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U.S. envoy meets India’s Modi, signaling end of boycott
GANDHINAGAR, India (Reuters) - With flowers, smiles and handshakes, the United States and the man tipped to be India's next prime minister ended on Thursday a long estrangement stemming from...
U.S. launches new trade action against India over solar program
WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The United States on Monday said it would take India to the World Trade Organization to gain a bigger foothold for U.S. manufacturers in its fast-growing...
Corporates cheer as India’s oil minister takes charge of green clearances
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Veerappa Moily has two seemingly incompatible jobs. As oil minister, he has overseen India's petroleum and natural gas needs. But now he also runs the environment...
After stunning debut, India’s anti-graft party scrambles to dispel doubts
GHAZIABAD, India (Reuters) - Anti-corruption crusader Arvind Kejriwal has shaken up India's political landscape with promises to change a rotten system: Now he is scrambling to dispel fears that his...
Anti-graft party to field dozens of candidates in India general election
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The young anti-graft party that stormed to power in India's capital Delhi last month plans to field at least 73 candidates in national elections due by...
Delhi’s rubble-strewn Connaught Place mirrors ruling party’s election struggle
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The broken paving stones and exposed cables that mar the neo-Georgian grandeur of India's prime shopping precinct give a glimpse into why the ruling Congress party...
Britain’s Cameron faces protests in former Sri Lanka war zone
COLOMBO/JAFFNA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Crowds of protesters met British Prime Minister David Cameron in the north of Sri Lanka on Friday, some surging towards his vehicle brandishing photos of...
Army occupation angers Sri Lankan Tamils four years after war ends
JAFFNA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - The threats came by text message, a phone call and a delivery of two cow skulls. The message was clear: stop protesting against the army's...
A billionaire and a ghost trading floor – the tale of Nepal’s paralysis
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's only billionaire made his name selling instant noodles. Now he's got an eye on running the young Himalayan republic. Binod Chaudhary, recently valued by Forbes at...
A billionaire and a ghost trading floor – the tale of Nepal’s paralysis
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's only billionaire made his name selling instant noodles. Now he's got an eye on running the young Himalayan republic. Binod Chaudhary, recently valued by Forbes at...