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James Barrett Yardley (born June 18, 1964 in New York City) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist currently working in the Beijing bureau of The New York Times.

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India Restricts Media on Visit by Dalai Lama

NEW DELHI The Indian government moved Thursday to restrict media coverage of the Dalai Lama’s trip next week to a disputed Himalayan region, a visit that has become a sore point between India and China at a time when diplomatic relations are already ...

From JIM YARDLEY, The New York Times,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Dalai Lama,  New York Times Company,  Manmohan Singh

Rebels Widen Deadly Reach Across India

BARSUR, India At the edge of the Indravati River, hundreds of miles from the nearest international border, India effectively ends. Indian paramilitary officers point machine guns across the water. The dense jungles and mountains on the other side ...

From JIM YARDLEY, The New York Times,  31 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Naxalites,  Brown University

World Briefing | Asia: India: President’s Son Wins a Seat

In a closely watched race, Rajendra Shekhawat, son of India’s president, was declared the winner of a state assembly seat on Thursday in Maharashtra. Mr. Shekhawat’s candidacy had brought complaints of nepotism after Congress Party leaders pushed ...

From JIM YARDLEY, The New York Times,  22 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Rajendra Shekhawat,  Pratibha Patil

In Indian Politics, Asking Mom for Help Can Backfire

AMRAVATI, India Rajendra Shekhawat, nicely polished in a pressed white shirt and neatly parted hair, his face sunburned from campaigning in the south Indian sun, says he is running for office as a common man. His pink cheeks suggest otherwise, though, ...

From JIM YARDLEY, The New York Times,  11 Oct 2009

New Script for India on Climate Change: Altering Its Tactics to Protect Its Interests

NEW DELHI When the United Nations convened its summit meeting on climate change last month, China and the United States, the two most important countries at the negotiating table, hewed to mostly familiar scripts, making promises without making too ...

From JIM YARDLEY, EcoEarth News,  3 Oct 2009

Related Topics: United Nations,  Manmohan Singh,  Jairam Ramesh

News Analysis: New Script for India on Climate Change: Altering Its Tactics to Protect Its Interests

NEW DELHI When the United Nations convened its summit meeting on climate change last month, China and the United States, the two most important countries at the negotiating table, hewed to mostly familiar scripts, making promises without making too ...

From JIM YARDLEY, The New York Times,  3 Oct 2009

Related Topics: United Nations,  Manmohan Singh,  Jairam Ramesh

New Delhi Journal: Indian Maze Complicates Building of a Global Stage

NEW DELHI The roof of the city’s new domestic airport terminal partly collapsed in August. A Metro commuter train derailed the same month, and then a second Metro train derailed in September. The city’s roads are so pockmarked with bathtub-size ...

From JIM YARDLEY, The New York Times,  30 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Manmohan Singh,  Palaniappan Chidambaram,  Sheila Dikshit,  Bharatiya Janata Party,  U.S. Congress

On India’s Railways, Women Find New Peace in Commute

PALWAL, India As the morning commuter train rattled down the track, Chinu Sharma, an office worker, enjoyed the absence of men. Some of them pinch and grope women on trains, or shout insults and catcalls, she said. Her friend Vandana Rohile agreed and ...

From JIM YARDLEY, The New York Times,  15 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Sonia Gandhi

Drought Puts Focus on a Side of India Untouched by Progress

PIPRI VILLAGE, India Two very different recent scenes from India: At a power breakfast in New Delhi for many of the country’s corporate leaders and top economic officials, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee declared that India had “weathered the storm” ...

From JIM YARDLEY, EcoEarth News,  4 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Pranab Mukherjee,  Manmohan Singh

Drought augurs india's challenge in shifting agrarian economy

services and high technology, but hundreds of millions of Indians still look to the sky for their livelihoods; more than half the country's 1.1 billion people depend on agriculture for a living even though agriculture represents only about 17 percent ...

From JIM YARDLEY, EcoEarth News,  4 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Pranab Mukherjee

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