SRINAGAR, July 8 – Thirteen people were dead and at least three dozen were missing after a cloudburst triggered flash floods near the Himalayan Hindu cave shrine of Amarnath in Indian Kashmir, an official said here on Friday. During the annual pilgrimage, tens of thousands of Hindus cross […]
MUMBAI, July 6 – Thousands of restaurants in India are objecting to recent government guidelines that prevent them from automatically levying a service charge on bills, saying it is not illegal and that the move will hurt the livelihood of millions of employees. India’s consumer protection watchdog on […]
MUMBAI, July 5 – The Indian rupee hit a record low against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday as concerns of a wider current account deficit came to the forefront after the country’s trade deficit hit an all-time high in June. Data late on Monday showed India’s June trade […]
SRINAGAR, India, July 4 – Fruit growers in Indian-administered Kashmir said on Monday they were facing huge losses as truck-loads of apples, pears and other produce got caught up in traffic jams caused by a security crackdown during an annual Hindu pilgrimage. Hundreds of thousands of people come […]
NEW DELHI, July 2 – India’s annual monsoon covered the entire country on Saturday, six days earlier than usual, the state-run weather office said, but rain totals are 5% below average so far this season. The monsoon, critical for farm output and economic growth in the world’s second-most […]
GUWAHATI,India June 30 – At least 14 people have died and another four dozen are feared to have been killed after a massive landslide in a remote area of the northeastern Indian state of Manipur, officials said on Thursday. Rescue workers battled heavy rains to pull out 19 […]
MUMBAI, June 30 – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party is returning to power in the country’s richest state, Maharashtra, giving it a fillip ahead of the 2024 national election after an unlikely ruling alliance of parties crumbled after more than two years. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party will […]
MUMBAI, June 29 – India has asked social media platforms to immediately remove content that encourages, glorifies or justifies the killing on Tuesday of a Hindu tailor, the government said. A Hindu man was killed in his tailoring shop in a northwestern Indian town on Tuesday, and two […]
Summary Tax on household items, machinery raised to 18% from 12% Packaged food items, hotel rooms to become costlier Analysts say tax hike could add to inflationary pressures NEW DELHI, June 29 – India will raise taxes on certain goods and services including kitchenware to 18% from 12%, […]
MUMBAI, June 28 – A Hindu man was killed in his tailoring shop in a northwestern Indian town on Tuesday, and two machete-wielding Muslim men in a video claimed responsibility for it, raising tension in the area. Police said they had arrested the men for the incident in […]
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