”New Delhi” News

In Delhi, a primate menaces

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - First it was the death of Delhi 's deputy mayor, who fell after a fight with monkeys on the balcony of his home last month.
11 19 2007 2:18PM (...more)

Thieving monkeys 'out of control' in northeast India

GUWAHATI, India (AFP) - Troupes of monkeys are out of control in India 's northeast, stealing mobile phones and breaking into homes to steal soft drinks from refrigerators, lawmakers in the region have complained.
11 19 2007 9:02AM (...more)

Toxic smog threatens Indian capital after six-year break

NEW DELHI (AFP) - Toxic smog is set to engulf India's capital once again this winter after a six-year respite because of the huge number of new cars clogging the roads, an environmental group warned Tuesday.
11 6 2007 11:55PM (...more)

Govt sets up land reforms panel after protests

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India said on Monday it is setting up a panel to resolve disputes over distribution and acquisition of land after violent protests by farmers who fear losing their land to build factories or mines.
10 30 2007 1:30AM (...more)

India's poorest march on capital

PALWAL, India (AFP) - A serpentine column of India 's poorest of the poor is moving across cities, determined to reclaim their land taken over in the name of the country's heady economic boom.
10 27 2007 1:41PM (...more)

Indian capital can't cope with monkey menace, mayor says

NEW DELHI (AFP) - The mayor of the Indian capital said that authorities could not deal with the scourge of violent monkeys, blamed for the death of a top city official over the weekend.
10 22 2007 9:42PM (...more)

Imagine a world without gays, says gay Indian prince

RAJPIPLA, India (Reuters Life!) - Pumping the bellows of his harmonium, Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil performs with a purpose at the festival he puts on every year to celebrate homosexuality in India , where it is illegal.
10 9 2007 7:48PM (...more)

Hundreds block roads in Indian capital after bus kills seven

NEW DELHI (AFP) - Hundreds of angry protesters blocked roads in New Delhi after seven people were mowed down by a speeding bus, prompting fears of a major riot.
10 7 2007 9:03PM (...more)

Indian judge ordered back to law school

NEW DELHI - New Delhi's High Court justices, annoyed with lower court judges who issue problematic rulings, have decided to send one of them back to law school.
10 6 2007 5:57PM (...more)

Zeal, and worry, greet India's new "People's Car"

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India 's "People's Car" has yet to be unveiled and the advertising campaign has not even begun, but some Indians are already raving about Tata Motor's new $2,500 car -- despite the fears of environmentalists.
01 9 2008 12:50AM (...more)