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India seeks access to Skype and Google data
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Government sends notices to the two internet companies asking them to set up servers in India so that Indian intelligence agencies can monitor e-mail and chat conversations on their systems
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Dengue fever threatens Commonwealth Games
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India's aspiration for glory as the host of the upcoming Commonwealth Games is facing a new threat with a serious outbreak of dengue fever in New Delhi
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India to reopen Bhopal gas prosecution
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India's Supreme Court is reopening the Bhopal gas disaster case, after a public outcry at the lenient sentences recently given to the former top management at the blighted Union Carbide pesticide plant
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Pakistan status as Test nation under scrutiny
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Pakistan's status as a Test cricket nation was under scrutiny on Monday as current and former players demanded action if allegations about betting corruption involving members of its team are proved
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India gives BlackBerry group more time
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Research in Motion and India's government avoided a standoff on Monday by agreeing to extend for two months talks over a demand to open all BlackBerry services to scrutiny by the country's intelligence agencies
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RIM refuses to back down in India
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Research in Motion and India are set for an impasse after the company said New Delhi's demand for access to BlackBerry e-mails was technically impossible
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China rejects visit by Kashmir general
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Tensions between China and India flare after Beijing rejects an official visit by the general overseeing India's province of Jammu and Kashmir
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India business wary over nuclear law
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India's lower house of parliament approve a draft liability law that the national nuclear power company and industry groups fear will jeopardise the benefits of New Delhi's deal with the US
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Commonwealth Games highlight India woes
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While China impressed the world with the almost flawless Beijing Olympics, India's preparations for the Commonwealth Games symbolise its difficulties rolling out high-quality infrastructure, one of the biggest threats to its economic ascent
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India rejects Vedanta bauxite plans for Orissa
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The environment ministry turns down a plan by the mining group to dig in a pristine mountain deemed sacred to an indigenous tribe, saying it violates environment protection laws
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India's race against the clock
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By hosting the Commonwealth Games in October, India hopes to show it has arrived on the world stage but there is a danger that its coming-out party will be less a display of burgeoning power than one of corruption
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Obama accused of muting Bhopal disaster
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Critics say Washington is putting pressure on India to bury the highly emotive 1984 industrial accident only weeks before the US president is due to visit New Delhi
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Prosperity can buy peace in Kashmir
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Improving the region's economy could give leaders in India and Pakistan the space to find a political solution, writes Mansoor Ijaz
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India's lawmakers plan to triple their pay
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India's parliament is poised to more than triple lawmakers' pay at a time when the government is desperately trying to keep a lid on wage expectations in its battle with high inflation
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India fears Commonwealth Games embarrassment
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With less than 50 days to go before the opening ceremony for the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, concerns about India's lack of preparedness have reached a fever pitch
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