INDIA

India's Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will present the budget to the Parliament on March 16 at a time when there has been a considerable worsening in the government's finances.

Concerns raised by Delta Air Lines about the fairness of U.S. Export-Import Bank loans to help Boeing export aircraft are complicating President Barack Obama's push to quickly renew the bank's charter.

Millions of Americans in low-lying coastal cities could see more flooding in coming years as rising temperatures drive up sea levels, according to a new study.

The state-of-the-art of Vivanta Bekal boasts of romantic dining spaces, an island bar with an enchanting water garden moat around it, barbecue by the pool side, and gazebos for intimate private dinners by the Kappil waters.

Chicago-based Boeing Co. will pay Air India Ltd. $500 million for delays in delivering 27 of its 787 Dreamliner aircraft, a senior Indian official said Wednesday.

Farmers and investors are booking profits from a worldwide rally in food grains, but agricultural veterans see potential setbacks.

A Pakistani judicial panel will be arriving in India on Wednesday. The four-day visit of the panel is a part of the probe into the November 2008 Mumbai attacks, wherein, the panel members will be taking down the statements of the officials involved in the 26/11 Mumbai killing probe. The state of Maharashtra has been slapped with a bill of Rs 8.62 crore by the director general of Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) for providing security to Ajmal Kasab outside the Arthur Road jail. The outstanding...

After four months of speculation, daughter of Bollywood actors Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan has finally got the official name and it's not Abhilasha.

British author Salman Rushdie will appear at a conference in New Delhi Friday, less than two months after death threats derailed his last trip to his native India.

Amin cited that the Ugandan Indian community had exploited the local economy and refused to integrate with the African people after a century in the country.

Audi AG, Volkswagen AG’s luxury unit, is in talks to buy Ducati, the storied Italian motorbike company from its private equity owner, Investindustrial Holdings Ltd., London, CAR magazine reported Monday.

Chris Martin, lead singer of Coldplay, called it too surreal that President Obama has the group's songs on his iPod.

India will launch in April a spy and surveillance satellite, Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-1), which has a very high resolution imaging that can see through clouds and fogs.

Amid fresh allegations that LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) leader Velupillai Prabhakaran and his 12-year-old son were brutally killed in a close range by the Sri Lankan forces, Indian Premier Manmohan Singh is struggling to contain the sentiments of opposition parties and lawmakers from regions dominated by Tamil population.

Singer Debbie Gibson, winner of the NBC television reality show Celebrity Apprentice, will donate the $50,000 prize money to Children International, a U.S. based humanitarian organization.

Germany's Bayer AG is planning to challenge the decision by the government of India to allow an Indian drug manufacturer to produce and market its patented cancer medicine Nexavar.

Amid mounting speculation of potential oil reserves in Sri Lanka's seawaters, Indian media reports have suggested that India might be looking for a greater involvement overstepping China and Russia, who are also believed to be interested in oil exploration deals with the island nation.

The village of Vadia, situated in the northern district of Banaskantha, is notorious for forcing girls, some young as 12 years old into prostitution. Women from the community, who were once dancers and singers for the local war lords during pre-Independence era, were later roped into the sex trade as a means to make easy money. With their reputation tarnished, many community girls were considered unsuitable for marriage and prostitution began to thrive in these regions.

Gold prices may have risen for more than a decade and surged in the last few years. But hedge fund manager Kyle Bass' prediction for 2012 and beyond is that prices still have a lot further to go.

Auto parts maker Visteon Corp. said Monday that it will sell its automotive lighting business to the India-based Varroc Group for $92 million in cash, a deal the company expects to close in the third quarter of 2012.

Indian cotton shipments will resume for previously registered sales, but the government ban on new cotton exports will remain in effect until a review within the next two weeks.