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Manmohan Singh tells Pakistan to step up efforts against terrorism

Intervention by Indian PM is dramatic illustration of impact of David Cameron's remarks about neighbour

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India unveils new rupee symbol

Government hopes to signal India's growing strength with globally recognised currency symbol

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India’s impossible inflation

Prices rocket because of an imperfect market. A solution? Empower consumers using technology to let competition flourish

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Audi sells more Audi’s then ever in India this year

Sale of Audi in India for the month of June has shot up by 14 percent. The luxury car-maker has now projected a sale of 2,700 cars for the year 2010.  Audi sold 240 cars in June last year whereas this year it has sold only 233 cars the same month. However, Audi has [...]

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Bombay Stock Exchange SENSEX up more than 300 points

The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex shot up by 306 points to a two-month high today as investors responded positively to the government sorting out the dispute over regulation of ULIPs. The market was also bolstered to a great extent by surging global bourses after China announced steps to let its currency, the yuan, gain [...]

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Save on Visa offer to Dubai for Indians

Emirates is offering ‘Save on Visa offer to Dubai’ to Indian passengers traveling to Dubai and beyond up to March 31, 2010. Passengers traveling on Emirates to Dubai – as a destination or a stopover – can avail a Dubai Visa with a discount of Rs 630 offered by the Dubai Visa Processing Center (DVPC). [...]

IIT student shoots himself

An 18-year-old student at the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay committed suicide at his residence in Jodhpur early on Friday morning. He had returned home from Mumbai on Wednesday. The victim, Siddharth Singh Charan, a second-year student of engineering physics, shot himself with his father’s licensed .12-bore gun at his home in Jodhpur’s Mahamandir [...]

Sensex rises 208 points in Bombay

The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex today soared by 208 points in early trade on continued buying by funds, driven mainly by the firming global trends after a better-than-expected US economic data. The 30-share BSE index, shot up by 208.47 points to 16,272.37 in the opening trade as all the sectoral indices were trading in [...]

Deposit rates slashed from SBI

State Bank of India, on Friday reduced deposit rates on various maturities by 25-50 basis points effective from November 9.With this, deposits with a maturity of 181 days to less than one year will now carry an interest rate of 5.25 per cent against 5.75 per cent earlier, a bank communique to the Bombay Stock [...]

N. Chandrasekaran Takes Charge as Chief Executive Officer at Tata … – PR Newswire

MUMBAI, India, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), (BSE: TCS.BO) , a leading IT services, business solutions and outsourcing firm, today announced that N. Chandrasekaran has assumed the role as Chief Executive Officer ...

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David Cameron seeks to impress India with his massive delegation

27 July 2010

The British PM will arrive in India today with the largest UK delegation since the sun came down on the Raj in August 1947

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India is still in denial on homosexuality

26 July 2010

A year has passed since gay sex was decriminalised in India, but failure to acknowledge sexual plurality is as widespread as ever

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Cameron reaches out to the power and wealth of new India

Cameron reaches out to the power and wealth of new India

25 July 2010

This week, David Cameron flies to a newly assertive country. But a booming tech industry cannot conceal enduring poverty

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India to sign £500m deal to buy Hawk jets

India to sign £500m deal to buy Hawk jets

25 July 2010

David Cameron hopes high-powered trade mission will seal more lucrative deals

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David Cameron is right to pin his hopes on India

David Cameron is right to pin his hopes on India

25 July 2010

The prime minister is well aware that emerging markets hold the key to rebalancing Britain's economy

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Indian miner Vedanta faces Avatar-style protest at its London AGM

Indian miner Vedanta faces Avatar-style protest at its London AGM

25 July 2010

Make-up artists will paint protesters as Na'vi rebels to symbolise the plight of the Dongria Kondh tribe in Orissa

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India and Pakistan agree to tone down border ceremony

22 July 2010

Nightly border ritual at Wagah crossing to lose some of its aggression as India says heavy stomping is taking its toll on soldiers' legs

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Break up Indian Railways to boost safety

21 July 2010

Widespread corruption and alleged Maoist sabotage are costing lives. It's time the Indian government took radical action

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Indian students flock to plastic surgery to get ahead

19 July 2010

Specialists in Delhi report hundreds of inquiries from young people keen to make a good first impression at university

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Net-by-text-message service could bring millions online in India

15 July 2010

SiteOnMobile service developed by HP Labs India offers internet functions on basic mobile phones, via voice and SMS

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Injury-hit India look to Ishant Sharma to step up the pace

Injury-hit India look to Ishant Sharma to step up the pace

14 July 2010

Needing to beat Sri Lanka to remain No1 in the world, India must envy the blessed bowling attack of their fierce rivals Pakistan

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Four Britons arrested over Indian politician’s murder in Punjab

Four Britons arrested over Indian politician’s murder in Punjab

14 July 2010

Rulda Singh seen as face of Hindu supremacist paramilitary organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

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More of world’s poor live in India than in all sub-Saharan Africa, says study

More of world’s poor live in India than in all sub-Saharan Africa, says study

14 July 2010

New UN index replaces simpler method of calculation

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Jeff Goldblum: the Buddha of Hollywood

Jeff Goldblum: the Buddha of Hollywood

13 July 2010

He plays jazz piano, thinks acting is a 'magical, mystical journey' – and couldn't care less about the money. Kira Cochrane talks to Jeff Goldblum as he hits the West End

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Great dynasties of the world: Bollywood

Great dynasties of the world: Bollywood

12 July 2010

Ian Sansom makes connections in the Indian film industry

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Tata Motors celebrates one year since Nano launch in Bombay

07 June 2010

Nano’s popularity knows no bounds and Tata Motors is celebrating the Nano’s successful inauguration of Sanand plant, with the Superdrive”. Wherever Nano went, people crowded around it as it stopped in iconic landmarks like the Bandra – Worli Sea Link and Haji Ali, the Gateway of India. Nirmal Lifestyle Shoppers were enjoying the hands on touch and [...]

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