”Delhi” News

Indian police arrest accomplice of kidney snatcher

NEW DELHI, Feb 18, 2008 (AFP) - Indian detectives investigating a multi-million dollar illegal kidney transplant racket have arrested the brother and accomplice of the main suspect in the case, a spokesman said Monday.
02 18 2008 7:28PM (...more)

Delhi policeman arrested in kidney racket scandal

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An Indian police inspector has been arrested for taking bribes from doctors accused of running an illegal kidney transplant racket on the outskirts of New Delhi, police said on Friday.
02 16 2008 5:00AM (...more)

Delhi's 32-lane toll plaza shows growth dilemma

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The new 32-lane toll plaza outside New Delhi is one of Asia's biggest and a gateway to India for many foreigners, but traffic snarls have made headlines and underscored India 's unsteady pace of infrastructure development.
02 14 2008 3:56AM (...more)

Organ transplant scam shocks India

GURGAON, India - The last things Mohammed Salim remembered were the knees pinning him to the ground, the guns pointed at his head, and, finally, the injection that sent him into oblivion.
01 31 2008 7:56AM (...more)

India's judiciary under fire for convicting journalists

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India 's judiciary is being accused of gagging the media and acting above the law after a court sentenced journalists and a cartoonist to jail for accusing a retired chief justice of misconduct while in office.
09 28 2007 10:29PM (...more)

New Delhi to target smokers for clean C'wealth Games

NEW DELHI (AFP) - Authorities in the Indian capital are planning a crackdown on smoking in public places ahead of the Commonwealth Games in 2010, officials said Wednesday.
09 27 2007 12:01PM (...more)

India to host 2010 F1 Grand Prix

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will host its first Formula One Grand Prix in 2010, Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President Suresh Kalmadi said on Monday.
09 18 2007 12:13PM (...more)

China notes "differences" on India-U.S. nuclear deal

BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Thursday there were "different views" about a nuclear power pact between the United States and India and called for such deals to stay in line with international safeguards -- but left its own stance ambiguous.
09 7 2007 12:13AM (...more)

Kashmiri separatist says India talks break down

SRINAGAR (Reuters) - Talks between India and moderate Kashmiri separatists have broken down after three years, and the failure could push the next generation towards extremism, a leading separatist leader said on Thursday.
09 2 2007 11:08PM (...more)

Rioting in Delhi over school sex scandal

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Police clashed with angry residents in New Delhi on Thursday after a mob damaged a state school following a TV report that accused a female teacher of prostituting girl students.
09 2 2007 11:08PM (...more)