Last week India further slashed import duties on motorcycles, cutting tariffs on heavyweight bikes with engines above 1,600cc from 50% to 30% and smaller ones from 50% to 40%. A…
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India: US military plane carrying deported Indians lands in Punjab
A US deportation flight carrying about 100 Indian nationals accused of entering the country illegally has landed in the state of Punjab. The military aircraft, which left Texas late on…
China: Fashion giant Shein re-enters India five years after ban
Chinese fast fashion app Shein has relaunched in India five years after it was banned by Delhi, under a deal with Indian firm Reliance Retail. An official from Reliance Retail,…
Indian: Tax relief for middle class
aIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s coalition government has unveiled its first full-year budget after his party lost an outright majority in parliament last year. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced measures…
India: Thirty killed in crowd crush at India’s Kumbh Mela festival
Contains upsetting scenes.Watch: BBC reports from scene of India’s Kumbh Mela crush At least 30 peoplehave been killed in a crush at the world’s largest religious gathering, the Hindu festival…
Canada: Life sentence for hitman who killed suspect in 1985 Air India bombings
A hitman who was one of two people who shot and killed a man acquitted in the 1985 bombing of an Air India flight has been jailed for life in…
India: Court orders seizure of ‘offensive’ MF Husain paintings
A court in the Indian capital, Delhi, has ordered the seizure of two “offensive” paintings by MF Husain, one of India’s most famous artists. The court on Monday granted permission…
India: Thirteen passengers killed by another train after fleeing fire rumour
At least 13 people have been killed and five injured after they fled rumours of a fire on board their train in India, only to be hit by another train.…
India: Authorities Investigate ‘mysterious’ deaths of 17 people
Officials are investigating the “mysterious deaths” of over a dozen people – most of them children – in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. At least 17 people, including 12 children, have…