Tag: India

FILE - In this July 21, 2008 file photo, Indian lawmaker Atiq Ahmed, then serving jail sentence, arrives at the parliament house in New Delhi, India. Of the dozens of criminal charges Ahmed faces, the one blaming him for the murder of a political rival tops the list. But that isn't stopping the state lawmaker from running for a seat in India's Parliament. Across India, more than 1,200 candidates in the running for 545 seats in the national election face criminal charges including rape, kidnapping, extortion and murder, according to a tally by the Association for Democratic Reform. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

Criminal charges don’t deter politicians in India

Biswajeet Banerjee · May 6, 2014 9:07 am

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Number of global poor falls in half in official measure

Joseph Lawler · May 6, 2014 4:00 am

Bodies of victims are laid in a row on the ground in Kokrajhar, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, Friday, May 2, 2014. Separatist militants opened fire with automatic weapons on Muslim villagers in remote northeastern India, killing at least 10 people, including two children, in two attacks, police said Friday. Four people were wounded. (AP Photo)

Indian army called after rebels kill 29 Muslims

Wasbir Hussain · May 3, 2014 4:31 am

Police say at least 10 people have been shot dead by militants in northeast of India

Police say at least 10 people have been shot dead by militants in northeast of India

Washington Examiner · May 2, 2014 3:57 am

An injured passenger of a train blast receives treatment at a hospital in Chennai, India, Thursday, May 1, 2014. Twin blasts ripped through two coaches of a train Thursday morning just minutes after it pulled into Chennai railway station, killing a 22-year-old woman and injuring 14 people, officials said. (AP Photo/Arun Sankar K.)

Blasts at India train station kill 1, injure 14

Rajagopalan Rangaraj · May 1, 2014 9:57 am

India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Partyâs prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi displays the victory symbol to supporters after casting his vote in Ahmadabad, India, Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Modi's carefully crafted and well-financed campaign presents him as a can-do politician who has turned his home state of Gujarat into a haven for business and industry, and has pledged to bolster India's growth. His image has been tainted by the 2002 sectarian violence that ripped through his home state, killing nearly 1,000 Muslims. Modi, who has been chief minister of the state since 2001, is widely seen as doing little to stop the violence, and his fiercest critics have accused him of organizing the bloodshed. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

India’s newest state votes for the first time

Omer Farooq · April 30, 2014 11:55 am

In this April 15, 2014 photo, Ramesh Agrawal speaks during an interview at his house in Raigarh in Chhattisgarh state, India. Agrawal is one of a growing number of unlikely heroes in India helping small, marginalized communities take on the huge government projects or corporate behemoths in court. He is also one of this year's six recipients of this year's $175,000 Goldman Environmental Prize, often called "Green Nobel." (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Indian man confronts mining industry, wins prize

Katy Daigle · April 28, 2014 11:31 am

2 soldiers, 3 rebels killed in Kashmir fighting

2 soldiers, 3 rebels killed in Kashmir fighting

Aijaz Hussain · April 26, 2014 10:40 am

An Indian man displays the indelible ink mark on his finger after casting his vote in Mumbai India, Thursday, April 24, 2014. The multiphase voting across the country runs until May 12, with results for the 543-seat lower house of parliament expected on May 16. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

Death toll rises to 9 after voting in India

Aijaz Hussain · April 25, 2014 5:27 am

An Indian man displays the indelible ink mark on his finger after casting his vote in Mumbai India, Thursday, April 24, 2014. The multiphase voting across the country runs until May 12, with results for the 543-seat lower house of parliament expected on May 16. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

Rebels kill 7 after voting in Indian elections

Aijaz Hussain · April 24, 2014 5:37 pm

India likely to have poor monsoon rains

India likely to have poor monsoon rains

Washington Examiner · April 24, 2014 5:14 pm

Kashmiri villagers pray by the bodies of Ghulam Nabi, a rural body head of a pro-Indian party and his son Firdous Ahmad during a joint funeral at Batgund village, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Srinagar, India, Tuesday, April 22, 2013. Police say suspected rebels have killed three men in Indian Kashmir ahead of voting in general elections this week. More than a dozen rebel groups have been fighting for Kashmir's independence from India or merger with Pakistan since 1989. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Suspected rebels kill 3 in Indian Kashmir villages

Aijaz Hussain · April 22, 2014 8:59 am