Assault on multiple targets - two five star hotels, a popular café, rail station and Jewish Center - left 166 people dead
In most cases in India men control a family’s financial resources; Nearly three quarters of Indian women do not have a bank account
Vote offers second chance to end debilitating political vacuum by forming stable body to frame constitution, but there are fears political drift will persist
Industry’s 4 million workers turn down proposal for 75-percent hike, demand wage of about $100 per month
Buddhist spiritual leader says melting glaciers, permafrost caused by climate change and pollution threaten Tibetan plateau
If country’s first interplanetary foray is successful, India will become the first Asian country and the fourth worldwide to conduct a mission to the Red Planet
November 5 mission marks major expansion of India’s space program as it tries to emerge on frontlines of space exploration
Foreign suppliers worry that law disproportionately burdens sellers of nuclear technology with compensation payments in case of accident
Key focus of new initiative will be effective implementation of new labor law allowing workers to unionize
India, China diplomats work to ease contested border tensions before PM Singh visit to Beijing
Reports of several fatalities as Cyclone Phailin tears inland from the Bay of Bengal, forcing a half-million to shelter in schools and government buildings as army, navy and air force go on standby to aid in rescue, relief efforts
Foreign retailers may wait until after India’s elections, scheduled to be held by next May, before making a decision on investing in the country
The latest fire will increase pressur to improve safety in the garment industry, which has been hit with a string of deadly accidents in the past year
Latest rise in tensions could set back recent efforts by New Delhi, Islamabad to bring calm to restive border region
But experts warn that boom may be brief unless country carries out structural reforms
Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury is first sitting member of parliament to be sentenced for role in country’s war of independence
Glaciers are headwaters for rivers like the Indus and the Ganges that provide fresh water for millions of people in South Asia
Officials say attack targeting police station in Kathua district in Jammu will not derail planned meeting between Indian and Pakistan leaders in New York
Industry workers turn down offer of a 20 percent wage hike, calling it 'inhuman and humiliating'
New law designed to better compensation for people whose land is taken over for infrastructure and industrial projects
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