India's two parties at loggerheads over UP polls

7 February 2012, 9:40 pm

Patna, east India (The Statesman/ANN) - After seven years of bonhomie, the JD-U and the BJP are fighting openly and bitterly over encashing the "Bihar turnaround" story in Uttar Pradesh, where the partners in Bihar's ruling coalition are pitched against each other.... Read More »

Insight: From darkest India, an enlightened leader

30 January 2012, 7:03 pm

PATNA, India (Reuters) - There's an apocryphal story about Bihar, a sprawling state on the Gangetic plains of eastern India that for decades held the dubious honor of being the most violent, poverty-stricken and corrupt in the land. A Japanese minister visiting in the 1990s, shocked at the decre... Read More »

From darkest India, an enlightened leader

30 January 2012, 6:30 pm

PATNA, India (Reuters): There's an apocryphal story about Bihar, a sprawling state on the Gangetic plains of eastern India that for decades held the dubious honour of being the most violent, poverty-stricken and corrupt in the land.... Read More »

Train death sparks small riot in India

22 January 2012, 10:30 am

PATNA, India, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Enraged witnesses went on a rampage after a woman was struck by a train in India Saturday night, police said.... Read More »

Rebels kill 13 policemen in eastern India

21 January 2012, 6:26 am

PATNA, India - Police say suspected Maoist rebels triggered a landmine explosion and killed 13 policemen in eastern...... Read More »

Suspected Maoist rebels trigger landmine, killing 13 policemen in eastern India

21 January 2012, 3:59 am

PATNA, India - Suspected Maoist rebels triggered a powerful land mine Saturday that killed 13 policemen in eastern India, a top police official said.... Read More »

Suspected rebels kill 13 police in eastern India

21 January 2012, 3:11 am

Suspected Maoist rebels triggered a powerful land mine Saturday which killed 13 policemen in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, a top police official said.... Read More »

Maoist landmine attack kills 12 policemen in India

21 January 2012, 2:57 am

PATNA, India: A landmine attack by Maoist militants in eastern India killed at least 12 policemen and injured three others, authorities said on Saturday.... Read More »

India marks milestone in fight against polio

12 January 2012, 8:36 pm

India marks milestone in fight against polio Associated Press Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 09:08 a.m., Thursday, January 12, 2012 The polio virus, which usually infects children in unsanitary... Read More »

India to mark milestone in fight against polio

12 January 2012, 4:59 pm

India to mark milestone in fight against polio Associated Press Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 11:51 p.m., Wednesday, January 11, 2012 With its dense population, poor sanitation, high levels of... Read More »