NEW DELHI (S. Herman) - Police in India’s capital say five bombs exploded and four more were discovered and defused Saturday evening. At least 20 people are dead from the serial blasts and up to 100 people injured.
Major upscale shopping markets in New Delhi were the targets of synchronized bombings at the busiest hour of [...]

WASHINGTON - New poverty estimates published by the World Bank reveal that 1.4 billion people in the developing world (one in four) were living on less than US$1.25 a day in 2005, down from 1.9 billion (one in two) in 1981.
The new numbers show that poverty has been more widespread across the developing world over [...]

NEW DELHI - A new chapter in India’s aviation history unfolded this morning, when the inaugural flight touched down on Indira Gandhi International Airport’s (IGIA) brand new runway 11-29. This is IGIA’s third runway and with it, it becomes the India’s first and among the very few civilian airports in Asia to have three operating [...]

NEW DELHI - Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, made an aerial survey of the flood affected areas of Bihar accompanied by Sonia Gandhi, Home Minister Shri Shivraj Patil, Railway Minster Shri Lalu Prasad Yadav, Chemicals and Fertilizers and Steel Minister Shri Ram Vilas Paswan, and Bihar Chief Minister Shri Nitish Kumar.
PM Dr. Manmohan Singh expressed [...]

NEW DELHI – Ministry of Overseas Affairs launched the website (www.pbdindia.org) for Pravasi Bharatiya Divas where delegates can register for the event. The convention is being organized at the Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai from January 7 to January 9, 2009.
Highlighting the various benefits from the convention, Minister Vayalar Ravi expects 1,500 to 2,000 delegates to [...]

NEW DELHI - Rajat Sharma’s India TV tonight showed video footage exposing shocking loopholes in the security of Delhi Metro, the symbol of national pride.
In the finest tradition of public-spirited journalism, the video was provided by four young Alert Viewers in India TV’s primetime show, Breaking News.
In the video, the four Alert Viewers were seen [...]

NEW DELHI - The death toll caused by a flood triggered by heavy monsoon rains in north India’s state of Bihar has reached 55 people, and over 250,000 have been forced to flee their homes.
A two-kilometre breach in the eastern embankment of the Kosi River in Bihar last week has resulted in the inundation of [...]

PATNA – A man in from the village of Sonepur, Bihar underwent a sex change operation after being divorced by his wife.
Phul Sharief’s sex change operation was revealed when he appeared in a court dressed like a woman. Sharief told the court that he was hurt after being divorced by his wife and soon afterwards [...]

NEW DELHI – Searching for ways to defuse the Amarnath issue, the center government is thinking of forming a group comprised of eminent persons to act as the intermediaries between both sides. Former Chief Justice A S Anand is a name being mentioned by various sources.
Congress led coalition is not happy with the way BJP [...]

NEW DELHI - Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, addressed the Nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort. Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister said that it has been the sincere endeavor of our Government to keep each of our promises.  “We have given a new deal to rural India”, the Prime Minister said.  [...]