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Putin seeks to bolster links with New Delhi (11 March 04:44) |
| Russian's prime minister is seeking to re-energise ties with India during his fifth visit to the country in a decade and is expected to sign as many as 15 agreements worth about $10bn |
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Mexicos Slim heads Forbes rich list (11 March 04:31) |
| Carlos Slim, the Mexican telecommunications billionaire with a net worth of $53.5bn, has been crowned the world's richest person by Forbes magazine – the first time in 16 years the post ha... |
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New Delhi boost for women MPs (10 March 12:23) |
| India has taken a big step towards the introduction of legislation to boost female representation in parliament, with the upper house passing a bill that would reserve a third of lower house... |
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Indias tribes in land fight with business (09 March 11:51) |
| Long-neglected indigenous animist groups have upset the plans of corporate giants as battles over forcible acquisition of agricultural land for industry rage across India |
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UN seeks emerging states help to aid poor (09 March 11:04) |
| International development agencies face a 'diminishing market' unless they partner large emerging economies to bring development to the poorest countries |
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Tata Motors hit by Daimler stake sale (09 March 02:54) |
| Tata Motors' stock fell after Daimler sold its 5.3 per cent stake in India's largest automaker. Shares of the Indian caremaker fell as much as 5.9 per cent to Rs750 following news of the sal... |
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Satyam case tests foreign investors rights (09 March 06:22) |
| A legal case brought in New York against the outsourcing company will show how far overseas shareholders in Indian companies are able to seek damages through class-action lawsuits |
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Lyondell rejects Reliances $145bn bid (09 March 04:16) |
| The bankrupt fuels, plastics and chemicals producer rejects a $14.5bn bid from India's Reliance Industries that would have created one of the world's biggest independent oil refining and pet... |
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India renews vow to stay in Afghanistan (07 March 11:52) |
| Despite a recent attack on a Kabul guesthouse that killed 17 people – seven of them Indians – New Delhi says neither violence nor diplomatic pressure will dissuade it from its goal of de... |
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Reliance to look elsewhere if bid fails (05 March 11:01) |
| Reliance Industries will resume its hunt for large acquisitions if bankrupt Dutch chemicals group LyondellBasell spurns the Indian group's takeover offer and instead pushes ahead with a deal... |
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Essar to buy Trinity for up to $600m (05 March 03:54) |
| The Indian conglomerate agrees to buy Trinity Coal for $550m-$600m in a deal signalling the return of the country's industrial groups to the global acquisition trail |
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Lloyds of London hits at difficult India (05 March 03:03) |
| India is among the most protectionist countries in the insurance industry in Asia, says Lord Levene, the chairman of Lloyd's of London, who noted that the insurer has failed even to obtain a... |
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ANZ to rebuild Indian network (05 March 01:00) |
| Australia & New Zealand Banking Group is making a return after a decade's absence as India is trying to beef up its financial sector |
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India confident of reaching 10 growth target (04 March 12:49) |
| India can reach its goal of 10 per cent annual economic growth even if its Congress party-led government fails to implement pressing structural reform, the country's finance minister, Pranab... |
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India confident of reaching growth target (04 March 12:49) |
| India can reach its goal of 10 per cent annual economic growth even if its Congress party-led government fails to implement pressing structural reform, the country's finance minister, Pranab... |
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Global travel industry sees India boost (02 March 12:26) |
| Up to 12m Indians travelled abroad in 2009 – an increase that has inspired greater competition among global travel companies and involvement from foreign tourist boards |
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Tourist industry woos Indian travellers (02 March 12:26) |
| Up to 12m Indians travelled abroad in 2009 – an increase that has inspired greater competition among global travel companies and involvement from foreign tourist boards |
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Singh seeks permanent peace with Pakistan (02 March 07:21) |
| India's prime minister said his country sought cooperative relations with its arch-rival as he ended the first visit to Saudi Arabia by an Indian premier for almost 30 years |
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Indias mobile sector gets a reality check (02 March 06:24) |
| The number of Indian mobile phone users is up to 40 per cent lower than the official numbers suggest, industry figures and analysts estimate, raising questions over the true extent of In... |
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Reliance keeps cool amid hyper-competition (01 March 10:37) |
| Reliance Communications gears up for a second year of 'hyper-competition', in which operators are no longer focusing only on adding new subscribers but also on splicing up the business of ex... |
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Viacom and News Corp targeting India (28 February 11:53) |
| The Indian ventures of US media houses Viacom and News Corp are to use cricket and Bollywood as weapons in their battle for the world's second-largest cable TV market. |
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Market relief at India deficit commitment (27 February 04:02) |
| Business people in India's financial capital reacted positively after the finance minister released a national budget that maintained spending while signalling deficit reduction |
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India signals opening up of retail sector (26 February 06:57) |
| India has signalled that it could open up its tightly controlled retail sector, as it battles spiralling food prices that threaten to unleash political turmoil and macroeconomic instability... |
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India leaves stimulus measures in place (26 February 01:32) |
| Pranab Mukherjee, finance minister, maintained high levels of public spending to support high growth, boost a flagging rural economy and modernise infrastructure |
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India forecasts growth of up to 875 (25 February 11:24) |
| The Indian economy will sweep aside the ill-effects of the global downturn to grow up to 8.75 per cent in the coming fiscal year, the country's finance ministry predicted on Thursday |
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India and Pakistan talks end without deal (25 February 10:00) |
| Pakistan urged India to stop lecturing it about combating terrorism and to start discussing substantive issues such as the fate of Kashmir as the first official talks between the neighbours ... |
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Indian rail to cut freight charges (25 February 07:30) |
| India's state-owned railways, one of the largest and most profitable networks in the world, will cut freight charges for the transport of food grains as part of an effort to cool rising food... |
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Indias telecoms groups set for 3G auction (25 February 05:00) |
| India is to launch in April its auction of third-generation mobile phone spectrum in what is likely to be a closely fought battle between operators |
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American Tower buys Indian assets for $450m (24 February 02:38) |
| US cell mast operator to gain a foothold in world's fastest-growing large mobile market |
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Maoist guerillas offer India talks (23 February 10:10) |
| India's Maoist guerrillas have offered to call a 72-day ceasefire and engage in talks with the government if New Delhi halts its armed offensive against them |
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Maoist guerrillas offer India talks (23 February 10:10) |
| India's Maoist guerrillas have offered to call a 72-day ceasefire and engage in talks with the government if New Delhi halts its armed offensive against them |
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India seeks subsidy cuts to curb deficit (23 February 06:19) |
| Cutting India's costly subsidies on fuel, food and fertiliser are expected to be one of the big underlying goals of the national budget this week as the Congress party-led government see... |
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Reliance raises Lyondell bid to $145bn (23 February 09:45) |
| Indian energy company Reliance Industries has raised its offer for bankrupt petrochemicals maker LyondellBasell to about $14.5bn from $13.5bn |
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Afghan civilians killed in Nato airstrike (23 February 06:34) |
| At least 33 people, including women and children, were killed after an aircraft fired on civilians mistakenly thought to be a convoy of insurgents in southern Uruzgan province |
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Indian steel producer looks overseas (22 February 06:26) |
| The Steel Authority of India is seeking to buy mining assets in Australia, the US and Africa to bolster the resource security of Asia's third-largest economy |
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Indias Wipro heads for cloud computer land (22 February 04:23) |
| At the Bangalore-based group, about 500 employees are hooked up to shared servers and software – to study the potential of a trend that could change the way outsourcing works |
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India and Pakistan open talks despite misgivings (19 February 01:50) |
| New Delhi is entering discussions in spite of grave fears that elements in the Pakistan government are intent on inflicting fresh terror attacks – and despair that it does not know whom to... |
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Islamabad steps up terror arrests (18 February 11:34) |
| Pakistan's intelligence services have detained at least nine people suspected of links to al-Qaeda after the arrest of the deputy leader of Afghanistan's Taliban movement, says an intelligen... |
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Brown confirms buyers interest in Corus plant (18 February 03:47) |
| Buyers are interested in saving a Teesside steel plant which will be mothballed this week with the loss of 1,600 jobs, Gordon Brown confirmed |
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India offers to protect China oil shipments (18 February 04:13) |
| New Delhi offers Beijing the protection of the Indian navy to help it to secure shipping lanes in the Indian Ocean that are crucial for its energy needs |
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EMI enters Bollywood music tie-up (18 February 01:28) |
| Bollywood is increasingly turning to foreign distributors, particularly Hollywood studios, to try to get its films more widely released outside India |
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Corus accused of not wanting to sell plant (17 February 11:59) |
| The steelmaker has been accused of not wanting to sell its Teesside Cast Products plant for competitive reasons |
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Villagers trapped between rebels and police (17 February 12:43) |
| Rural communities are caught between the Naxal guerrilla movement and government forces intent on quashing a rebellion is one of India's main security concerns |
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Corus mothballs Teesside steel plants (17 February 12:02) |
| Corus is to begin mothballing its Teesside Cast Products site, threatening the end of more than 150 years of steelmaking on Teesside and resulting in up to 3,000 job losses |
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India vows to retaliate against Maoist rebels (16 February 09:53) |
| New Delhi will step up its battle against leftist guerrillas after rebels armed with automatic rifles overran a paramilitary police camp in eastern India, killing at least 24 soldiers |
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Maoist rebels kill 24 soldiers in India (16 February 02:55) |
| Scores of Maoist rebels armed with automatic rifles overrun a large paramilitary police camp in the middle of a bazaar in eastern India, killing about 24 soldiers, injuring seven others and ... |
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Maoist rebels kill 24 soldiers in eastern India (16 February 10:03) |
| Scores of Maoist rebels armed with automatic rifles overran a large paramilitary police camp in the middle of a bazaar in eastern India, killing around 24 soldiers, injuring seven others, an... |
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Bharti makes a wise call on Africa (16 February 12:30) |
| Bharti Airtel, India's largest mobile operator, rides Africa's telecom boom to build a subscriber base of 125m, about one quarter of the entire market |
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Delhis green rickshaws need a kickstart (15 February 11:08) |
| A programme to introduce eco-friendly, gas-fuelled vehicles to tackle pollution problems is flagging, 10 years after it began, and the quest is now on for a fresh solution – including tria... |
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Bharti shares fall as it chases Zain assets (15 February 09:26) |
| Bharti Airtel is in exclusive negotiations to acquire the African assets of Zain, a Kuwaiti telecoms group in an all-cash deal which is valued at $10.7bn |
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