”Varanasi” News

Indian dad avoids washing for 35 years: report

NEW DELHI (AFP) – An Indian man who fathered seven daughters has not washed for 35 years in an apparent attempt to ensure his next child is a boy, newspapers reported. Kailash "Kalau" Singh replaces bathing and brushing
05 20 2009 10:35PM (...more)

Pirates sign Indian — not Cleveland — pitchers

PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Pirates hope Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel really do have million-dollar arms. The two 20-year-old pitchers, neither of whom had picked up a baseball until earlier this year,
12 7 2008 1:16PM (...more)

Retired airlines official fights for moustache rights

NEW DELHI (Reuters Life!) - Joynath Victor De, a retired Indian Airlines employee, is so fond of his moustache that he is defending it in court after he says it lost him his job with the airline.
02 19 2008 5:46AM (...more)

Indian weavers bow to market forces

Varanasi, India - In a windowless hut lit only by the sunlight pouring through an open door, a bone-thin man bends over his wooden hand loom, weaving a shimmering silk sari with violet, turquoise, and gold threads .
07 31 2008 12:16PM (...more)

India for first-timers: The Taj and more

VARANASI, India - "Cow. Mustard plant. Dead body," our taxi driver said as we drove into town.
04 8 2008 10:20PM (...more)

Blasts in Lucknow, Varanasi and Faizabad, 13 killed

LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - Nearly simultaneous explosions from homemade bombs planted outside courts in three northern Indian cities killed at least 13 people in what a senior government official said were terrorist strikes.
11 24 2007 2:02AM (...more)

India's 'retail revolution' sours for Reliance

NEW DELHI (AFP) - Indian giant Reliance Industries has frozen plans to bring a Western-style "retail revolution" to the nation's biggest state amid bitter opposition from small traders, an official said Wednesday.
09 27 2007 1:33PM (...more)

Five Blasts Put Delhi on High Alert

In the latest in a string of audacious terrorist attacks, India's capital was thrown into chaos on Saturday evening as five serial blasts left at least 18 people dead and 100 injured. The central business district of Connaught Place and
09 14 2008 9:01AM (...more)

CHRONOLOGY - Major attacks in India since 2003

REUTERS - At least five bombs exploded in crowded markets and streets in the heart of New Delhi on Saturday, killing at least 18 people and injuring scores more.
09 14 2008 5:54AM (...more)

At least 74 killed in flooding in India

LUCKNOW, India - Monsoon rains pummeled northern India, bringing dozens of buildings crashing down and killing 74 people, police said Thursday.
08 21 2008 7:53PM (...more)