India

People cross the road in Delhi, India on Nov 7. All Delhi schools will remain closed for the week with pollution in the city becoming worse.

The authorities in the Indian capital said they shut down all schools after air pollution levels skyrocketed and raised concerns about public health, the ND TV channel said.

Bollywood actor and producer John Abraham, who owns Indian football club NorthEast United, has said deeper ties with Turkish football should be forged.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has vowed that every home in India will have electricity by December 2018 as he moves to shore up voter support amid doubts over his handling of the economy.

The $2.5 billion scheme announced Sept. 25 would see the country's 40 million households without electricity linked up to power for free.

India's first bullet train project, a $19-billion initiative linking Ahmedabad to Mumbai, was launched on Sept. 14 as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe hailed fast-growing ties between Asia's two biggest democracies.

Amnesty International Secretary-General Salil Shetty on Sept. 9 visited the organization's Turkey director İdil Eser, who was jailed on "terrorism" charges two months ago along with seven other activists, being held in Istanbul's Silivri prison.

Turkey's Çelebi Aviation Holding has shown interest in buying state-owned Air India's ground handling operations, India's aviation secretary Rajiv Nayan Choubey said on Sept. 8.

Çelebi also provides ground handling services in India.

Çelebi has written to the ministry showing interest to bid for the Indian flag carrier's ground handing operations, Choubey told Reuters.

Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty on Sept. 6 was not permitted to visit the organization's Turkey director İdil Eser, who was jailed on "terrorism" charges two months ago.

During his visit to Turkey, Shetty applied for authorization to visit to Eser in Istanbul's Silivri Prison but he was not received at the prosecutor's office at the prison.

A building collapsed in the Indian city of Mumbai. Reports Bnt. 

Rescuers seek between 30 and 40 people who are supposed to be buried in the debris. The 3-storey building collapsed early this morning. Mumbai was hit by torrential rains and floods earlier this week.

Thousands of supporters of a controversial Indian guru ended a tense standoff with soldiers yesterday, avoiding renewed violence after their leader's rape conviction sparked riots in which at least 36 people died.