”New Delhi” News

Police say bombers among four held for New Delhi attack

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Police arrested four Muslims, including three accused of planting bombs that killed 23 people this month in New Delhi, officials said on Sunday.
09 22 2008 7:31PM (...more)

Ethnic group disrupts life in India's capital

NEW DELHI (AFP) - An ethnic group Thursday tried to bring India's capital to a halt, blocking key highways and paralysing trains in a bitter and deadly campaign for more government aid, police said.
05 31 2008 4:17AM (...more)

Two Indians get death for Australian's murder

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A court sentenced two taxi drivers to death on Monday for raping and murdering an Australian tourist in the nation's capital four years ago, court officials said.
08 12 2008 4:32AM (...more)

Virgin to sweeten Northern Rock deal: report

LONDON/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Virgin Group will try to win over shareholders with a sweetened bid for Northern Rock on the eve of a speech by the British Chancellor to Parliament about the struggling UK bank, an unsourced Sunday Times report said.
01 21 2008 3:26AM (...more)

Bangladeshi author Nasreen returns to India

NEW DELHI (AFP) - Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, on the run from death threats from Islamic militants, has returned to India to renew her visa, a rights activist said Saturday.
08 10 2008 3:14AM (...more)

Thousands of airport workers begin strike

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Thousands of airport staff began an indefinite strike at 127 airports across India on Wednesday, but flights from India's main cities of Mumbai and New Delhi were unaffected, according to airport officials.
03 13 2008 2:25AM (...more)

Commonwealth Games workers hit by meningitis

NEW DELHI (AFP) - Several construction labourers at a site for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi have been hit by meningitis, a doctor said Tuesday, amid reports that the disease had created panic.
03 6 2008 5:00AM (...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)

Quake measuring 4.3 hits New Delhi, surrounding areas

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An earthquake measuring 4.3 hit New Delhi and its surrounding areas at dawn on Monday, shaking high-rise buildings , the weather office and Reuters witnesses said.
11 26 2007 7:14PM (...more)

In land of the Monkey God, a primate menaces

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - First it was the death of Delhi 'sdeputy mayor, who fell after a fight with monkeys on thebalcony of his home last month.
11 19 2007 10:04PM (...more)