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  • Massive India power outage affects 600 million--... hundreds of miners trapped

    07/31/2012 11:01:47 AM PDT · by Ernest_at_the_Beach · 16 replies
    MarketWatch ^ | July 31, 2012, 7:42 a.m. EDT | By V. Phani Kumar, MarketWatch
    HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — A massive power outage in northern and eastern India left 600 million people, about half the country’s population, without electricity Tuesday, according to reports. The outage, which further aggravated a grid failure that had disrupted life in the country’s north for several hours Monday, reportedly stranded travelers and commuters, trapped miners and caused traffic jams. While authorities struggled to restore power, about 300,000 passengers were stranded in more than 300 trains across eight states, as electricity- grid failures crippled operations across six railway zones in the country, according to a report in The Times of India....
  • Electricity grids fail across half of India (620 million people without electricity)

    07/31/2012 7:41:48 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 26 replies
    Los Angeles Times ^ | 07/31/2012
    NEW DELHI (AP) — India's energy crisis cascaded over half the country Tuesday when three of its regional grids collapsed, leaving 620 million people without government-supplied electricity for several hours in, by far, the world's biggest blackout. Hundreds of trains stalled across the country and traffic lights went out, causing widespread traffic jams in New Delhi. Electric crematoria stopped operating, some with bodies half burnt, power officials said. Emergency workers rushed generators to coal mines to rescue miners trapped underground. The massive failure - a day after a similar, but smaller power failure - has raised serious concerns about India's...
  • India hit by 2nd huge power outage, this one larger than before

    07/31/2012 4:47:54 AM PDT · by rightwingintelligentsia · 17 replies
    CNN ^ | July 31, 2012 | Harmeet Shah Singh
    New Delhi (CNN) -- India suffered its second huge, crippling power failure in two days on Tuesday, depriving as much as half of the vast and populous country of electricity and disrupting transport networks. The first power grid collapse, on Monday, was the country's worst blackout in a decade. It affected seven states in northern India that are home to more than 350 million people. But Tuesday's failure was even larger, hitting eastern and northeastern areas as well. Both blackouts cut power in the Indian capital, New Delhi.
  • 370 Million Indians Swelter In Heat After Power Fails

    07/30/2012 8:37:10 PM PDT · by JerseyanExile · 64 replies
    Associated Press ^ | July 30, 2012 | Ravi Nessman
    Northern India's power grid crashed Monday, halting trains, forcing hospitals and airports onto backup power and providing a dark reminder of the nation's inability to feed a growing hunger for energy as it strives to become an economic power. While the midsummer outage was unique in its reach - it hit 370 million people, more than the population of the United States and Canada combined - its impact was softened by Indians' familiarity with almost daily blackouts of varying duration. Hospitals and major businesses have backup generators that seamlessly kick in during power cuts, and upscale homes are hooked to...
  • India train fire toll climbs to 47

    07/30/2012 3:49:46 AM PDT · by Gamecock · 24 replies
    Herald Sun ^ | July 30, 2012
    <p>The official said 28 passengers had been hospitalised with burns.</p> <p>The burning coach was noticed early on Monday as the train passed through a railway station 500 kilometres south of Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh state.</p> <p>The train was stopped and the burning coach was detached from the rest of the train to prevent the fire from spreading.</p>
  • Indian Navy inducts third indigenous stealth frigate INS Sahyadri

    07/29/2012 6:48:22 PM PDT · by JerseyanExile · 13 replies
    India Today ^ | July 21, 2012 | PTI
    The indigenously built stealth warship `INS Sahyadri' was commissioned on Saturday into the Indian Navy, adding to its anti-submarine warfare capability. The frigate, last in the series of stealth warships after `INS Shivalik' and `INS Satpura', was commissioned by Defence Minister A. K. Antony at the Naval dockyard in Mumbai in the presence of Navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma and senior naval officials. INS Sahyadri is the last warship of`Project-17' undertaken by the Navy. The first two in the class -- INS Shivalik and INS Satpura - were commissioned in April 2010 and August 2011, respectively. These ships have been...
  • As China Eyes Indian Ocean, Japan and India Pair Up on Defense

    07/28/2012 10:40:01 AM PDT · by James C. Bennett · 4 replies
    The New York Times ^ | July 27, 2012 | The New York Times
    For two days last month, ships from the Indian and Japanese naval forces held joint military exercises in waters off Tokyo. By military standards, the exercises were small in scale. But they were heavy with symbolism and brought to light another facet of the growing relationship between the two countries — defense. Such joint exercises might be standard practice in international military-to-military exchanges, but with growing regional tensions — like in the South China Sea, located between India and Japan — they take on a more complex meaning. “If you look at it through a containment of China prism, it...
  • Sri Lankan at Risk of Being Beheaded for Praying to Buddha (Islamic tolerance in Saudi Arabia)

    07/28/2012 5:08:34 AM PDT · by Zhang Fei · 8 replies
    The Chakra ^ | Thursday, July 26th, 2012 | Editor
    A Sri Lankan youth employed as a domestic aid has been arrested in Saudi Arabia for praying to a statue of Lord Buddha, which is considered an offence according to Islamic Sharia law. According to the Bodu Bala Sena, the youth bearing passport no. 2353715 identified as Premanath Pereralage Thungasiri has been arrested by Umulmahami Police, which is a grave situation. While the youth is a Buddhist, the charge levelled against him is that he paid obeisance to the Buddha at the house where he was employed. The Bodu Bala Sena organisation further said those employed in Muslim-majority countries are...
  • India’s Military Comes of Age: The BrahMos Missile

    07/27/2012 7:22:17 AM PDT · by sukhoi-30mki · 3 replies
    The Diplomat ^ | July 27, 2012 | James R. Holmes
    India’s Military Comes of Age: The BrahMos Missile By James R. Holmes Indians take pride in the BrahMos anti-ship cruise missile, or ASCM. I was taken aback some years ago when some Indian friends—gentle souls with little interest in military affairs—professed satisfaction at this successful venture into defense R&D.While that encounter induced some vertigo, it makes sense when you think about it. The Indian military has long been a consumer of hardware manufactured by others. By fielding the BrahMos, India in effect kicked in the door to an exclusive club of nations that design and produce high-tech defense articles. Beyond...
  • U.S., India Inch Toward Naval Partnership

    07/26/2012 9:05:56 PM PDT · by James C. Bennett · 39 replies
    The World Politics Review ^ | 09/07/2012 | The World Politics Review
    During his recent visit to New Delhi, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta highlighted the evolution of the annual Indo-U.S. naval war game Malabar from a passing exercise for the two navies’ ships into a full-scale engagement across all functional areas of naval warfare. Indeed, the steadily increasing complexity of Indo-U.S. naval force coordination has been a standout feature of an otherwise interest-driven relationship, suggesting Washington increasingly sees India as the western hinge of the U.S. pivot to Asia, with the U.S. Navy backstopping the shift from the Pacific. However, before the Indo-U.S. entente on the seas becomes a full-blown condominium,...
  • Islamic violence in Assam, India

    07/25/2012 12:41:06 PM PDT · by Milagros · 2 replies
    July 20, 2012: Muslim settlers' murder of 4 indigenous Bodo youths in Assam, India sparks "ethnic" clashes, 35 die, thousands flee.India: Ethnic Clashes in Assam Global Voices Online Posted 25 July 2012 0:01 GMT Fighting between indigenous Bodo tribes and Muslim settlers in the Indian State of Assam killed at least 32 people and wounded many more. The trouble started on the night of Friday 20 July, 2012, when unidentified men killed four youths in Kokrajhar district, which is dominated by Bodos. In retaliation, armed Bodos attacked Muslims and burnt their villages, suspecting them to be behind the killings. According to...
  • India riots: Illegal immigration is behind deadly clashes in Assam

    07/25/2012 11:54:22 AM PDT · by Jyotishi · 18 replies
    The Christian Science Monitor ^ | Wednesday, July 25, 2012 | Anu Anand
    At least 45 people have been killed in ethnic clashes between tribesmen and Muslims that started over the weekend in Assam State in northeast India, according to police. India’s northeast, a lush triangle ringed by China, Burma, and Bangladesh is dotted with picturesque tea estates and pineapple plantations. Wild elephants and one-horned rhinos roam ancient forested migration routes. But this week, the state of Assam (see map here) witnessed brutal mob violence, which virtually cut it off from the rest of India. According to police, at least 45 people have been killed, homes burnt, butchered bodies recovered, railway lines blocked...
  • Mitt Romney for strong ties with India to tackle Chinese challenge

    07/25/2012 12:43:51 AM PDT · by Jyotishi · 4 replies
    The Indian Express ^ | Wednesday, July 25, 2012 | Agencies
    Washington - Terming China a major foreign policy challenge for the US, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said that if elected, he would ensure strong ties with India to counter the Chinese influence. A fact sheet issued by the Romney Campaign asserted that if elected, the Republican will "deepen cooperation among regional partners like India and build stronger ties to influential countries like Indonesia." In his address to the Veterans for Foreign War convention in Nevada yesterday, Romney, although acknowledging that partnership with China was necessary for a stable and secure world, accused Beijing of "cheating" the international community...
  • Girl molested, thrown out of train in Karnataka {ROP: Islam strikes again}

    07/24/2012 10:15:46 PM PDT · by Cronos · 9 replies
    The Times of India ^ | 25 July 2012 | Rajendrakumar KR
    A 19-year-old girl who resisted a molestation attempt by a group of youths was kicked out of a moving train by them near Maddur on Tuesday afternoon. She survived miraculously, but suffered grievous injuries...Kavya (name changed) was pushed out of the Yeshwantpur-Mysore Express when it was travelling over the Kolli bridge, on the Shimsha river. She fell onto the dry river bed 25 feet below. ..Kavya said from her hospital bed: "When the train was approaching Maddur station, four youths began teasing me and sexually harassing me. They passed lewd remarks and tried to molest me. When I said I...
  • Naresh Chandra panel recommends military preparedness to deal with 'assertive’ China

    07/24/2012 8:15:47 PM PDT · by James C. Bennett · 4 replies
    The Times of India ^ | July 25, 2012 | The Times of India
    NEW DELHI: India has to be prepared militarily to deal with an "assertive" China even as it seeks to build bridges of cooperation with Beijing, the Naresh Chandra Task Force on national security has recommended. The committee's suggestions for the military — details of which have been accessed by TOI — also buries the proposal for a Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), the single point military adviser to the government. Instead, it has recommended that a permanent Chairman Chiefs Of Staff Committee be appointed from among the three service chiefs, allowing India to have four four-star generals. The panel has...
  • India banks on Canada to skirt US gas export ban

    07/23/2012 10:13:16 PM PDT · by James C. Bennett · 9 replies
    The Times of India ^ | July 24, 2012 | The Times of India
    NEW DELHI: India is trying to include Canada into the supply equation as it prepares to become an importer of energy from the US. But the plan may meet with only a limited success because of third-country pricing economics. New Delhi has been lobbying Washington for a special dispensation to ship liquid gas from the US. Washington does not allow energy exports to countries that do not have a free trade agreement (FTA) with it. Because of this ban, India's state-run gas utility is feeling hamstrung in its efforts to strike big deals for importing liquid gas from the US....
  • 'Love Jihad' - Radical Islam's Sordid Attack on Christian and Hindu Women

    07/22/2012 8:27:37 AM PDT · by daniel1212 · 14 replies
    Christian Post ^ | July 19, 2012 | By Myles Collie
    A disturbing action known as "love jihad" is gaining notoriety after several reports have emerged of young impressionable women being seduced by Muslim men who wish to manipulate them and use them in an effort to aid their jihad. Troves of diplomatic cables were disclosed to the public after the WikiLeaks incident, and one of the cables revealed how foreign officials were monitoring what they referred to as "love jihad" -- an alleged conspiracy of foreign-funded "charming" Muslim men attempting to seduce, marry and convert Hindu and Christian women to be used in the jihadi effort. One such correspondence from...
  • FTA with EU likely by year-end [Free Trade Agreement]

    07/21/2012 6:20:32 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 10 replies
    The Hindu ^ | July 22, 2012 | Special Correspondent
    The Central government is hopeful of concluding the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU) by the end of this year. According to Union Commerce Secretary S.R. Rao, the final leg of negotiations between the two parties is likely to be held in September. The deal was likely to be concluded as "we have closed most of the issues". India was exploring options for widening its engagement with ASEAN countries while negotiations with Pakistan on FTA were well on way. Mr. Rao, who was talking to reporters here on Saturday, said, "They (the EU) want us to take...
  • Most skilled migrants from India

    07/20/2012 10:57:21 PM PDT · by James C. Bennett · 3 replies
    The Observer ^ | 19 July, 2012 | The Observer
    INDIA is now Australia's largest source of skilled permanent migrants, with more than 29,000 Indians moving to Australia in 2011-12, a report released on Thursday reveals. The annual Migration Report reveals almost 185,000 people migrated to Australia in the 2011-12 financial year. Of these, a large contingent was destined for regional areas, with 16,741 people moving to Australia under the Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme. More than 23% of those regional sponsored migrants moved to Western Australia. Immigration Minister Chris Bowen said while the government's first priority was always finding jobs for Australia, the skilled migration program was helping fill the...
  • Islamists hack ABVP leader to death in Kerala ( India )

    07/20/2012 7:33:09 PM PDT · by george76 · 4 replies
    The Pioneer ^ | 17 July 2012
    Activists of Islamist students’ organization Campus Front of India brutally murdered an ABVP leader at Christian College at Chengannur in Kerala’s Alappuzha district. Two other ABVP workers were injured in the Islamists’ attack. ABVP leader Vishal (19), who was hacked by a bike-mounted gang of Islamists in front of Christian College on Monday morning, succumbed to the injuries at about 3.00 am Tuesday ... Campus Front is the students’ wing of Islamist organization Popular Front of India (PFI, formerly NDF), whose activists had in a Taliban-model attack on July 4, 2010 chopped off the right hand of TJ Joseph, a...