Millions marooned in India floods Al JazeeraAt least 2.5 million people in India are marooned after heavy monsoon rains lashed their villages, a government minister said. Indian emergency services are rushing supplies to the victims. Akhilesh Prasad Singh, a junior agricultureminister, said on Wednesday one million tonnes... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Militants kill three in India's Jammu region TVNZAug 27, 2008 5:50 PM Suspected Muslim militants who slipped across the border from Pakistan into IndianKashmir killed at least two civilians and an army officer in the Hindu-majority region of Jammu on Wednesday, police said After a shooting rampage around Jammu, Kashmir's winter capital, the... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
India flood victims riot over lack of food International Herald Tribune: Food riots erupted Wednesday in eastern India, where more than two million people have been forced from their homes and about 250,000 houses destroyed in what officials said were the worst floods in 50 years. One person was killed in Madhepura district when angry villagers fought over limited... (photo: public domain)
