Politics
India offers to revive talks with Pakistan
India offered on Thursday to resume high-level peace talks with Pakistan, an overture that reflected a significant warming between the nuclear-armed countries more than a year after the deadly siege in Mumbai.
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates in India for 2-day visit
NEW DELHI: US Defense Secretary Robert Gates heads to India for a two-day visit in what is seen as a step forward in further cementing military ties between the rising Asian power and the United States.
India and Bangladesh sign five agreements
India and Bangladesh have signed five agreements including treaties on tackling cross-border crime and combating terrorism.
Indian expats may be able to vote
Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) may be able to vote in the next general elections, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said.
Indian PM leaves on first state visit of US
NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left for the United States on Saturday with talks on terrorism and the global economy expected to dominate the agenda.
Defying China, Dalai Lama visits Indian town near border
Ignoring Chinese protests, the Dalai Lama traveled Sunday to a remote town in northeastern India near China's Tibetan border where thousands of pilgrims had braved cold weather to catch a glimpse of their spiritual leader.
India must put house in order: PM Singh
NEW DELHI, India — It's time for India to put its "own house in order" Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Friday, arguing that the country's external challenges paled before its domestic ones.
Indian PM says 'new chapter' opening on Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India — India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh heralded Thursday the opening of a "new chapter" in a peace process to end a two-decade-old revolt in Indian-held Kashmir.
India and Pakistan Fail to Restart Negotiations
UNITED NATIONS — An attempt by India and Pakistan to agree on resuming either open or back-channel negotiations over the full range of their differences stalled on Sunday, stuck once more by the fallout from the 2008 terrorist attack on Mumbai by ...
Thousands pay respects to dead Indian politician
NEW DELHI — Tens of thousands of mourners packed a stadium in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad Friday to pay their respects to their popular chief minister who was killed in a helicopter crash this week.
Western Indian state bans book on Pakistan's founder
Authorities in the western Indian state of Gujarat state have banned a controversial book on Pakistan's founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah.
India opposition party expels member for praising Pakistan founder
India’s main opposition party on Wednesday expelled former finance minister Jaswant Singh for praising Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah in a book.
Kashmir leader quits over sex scandal claims
The chief minister of Indian-administered Kashmir tendered his resignation Tuesday after he was accused of being involved in a 2006 sex scandal, his adviser said.
Continental Airlines Says Sorry to Frisked Ex-India President
Continental Airlines Inc. has apologized to a former Indian president after he was frisked before boarding a flight to New York in April, a breach of protocol denounced as “unpardonable” by a government minister.
India Declares Maoists as Terrorists
India's government has declared the country's Maoist movement a terrorist organization. The action came after paramilitary forces were dispatched to the state of West Bengal to reclaim a rural town seized by armed guerrillas.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari are holding bilateral talks in Russia, in their first face-to-face meeting since the terrorist attacks in Mumbai last November.
India's Parliament on Wednesday elected its first-ever female speaker, the daughter of a former deputy prime minister and an untouchable — a member of India's lowest caste. Meira Kumar, 64, was elected unopposed.
New Indian ministers sworn in
Manmohan Singh, the Indian prime minister, has added new members to his week-old cabinet, rewarding loyal coalition allies with ministerial posts.
Indian PM announces key cabinet posts
NEW DELHI (AFP) — Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh distributed key cabinet portfolios on Saturday after the Congress party's resounding victory in national elections.
India's 'odd couple' take up reins of power
NEW DELHI (AFP) — When India's enigmatic Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi first nominated the studious Manmohan Singh as premier in 2004, observers had their antennae tuned for signs of the first rift.