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India: Commonwealth Games Threatened by Construction Delays, Security Issues

Date: September 22nd, 2010 |

With the Commonwealth Games set for Oct. 3-13 in New Delhi, concerns are growing that the venue will not be ready and the events will be affected, possibly canceled. Many buildings remain unfinished and a footbridge built to connect the main stadium to a parking lot collapsed Sept. 21, injuring 23 workers, five of them [read more]

India: New Delhi Gearing Up for Commonwealth Games; Oil Spill in Goa

Date: September 8th, 2010 |

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The heaviest monsoon rains in 15 years are slowing preparations for the Commonwealth Games to be held in New Delhi Oct. 3-14. Many of the venues are still under construction or repair, and the road system still has many sections that are poorly maintained. As in all such events where large masses of people gather, [read more]

India: 100 Peaks Opened in Kashmir Despite Unrest

Date: July 14th, 2010 |

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The government opened nearly 100 previously off-limits peaks in Kashmir to trekkers and mountaineers in an effort to spur tourism to the troubled region. The move comes in the face of recent violent protests against Indian rule and curfews imposed in Srinagar by the Indian army. Tensions remained high. The greater context, however, is that [read more]

India: General Strike Shut Down Darjeeling, Stranded Tourists

Date: June 23rd, 2010 |

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At least 100 tourists were stranded by an indefinite general strike in Darjeeling June 19 and had to be escorted out of the area by police. The strike was the most recent of several in the past year called by a Gorkha political party agitating for a autonomous Gorkha homeland. Government pressure caused them to [read more]

India: Darjeeling Shut Down by Political Tensions

Date: May 26th, 2010 |

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Political tensions sparked by the killing of a moderate Gorkha leader stranded hundreds of tourists in the popular hill town of Darjeeling May 23 when all transport and shops closed down. Police detained 45 supporters of the political party Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), but GJM’s leader denied involvement in his rival’s murder and condemned the [read more]

India: Kashmir Erupts Over U.S. Quran Threat, Anti-India Anger

Date: September 15th, 2010 |

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The troubled state of Kashmir is experiencing its worst unrest in a summer of large anti-India demonstrations. Police patrolled the streets of Srinagar with orders to shoot on sight anyone breaking the round-the-clock curfew a day after 19 people were killed in riots in part fomented by word of Quran desecration in the U.S., marking [read more]

South Asia: Medical Tourists Bring Home Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial Infections

Date: August 18th, 2010 |

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Twenty-nine U.K. medical tourists to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh have returned from their surgeries with a bacterial infection resistant to all but one or two antibiotics, including the “last resort” antibiotics commonly used against resistant strains. These infections involved common bacteria that had acquired a gene that gave them resistance to current drugs. These strains [read more]

India: Unrest, Curfew in Kashmir

Date: July 7th, 2010 |

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The army was called in and an indefinite curfew imposed in Kashmir following violent demonstrations in Srinagar against Indian rule in the region. Protesters accused government forces of killing 15 people during demonstrations in recent weeks, and the current unrest boiled over when paramilitary police fired live ammunition, killing three people after failing to quell [read more]

India: Maoist Rebels Blamed for Train Disaster, Vow Safe Passage

Date: June 2nd, 2010 |

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A train wreck that killed at least 148 people May 28 in West Bengal was blamed on Maoist rebels known as Naxalites, but the Maoists claimed they had nothing to do with the sabotage and would guarantee safe passage of any trains through areas where they are active. Police, however, said they had evidence that [read more]

India: Tourist Police Forces at Work in Goa, Madurai

Date: May 19th, 2010 |

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Goa continues to work to increase security for tourists on its beaches after several high-profile incidents in recent years. Security patrols were extended to midnight on ten popular beaches in both north and south Goa, and the World Travel and Tourism Council donated a fleet of 22 vehicles equipped with communications devices to a new [read more]

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