LUCKNOW, India, Feb 15 – A dispute over restrictions on the wearing of the hijab by female students in a southern Indian state has now reached India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, with a group of youngsters asking a college to ban the head covering. Authorities closed […]
Feb 15 – India has blocked access to 54 mobile apps, mainly Chinese but also including Singapore-based Sea Ltd’s (SE.N) “Free Fire” mobile game, over security concerns, government sources said on Tuesday. Since the start of political tension with China in 2020 following a border clash, India’s ban list, which […]
NEW DELHI, Feb 14 – India’s central bank is committed to its inflation mandate and the likely uptick in January inflation towards the upper end of its target band should not create any panic, central bank chief Shaktikanta Das said on Monday. “Today’s inflation print is expected to […]
UDUPI, India, Feb 14 – Some schools reopened in the Indian state of Karnataka on Monday after closing last week when protests erupted over students being barred from wearing the hijab in class. The issue, widely seen by India’s Muslim minority community as a bid to sideline it […]
MUMBAI, Feb 13 – The former head of India’s largest stock exchange shared confidential information with a yogi and sought his advice on crucial decisions, a probe by the market regulator has found, ahead of the bourse’s much-awaited public listing. In a case of “bizarre misconduct” that was […]
NEW DELHI, Feb 13 – India’s federal investigation agency has filed a police complaint against ABG Shipyard Ltd and its promoters accusing it of defrauding banks of 228.42 billion Indian rupees ($3.03 billion). The report, posted on the Central Bureau of Investigation’s website, said a forensic audit report […]
BENGALURU, Feb 10 – Indian food delivery firm Zomato Ltd (ZOMT.NS) reported a smaller third-quarter loss on Thursday, helped by a one-time gain from a stake sale, while revenue jumped due to increased demand for restaurant meals. Zomato’s dining out business, which offers customers discounts and offers when they eat […]
NEW DELHI/VRINDAVAN, India, Feb 10 – India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh began voting on Thursday in the first of a series of local elections that will be a key test of the popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ruling party. With a population almost […]
KOLKATA, Feb 9 – Hundreds of students in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata on Wednesday chanted slogans and blocked roads in protest of a hijab ban in the southern state of Karnataka, as a row over wearing the head covering in schools intensifies. The row has drawn […]
MUMBAI, Feb 6 – Lata Mangeshkar, one of India’s best known cultural icons and a singer who defined music for generations of her countrymen, died on Sunday and was given a state funeral as politicians and personalities united in mourning. Mangeshkar, 92, made her name in the world […]
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