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India court grants bail to student in sedition row INTERNATIONAL

India court grants bail to student in sedition row

An Indian court Wednesday granted bail to a student leader whose arrest on a controversial sedition charge last month sparked major protests and a nationwide debate over free speech.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Jewellers across India strike over excise tax INTERNATIONAL

Jewellers across India strike over excise tax

Jewellers across gold-loving India started a three-day strike on Wednesday in a bid to force the government to shelve plans for a controversial excise tax announced in this week's budget.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
IndiGo to receive delayed A320neo jets from March ECONOMY

IndiGo to receive delayed A320neo jets from March

Indian budget airline IndiGo said it would receive its first A320neo jet in March, three months later than originally planned after manufacturer Airbus said it could not deliver the aircraft on time.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
India unveils budget to help rural poor, rein in deficit INTERNATIONAL

India unveils budget to help rural poor, rein in deficit

India has unveiled a budget for the poor, announcing new rural aid schemes and skimping on a bank bailout, in a strategy shift that seeks to boost Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party in coming state elections.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Indian batsman Kohli fined for dissent CULTURE

Indian batsman Kohli fined for dissent

Star Indian batsman Virat Kohli was fined 30% of his match fee for misconduct during Saturday's Asia Cup match against Pakistan, the International Cricket Council said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Pakistan arrests 20 Indian fishermen INTERNATIONAL

Pakistan arrests 20 Indian fishermen

Pakistan has arrested 20 Indian fisherman for violating the territorial waters of the country, its maritime security agency said Sunday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Indian man kills 14 members of his family with knife INTERNATIONAL

Indian man kills 14 members of his family with knife

A 35-year-old man allegedly murdered 14 members of his family including seven children with a butcher's knife before committing suicide outside India's financial capital of Mumbai, police said Sunday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Kohli knock eclipses Amir’s dream spell as India win by 5 wickets CULTURE

Kohli knock eclipses Amir’s dream spell as India win by 5 wickets

India rode on a strong bowling performance to defeat arch-rivals Pakistan by five wickets in their Twenty20 international clash of the Asia Cup at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium here yesterday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
India signals possible deficit revisions in upcoming budget INTERNATIONAL

India signals possible deficit revisions in upcoming budget

India should review its mid-term fiscal strategy, a government report urged, in a possible indication that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley may have to borrow more to raise pay for government employees and bail out banks.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
India to rename railway 'coolies' in modernisation drive INTERNATIONAL

India to rename railway 'coolies' in modernisation drive

India Thursday said it will roll out wifi to hundreds of stations, install 17,000 hi-tech toilets on trains and professionalise its unskilled porters, or ‘coolies’ under a drive to modernise its creaking railways.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Sanjay Dutt: India Bollywood actor released from jail INTERNATIONAL

Sanjay Dutt: India Bollywood actor released from jail

Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt was released from prison early on Thursday after serving about four years of a five-year sentence for possessing weapons supplied by gangsters behind deadly bomb blasts in Mumbai in 1993.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Stray bullet kills Indian during Saudi arrest raid ASIA

Stray bullet kills Indian during Saudi arrest raid

Stray bullets killed one Indian and wounded three in Saudi Arabia during a security operation that killed a wanted Bahraini, an Indian community source said on Wednesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016