”Chennai” News

India bans private promoters after events cancelled

NEW DELHI (AFP) - Angry Indian tennis chiefs on Tuesday vowed not to allow private bodies to organise ATP and WTA events in the country after two tournaments this year were cancelled.
09 3 2008 8:33AM (...more)

GM to invest $200 million in India engine plant

MUMBAI (Reuters) - General Motors Corp ( GM .N) said on Thursday it would invest more than $200 million in a powertrain plant in India , as the troubled U.S. carmaker aims to double its share of a fast-growing but increasingly competitive market.
08 29 2008 7:18AM (...more)

Hong Kong women spread Indian serenity in money-obsessed city

HONG KONG (AFP) - Ella Yu never dreamed that her first yoga class ten years ago would mark the start of a love affair with India and its culture that would take over her life.
08 28 2008 3:44AM (...more)

India buttresses security for national day

NEW DELHI (AFP) - A security alert was in place in India Thursday as it began deploying hundreds of thousands of personnel against possible attacks a day ahead of Independence Day celebrations, officials said.
08 14 2008 4:41PM (...more)

Stay in India for free via blogger Web site

NEW DELHI (Reuters Life!) - Hotel rooms in India tend to be expensive and hard to find, but a new Web site is helping visitors find a bed, with a warm conversation thrown in, all for free.
09 28 2007 4:02PM (...more)

Hindu god row intensifies in India after attacks

CHENNAI, India (AFP) - A sensitive row over a proposed sea corridor sacred to Hindus between India and Sri Lanka escalated Sunday with supporters of a local party ransacking offices of Hindu rightwing groups.
09 24 2007 1:30PM (...more)

Millions at risk in China, India pollution blackspots

Reuters - China and India 's 10 worst pollution blackspots together account for a third of the world's 30 most polluted places, according to a report issued on Wednesday by U.S.-based group the Blacksmith Institute.
09 13 2007 8:20PM (...more)

Athletics: India's sex test failure runner attempts suicide

CHENNAI, India (AFP) - Indian 800m runner Santhi Soundarajan, who failed a gender test and was stripped of a silver medal won at the Doha Asian Games, has attempted to commit suicide, officials said Thursday.
09 7 2007 12:12AM (...more)

India's Guinness World Records

India holds 219 Guinness World Records , 10th most in the world. Here are some of them:
09 5 2007 10:13AM (...more)

Website shows urban India shedding divorce stigma

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A decade ago, getting a divorce in India often made you feel like a social misfit, the odd-one-out at family gatherings, the one with something "wrong."
09 3 2007 8:20AM (...more)