Jun
21

India – U.S. plane violates Indian air space, forced to land at Mumbai airport (Calcutta News)

U.S. plane violates Indian air space, forced to land at Mumbai airport (Calcutta News)
A U.S. military-contracted cargo aircraft carrying six persons and 2 crew members which violated Indian air space, near Gujarat was forced to land at Mumbai International Airport by Indian Air Force planes.

India ready to probe border dispute (Asia News Network)
Visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon on Saturday said India is ready to probe the alleged harassment of Nepalis living along bordering areas by Indian Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) personn …..

India ready to probe border dispute (Asia News Network)
Visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon on Saturday said India is ready to probe the alleged harassment of Nepalis living along border ing areas by Indian Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) personnel.

Maoist landmine kills 12 policemen in central India (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters RAIPUR, India, June 21 (Reuters) – A landmine believed to have been planted by Maoists in the central Indian state of Chattisgarh killed at least 12 policemen, an official said, the latest in a series …

Official: US-chartered plane carrying munitions to Afghanistan forced to land in India (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
MUMBAI, India – Indian air traffic controllers ordered a cargo plane chartered by the U.S. government and carrying munitions to Afghanistan to land at Mumbai airport after it violated Indian airspace, officials said Saturday.

Indian steel cos may face anti-dumping duty in Thailand (The Hindu)
NEW DELHI: Thai authorities are about to slap up to 32 per cent anti-dumping duty on import of a vital steel product from India even when the Indian government has remained indecisive on a similar curb against inflows from China, Ukraine, Egypt and other countries.

Indian forces enter areas of eastern India taken by Maoist rebels (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
LALGARH, India – Government troops faced no resistance Saturday as they entered a remote area of eastern India which had been overrun by Maoist rebels, police said.

Indian Maoists Kill 11 Police With Landmine -Police (Nasdaq)
RAIPUR, India (AFP)–At least 11 special police personnel were killed and 10 injured in a landmine blast triggered overnight by suspected Maoist rebels in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, police said Sunday.

Infant mortality rate doubles in Indian capital in past 2 years (People’s Daily)
The number of children dying within the first year of birth almost doubled in the past two years in the Indian capital region, reported local daily The Times of India in its electronic edition Saturday. The daily quoted the Delhi government statistics published in the Economic Survey of Delhi for 2008-2009 as saying that the infant mortality rate in 2007 was 25.4 deaths per 1,000 children under …

India ready to set up high-level mechanism to resolve border problem: Menon (Nepalnews. com)
Visiting Indian foreign secretary Shiv Shankar Menon has said India is ready to set up a high-level joint mechanism to resolve the border problem.