India raised interest rates for the 12th time in 18 months and signalled more was to come, confounding expectations that it was coming to the end of its tightening cycle and putting it at odds with global peers focused on reviving weak demand, (...)
The Indian navy said that it has detained nine suspected pirates after capturing them in the eastern Arabian Sea, according to AP.
A navy statement said a patrol aircraft spotted the suspects Friday aboard a cargo ship that is believed to have been (...)
A top official says that investigators are examining forensic evidence and footage from closed circuit televisions for clues about the triple bomb blasts that shook India's business hub of Mumbai and killed 17, according to AP.
Chief Minister (...)
An improvised explosive device was used to carry out at least one of the three near simultaneous blasts that ripped through populated areas of India's financial capital of Mumbai on Wednesday, the city's police chief said, according to (...)
Akhir 28, 1432 H/April 2, 2011, SPA -- India beat Sri Lanka by six wickets to win the 2011 cricket World Cup, AP reported.
Scores: Sri Lanka 274 (Mahela Jayawardene 103 not out, Kumar Sangakkara 48; Zaheer Khan 2-60, Yuvraj Singh 2-49). India 277-4 (...)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday he hoped the United States would ratify a strategic nuclear arms pact with Russia.
Medvedev, who was speaking with students in Mumbai as part of his two-day visit to India, also said that if (...)
A man was seized Saturday at the Mumbai airport on suspicion of a role in a Dec. 7 explosion in Varanasi, Indian police said.
The Mumbai police anti-terror squad gave Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport the name of a man accused in an (...)
Hijjah, 1431/Nov 26, 2010, SPA --Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday pledged to redouble efforts to bring the perpetrators of Mumbai terror attacks to justice as India paid homage to the martyrs on the second anniversary of the carnage, as PTI (...)
Qa'dah 29, 1431, Nov 06, 2010, SPA -- US President Barack Obama arrived here today on the first leg of his three-day visit to India that will seek to focus on opening up Indian markets for American businesses and deal with wide-range of political (...)
Qa'dah 14, 1431 H/Oct 22, 2010, SPA -- Opened here this evening under the theme "Islam - The Solution For Humanity", the 4th Annual International Congress of the Islamic World (ICIW) lauded the leading role played by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (...)
Reliance Industries said Thursday it has agreed to pay $1.3 billion for a stake in the shale gas assets of Texas-based Pioneer Natural Resources Co. as the Indian oil and gas major expands its upstream business in North America, according to (...)
Western Indian state Maharashtra
Chief Minister Ashok Chavan Saturday left for the United
States to study the infrastructure and transport system there.
A high-level team of senior officials is accompanying
him in the tour aimed at understanding (...)
Reliance Industries says it will pay $1 billion for a 95 percent stake in Infotel Broadband, the only company to win wireless broadband spectrum throughout India in a government auction Friday, according to AP.
The announcement came hours after the (...)
Air India employees called off a two-day strike that grounded over 100 flights after an Indian court ordered them to return to work Wednesday, AP reported.
The strike was a costly blow for the beleaguered national carrier just days after one of its (...)
Air India employees staged a surprise strike today to protest a delayed salary payment, forcing the cancellation of 42 flights, AP quoted officials as saying.
The walkout adds to the beleaguered national carrier's woes days after one of its planes (...)
An Indian court handed down a guilty verdict Monday in the case of the only surviving gunman from the 2008 siege in Mumbai.
Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, a Pakistani, was found guilty of murder, conspiracy and waging war on India for his part in the attack (...)
Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Riyadh Region, concluded here today a 5-day official visit to India. He was invited by Indian Vice President, Muhammad Hamid Ansari.
During the visit, Prince Salman met the Vice President, Vice President (...)
Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Riyadh Region, and the accompanying delegation visited here today Mahatma Gandhi Museum.
Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz toured the Museum, and praised Ghandi for his efforts in serving India and bringing (...)
Infosys Technologies Ltd., India's bellwether information technology outsourcing company, said Tuesday quarterly profit rose 8.7 percent in dollar terms as a revival in demand for services spread to European and manufacturing clients.
The (...)
India began to rollback tax cuts Friday as the government's new budget pledged to trim the swollen fiscal deficit while maintaining spending on social programs and infrastructure, according to AP.
Presenting the budget for the fiscal year ending (...)
India"s headline inflation accelerated in December, intensifying pressure on the government to reduce fast-rising food prices and on the central bank to tighten monetary policy, AP reported.
The Ministry of Commerce said Thursday that India"s (...)
The prosecution has completed its arguments at the trial of a Pakistani and two Indians accused in last year"s Mumbai terror attacks that left 166 dead, according to AP.
Indian investigators say Pakistani defendant Mohammed Ajmal Kasab is the sole (...)
At least seven people were killed and 25 injured when a New Delhi-bound train derailed near the western Indian city of Jaipur early on Saturday, officials said.
Fifteen coaches of the Mandor Express jumped the track about 40 km from Jaipur, and (...)
Heavy rain triggered a landslide in a
densely populated Mumbai slum killing at least 12 people
and injuring 25 others, a police official said Friday, AP reported.
Around 20 tin-roofed shanties were buried under mud and
rocks after a heavy (...)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton on Saturday said she expected to finalize a defense
agreement essential to allowing U.S. companies to sell
sophisticated arms to India.
"We are working very hard to finalize a number of
agreements. I am (...)
