http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/default.stmGet the latest BBC News from South Asia: breaking news, features, analysis and debate plus audio and video coverage from across the South Asia region.en-gbTue, 14 Jul 2009 23:19:33 GMTCopyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reusehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/syndication/15http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/bbc_news_120x60.gifhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/default.stmSome 8,800 of the more than two million Pakistanis displaced by fighting in Swat have now left relief camps, officials say.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8150109.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8150109.stmTue, 14 Jul 2009 14:29:05 GMTSouth AsiaSri Lanka's top human rights panel clears the military of killing 17 employees of a French charity in the north-east in 2006.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8149728.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8149728.stmTue, 14 Jul 2009 16:03:01 GMTSouth AsiaOne of India's main tiger parks, Panna National Park in the central state of Madhya Pradesh, admits it no longer has any tigers.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8150382.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8150382.stmTue, 14 Jul 2009 20:42:55 GMTSouth AsiaAt least six civilians are killed when a private helicopter crashes in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, Nato says. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8149073.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8149073.stmTue, 14 Jul 2009 10:51:28 GMTSouth AsiaTwenty three militants die in clashes between pro-government tribesmen and Taliban insurgents in north-west Pakistan.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8149411.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8149411.stmTue, 14 Jul 2009 14:30:22 GMTSouth AsiaAn indefinite strike called by a regional political party affects life in India's tea-producing Darjeeling hills in West Bengal state.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8149089.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8149089.stmTue, 14 Jul 2009 06:56:33 GMTSouth AsiaAt least seven people die after a bus they were travelling in is swept away by a flash flood in the Indian state of Orissa.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8149059.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8149059.stmTue, 14 Jul 2009 04:50:09 GMTSouth AsiaPresident Obama says he is examining an alleged 2001 Afghan massacre, amid claims the Bush administration resisted inquiries. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/americas/8147383.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8147383.stmMon, 13 Jul 2009 12:12:06 GMTAmericasIndia's National Commission for Women asks Madhya Pradesh state why hundreds of would-be brides were reportedly made to undergo virginity tests.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8147563.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8147563.stmMon, 13 Jul 2009 15:29:20 GMTSouth AsiaEnglish football champions Manchester United are to open their first cafe in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) later this year.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8150636.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8150636.stmTue, 14 Jul 2009 16:47:39 GMTSouth AsiaSenior Islamic scholars in Pakistan issue a fatwa, or religious decree, declaring the theft of electricity to be a sin.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8148328.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8148328.stmMon, 13 Jul 2009 15:50:59 GMTSouth AsiaPakistan lose nine wickets for 35 runs as Sri Lanka win the second Test to secure the three-match series.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport1/hi/cricket/8149866.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/8149866.stmTue, 14 Jul 2009 12:41:35 GMTCricketOff-spinner Mahmudullah takes five wickets as Bangladesh record their second ever Test victory against a weakened West Indies.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/west_indies/8148963.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/west_indies/8148963.stmMon, 13 Jul 2009 20:57:32 GMTWest IndiesSri Lanka's first female boxer to clinch a title says she is delighted with the gold medal she won in Russia. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8148312.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8148312.stmMon, 13 Jul 2009 16:08:17 GMTSouth AsiaWhy an obscure Indian village is in the limelighthttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8149149.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8149149.stmTue, 14 Jul 2009 12:05:03 GMTSouth AsiaStories of defeated militants bring new hopehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8149504.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8149504.stmTue, 14 Jul 2009 11:45:33 GMTSouth AsiaBut what dangers face the returning Pakistani refugees?http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8148896.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8148896.stmMon, 13 Jul 2009 21:23:03 GMTSouth AsiaBangladeshi silt island awaits annual floodshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/8144223.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8144223.stmMon, 13 Jul 2009 08:15:47 GMTScience & EnvironmentSoldiers' deaths may not ensure Helmand successhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/blogs/newsnight/markurban/2009/07/clear_and_hold.htmlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/markurban/2009/07/clear_and_hold.htmlTue, 14 Jul 2009 13:06:52 GMTWorldAccounts of the 2001 alleged ship-container killings http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8147977.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8147977.stmMon, 13 Jul 2009 14:05:30 GMTSouth AsiaSeven children are among nine people killed in a blast at a village in Pakistan's southern Punjab province, hospital officials say. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8147092.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8147092.stmMon, 13 Jul 2009 11:08:12 GMTSouth AsiaFamilies displaced by Pakistan's Swat valley conflict start to return home but some still fear for their safety.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8147019.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8147019.stmMon, 13 Jul 2009 15:08:59 GMTSouth AsiaThree cranes crash trying to lift a collapsed steel girder at Delhi metro rail construction site a day after an accident kills six people.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8147376.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8147376.stmMon, 13 Jul 2009 10:46:13 GMTSouth AsiaPublic opinion is almost evenly divided over the UK Afghan mission but support is up since 2006, a new poll suggests.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/8146977.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8146977.stmMon, 13 Jul 2009 02:33:08 GMTUKNepals' government vows to act after more than 100 people die from a diarrhoea epidemic in the west of the country.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8147492.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8147492.stmMon, 13 Jul 2009 11:24:18 GMTSouth AsiaAn Indian army colonel and his driver die in a powerful landmine explosion in India's north-eastern state of Assam, officials say.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8147150.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8147150.stmMon, 13 Jul 2009 08:40:10 GMTSouth AsiaThe number of policemen killed in an attack by suspected Maoist rebels in India's Chhattisgarh state rises to 29, police say.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8147097.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8147097.stmMon, 13 Jul 2009 07:15:07 GMTSouth AsiaFour US Marines are killed by improvised bombs in Afghanistan, the US military says.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8146605.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8146605.stmSun, 12 Jul 2009 18:33:40 GMTSouth AsiaA partially constructed bridge collapses in Delhi, killing at least five people and injuring 15, Indian officials say.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8146362.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8146362.stmSun, 12 Jul 2009 07:49:38 GMTSouth AsiaPakistan says the trial of five men suspected of involvement in the attack on the Taj Hotel in Mumbai is likely to start next week.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8146038.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8146038.stmSat, 11 Jul 2009 15:04:45 GMTSouth AsiaContinuing conflict in Pakistan has left more than a million children at risk of contracting polio, health officials say.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8146071.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8146071.stmSat, 11 Jul 2009 14:43:42 GMTSouth AsiaQuarterly profits at Indian outsourcing giant Infosys rise slightly, but it warns that revenues will fall this quarter.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/8143625.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8143625.stmFri, 10 Jul 2009 06:35:41 GMTBusinessIndia's government unveils its annual budget, saying the "first challenge" is to return to 9% annual growth "at the earliest".http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/8135529.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8135529.stmMon, 06 Jul 2009 10:45:46 GMTBusinessPakistani villagers survey the ruins after Buner's battlehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8142981.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8142981.stmMon, 13 Jul 2009 14:55:13 GMTSouth AsiaBombay changed its name but its heart is the samehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8144422.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8144422.stmSat, 11 Jul 2009 12:32:23 GMTFrom Our Own Correspondent'Happy to leave camps - but killings must stop'http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8148724.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8148724.stmMon, 13 Jul 2009 17:41:50 GMTSouth AsiaPakistan urges return to Swat - but is it safe?http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8145746.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8145746.stmSat, 11 Jul 2009 10:22:33 GMTSouth AsiaHow woman fought multiple sclerosis to scale Everesthttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/americas/8142847.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8142847.stmSat, 11 Jul 2009 12:28:16 GMTAmericasKabul's old maestros struggle in a changed worldhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8138692.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8138692.stmSat, 11 Jul 2009 01:32:02 GMTSouth AsiaThe Afghan singing star working the London Tubehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8136852.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8136852.stmTue, 07 Jul 2009 01:10:57 GMTSouth Asia