India: Karnataka Baby-Tossing Festival May Be Banned
AUTHORITIES in southern India plan to ban an age-old ritual in which babies are tossed from the top of a nine-metre temple....
AUTHORITIES in southern India plan to ban an age-old ritual in which babies are tossed from the top of a nine-metre temple....
Posted 10.05.2009 | Impact
After more than four days of intense rainfall following a severe drought, 280 people have died and several million are homeless due to floods in south...
nytimes.com | HARI KUMAR | Posted 10.05.2009 | World
More than 240 people have died, and hundreds of thousands have been left homeless in southern India after four days of heavy rainfall at the end of th...
BBC NEWS | Posted 12.02.2009 | World
At least 125 people have been killed after three days of torrential rains battered the Indian states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, officials say. ...
News.Com.Au | Posted 12.04.2009 | World