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India needs to pursue reforms to boost investment flows and help keep its exports competitive, a senior World Bank Group executive said. Continue reading →

An Indian court said it will frame charges on Oct. 22 against former Telecom Minister Andimuthu Raja, lawmaker Kanimozhi Karunanidhi and 12 corporate executives in a case of alleged irregularities in the granting of telecom licenses in 2008. Continue reading →

Afghanistan’s intelligence service said it foiled a plot by the Pakistan-based Haqqani network and al Qaeda to assassinate President Hamid Karzai, who was on a surprise trip to India to bolster ties with Pakistan’s historic foe. Continue reading →

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, seeking to defend his government amid a growing political crisis, denied there was infighting in his cabinet over a corruption scandal and accused the leading opposition party of being “prematurely restless” for … Continue reading →

India is being pulled into a complex and increasingly tense territorial dispute in the South China Sea, with China repeatedly warning the Indian state oil company, that its joint exploration plans with Vietnam amount to a violation of Chinese sovereignty. Continue reading →

India’s West Bengal state has started culling poultry after cases of bird flu, a senior industry executive said, adding, however, that the outbreak hasn’t spread and that it is confined to a small area. Continue reading →

Sustaining India’s high growth rate is increasingly difficult as it integrates more with the global economy, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said, flagging the risk that a contagion from stuttering Western economies could further crimp activities in … Continue reading →

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh expressed confidence in reaching a water-sharing agreement with India, after the pact fell through at a summit in Dhaka this month. Continue reading →

India deferred a ministerial panel’s meeting to consider limiting the sale of cooking-gas cylinders at subsidized rates, an oil ministry official said. Continue reading →

India won’t accept any legally binding limits on emission of greenhouse gases, the environment minister said, adding that the Kyoto Protocol on emissions should be extended. Continue reading →

India eased rules on borrowing from overseas to help companies tap cheaper cash abroad amid rising credit costs in the local market. Continue reading →

India’s Supreme Court extricated itself from one of the country’s most controversial cases, leaving it to a lower court to determine whether Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi did enough to stop a wave of communal violence that swept his state in 2002. Continue reading →

Peace negotiations with the Taliban are unlikely to bear results until additional military pressure is brought on the insurgents, the new U.S. ambassador to Kabul said, playing down expectations of progress in the efforts to end the 10-year-old war. Continue reading →

India has received 3% more rains than average so far in the monsoon season that began on June 1, the Indian Meteorological Department said, adding that rains are likely to last longer this year. Continue reading →

Sonia Gandhi, the president of India’s ruling Congress party, returned to New Delhi after undergoing a successful surgery about a month ago for an undisclosed ailment in the U.S., according to a Congress party official. Continue reading →

India’s Central Bureau of Investigation arrested G. Janardhan Reddy, a former minister in the southern state of Karnataka and the founder of a mining company, on allegations of illegal mining. Continue reading →

Anna Hazare called off his 13-day hunger strike Sunday morning after the government pledged that the anticorruption legislation it is drafting would address several of the Gandhian activist’s demands. Continue reading →

Indian activist Anna Hazare was expected to end his hunger strike after the government pledged that anticorruption legislation would address several of his demands. Continue reading →

Supporters of hunger-striking activist Anna Hazare said talks with the Indian government over anticorruption legislation hit new roadblocks late Wednesday, even as the septuagenarian’s health was becoming a serious concern. Continue reading →

As Gandhian activist Anna Hazare entered the eighth day of his fast, the government invited his aides for talks and called for a meeting of all political parties on legislation for an anticorruption ombudsman. Continue reading →