New Delhi (India)

New Delhi rapes have their counterparts in America

2013-01-16 07:30:00

In my teens and early 20s I lived in Chennai, India, where despicable and lewd male behaviors were lumped together under the umbrella term "Eve teasing" ("Defendants' lawyers in the spotlight in Indian rape case," Jan. 13). I remember walking down a...

Powell aims to reassure Pakistan

2001-10-17 00:00:00

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Secretary of State Colin L. Powell assured Pakistan yesterday that moderate elements of the Taliban could be included in a future broad-based Afghan government, apparently trying to make support for the United States more...

Britain lobbies for nuclear export group to admit India

2013-06-14 13:26:02

* Western powers back India joining nuclear cartel * China leads countries who oppose its inclusion * Key group decides rules for civilian nuclear trade By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA, June 14 (Reuters) - Britain has stepped up efforts to let India join an...

As India's big parties flounder, minnows scent an election chance

2013-06-14 03:08:02

By Sruthi Gottipati NEW DELHI, June 14 (Reuters) - The popular expectation for India's coming general election is that it will be a showdown between the scion of the grand old Congress party's Nehru-Gandhi dynasty and a firebrand leader of the Hindu...

Providence Equity suffers another senior Asia departure

2013-06-12 11:26:02

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Providence Equity Partners has lost another top executive in Asia, its fourth senior departure in the region since 2008, as it struggles with a limited supply of suitable investment targets and a shrinking volume of Asian private...

RPT-India unhappy, but unshaken by rupee's plunge to record low

2013-06-11 18:22:03

(Repeating story from June 11, adds crosshead) * Indian economy can better withstand record low INR * Govt official says "not unduly worried" * Deutsche Bank says expects INR recovery By Subhadip Sircar and Swati Bhat MUMBAI, June 11 (Reuters) -...

Suicide bombing outside Afghan Supreme Court kills 17

2013-06-11 10:11:00

KABUL, Afghanistan -- A suicide bomber detonated his vehicle in front of the Supreme Court in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, several hundred yards from the U.S. Embassy, killing 17 people and wounding 38, police said. The Taliban claimed...

India offers incentives for exports to Iran, trade body expects jump

2013-06-11 10:32:02

NEW DELHI, June 11 (Reuters) - India has offered incentives for exports to Iran, the trade ministry announced, a step industry officials said on Tuesday could double the country's sales to sanctions-hit Tehran to $6 billion in the current fiscal year that...

Afghanistan Sikhs, already marginalized, are pushed to the brink

2013-06-10 18:11:00

KABUL, Afghanistan — Outsiders may have trouble distinguishing between the turbans worn by Afghan Sikhs, with their tighter folds, varied colors and tucked-in edges, and those worn by Afghan Muslims, usually black or white with the end hanging...

Split in opposition party roils Indian politics

2013-06-10 10:27:00

NEW DELHI – In most countries, the main opposition party would have a free ride to power against a government that’s been sharply criticized for policy malaise, weak leadership and a parade of corruption scandals over a nine-year reign. That...

INSIGHT-Murder trial of Italian marines in India navigates murky waters

2013-06-09 14:02:01

* Two marines await trial in New Delhi, charged with killing two Indian fishermen in Feb 2012 * Marines were on Italian-flagged tanker, say they mistook fishermen for pirates * Some commercial ships use military personnel as protection * Differing...

Indian police arrest 3 men in alleged rape of American woman

2013-06-06 08:13:00

NEW DELHI – Indian police said they arrested three men Thursday in connection with the alleged gang rape of an American tourist this week in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh. The 30-year-old American reportedly was unable to find a taxi on...

A Tibetan exile wearing a pair of glasses with an image of the Dalai Lama, prays as he takes part in a sit-in protest against the visit of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at Majnu Ka Tila, a Tibetan refugee camp, in New Delhi May 20, 2013.

2013-05-20 00:00:00

Police stand guard at one of the gates of the Tihar Jail in New Delhi Monday.

2013-03-11 10:26:00

Ram Bai, mother of Ram Singh, the driver of the bus in which a young woman was gang-raped and fatally injured three months ago, wails inside her house at Ravi Das camp in New Delhi March 11, 2013.

2013-03-11 00:00:00