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An Indian worker collects bidis. ©Reuters/Jagadeesh Nv US bans bidis made by Indian tobacco company US regulators on Friday banned four types of small cigarettes known as bidis made by an Indian company, marking the Food and Drug Administration's first-ever oversight action against a tobacco product.
23 February 2014
Indian rickshaw driver fatally stabs American wife, kills self An Indian rickshaw driver stabbed his American wife to death before setting himself ablaze, police said Saturday, in a violent end to a whirlwind romance scripted in the backdrop of the Taj Mahal.
22 February 2014
Gay Bollywood director says 'I won't be invisible' Indian filmmaker Onir knows what it's like to be Bollywood's only openly gay director.
16 February 2014
India to celebrate 'victory over polio' Indian leaders are set later Tuesday to celebrate the eradication of polio, marking one of the country's biggest public health success stories which was once thought impossible to achieve.
11 February 2014
International Olympic Committee lifts ban on India The International Olympic Committee Tuesday reinstated India, allowing its athletes to compete under their own flag in Sochi.
11 February 2014
IMF says no panic in emerging markets The International Monetary Fund said Tuesday that there was no panic in emerging markets even as countries like India, Turkey and Argentina were facing sharp capital outflows and currency pressures.
29 January 2014
India stampede kills 18 in Mumbai A stampede killed at least 18 people in Mumbai early Saturday when a large crowd gathered to pay their last respects to a Muslim spiritual leader, the Press Trust of India news agency reported.
18 January 2014
Body of Indian minister's wife taken to hospital for autopsy The body of the wife of an Indian minister, found dead in a luxury hotel days after accusing her husband on Twitter of being unfaithful, was moved to a hospital Saturday for an autopsy.
18 January 2014
©Reuters/Robert Galbraith Angry wife outs Indian minister's 'affair' on Twitter The furious wife of the Indian government's top-tweeting minister admitted Thursday she had hacked his account to send out messages exposing an alleged affair he was having with a Pakistani journalist.
16 January 2014
Fed taper poses risks to global pick-up: World Bank The World Bank on Tuesday raised its growth forecasts for the global economy, but warned of potential volatility in capital flows as the United States withdraws its stimulus.
15 January 2014
©Reuters/Ajay Verma Foreign supermarkets face shut-out in Delhi Foreign supermarket giants faced being shut out of the Indian capital after Delhi's new state government decided not grant them a licence to operate.
15 January 2014
Mumbai bets on airport revamp to boost global standing Mumbai will unveil its lavish and long-awaited new airport terminal Friday, part of a $2 billion revamp that aims to challenge India's reputation for shoddy infrastructure and boost the financial capital's status.
11 January 2014
Earthly politicians seek roadmap for space exploration Seeking to boldly go where few politicians have gone before, more than 30 space-faring nations gathered Thursday to map out ways to pool mankind's efforts to explore the stars.
10 January 2014
©Reuters/Anindito Mukherjee India asks US embassy to stop 'commercial' activities India has asked the US embassy to close down commercial activities at its sports and leisure centre in New Delhi in the latest development in a diplomatic row.
09 January 2014
Nine dead in Indian train fire near Mumbai A fire on an overnight train killed at least nine people Wednesday with sleeping victims overcome by the flames and smoke as the blaze ripped through three carriages, a railways official said.
08 January 2014
Death toll from India building collapse climbs to 17 Indian rescuers pulled two more bodies from the rubble of a collapsed apartment block, taking the death toll from the country's latest building accident to 17, an official said Monday.
06 January 2014
Indian PM Singh says will step down after 2014 elections India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced Friday that he will step down after elections this year and said reluctant political scion Rahul Gandhi should take his place if the ruling Congress party wins an unlikely third term.
03 January 2014
Prolific Padukone rises to top of Bollywood A-list If any Bollywood star can claim 2013 as their year, it is Deepika Padukone. With four hit films, the former model has risen to the top of the A-list -- and now has Hollywood in her sights.
30 December 2013
©Reuters/Munish Sharma 23 killed in fire on train in southern India: TV A fire on an overnight train killed at least 23 people Saturday in southern India as it ripped through a carriage packed with sleeping passengers, local television networks reported.
28 December 2013
India anti-graft hero takes subway to swearing-in Anti-corruption champion Arvind Kejriwal Saturday rode the subway to his swearing-in ceremony as the chief minister of Delhi, in what supporters hope will be a watershed moment in the country's graft-ridden politics.
28 December 2013
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