Tag: India
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‘Mangrove Man’ fights to salvage sinking shores
On the receding shorelines of low-lying Vypin Island off India’s western coast, T. P. Murukesan fixed his eyes on the white paint peeling off the damp ... -
Gandhi accuses Modi of favoring Adani Group
India’s top opposition leader Rahul Gandhi this weekend launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said he was being targeted because he has ... -
Rahul Gandhi gets two years for defamation of PM Modi
An Indian court found opposition leader Rahul Gandhi guilty of defamation yesterday over his remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surname and sentenced him to two ... -
Air India reveals orders for 470 Boeing, Airbus jets
Air India unveiled orders yesterday [Macau time] for 470 Boeing and Airbus passenger jets as it races to tap surging demand for increasingly affordable air travel ... -
Indian officials search BBC offices for second straight day
India’s tax officials searched BBC offices in India for a second straight day yesterday questioning staff about the organization’s business operations in the country, some staff ... -
Indian police nab over 2,000 men for illegal child marriages
Indian police have arrested more than 2,000 men in a crackdown on illegal child marriages involving girls under the age of 18 in a northeastern state, ... -
At 75, India seeks way forward in big but job-scarce economy
As India’s economy grew, the hum of factories turned the sleepy, dusty village of Manesar into a booming industrial hub, cranking out everything from cars and ... -
India raids second Chinese mobile company this month
Indian investigators have raided an Indian subsidiary of Chinese smartphone maker Oppo, accusing it of evading customs duties totaling 43.9 billion rupees ($551 million), the government ... -
India, China growing markets for shunned Russian oil
India and other Asian nations are becoming an increasingly vital source of oil revenues for Moscow despite strong pressure from the U.S. not to increase their ... -
Hit by pandemic curbs, India’s quarterly growth slows to 4%
India’s economic growth, hit by pandemic curbs and price increases, slowed to 4.1% in the January-March quarter, according to figures released yesterday by the government. It ... -
Muslims mark Eid al-Fitr amid community violence
Muslims across India marked Eid al-Fitr yesterday by offering prayers outside mosques, even as the celebrations this year came in the backdrop of a series of ... -
China, India accuse each other of border moves, firing shots
India and China accused each other today (Tuesday) of making provocative military moves and firing warning shots along their disputed border despite talks on ending the ... -
INDIA | Obama, Modi declare era of ‘new trust’ in relations
President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday declared an era of “new trust” in the often fraught relationship between their nations as ... -
India | Obama begins state visit, seeks policy advances
President Barack Obama was greeted in India yesterday with an elaborate welcome at the country’s sprawling presidential palace, then he solemnly laid a wreath at a memorial honoring ... -
India | Bootleg liquor kills at least 28, 160 hospitalized
A bad batch of bootleg liquor killed at least 28 people and sent 160 others to hospitals in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, officials ... -
SpiceJet said to get lifeline from Indian gov’t
India’s government gave billionaire Kalanithi Maran’s troubled airline SpiceJet Ltd. a lifeline by allowing it to take bookings until the end of March and extending a ... -
Xiaomi stopped from selling handsets in India
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Inc. has been barred by an Indian court from selling its handsets in the country for allegedly infringing mobile phone technology patented by Ericsson. ... -
Xiaomi stopped from selling handsets in India
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Inc. has been barred by an Indian court from selling its handsets in the country for allegedly infringing mobile phone technology patented ... -
India | Police question Uber after rape allegation
Indian police questioned an Uber executive yesterday about the company’s claim it conducts comprehensive background checks and a top official called for the taxi-booking service to ... -
India | Woman accuses Uber taxi driver of rape
Indian police said yesterday that they are searching for a taxi driver from the international cab-booking service Uber for allegedly raping a young woman in the ... -
India | Survivors mark 30th anniversary of Bhopal disaster
Hundreds of survivors of the Bhopal gas leak took to the streets yesterday to mark the 30th anniversary of the world’s worst industrial disaster, with protests ... -
India | Video of women fighting off harassers goes viral
A video showing two sisters in northern India hitting back at men who allegedly harassed them on a crowded bus has drawn huge attention in a ... -
India | Girls died by suicide, not slain by rapists
An investigation into the deaths of two teenage girls believed to have been raped and hanged by their attackers concluded that the two actually committed suicide, ... -
India | Rickshaw research reveals extreme Delhi pollution
The three-wheeled rickshaw lurched through New Delhi’s commuter-clogged streets with an American scientist and several air pollution monitors in the back seat. Car horns blared. A scrappy scooter ... -
India | Bodies of 4 women found after police raid guru’s ashram
The bodies of four women were found inside an Indian guru’s heavily fortified ashram, police said yesterday, a day after security forces tried to storm the ... -
India | Washington, Delhi end impasse that threatened WTO pact
The United States and India said yesterday they had resolved a dispute over stockpiling of food by governments, clearing a major stumbling block to a deal ... -
India | Arrested doctor denies role in deaths of women
The doctor who conducted sterilization procedures after which 13 women died in central India was arrested, but insisted he didn’t do anything wrong — even though he ... -
India | Docs rush to help after sterilization deaths
A team of doctors rushed to central India yesterday after at least 12 women died and dozens of others fell ill following sterilization surgery held as ... -
India | Eight women dead after mass sterilization goes awry
Eight women died of infection and 68 others are hospitalized following sterilization surgery as part of a government-sponsored campaign in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, ... -
India-Pakistan | Suicide blast kills 53 at border crossing
A suicide bombing at the busiest India-Pakistan border crossing after a nightly flag-lowering ceremony Sunday killed at least 53 people, according to the state-run Pakistan Television ... -
Xiaomi moving Indian user data to servers outside China
Xiaomi Corp. is moving Indian users’ data away from servers in China after the Indian Air Force warned its staff the company’s smartphones pose a security ... -
Gender equality | India slides, US gains in gender gap rankings
Indian women still face some of the world’s worst inequality in access to health care, education and work, despite years of rapid economic growth, according to ... -
The Buzz | Indian player dies from injury in goal celebration
The Mizoram Football Association says a 23-year-old Indian soccer player has died after injuring his spine while celebrating a goal with somersaults. Peter Biaksangzuala landed on ... -
TWIN STORMS | Workers clear debris after Indian cyclone kills 8
More than 1,000 rescue workers and soldiers cleared away piles of uprooted trees and electrical poles blocking roads yesterday after powerful Cyclone Hudhud slammed into India’s eastern coast, ... -
TWIN STORMS | India lashed by strong cyclone; typhoon hits Japan
Heavy rain and wind gusts ripped through a large swath of India’s eastern seaboard, uprooting trees and snapping power cables as a powerful cyclone swept through the Bay ...
