At least six soldiers are dead and 60 more are trapped following a massive avalanche that hit a training center of the Indian army at a famous ski resort town in Indian-controlled Kashmir.

A massive avalanche hit a training center of the Indian army at a famous ski resort town in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday, killing at least six soldiers and trapping nearly 60 others, police and army officials said.

India again successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable missile yesterday that can hit targets across much of Asia and the Middle East, an official said.

Shops, businesses and government offices were closed and public buses stayed off the roads in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Tuesday during a strike to protest the death of a teenage boy hit by a police-fired tear gas shell.

Rock-throwing protesters clashed with government forces in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday, a day after a police-fired tear gas shell struck and killed a boy.

India has reiterated a goal of slowing the rise of its carbon emissions by 2020 as part of pledges due yesterday under a “Copenhagen Accord” to fight climate change, an official statement said.

India committed Sunday to reduce the intensity of its carbon emissions by 20 to 25 percent by 2020 from 2005 levels, meeting a deadline for developing countries to set voluntary carbon-curbing actions.

India's multi-billion-dollar auction of third-generation (3G) radio frequency aimed at giving mobile users faster Internet and other services may be delayed again, reports said Saturday.

India is willing to back efforts to seek peace with Taliban to stabilize Afghanistan, foreign minister S.M. Krishna said, indicating a softening of stand towards a group known to be close to rival Pakistan.

Twelve people drowned and 20 others were missing Saturday after a crowded boat carrying Hindu pilgrims capsized in a river in southern India, police said.