17 May 2013

Pakistan on Friday said it would release 51 imprisoned Indian fishermen on humanitarian grounds, hoping that New Delhi will reciprocate the goodwill gesture as relations between the two nations...

6:14PM
12 May 2013

Speculation that Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh may have to call an early election increased after two ministers embroiled in scandals quit. The furore paralysed Parliament, delaying...

6:59AM
28 Apr 2013

There is a question here: When a red line is set, can we stick by it?

5:02AM
27 Apr 2013

India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Saturday he believes a border dispute over an alleged incursion by Chinese soldiers can be resolved, the Press Trust of India reported.

5:23PM
14 Jan 2013

Though the future of some of the world's poorest will be shaped by New Delhi's mining polices, they are already responsible for the waxing and waning of international fortunes. Stakeholders are...

3:31AM
4 Jan 2013

India is poised to approve furniture retailer Ikea's application to open stores as the nation seeks to lure more investment, Commerce Minister Anand Sharma said.

"It should go through,"...

2:48AM

The victim of a gang rape and murder that triggered an outpouring of grief and anger across India was cremated at a private ceremony yesterday as it emerged she was planning to get married in...

5:37AM

The Philippine government and communist rebels have extended a truce to help restart peace talks. The New People's Army has been ordered to stop attacks on military and police forces. The...

3:28AM

India's economy may grow at its slowest pace in a decade in the current financial year, according to forecasts by the finance ministry, which predicts inflation will slow enough to allow interest-...

2:38AM

In a subversion of its true function in a democracy, India's current parliament rarely passes laws. Instead, the government wields parliament as a weapon to stonewall the opposition, and the...

2:34AM

Indians right across the vast subcontinent and, indeed worldwide, last week celebrated Diwali, the festival of lights, Hinduism's biggest festival, with fervour, a blaze of lights and thunderous...

2:34AM

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for talks in New Delhi on Wednesday, after warning India not to get carried away by reforms across its border.

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