Calcutta, India News

One of the reasons I love Indian restaurants is that I can count on always finding a legume dish called dal, even on the most basic of menus.

India's Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear a petition from a Hindu astrologer who is seeking to annul a recent landmark ruling that decriminalized gay sex.

Trinamul celebrations in Asansol after the party victory in the municipality. Calcutta, July 1: The tide of anti-Left mood in Bengal has swept even more areas in the civic polls, signalling an almost certain end of the Left's long rule in the 2011 Assembly elections.

A descendant of India's last Mughal emperor has been rescued from a life of penury in Calcutta by getting a job with the state-run Coal India.

NEW DELHIA bus overtaking another vehicle at high speed as they crossed a bridge in eastern India crashed through the railings and fell nearly 30 feet onto a railroad track Saturday, leaving at least six people dead, a news report said.

Socialist Unity Centre of India activists shout slogans during a protest against the hike in petrol prices in Calcutta, India, Thursday.

A gay rights activist participates in a rally celebrating the groundbreaking ruling by the Delhi High Court yesterday decriminalising homosexuality, in Calcutta, India.

A meeting between the Israeli prime minister and the US peace envoy gets cancelled because Mr Netanyahu has not 'finished the homework' the White House gave him on halting construction in settlements.

An Indian minister is proposing changing the name of New Delhi to Dilli before the city hosts the Commonwealth Games next year.

Silchar, June 28: A top official of a non-banking financial institution with operations in Assam committed suicide by jumping off the Guwahati-bound Saraighat Express in Jalpaiguri yesterday while he was being escorted by police to Karimganj for an alleged funds swindle.

SUNNYLANDS Primary School experienced a taste of India when they took their pupils out of the classroom and into the playground for their lessons on Friday.

Indian forces have launched fresh operations against Maoist strongholds in an embattled enclave in the state of West Bengal, officials say.

Harendra S. Chahar, Preeti Bharaj, Lalit Dar, Randeep Guleria, Sushil K. Kabra, and Shobha Broor Author affiliation: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India Abstract Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are common vectors for dengue virus and chikungunya virus.

Police in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta have detained a leading Maoist "spokesman" as he walked out of a talk show on a local TV channel.

Paramilitary soldiers patrol at Lalgarh in west Midnapore 175 kilometers west from Calcutta, India, 23 Jun 2009 In India, the West Bengal state government has banned the Maoist rebels, whose movement has been declared a terrorist organization.

Dr. Dan Klingensmith , associate professor of history, talks with Matt Murrill, a 2008 summa cum laude graduate of Maryville College, about his former student's Fulbright Fellowship.

Recently, author Mitali Perkins stopped at a bake sale of students raising money for a trip to India.

One in six people in the world -- or more than 1 billion -- is now hungry, a historic high due largely to the global economic crisis and stubbornly high food prices, a UN agency said Friday.

Thompson's latest book, "A Matter of Black Transformation," deals with Blacks, China and globalization.

India is a land of contrasts. As a developing nation, the differences in culture and lifestyle are immediately obvious to an American.