India’s IndiGo to start overseas flights
NEW DELHI, January 20, 2011 (AFP) – India’s ambitious budget airline IndiGo will start international operations in August, the company said in a …
NEW DELHI, January 20, 2011 (AFP) – India’s ambitious budget airline IndiGo will start international operations in August, the company said in a …
LONDON, January 18, 2011 (AFP) – Britain has asked India to waive diplomatic immunity for a senior diplomat following reports that he assaulted his wife …
DHAKA, January 18, 2011 (AFP) – Nobel peace prize winner Muhammad Yunus appeared in a Bangladesh court on Tuesday in a defamation case dating back to …
NEW DELHI, January 14, 2011 (AFP) – India’s inflation rose again to 8.43 percent in December, data showed Friday, as the government announced steps …
NEW DELHI, January 13, 2011 (AFP) – The Canadian maker of BlackBerry said Thursday it had found a way out of an ongoing standoff in India over allowing …
KARACHI, January 9, 2011 (AFP) – More than 20,000 people rallied in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi on Sunday, police said, against proposed …
MUMBAI, January 7, 2011 (AFP) – Indian stocks slumped for the fourth day running on Friday, shedding 2.44 percent on mounting fears that interest rates …
WASHINGTON, January 5, 2011 (AFP) – The International Monetary Fund Wednesday praised India’s stewardship of one of the world’s …
NEW DELHI, January 5, 2011 (AFP) – For centuries, the stunning silk saris woven by hand in the holy city of Varanasi have been prized by Indian women, …
NEW DELHI, January 3, 2011 (AFP) – India’s finance ministry has launched a probe into the takeover by Illinois-based Kraft Foods of British …
NEW DELHI, January 4, 2011 (AFP) – One of India’s biggest corruption cases that tarnished late prime minister Rajiv Gandhi in the 1980s returned to …
LONDON, December 31, 2010 (AFP) – The conglomerate, Sahara India Pariwar, has bought London’s luxurious Grosvenor House hotel from state-rescued …
WASHINGTON, December 29, 2010 (AFP) – India is on course to top China as the world’s most populous country in 2025, the US Census Bureau forecast, …
NEW DELHI, December 30, 2010 (AFP) – A huge charity gift by a high-tech tycoon has shone a harsh light on the philanthropic track record of India’s …
DHAKA, December 28, 2010 (AFP) – Bangladesh has invited some of the world’s leading state-owned gas giants to help explore its insurgency-hit …
KAVRE, December 29, 2010 (AFP) – Seven years ago, Nepalese farmer Madhab Parajuli faced an agonising choice: lose his small plot of farmland to mounting …
MUMBAI, December 27, 2010 (AFP) – India’s Bombay Stock Exchange launched a share index of sharia-compliant companies on Monday in an attempt to …
NEW DELHI, December 26, 2010 (AFP) – The theme of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s visit to India was “friends not rivals,” but a border …
NEW DELHI, December 26, 2010 (AFP) – India’s launch of the world’s cheapest car, the Nano, was expected to create a vast new market segment …
MUMBAI, December 26, 2010 (AFP) – With its religious retreats for meditation and yoga, India has long been sought out by Western visitors eager to escape …