An ambulance arrives as people stand at the entrance of the emergency department of a government-run hospital in New Delhi, India, November 22, 2017. Picture taken November 22, 2017. REUTERS/Saumya Khandelwal NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has approved a three-ye... More »
The producers of "Padmavati" - a Bollywood movie based on an epic poem about a Rajput queen, said on Sunday they had indefinitely delayed the release of the film, which has been accused of distorting history and has sparked protests. More »
India is likely to stick to its fiscal deficit target of 3.2 percent of GDP, and may accelerate sales of government stakes in lenders and other companies as part of an effort to recapitalize banks, an adviser to the prime minister said on Tuesday. More »
Aamir Khan, the Bollywood superstar with a conscience, says his next movie about a small town teenage girl who uses the Internet to become a singing sensation will be much bigger than his last film, which was India's highest grossing ever. More »
India could be forced to cut spending on key infrastructure such as railways and highways as lower-than-expected tax collections and sluggish growth have upset the government's budget calculations, two finance ministry officials said. More »
Alphabet Inc's Google on Monday launched a localized payments app for India as it tries to gain a foothold in the country's rapidly-growing digital payments space. More »
China wants to put its relationship with India on the "right track", President Xi Jinping told Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a meeting in Xiamen, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday. More »
Chinese President Xi Jinping told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi the two Asian giants are development opportunities for each other, not threats, China's foreign ministry spokesman, Geng Shuang, told a regular news briefing on Tuesday. More »
India and China have agreed to an "expeditious disengagement" of troops at a disputed border area where their soldiers have been locked in stand-off for more than two months, the South Asian nation's foreign ministry said on Monday. More »
India's economic growth likely accelerated to 6.6 percent in the quarter just ended, but analysts polled by Reuters are sounding increasingly worried that confusion over a new goods and services tax will dampen activity in coming months. More »
India's health ministry has trimmed its cost estimates for extending its main public health program by 25 percent after criticism from a federal think-tank over inefficiency and slow progress, according to government documents seen by Reuters. More »
FILE PHOTO: The logo of the American company Westinghouse is pictured in Le Bourget, near Paris October 14, 2014. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo The U.S. administration has told India that Westinghouse Electric Co will emerge from bankruptcy and be sold by ... More »
FILE PHOTO: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures during a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Russia, June 2, 2017. REUTERS/Mikhail Metzel/TASS/Host Photo Agency/Pool/File Photo U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Pri... More »
FILE PHOTO: Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Richard Neal (D-MA) listen to testimony before the committee on tax reform on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts Leading U.S. congressmen have... More »
FILE PHOTO: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a gathering after he inaugurated Kochi Metro at a stadium in Kochi, India, June 17, 2017. REUTERS/Sivaram V/File Photo The United States is expected to authorize India’s purchase of a naval variant of ... More »
India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) carrying an Mk III communication satellite blasts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, India June 5, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer India launched a communication satellite using its most powerf... More »
Indian police arrested around 150 people protesting against a breakdown in law and order in the eastern city of Kolkata on Thursday, after street battles broke out during a march to police headquarters and police cars were set ablaze. More »
Twenty-three people were killed and 30 injured in India when a wall collapsed on a crowd of people celebrating a wedding, police said on Thursday. More »
India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F09) carrying GSAT-9 communications satellite blasts off from the Satish Dhawan space centre at Sriharikota, India May 5, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer India launched a communications satellite on Friday for its s... More »
A man (3rd L) looks at an electronic stock quotation board as passers-by walk past, outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan January 20, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai Asian stocks consolidated recent gains on Wednesday before a U.S. central bank policy meeting that coul... More »
An advertisement of Paytm, a digital wallet company, is seen placed at a fruit stall in Kolkata, India, January 26, 2017. Picture taken January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri India’s has launched a slew of electronic systems to encourage its 1.2 billion ... More »
Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry of India attends the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland January 19, 2017. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich – India has stepped up its lobbying effort against moves in the U. S. Co... More »
FILE PHOTO: A policeman walks on a beach near Kudankulam nuclear power project in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, September 13, 2012. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File photo India does not expect fallout from the financial meltdown at Toshiba Corp (6502.T) to ... More »
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel speaks during a news conference after the bimonthly monetary policy review in Mumbai, India December 7, 2016. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo Denny Jose, a small-town caterer in the southern Indian state ... More »
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel smiles while attending a seminar during the Vibrant Gujarat investor summit in Gandhinagar, India, January 11, 2017. REUTERS/Amit Dave The governor of India’s central bank said it needs to look beyond recent... More »
People watch as India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C37) carrying 104 satellites in a single mission lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India February 15, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer India successfully launched 104 satellites in ... More »
A U.S. Lockheed Martin F-16 flies during an air display at the Farnborough International Air Show, Hampshire, July 19, 2004. REUTERS/Toby Melville U.S. defence firm Lockheed Martin (LMT.N) wants to push ahead with plans to move production of its F-16 combat je... More »
Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda interact with slum dwellers during their visit to a slum area in Danapur near the eastern Indian city of Patna March 23, 2011. REUTERS/Krishna Murari Kishan A group backed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Fo... More »
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel attends a seminar during the Vibrant Gujarat investor summit in Gandhinagar, India, January 11, 2017. REUTERS/Amit Dave India’s central bank kept its policy rate on hold for a second meeting in a row, opting... More »
A Bitcoin (virtual currency) paper wallet with QR codes and a coin are seen in an illustration picture taken at La Maison du Bitcoin in Paris, France, May 27, 2015. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo Digital currency bitcoin kicked off the new year by jumping a... More »
Men ride on motorbikes past an Apple iPhone SE advertisement billboard in Mumbai, India, April 26, 2016. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade Smartphone component maker Wistron Corp, which counts Apple Inc among its customers, has applied for permission to expand its plan... More »
A labourer sleeps on baskets of unsold tomatoes at a wholesale market in Manchar village in the western state of Maharashtra, India, November 16, 2016. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade/File photo Like millions of Indians fed up with corruption and counterfeiting, Vima... More »
Rescue workers search for survivors at the site of Sunday’s train derailment in Pukhrayan, south of Kanpur city, India November 21, 2016. REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash Indian rescue workers concluded their search of the mangled carriages of a derailed train on Mond... More »
A notice is displayed outside an ATM counter which is no longer dispensing cash in Chandigarh, November 14, 2016. REUTERS/Ajay Verma India’s central bank said on Monday it will set up a task force under Deputy Governor SS Mundra to oversee the recalibration of... More »
Posters of U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump are seen kept on a table during an event where members of Hindu Sena, a right-wing Hindu group, gather to symbolically celebrate his victory in the upcoming U.S. elections, in New Delhi, India, Novem... More »
India stepped up patrols along its de facto border with Pakistan on Monday after gunmen killed 17 soldiers at a nearby army base, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration weighed its response to an attack India blames on its neighbor. More »
An Indian scientist holds a genetically modified (GM) rapeseed crop under trial in New Delhi, India February 13, 2015. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee/File photo A government panel has cleared commercial use of what would be India’s first genetically modified (GM) ... More »
By Douglas Busvine and Nidhi Verma | NEW DELHI NEW DELHI Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took aim at supporters of “terrorism” in his Independence Day speech on Monday, ratcheting up criticism of Pakistan while avoiding direct mention of month-long protest... More »
NEW DELHI Two armed militants attacked a police station in Indian-ruled Kashmir on Monday, police said, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered his annual Independence Day speech in the national capital, New Delhi. The gunmen were unable to take control of t... More »
MUMBAI India’s central bank cut interest rates for a third time this year on Tuesday, taking advantage of subdued inflation to give more support to an economy that many economists doubt is doing as well as latest impressive growth numbers suggest. The Reserve ... More »
BEIJING China and India proposed measures on Friday to resolve a long-festering border dispute, as Beijing sought to clear obstacles to a relationship that it said could change the international political order. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang met Indian Prime Mini... More »
NEW DELHI India’s retail inflation cooled to a four-month low in April on slower annual increases in food costs and industrial output growth slipped to a five-month low in March, boosting odds for an interest rate cut by the central bank next month. Retail pri... More »
BEIJING (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China next week, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, his first trip to India’s northern neighbor since being elected last year. Modi will be in China from May 14-16, the ministry said... More »
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Ajit Lakha, who runs a mid-sized garment export business in the north Indian textile hub of Ludhiana, prays daily before leaving for work that the rupee will weaken and the euro recover to cut the losses he is taking on his overseas sales... More »
