea leaves at a tea garden in Amchong tea estate, about 45 kilometers (28 miles) east of Gauhati, India, Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. Tea growers in northeastern India say climate change has hurt the country's tea crop, leading not just to a drop in production but also subtly altering the flavor of their brew. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

India New Year

2010-12-31T05:01:03Z

An Indian Sadhu, or Hindu holy man, adds the sunrise to figures of the new year on his forehead on the banks of the river Ganges in Allahabad, India, Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Alcatel Settlement

2010-12-28T07:31:44Z

FILE - In this June 18, 2010 file photo, Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen talks at a media briefing in New Delhi, India. Alcatel-Lucent SA has agreed to pay more than $137 million to settle charges brought against it by the Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010. India's Home Ministry has issued a countrywide alert after receiving information of a potential terror strike by a Pakistan-based militant group, an official said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)