India’s Satya Sai Baba in critical condition: doctors
HYDERABAD, April 5, 2011 (AFP) - One of India's best-known spiritual leaders, known for his apparent miracles and long list of influential followers, is on …
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India charges ex-minister in telecom graft scandal
NEW DELHI, April 2, 2011 (AFP) - Indian police on Saturday charged a former telecom minister with abuse of power and conspiracy in an alleged mobile spectrum …
India eases foreign investment rules
NEW DELHI, April 1, 2011 (AFP) - India has eased regulations governing foreign companies and their Indian joint venture partners as it seeks to halt a decline …
Bulls turn bears on India as doubts grow
NEW DELHI, March 27, 2011 (AFP) - Investors have turned bearish on India despite government forecasts of nine percent economic growth, as concerns over …
Indian PM commits to reforms
NEW DELHI, March 26, 2011 (AFP) - India's prime minister has reaffirmed his Congress-led government's commitment to economic reforms as the administration …
Cockpit fraud: fears grow over India’s fake pilots
NEW DELHI, March 24, 2011 (AFP) - India's fake pilot scandal began unravelling when a female captain landed her packed airliner on the nose instead of the rear …
Gates, Buffett to tap India’s wealthy for charity
NEW DELHI, March 24, 2011 (AFP) - Two of the world's richest men, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, took their charity roadshow to New Delhi on Thursday where …
India set to hike rates again in anti-inflation battle
NEW DELHI, March 16, 2011 (AFP) - India is set to raise borrowing costs on Thursday for an eighth time in just over a year as it struggles to bring down an …
India car sales jump 23%
MUMBAI, March 9, 2011 (AFP) - Car sales in India jumped nearly 23 percent in February from a year earlier, industry data showed Wednesday, as customers snapped …
Bangladesh creates $700mn fund to prop up stocks
DHAKA, March 7, 2011 (AFP) - Bangladesh will create a $700 million mutual fund, the country's biggest ever, in a bid to stabilise the highly volatile Dhaka …
Grameen bank founder says sacking ‘political’
DHAKA, March 7, 2011 (AFP) - Bangladeshi Nobel laureate and micro-lending pioneer Muhammad Yunus claimed Monday his ousting from a high-profile bank job was a …
Indian property boss resigns over telecom scandal
MUMBAI, March 7, 2011 (AFP) - The head of one of India's top real-estate companies resigned on Monday after being arrested as part of a probe into a telecom …
Bajaj Auto faces rough ride in India car market
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Dangerous to know: India’s Right to Information Act
NEW DELHI, March 3, 2011 (AFP) - Soon after he exposed how bricks were bought for six times their value for roads that were never built in the northern Indian …
India’s biggest car maker reports 15% sales rise
MUMBAI, March 1, 2011 (AFP) - India's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki reported on Tuesday a 15.5-percent rise in sales in February. online pharmacy buy …
India to raise $9 bn in privatisations: minister
NEW DELHI, February 28, 2011 (AFP) - India's government intends to raise 400 billion rupees ( billion) by part-privatising state-owned companies in the next …
Dunkin’ Donuts takes the plunge in India
NEW DELHI, February 24, 2011 (AFP) - US-based Dunkin' Donuts, one of the world's largest coffee and baked goods chains, is set to enter India after striking a …
India’s PM concedes to new telecom scam probe
NEW DELHI, February 22, 2011 (AFP) - India's premier on Tuesday bowed to opposition pressure to set up a cross-party probe into the government's tainted 2008 …
Americans warned to be alert during cricket World Cup
WASHINGTON, February 17, 2011 (AFP) - The United States on Thursday urged its citizens to be extra vigilant about terror risks if they are in India, Bangladesh …
Japan, India sign free trade pact
TOKYO, February 16, 2011 (AFP) - Japan and India signed a free trade pact Wednesday under which the high-tech nation and the South Asian giant pledged to scrap …