India stampede: Six dead as thousands gather for free pass to visit Hindu temple
Hyderabad, India Reuters At least six people were killed and several others injured late on Wednesday in a stampede in southern India after thousands of devotees queued outside one of the most visited Hindu temples to collect tokens for a free visit to the deity. Authorities had set up counters at a school to issue […]
Deadly Indian pharmaceutical blast blamed on chemical solvent leak
Hyderabad/New Delhi, India Reuters An explosion at a pharmaceutical factory in southern India on Wednesday, which killed at least 17 people and injured 36, was due to a chemical solvent leak, according to an internal government report accessed by Reuters on Thursday. The blast came around noon at the privately-held Escientia Advanced Sciences in Andhra […]
India stares at summer water crisis as reservoir levels slide
New Delhi Reuters India’s main reservoirs have hit their lowest March levels in five years, government data showed, indicating a possible squeeze on drinking water and power availability this summer. In major centres such as India’s ‘Silicon Valley’ Bengaluru, home to firms like Google, water supply is already being curtailed. Residents get their containers filled […]
Cyclone Michaung hits India’s south after 13 killed in floods, rain
Bhubaneswar, India Reuters Cyclone Michaung barrelled into the southern Indian coast on Tuesday with intense winds, its arrival preceded by torrential rains and flooding that killed at least 13 people, as officials assessed the damage. Tall waves crashed into southern coastal towns over the last two days as the cyclone approached, submerging entire villages and […]
How Indian state’s three-capital plan could spur equal growth
Mumbai, India Thomson Reuters Foundation A proposal by the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh to have three capitals rather than one could be a model for more equal development and help release pressure from the country’s overcrowded cities, say planning experts. Last month, the government of Andhra Pradesh passed the Decentralisation and Equal Development […]
INDIA: HINDU EXTREMIST VIOLENCE ON THE RISE IN SOUTHERN STATES
TEJASWI RAVINDER reports for World Watch Monitor…