IRISH feeding technology company Keenan has signed a five-year deal to supply its patented animal feed and mixer wagons to India’s oldest dairy business, Keventer.

At least 13 homeless people have died in near-freezing temperatures and Himalayan winds in northern India, police said today.

Near-freezing temperatures and icy Himalayan winds killed at least 13 people overnight in northern India, bringing the death toll to nearly 100 from a cold snap that began three weeks ago.

Near-freezing temperatures have killed more than two dozen people in northern India in recent days despite government efforts to distribute blankets and medicine to the poor, an official and a news report said today.

Police say at least 20 people have been killed and 15 critically injured in eastern India today when a minibus crashed into a tree and fell into a ditch.

Suspected Maoist rebels blew up a police van in eastern India today, killing at least 11 police.

Rampaging elephants in the Indian state of Jharkhand are disrupting the country’s parliamentary elections.

A BRUTAL heat wave sweeping much of India, together with threats of violence from communist guerillas, marred the second round of voting yesterday in the country’s month-long election, keeping millions away from the polls.

The second phase of parliamentary elections in India ended relatively peacefully today in all but the rebel-affected state of Jharkhand.

Maoist rebels launched a series of attacks today as the second phase of parliamentary elections began in India.

Suspected communist rebels have freed more than 250 train passengers after keeping them hostage for nearly five hours at a rail station in eastern India, police said today.

THE first day of polling in India’s general election was disrupted by Maoist violence that left at least 17 people dead.

The first day of polling in India’s general election was disrupted by Maoist-led violence that left at least 17 people dead.

At least seven people were killed as Maoist rebels launched an attack today in a bid to disrupt the general election in the world's largest democracy.

At least six teenagers died from suspected food poisoning after drinking sour milk at their boarding school in eastern India, an official said today.

A land mine has blown up a police van in eastern India, killing at least 12 police officers, officials said today.

Suspected communist rebels attacked a village festival in eastern India with gunfire and bombs today, killing at least 17 people, a news report said.

At least 49 police officers were killed when suspected communist rebels attacked a remote post in the jungles of eastern India today.

Suspected communist rebels have assassinated a prominent politician as he watched a soccer game being played in eastern India.

Rescuers today searched for 53 miners feared dead inside a coal mine in eastern India following an explosion, an official said.

A land mine thought to have been planted by communist rebels exploded today in eastern India, and police believe five officers may have been killed in the blast, a news agency reported.

Communist rebels attacked a train in eastern India today, a railway official said, and Indian media reported the driver and a guard had been kidnapped.

A freight train rammed into a stationery passenger train in India’s eastern state of Jharkhand today, killing at least five people, officials said.

A sudden rush of water caused a coal mine to collapse in eastern India, trapping at least 14 workers inside.

MILITANTS struck polling sites with grenades, rifles and bombs yesterday as Indians from Goan beaches to Himalayan mountains voted in a crucial third round of elections that will decide the fate of opposition leader Sonia Gandhi and her son, first-time candidate Rahul.

At least 11 people died and 18 were injured in violent clashes as Indians started voting today in parliament elections expected to return Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s governing coalition to power for another five years.

Indians braved attacks by separatists and communists as they started voting today in parliament elections expected to return Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s governing coalition to power for another five years.

An Indian judge today ordered the government to test samples of Pepsi after the company challenged accusations that it is selling drinks in India containing dangerous levels of pesticide residue.

Maoist guerrillas ambushed a police van today and killed 18 people, mostly police officers, in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, officials said.

At least 11 people were injured today when a bomb exploded in a train in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand.

India and Pakistan are toning down their war rhetoric and sounding more conciliatory, but shelling resumed today in divided Kashmir, killing a 17-year-old youth on the Pakistan side.