Muzaffarnagar : Police thwarted the suicide attempt by a Dalit woman opposing the alleged construction of a cow shelter on her allotted land in Shamli district, officials said Thursday. Sudesh (30) came to the collectorate on Wednesday and started pouring kerosene on herself, but the police stopped her, Parul […]
BENGALURU – The Indian rupee’s weak start to 2019 is an indication of how it will perform over the coming year, strategists in a Reuters poll said, citing uncertainty ahead of a general election in May and a potential trade conflict with the United States. Last year, the […]
BEIJING – China has praised Pakistan’s “restraint” and willingness to talk with India to ease tensions between the two countries after a deadly bombing in Indian-controlled Kashmir last month. Pakistan is facing pressure from global powers to act against groups carrying out attacks in India, including Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), […]
NEW DELHI – The cabinet on Thursday approved a plan to revive some of the some stressed thermal power plants and set up new coal-fired power plants to curb power deficit, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said. Power projects of 1,320-megawatts capacity would be set up in the eastern […]
NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON – India wants to keep buying Iranian oil at its current level of about 300,000 barrels per day (bpd), as it negotiates with Washington about extending a sanctions waiver past early May, two sources in India with knowledge of the matter said. India has reduced its […]
NEW DELHI – Two lawmakers from India’s ruling party were set to be disciplined on Friday after a fight using a shoe as a weapon went viral on social media. The event has caused embarrassment to the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a country where […]
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan intensified its crackdown against Islamist militants on Thursday, with the government announcing it had taken control of 182 religious schools and detained more than 100 people as part of its push against banned groups. The interior ministry said it was part of a long-planned […]
JAMMU, India – A grenade explosion at a bus stand in Jammu wounded at least 18 people on Thursday, police said, in an attack just weeks after a Pakistan-based militant group killed 40 paramilitary police in Kashmir, almost sparking a war. “I request everybody to maintain calm,” Jammu’s […]
SINGAPORE/BANGALORE – Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (Singtel) said it will buy roughly $525 million worth Bharti Airtel stock as part of the Indian telecoms operator’s plan to raise $4.6 billion through shares and bonds. Airtel hopes to use the money to cut debt and shore up its balance sheet […]
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