1. Scores die in India temple crush
(News/Asia & Region)

At least 147 people have been killed in a stampede at a Hindu temple in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan, the state government says. More than 150 people were injured in the incident at the Cham

2. Maldives adopt new constitution
(News/National News)

...after years of autocratic rule. It paves the way for the first multi-party presidential elections in the Indian Ocean islands. Mr Gayoom is Asia's longest-serving leader, having held power since 1...

3. Voice of India Ishmeet Singh drowns in Maldives
(News/Asia & Region)

Voice of India' singing contest winner Ishmeet Singh Tuesday died under mysterious circumstances by "drowning" in a swimming pool in Male, the capital of the Maldives. SaveThe 1

4. The Maldives to host 16th SAARC Summit
(News/Asia & Region)

...ri Lanka decided to move it to Colombo. The eight heads of state or government from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan meet annually to discuss proble...

5. Isolated tribe spotted in Brazil
(News/World)

...t; the group quoted Jose Carlos dos Reis Meirelles Junior, an official in the Brazilian government's Indian affairs department, as saying. "This is very important because there are some who...

6. Reliance enters MTN takeover fray
(News/Travel & Business)

India's Reliance Communications is now in talks with South African mobile phone firm MTN about a deal just hours after rival Bharti Airtel pulled out. Bharti broke off talks with MTN after the

7. Offshoring 'bad for IT pay in UK'
(News/Travel & Business)

...pay and prospects of junior IT support staff in the UK have stagnated as services have been relocated to India, research has suggested. Annual salaries at the lowest end of the industry have not ris...

8. Bollywood's 'blog wars'
(News/Entertainment)

They are being described as the Bollywood blog wars. Some of India's top film stars have taken to blogging in a big way. But in a country where many fans accord their stars almost god-like status

9. Indian toxic alcohol toll soars
(News/Asia & Region)

The number of people who have died after drinking poisonous illegal alcohol in two southern Indian states has risen to about 150, police say. A further 135 people who drank the illegally brewed liq

10. Rivals sign prisoner access deal
(News/Asia & Region)

India and Pakistan have signed an accord granting greater access to prisoners in each other's jails. The deal came after two days of talks in Islamabad - the first since a new civilian governme

11. Surfing in paradise
(News/Travel & Business)

... ocean with dazzling aquamarine jewels. The archipelago of the Maldives is southwest of India in the Indian Ocean and comprises almost 2000 islands and atolls. But my destination is a...

12. India-Pakistan in new peace talks
(News/Asia & Region)

India and Pakistan are due to hold a fresh round of talks to review their peace process. It comes a day after India's army accused Pakistani troops of firing across the de facto border for the

13. Reliance in major Hollywood deal
(News/Travel & Business)

Indian billionaire Anil Ambani's Reliance Big Entertainment group says it has signed deals with eight Hollywood production houses. The production houses are associated with some of the biggest

14. Sensex and sensitivity in Bombay
(News/Travel & Business)

India's most important financial market, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), is facing a legal battle over its use of the word Sensex. Sensex is an abbreviation of BSE Sensitive Index, the most impo

15. Nizam heirs claim London fortune
(News/Asia & Region)

A grandson of the last ruler of the Indian princely state of Hyderabad has joined the claims for a share of a fortune frozen in a London bank. The Nizam of Hyderabad deposited £1m in the bank i

16. Curfew imposed after India blasts
(News/Asia & Region)

A curfew has been imposed in the old city in Jaipur in western India after a series of bomb blasts killed 63 and left about 200 wounded. The bombs went off near historic monuments in the crowded ol

17. India rejects US advice on Iran
(News/Asia & Region)

India has rebuffed a call by the United States for it to ask Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment programme. The foreign ministry said neither India nor Iran needed external guidance on how to c

18. Wal-Mart restricts rice purchases
(News/Travel & Business)

...ave also soared and are currently near their all-time peaks. Rice-producing countries like Vietnam and India have curbed exports to keep domestic prices under control and there are fears that Thaila...

19. Three dead in Indian 'Tibet' bomb
(News/Asia & Region)

A powerful explosion has ripped through a house in the Indian state of West Bengal, killing at least three people. A police chief said the dead have not yet been identified, but that they may be Ti

20. Why the Maldives are pure fantasy islands
(News/Reports & Analysis)

...ens to sit RIGHT NEXT TO THE SEA. You come out of the room and there, right bang in front of you, is the Indian Ocean. You will have read reports about the colou...

21. Maldives gets UN top human rights body to study climate change
(News/National News)

... very existence, which it fears is threatened by global warming. The Indian Ocean archipelago, which says it risks loosing its entire territory to rising sea levels...

22. India, Maldives Set To Prepare New Trade Agreement In Three Months
(News/Travel & Business)

Existing trade agreements between India and the Maldives could be reviewed as soon as three months’ time following a visit from Indian Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh. The curren

23. New York, Tokyo may follow tropical Maldives underwater
(News/Science & Nature)

...re sending signals out across the world." The average elevation of this 1,200-island nation in the Indian Ocean is 1.5 meters (59 inches) above sea level. Home to 330,000, the Maldives was remin...

24. The Jihad in Paradise
(News/Reports & Analysis)

...t-ever Islamist terror strike in the Maldives, however, intelligence services across the world--those of India, USA and UK among them--have developed a new interest in the missing men. A rising tide o...

25. Maldives hunts bomb in suspected militant plot
(News/National News)

...nate the same time as a device that exploded on Sept 29 in the capital Male, wounding 12 tourists. It is Indian Ocean island chain's first recorded attack by Islamic militants.The country has been...

26. In Disaster's Wake, Paradise Restored
(News/Reports & Analysis)

The 2004 Asian tsunami nearly wiped out parts of the Maldives, a fragile island nation in the Indian Ocean. Three years later, the remote archipelago is well into a tourism building boom that is alrea

27. Paradise without the gloss
(News/Reports & Analysis)

...d to get it all to themselves. You see, Gan is quite unlike the picture postcard images you see of the Indian Ocean isles. For the time being, there's no stilted villa accommodation, no infinity...

28. The longest-serving leader in Asia fights for a seventh term
(News/National News)

...o stand against him in forthcoming elections. The beautiful Indian Ocean islands, a luxury holiday destination for Britons and many other wealthy Westerner...

29. India-US nuclear deal 'at risk'
(News/Asia & Region)

Indian PM Manmohan Singh has told US President George W Bush he is having difficulty implementing a controversial nuclear deal with the United States. Mr Singh had briefed Mr Bush by phone on Monday,

30. Indian rupee at fresh dollar high
(News/Travel & Business)

The Indian rupee has risen to its highest level against the dollar since 1998 on the back of continuing foreign support for its booming economy. The rupee was worth 39.32 to the dollar in trading on