India
Indians vote in Modi's constituency in last phase of crucial election
NEW DELHI Indians headed to the polls on Wednesday in the final lap of a race for the country's most politically important state, the biggest mid-term verdict on Prime Minister Narendra Modi since he stormed to power three years ago.
Indian wheat could weigh on 2017/18 world balance sheet: Braun
CHICAGO India will be the first major wheat-growing country to harvest the 2017/18 crop, and most of its wheat will be cut by the time the U.S. Department of Agriculture rolls out its first production estimate in May.
Indian police charge six people with selling babies for adoption
MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Police in India charged six people on Tuesday with selling babies to childless couples after smashing a trafficking scam in the commercial capital Mumbai.
A simple address unlocks new life for Indian slum dwellers
KOLKATA, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It's not easy giving directions when you live in a slum.
India mulls local steel requirement for $59 bln infrastructure spend
NEW DELHI India may soon mandate the use of local steel in government infrastructure projects worth billions of dollars, sources said, pitching it as a WTO-compliant protectionist measure aimed at further cutting cheap imports, mainly from China.
Fears of misuse of Muslim 'waqf' property in India as official suspended
MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - India's Maharashtra state has suspended a former head of a Muslim organization in charge of land endowments, amid growing concern that "waqf" land and property set aside for religious or charitable use is being illegally sold on to developers.
India police find 19 fetuses dumped in plastic bags, suspect female feticide racket
MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Indian police found 19 aborted fetuses dumped in plastic bags in the western state of Maharashtra while they investigated a woman's death after an abortion - uncovering what officials suspect is an inter-state female feticide racket.
Dogs, pimp patrols guard trafficked girls in south Indian brothel: police
CHENNAI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Indian police have raided brothels guarded by dogs in the southern state of Telangana, arresting 35 people on charges of sex trafficking girls as young as 13, investigators said on Monday.
India to host Dalai Lama in disputed territory, defying China
NEW DELHI Indian federal government representatives will meet the Dalai Lama when he visits a sensitive border region controlled by India but claimed by China, officials said, despite a warning from Beijing that it would damage ties.
Legal challenges may be needed to protect India's land law, says former minister
NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Indian states that are watering down provisions of a land acquisition law are hurting farmers and risk facing more conflicts and legal challenges, said a former minister who helped frame the landmark law.
Facing test of resolve, Trump pushes ahead with North Korea review
WASHINGTON Faced with a growing test of resolve for a new U.S. president who vowed while campaigning to get tough on North Korea, Donald Trump's aides are pressing to complete a strategy review on how to counter Pyongyang's missile and nuclear threats.