http://www.mail.com/locations/12246-india.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/12246-india.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1763450-inquest-nurse-british-royal-hoax-hanging.html LONDON (AP) — A nurse was found hanging in her room three days after she had been duped by a hoax call from Australian DJs about the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge, a U.K. inquest was told. The case is being treated as an apparent suicide. Nurse Jacintha Saldanha was discovered hanging by a scarf from a wardrobe in her nurses' quarters Dec. 7 by a colleagu... Fri, 14 Dec 2012 03:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1763450-inquest-nurse-british-royal-hoax-hanging.html 2012-12-14T03:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1764278-sitar-maker-ravi-shankars-legacy-inspires.html NEW DELHI (AP) — Ravi Shankar was the master of the sitar — the sitar that Sanjay Sharma made. Like his grandfather and father before him, Sharma built, tuned and repaired instruments for the virtuoso who introduced Westerners to the sitar and Indian classical music. Sharma traveled around the world with Shankar and late in the maestro's life even created... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1764278-sitar-maker-ravi-shankars-legacy-inspires.html 2012-12-13T23:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1760186-indian-sitar-virtuoso-ravi-shankar-dies-92.html NEW YORK (AP) — The kids at first didn't seem to know how to respond as Ravi Shankar began his four-hour set on the final afternoon of the Monterey Pop Festival, in the fabled summer of 1967. As captured in D.A. Pennebaker's documentary, some nodded along and smiled; Jimi Hendrix listened carefully. Others dozed, or chatted. A few hippies danced wildly, a... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1760186-indian-sitar-virtuoso-ravi-shankar-dies-92.html 2012-12-13T00:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1760178-indian-sitar-virtuoso-ravi-shankar-dies.html NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar has died. He was 92. The prime minister's office confirmed his death and called him a "national treasure." Shankar helped millions of classical, jazz and rock lovers in the West discover the centuries-old traditions of Indian music over an eight-decade career. He was a hippie musical icon of the 1960s. H... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 03:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1760178-indian-sitar-virtuoso-ravi-shankar-dies.html 2012-12-12T03:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1752610-bollywood-wows-morocco-dreams-america.html MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — For once, the storytellers, snake charmers and food stalls were gone from Marrakech's main square and in their place pulsed a crowd of thousands of people waiting to see a legend of Indian cinema who has attained superstar status here in Morocco. "Shahrukh Khan! Shakrukh Khan!" the young men and women chanted in the chill night a... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 11:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1752610-bollywood-wows-morocco-dreams-america.html 2012-12-08T11:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1752518-polarizing-indian-politician-seeks-win.html DHOLKA, India (AP) — For thousands of voters in this dusty little town, nothing is impossible for Narendra Modi, the man they believe has worked magic to reinvent the economic landscape of his part of India. But still they gasp when the curtains open and Modi — suddenly, magically — appears in front of them. Except he doesn't. Modi was actually in a studi... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 05:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1752518-polarizing-indian-politician-seeks-win.html 2012-12-08T05:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1751468-indias-parliament-permits-foreign-retailers-entry.html NEW DELHI (AP) — India's parliament on Friday approved the government's plans to open up the country's massive retail sector to international big-box companies such as Wal-Mart. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's beleaguered government won the vote in the upper house of parliament on Friday, two days after it had won a similar approval in the powerful lower ... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 18:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1751468-indias-parliament-permits-foreign-retailers-entry.html 2012-12-07T18:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1742552-ioc-suspends-india-political-interference.html LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The IOC suspended India's national Olympic committee on Tuesday because of government interference in its election process, a major embarrassment for the world's second most populous nation. After months of warnings, the IOC executive board imposed the sanction when the Indian Olympic Association failed to comply with the worl... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1742552-ioc-suspends-india-political-interference.html 2012-12-04T19:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1741756-officials-familiar-with-case-ioc-suspends-india.html LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The IOC suspended India's national Olympic committee on Tuesday because of government interference in its election process, two officials with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press. After months of warnings, the IOC executive board imposed the sanction when the Indian Olympic Association failed to comply with the... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1741756-officials-familiar-with-case-ioc-suspends-india.html 2012-12-04T15:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1739312-norways-crown-princess-minded-surrogate-children.html OSLO, Norway (AP) — When friends of Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit couldn't travel to India to welcome their surrogate twins into the world, the royal stepped up, minding the couple's newborns for three days and even being mistaken by hospital staff for a nanny. In a statement from the Royal Court, the princess described how she had flown to New Delh... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1739312-norways-crown-princess-minded-surrogate-children.html 2012-12-03T15:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1734096-johnson-pitches-london-bollwood-partner.html MUMBAI, India (AP) — The mayor of London has announced that two Indian films will be shot in his city next year as part of a bid to bring Bollywood to the British capital. Boris Johnson said Thursday in Mumbai that Indian filmmakers should make London their movie set of choice. He offered tax breaks, cooperation on clearing streets and spoke of "the huge ... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1734096-johnson-pitches-london-bollwood-partner.html 2012-11-30T14:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1733306-india-growth-stuck-3-year-low-reforms-stall.html MUMBAI, India (AP) — India's economic growth slid to 5.3 percent in the September quarter, stuck at its lowest levels in three years as New Delhi struggles to enact reforms to kick start Asia's third-largest economy. The number released Friday by the government was in line with expectations that the second quarter of the fiscal year was lackluster. A weak... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 06:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1733306-india-growth-stuck-3-year-low-reforms-stall.html 2012-11-30T06:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1719994-ranbaxy-recalls-generic-lipitor-doses.html TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc. has recalled dozens of lots of its generic version of cholesterol drug Lipitor because some may contain tiny glass particles, the latest in a string of manufacturing deficiencies that once led U.S. regulators to bar imports of the Indian company's medicines. Ranbaxy, a subsidiary of Ranbaxy Laboratories Lt... Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1719994-ranbaxy-recalls-generic-lipitor-doses.html 2012-11-26T14:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1722394-indian-gay-rights-parade-demands-greater-tolerance.html NEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of gay rights activists marched through New Delhi on Sunday to demand that they be allowed to lead lives of dignity in India's deeply conservative society. Dozens of demonstrators carried a nearly 15-meter (50-foot) -long, rainbow-colored banner and waved placards demanding that the government extend the scope of anti-discriminat... Sun, 25 Nov 2012 13:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1722394-indian-gay-rights-parade-demands-greater-tolerance.html 2012-11-25T13:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1719634-wal-mart-suspends-india-staff-corruption-probe.html MUMBAI, India (AP) — Wal-Mart's Indian joint venture said Friday it has suspended several employees as part of an internal corruption investigation, another blow to the U.S. company's plans for aggressive expansion in a giant market that is largely untapped by foreign retailers. Bharti Walmart, Wal-Mart's joint venture with India's Bharti Enterprises, sai... Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1719634-wal-mart-suspends-india-staff-corruption-probe.html 2012-11-23T11:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1718104-taliban-demand-india-return-mumbai-gunmans-body.html PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — The Taliban threatened revenge Thursday unless India returns the body of a Pakistani man executed for his role in the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people. Pakistani Taliban spokesman Ahsanullah Ahsan demanded that Mohammed Ajmal Kasab's body be given back to his family or handed over to the Taliban. "If his body is not giv... Thu, 22 Nov 2012 08:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1718104-taliban-demand-india-return-mumbai-gunmans-body.html 2012-11-22T08:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1715664-india-secretly-hangs-lone-surviving-mumbai-gunman.html MUMBAI, India (AP) — India secretly executed the lone surviving gunmen from the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, four years after Pakistani gunmen blazed through India's financial capital, killing 166 people and shattering relations between the nuclear-armed neighbors. Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, a Pakistani citizen, was hanged early Wednesday at a jail in Pune, a ci... Thu, 22 Nov 2012 02:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1715664-india-secretly-hangs-lone-surviving-mumbai-gunman.html 2012-11-22T02:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1712826-outrage-india-arrests-facebook-post.html NEW DELHI (AP) — As India's financial capital shut down for the weekend funeral of a powerful politician linked to waves of mob violence, a woman posted on Facebook that the closures in Mumbai were "due to fear, not due to respect." A friend of hers hit the "like" button. For that, both women were arrested. Analysts and the media are slamming the Maharash... Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1712826-outrage-india-arrests-facebook-post.html 2012-11-20T11:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1709112-big-funeral-indias-hindu-extremist-leader.html MUMBAI, India (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of grieving supporters thronged the streets of Mumbai on Sunday for the funeral of Bal Thackeray, a Hindu extremist leader linked to waves of mob violence against Muslims and migrant workers in India. Nearly 20,000 policemen were on hand because of the violent history of the group. The mourners, however, remained... Sun, 18 Nov 2012 12:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1709112-big-funeral-indias-hindu-extremist-leader.html 2012-11-18T12:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1708168-thousands-march-abortion-rights-ireland.html DUBLIN (AP) — About 10,000 people marched through Dublin and observed a minute's silence Saturday in memory of the Indian dentist who died of blood poisoning in an Irish hospital after being denied an abortion. Marchers, many of them mothers and daughters walking side by side, chanted "Never again!" and held pictures of Savita Halappanavar as they paraded... Sat, 17 Nov 2012 20:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1708168-thousands-march-abortion-rights-ireland.html 2012-11-17T20:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1707492-hindu-extremist-leader-bal-thackeray-dies-india.html MUMBAI, India (AP) — Bal Thackeray, a Hindu extremist leader linked to waves of mob violence against Muslims and migrant workers in India, died Saturday after an illness of several weeks. He was 86. Jalil Parkar, a doctor who treated him, said the politician had gone into cardio-respiratory arrest "which we tried to revive (him from), but we were unable t... Sat, 17 Nov 2012 12:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1707492-hindu-extremist-leader-bal-thackeray-dies-india.html 2012-11-17T12:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1702610-doctors-demand-clearer-irish-abortion-law.html DUBLIN (AP) — Pressure mounted Thursday for the Irish government to draft a law spelling out when life-saving abortions can be performed — a demand that came after a pregnant woman who was denied an abortion died. Activists protested Thursday night in Belfast a day after thousands rallied in London, Dublin, Cork and Galway in memory of Savita Halappanavar... Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1702610-doctors-demand-clearer-irish-abortion-law.html 2012-11-15T17:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1699340-ireland-probes-death-ill-abortion-seeker.html DUBLIN (AP) — The debate over legalizing abortion in Ireland flared Wednesday after the government confirmed that a woman in the midst of a miscarriage was refused an abortion and died in an Irish hospital after suffering from blood poisoning. Prime Minister Enda Kenny said he was awaiting findings from three investigations into the death of Savita Halapp... Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1699340-ireland-probes-death-ill-abortion-seeker.html 2012-11-14T20:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1696492-bollywood-pays-homage-to-film-director-yash-chopra.html NEW DELHI (AP) — Bollywood stars turned out in strength for a final homage to movie director Yash Chopra at the premiere of his last film. Led by megastar Amitabh Bachchan, top stars attended the premiere Monday night of "Jab Tak hai Jaan," or "As Long as I am Alive." Chopra was known as the "King of Romance" for creating classic love stories that were im... Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1696492-bollywood-pays-homage-to-film-director-yash-chopra.html 2012-11-13T13:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1694214-asia-stocks-greek-india-economic-woes.html BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets fell Tuesday, after Europe's finance ministers postponed approval of an urgently needed aid payment for debt-mired Greece. The ministers, meeting Monday in Brussels, delayed approval of the next €31.5 billion ($40 billion) installment of Greece's bailout loan. They did give Greece two additional years — until 2016 — to m... Tue, 13 Nov 2012 04:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1694214-asia-stocks-greek-india-economic-woes.html 2012-11-13T04:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1694754-china-slams-dalai-lama-tibetans-self-immolate.html BEIJING (AP) — China accused the Dalai Lama of allying with Japanese right-wingers in an island dispute as a way of attacking China and blamed him for glorifying a wave of self-immolations among Tibetans. The comments came as state media reported two more Tibetans died after setting themselves on fire. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said the ... Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1694754-china-slams-dalai-lama-tibetans-self-immolate.html 2012-11-13T00:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1690578-diageo-takes-stake-indias-united-spirits.html LONDON (AP) — Diageo PLC, the world's largest distiller, says it will buy a 53.4 percent stake in Indian drinks manufacturer United Spirits Ltd. in a deal worth $2 billion. Diageo will acquire a 27.4 percent stake in United Spirits at 1440 rupees ($26.32) a share, or 660 million pounds ($1.05 billion), and make a tender offer for another 26 percent. Londo... Fri, 09 Nov 2012 19:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1690578-diageo-takes-stake-indias-united-spirits.html 2012-11-09T19:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1689200-uk-to-aid-spending-india-2015.html LONDON (AP) — Britain will halt all aid spending in India in 2015 in a significant shift in relations between the emerging economic giant and its former colonial ruler, Prime Minister David Cameron's government announced Friday. Acknowledging the country's rising wealth and status, International Development Secretary Justine Greening said Britain would ch... Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1689200-uk-to-aid-spending-india-2015.html 2012-11-09T11:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1684024-naomi-campbell-hosts-boyfriends-birthday-india.html NEW DELHI (AP) — Naomi Campbell is pulling out all the stops to celebrate the birthday of her boyfriend, Russian billionaire Vladimir Doronin, in the palaces of western India. The supermodel's spokeswoman, Debi Zornes, says the celebration of Doronin's 50th birthday kicked off in the 15th century Mehrangarh Fort in the city of Jodhpur on Tuesday night. Th... Thu, 08 Nov 2012 06:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1684024-naomi-campbell-hosts-boyfriends-birthday-india.html 2012-11-08T06:32:00Z