India
Wombs for rent: Indian surrogacy clinic confines women in 'terrible conditions', say police
CHENNAI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Police raided an illegal fertility clinic in southern Indian at the weekend and discovered 47 surrogate mothers - who had been lured to rent their wombs for money - living in "terrible conditions", they said.
Indian police thwart indigenous people in land complaints, activists say
MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Indigenous people in central India are thwarted by police when trying to file complaints about their land being forcefully taken, activists say, highlighting the enormous challenges they face in securing their land rights.
Modi's party backs low-caste leader for president of India
NEW DELHI India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has proposed that a politician from a low caste become the next president, its top strategist said on Monday, in a move to consolidate the party's support among poorer voters.
Exclusive: Ahead of Modi visit, U.S. lawmakers ask India to rethink price cap on stents
NEW DELHI A group of U.S. lawmakers has backed medical device makers by urging India to reconsider its decision to cap prices of heart stents, raising the issue ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the United States later this week.
India to allow late filing in first two months of GST: Jaitley
NEW DELHI India will launch a new national Goods and Services Tax (GST) as planned on July 1, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Sunday, but will let companies file late returns for the first two months so that they can adapt to a new online filing system.
Six found guilty of involvement in 1993 blasts in India's financial hub
MUMBAI An Indian court on Friday found six men guilty of involvement in a series of blasts in the city of Mumbai in 1993 that killed 257 people and wounded 800, the latest in scores of convictions related to India's most deadly bombings.
India ready for GST, anti-profiteering rules soon: Adhia
NEW DELHI India is ready to launch the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on July 1, the official steering the process told Reuters, saying the technology that will drive it is robust and dismissing fears the tax is too complicated.
India's GST launch spawns tech cottage industry for compliance
NEW DELHI India's new Goods and Services Tax (GST), its biggest tax reform since independence, will unify a $2 trillion economy into a single market - and demand massive changes for small businesses that will have to go online to file their taxes.
BP, Reliance to invest in Indian gas block, cooperate downstream
NEW DELHI BP and Reliance Industries said on Thursday they would invest $6 billion to boost India's gas output from an east coast block and expanded their tie-up to feed the South Asian nation's rising fuel and renewable energy demand.
Cattle slaughter crackdown ripples through India's leather industry
AGRA, India In the backstreets of Agra's Muslim quarter, where shoes have been made for centuries, small-scale manufacturers are firing workers and families cutting back on spending as a government crackdown on cattle slaughter ripples through the community. | Video
Britain's May condemns 'sickening' attack as van rams Muslim worshippers
LONDON A van plowed into worshippers near a London mosque on Monday, injuring 10 people in what Prime Minister Theresa May said was a sickening, terrorist attack on Muslims. | Video
