India PM Modi’s party seeks to oust anti-corruption crusader in New Delhi state elections

NEW DELHI — Thousands begin voting in the Indian capital’s state legislature election on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party trying to unseat a powerful regional group that has ruled New Delhi for over a decade. Voters walked to polling booths on a cold, wintry morning to cast their ballots across the […]

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India’s legendary filmmaker Shyam Benegal dies at age 90

NEW DELHI — Shyam Benegal, a renowned Indian filmmaker known for pioneering a new wave cinema movement that tackled social issues in the 1970s, has died after suffering from chronic kidney disease. He was 90. His contribution to cinema was recognized as a director, editor and screenwriter. He was also credited with a new genre […]

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Adani fraud allegations rock Indian Parliament as opposition demands probe into billionaire’s firms

NEW DELHI — India’s Parliament was disrupted for a third day Thursday by opposition parties protesting the government’s silence over allegations against billionaire Gautam Adani, who was recently indicted in the U.S. for alleged fraud and a scheme to pay bribes. As Speaker Om Birla convened the powerful lower house of Parliament, opposition members shot […]

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Adani fraud allegations rock Indian Parliament as opposition demands probe into billionaire’s firms

NEW DELHI — India’s Parliament was disrupted for a third day Thursday by opposition parties protesting the government’s silence over allegations against billionaire Gautam Adani, who was recently indicted in the U.S. for alleged fraud and a scheme to pay bribes. As Speaker Om Birla convened the powerful lower house of Parliament, opposition members shot […]

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Modi’s Hindu nationalist party heads for sweeping win in Maharashtra state election

NEW DELHI — NEW DELHI (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party headed for a stunning victory Saturday in state elections in politically significant Maharashtra while the opposition seemed about to clinch victory in mineral-rich Jharkhand. Polling in the two states has been widely seen as a test of Modi’s popularity after his […]

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Shares in India’s Adani Group plunge 20% after US bribery, fraud indictments

NEW DELHI — Asia’s controversial richest man, Indian tycoon Gautam Adani, is again in the spotlight. His companies’ stocks plunged up to 20% on Thursday after he was indicted by U.S. prosecutors on charges he duped investors in a massive solar energy project in India by concealing that it was being facilitated by an alleged […]

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Shares in India’s Adani Group plunge 20% after US bribery, fraud indictments

NEW DELHI — Asia’s controversial richest man, Indian tycoon Gautam Adani, is again in the spotlight. His companies’ stocks plunged up to 20% on Thursday after he was indicted by U.S. prosecutors on charges he duped investors in a massive solar energy project in India by concealing that it was being facilitated by an alleged […]

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Elections in 2 Indian states are seen as a test of Prime Minister Modi’s popularity

NEW DELHI — Millions of people are voting in state elections in politically significant Maharashtra, India’s western industrial hub, and the mineral-rich eastern province of Jharkhand on Wednesday, a test of the popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party and its regional partners. Maharashtra is India’s wealthiest state and home to the financial […]

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Ratan Tata, former chairman of Indian conglomerate Tata Sons, dies at age 86 in a Mumbai hospital

NEW DELHI — Ratan Tata, a former chairman of Indian conglomerate Tata Sons, died at a Mumbai hospital on Wednesday night. He was 86. Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran confirmed Tata’s death and described him in a statement as his “friend, mentor, and guide.” Tata was admitted to the Breach Candy Hospital in south Mumbai […]

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Strike by more than 1,000 Samsung workers enters a third week in India

NEW DELHI — A strike by more than 1,000 workers at a Samsung India Electronics plant has entered its third week, and management is at an impasse over their demands for recognition of the employees’ union and higher pay, a workers union spokesman said on Wednesday, The employees strike in the plant near Chennai, the […]

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