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Protesters clash with police in Kashmir

10:12:40, 6 July 2008, Radio Australia News

Thousands of protesters have clashed with police in Indian controlled Kashmir amid allegations that government forces set a Muslim shrine on fire.

Indian troops kill top rebel in Kashmir

03:55:45, 4 July 2008, Radio Australia News

Indian security forces say they have shot dead the alleged chief commander of the hardline Islamic militant group, Lashkar-e-Toiba.

India, Iran to seal gas pipeline deal soon

03:55:52, 4 July 2008, Radio Australia News

India says it expects to finalise a deal 'by next month' on a pipeline that will transport gas across the subcontinent from Iran.

India, Iran close to signing gas deal

22:36:48, 3 July 2008, Radio Australia News

India expects to finalise a deal 'by next month' on a pipeline that will transport gas from Iran.

India expected to push US nuclear deal at G-8

10:14:49, 3 July 2008, Radio Australia News

India's prime Manmohan Singh will visit the Group of Eight summit in Japan next week where he is expected to push through a nuclear energy deal with the US.

Twelve killed in Kashmir gun battle

01:33:43, 3 July 2008, Radio Australia News

An Indian army officer and 11 separatist guerrillas were killed in a fierce gun battle in Indian Kashmir.

Millions truckers in India strike over fuel prices

22:34:12, 2 July 2008, Radio Australia News

An estimated four million truckers have gone on strike in India to press for uniform diesel prices and protest against an increase in taxes.

Congress won't have time to approve US-India nuclear deal

13:18:37, 2 July 2008, Radio Australia News

The US Congress says it will not have time during President Bush's administration to approve a landmark civilian nuclear agreement with India, which is at the centre of a bitter Indian political row.

India plans warrior-king statue to rival Statue of Liberty

23:00:40, 1 July 2008, Radio Australia News

The government of the Indian state of Maharashtra plans to build a statue off the Mumbai coast rivalling New York's Statue of Liberty.

Indian authorities search for missing anti insurgency officers

01:48:36, 1 July 2008, Radio Australia News

Indian police and soldiers are still searching for dozens of elite anti-insurgency officers feared dead after Maoist rebels attacked and sank their boat in a reservoir in the country's east.

Gay rights marches across India

13:32:56, 30 June 2008, Radio Australia News

Supporters of gay rights in India have taken to the streets to appeal for an end to discrimination.

Bomb blasts in India's Assam state

11:24:28, 30 June 2008, Radio Australia News

Police in India's insurgency-hit Assam state say at least six people have been killed and 39 injured in two separate bomb blasts.

Eight killed in a bomb blast in India's Assam

01:21:33, 30 June 2008, Radio Australia News

A bomb blast in India's troubled northeastern Assam state has left at least eight people dead in a crowded village market.

Maoists capsize boat with Indian policeman on board

01:21:33, 30 June 2008, Radio Australia News

At least 40 policemen are missing in eastern India Sunday after their boat capsized following an attack by Maoist rebels.

Indian Kashmir revokes decision to transfer land

01:21:32, 30 June 2008, Radio Australia News

The government of Indian Kashmir says it would revoke its decision to transfer forest land to a Hindu shrine trust.

India to join global gay pride march

14:22:09, 26 June 2008, Radio Australia News

For the first time, Indian gay men, lesbians and transgendered individuals will march in nationwide gay pride events this weekend.

India, Burma sign power deal

02:49:56, 26 June 2008, Radio Australia News

India will lend Burma $US84 million for a power project and steel plant.

Australian miners hype proximity to Asia to sell ore

02:42:27, 25 June 2008, Radio Australia News

Australian miner BHP Billiton has increased its estimates of iron ore and manganese resources and reserves in Western Australia and Brazil.

Australia, India to work jointly against terrorism

22:36:02, 23 June 2008, Radio Australia News

The Australian and Indian governments have agreed to work closer together to fight terrorism.

India says it 'respects' Australia's position on uranium

18:26:10, 23 June 2008, Radio Australia News

India's foreign minister, Pranab Mukherjee, says his country respects the Australian government's decision not to allow uranium sales to his country.

India, Burma to hold border trade talks

10:54:53, 23 June 2008, Radio Australia News

India and Burma will sign an investment pact and hold talks on wider border trade as a sign of expanding ties.

India says no military solution to Sri Lanka conflict

04:52:20, 23 June 2008, Radio Australia News

India has indicated to Sri Lanka that it wants to see a political settlement to the island's decades old Tamil separatist conflict.

Indian army clashes with militants in Kashmir

22:08:51, 20 June 2008, Radio Australia News

Indian troops have killed four militants in two separate gun battles in Kashmir.

Assailants fire on Pakistan troops on Kashmir border

03:14:52, 20 June 2008, Radio Australia News

Pakistan's defence ministry says four soldiers were killed, and three were wounded, when unknown attackers fired on a Pakistani army patrol on the disputed Kashmir border on Thursday.

Indian floods displace millions

04:57:14, 19 June 2008, Radio Australia News

Officials in India say flash floods triggered by two days of heavy rain in the country's east have killed seven more people, and displaced more than two million.