BERLIN - Talks with British energy giant Royal Dutch Shell to sell three European refineries to Indian conglomerate Essar are going well, an Essar manager told Germany's Die Welt edition to be published Monday. Shell in October announced the exc
As world leaders prepare a new treaty on climate change in Copenhagen, the EU wants to expand support for CO2 cuts in emerging economies by including sectors such as steel, cement and energy. India says it's ready to play its part in such a system b
KOLKATA, India - Maoist rebels in India have gunned down and beheaded a school teacher who was campaigning against them in the eastern state of West Bengal, police said Wednesday. A group of about seven Maoist rebels attacked the school teacher...
BHOPAL, INDIA Twenty-five years after poisonous plumes of chemicals leaked from the Union Carbide factory here, survivors are protesting a government plan to open the site to the public.Officials said this week that visitors would be allowed to tou
WASHINGTON Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (MAHN'-moh-hahn SING) is issuing a stern warning to Pakistan on the eve of the first anniversary of the Mumbai terrorist attacks. He said Wednesday that Pakistan must punish the masterminds of the att
President Obama on Tuesday welcomed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is in Washington for the first state visit under the Obama administration, and moved to calm India's concerns that the United States is neglecting the Asian power as it seeks clo
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama rolls out the red carpet Tuesday for India in the first official state visit of his presidency, but the stresses of a key relationship in a tinderbox part of the world will lie just beneath the glitz and gla
Deteriorating credit conditions in India’s banking system over the coming months have raised concerns about a hefty increase in problem loans and weakening bank profitability, rating agency Moody’s warned on Monday.India’s largely state-owned bankin
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