New Zealand’s foreign minister today condemned a local television host’s “insulting” comments on air about an Indian official’s name which drew a complaint of racism from the New Delhi government.

A bomb exploded today in a crowded vegetable market in the Indian state of Assam, killing at least four people and leaving eight injured, police said.

The Indian prime minister today offered to hold talks with nuclear-armed neighbour Pakistan to end 50 years of war and acrimony.