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 …
South Asia
Britain asks India to waive envoy immunity after ‘assault’
LONDON, January 18, 2011 (AFP) – Britain has asked India to waive diplomatic immunity for a senior diplomat following reports that he assaulted his wife …
Nobel laureate Yunus in Bangladesh court
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 …
India’s inflation leaps above 8.0%
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 …
BlackBerry says Indian security fears answered
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 …
Thousands rally over blasphemy law in Pakistan: police
KARACHI, January 9, 2011 (AFP) – More than 20,000 people rallied in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi on Sunday, police said, against proposed …
India stocks dive on interest rate concerns
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 …
IMF praises India’s stewardship of dynamic economy
WASHINGTON, January 5, 2011 (AFP) – The International Monetary Fund Wednesday praised India’s stewardship of one of the world’s …
Cheap Chinese copies shrink India’s silk sari industry
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, …
India begins tax probe into Kraft’s Cadbury purchase: report
NEW DELHI, January 3, 2011 (AFP) – India’s finance ministry has launched a probe into the takeover by Illinois-based Kraft Foods of British …
Bofors corruption case returns to haunt India’s ruling party
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 …
Indian group buys luxury London hotel Grosvenor House
LONDON, December 31, 2010 (AFP) – The conglomerate, Sahara India Pariwar, has bought London’s luxurious Grosvenor House hotel from state-rescued …
Indians to outnumber Chinese in 2025: US
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, …
India’s new rich prove reluctant philanthropists
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 …
Bangladesh to explore gas in restive hill region
DHAKA, December 28, 2010 (AFP) – Bangladesh has invited some of the world’s leading state-owned gas giants to help explore its insurgency-hit …
Organ traffickers target Nepal’s poorest
KAVRE, December 29, 2010 (AFP) – Seven years ago, Nepalese farmer Madhab Parajuli faced an agonising choice: lose his small plot of farmland to mounting …
India launches sharia stock index for Muslims
MUMBAI, December 27, 2010 (AFP) – India’s Bombay Stock Exchange launched a share index of sharia-compliant companies on Monday in an attempt to …
India-China border tensions belie leaders’ warm words
NEW DELHI, December 26, 2010 (AFP) – The theme of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s visit to India was “friends not rivals,” but a border …
Sales stall for world’s cheapest car
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 …
India’s city-dwellers get angrier as society changes
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 …