Commuters in India's capital faced difficulties Thursday as much of the city's public transportation, including private buses, auto-rickshaws and some ride-hailing services, remained off the roads to protest a sharp increase in traffic fines under a new law. The government hopes the new Motor Vehicles ...
India announced on Wednesday a ban on the sale of electronic cigarettes, as a backlash gathers pace worldwide about a technology promoted as less harmful than smoking tobacco. The announcement by India came a day after New York became the second U.S. state to ban ...
Saudi oil shock unites China, Japan and other Asian rivals worried about war
If anything could distract Asia's top powers from sparring over disputed territory and crimes committed during World War II, it's the need for cheap oil. Asia accounts for more than 70 percent of Saudi Arabia's crude exports, with the four biggest economies — China, Japan, ...
Amnesty chief vows to defy India bid to 'crush' criticism over Kashmir crackdown
Amnesty International's chief vowed Monday that the rights group would not be silenced on raising concerns about Kashmir despite what he called intimidation by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government. India's financial crime investigators recently accused Amnesty's local branch of violating foreign exchange regulations through ...
12 dead, 25 missing in boat accident on swollen southern India river
A sightseeing boat capsized on a swollen river in southern India on Sunday, killing 12 people and leaving 25 others missing, an official said. Andra Pradesh state's home minister, M. Sucharita, said there were 61 people — 50 passengers and 11 crew members, all of ...
Pakistan warns of risk of 'accidental war' with India over Kashmir
Pakistan's foreign minister warned Tuesday that India's "illegal occupation" of Muslim-majority Kashmir could drive the nuclear-armed countries "into an accidental war." Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi accused India at a session of the U.N.-backed Human Rights Council of turning Kashmir "into the largest prison ...
Dispelling the myths of Kashmir
Until China and Pakistan stop trying to undermine its territorial sovereignty in Jammu and Kashmir, India will have little choice but to take steps to protect itself.
India locates missing Vikram lunar lander on surface of moon
The lander module from India's moon mission was located on the lunar surface on Sunday, one day after it lost contact with the space station, and efforts are underway to try to establish contact with it, the head of the nation's space agency said. The ...
Authorities on Sunday tightened a month-long security lockdown in Indian Kashmir's main city of Srinagar after breaking up religious processions by Shiite Muslims who defied a ban. A military clampdown was imposed in Muslim-majority Kashmir from Aug. 5 to prevent unrest as New Delhi revoked ...
India loses moon probe; Modi hints speed was too high on approach
India lost communication with its unmanned spacecraft Saturday just before it was due to land on the moon, in a blow to the country's lunar ambitions as the world takes renewed interest in Earth's satellite. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi looked on in the mission ...
Abe to visit India in December following 'two-plus-two' security talks
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit India in December in the wake of the countries' first "two-plus-two" security talks, his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi said Thursday. Modi disclosed the planned visit to reporters at the beginning of a meeting with Abe in Vladivostok in the ...
Event held in India to promote sake and other Japanese alcoholic drinks
An event to introduce Japanese alcoholic beverages such as sake rice wine and shōchū distilled spirits to Indian distributors and hotel officials was held Wednesday at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi. Nine Japanese breweries participated in the annual event, the third of its kind, ...
