”Varanasi” News

Jesus Christ gets an evil twin in fantasy film

PANAJI, India (Reuters) - There's no mention of him in theBible but the plot of a fantasy film set in India gives JesusChrist a twin brother -- and an evil one at that.
11 26 2007 4:16PM (...more)

Police say lack leads over UP bomb blasts

LUCKNOW (Reuters) - Police said on Sunday they lacked concrete leads to establish who was behind well-planned attacks outside courts in three Indian cities that killed at least 13 people, despite distributing some sketches of suspects.
11 26 2007 12:59AM (...more)

Indian police release sketches of bomb suspects: official

NEW DELHI (AFP) - Indian police circulated sketches on Saturday of three suspects thought behind a series of blasts outside courts in three cities that left at least 13 people dead.
11 25 2007 10:34AM (...more)

13 killed in railway stampede in India

LUCKNOW, India - At least 13 elderly women traveling to a Hindu festival were trampled to death and 42 others were injured Wednesday in a northern Indian railway station when two trains arrived on adjacent platforms, officials said.
10 4 2007 3:27AM (...more)

India begins voting in marathon election

NEW DELHI (AFP) – India kicked off its month-long election Thursday that will see hundreds of millions of people cast their ballots in the world's biggest exercise in democracy -- and one likely to end in stalemate. Voters
04 17 2009 4:19AM (...more)

Domestic Violence

Homegrown terrorism is a chill ing idea. No country likes to believe that violent mayhem has taken root in its backyard. After all, foreign killers can be weeded out; domestic terrorists draw strength from, and corrupt, their native soil.
08 3 2008 8:39AM (...more)

Bombings may threaten India-Pakistan relations

NEW DELHI - Indian cities are on high alert after a series of explosions ripped through the western city of Ahmedabad on Saturday, killing at least 45 people and wounding 160. The blasts, which occurred a day after bombings in the southern city of Bangalore , are the latest in a string of attacks in India believed to be the work of Islamic terrorists.
07 28 2008 10:43PM (...more)

India: The Terrorists Within

A day after major Indian cities were placed on high alert following blasts in the IT city of Bangalore , as many as 17 blasts ripped through 07 28 2008 5:26AM (...more)

CHRONOLOGY - Major attacks in India since 2003

REUTERS - Eight small bombs hit the Indian IT city of Bangalore on Friday, killing one woman and wounding at least 15 people, police said.
07 26 2008 1:36AM (...more)

Two arrested over Indian court blasts: report

NEW DELHI (AFP) - Police arrested two men Saturday in connection with serial blasts outside courts in three northern Indian cities last month that left 13 dead and 40 wounded, a report said.
12 23 2007 6:50PM (...more)