India News

Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier headed to India on Sunday for his first foreign trip as the neighboring giants look to speed up efforts to settle a decades-old boundary dispute and boost economic ties.

Chinese Premiere Li Keqiang waves as he is received by Indian Junior Minister for External Affairs, E. Ahamed, left, after he arrives in New Delhi, India, Sunday, May 19, 2013.

Indian movie actors and a new wave of directors are on a mission at the Cannes film festival - to show that their industry, which turns 100 this year, is more than just Bollywood.

WITH their clipped moustaches and short back and side haircuts they did not look like the Indiana Jones's of their day, but the two intrepid adventurers from Southampton were made of stern stuff.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to discuss potential arms deals with Indian officials during a trip to New Delhi this week, officials said, at a time when tensions are running high on Afghanistan's disputed border with Pakistan.

"This is your own home now," announces our host, welcoming us to Thengal Manor. And we wish it was, this gracious residence of one of India's great tea dynasties, which has opened the family villa, with its idyllic gardens and an impeccable staff of 15, to overnight visitors.

Gurgaon, May 18 : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will lay the foundation stone of the first Indian National Defence University here May 23, an official said Saturday.

The US-India Business Council has invited Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to be the guest of honour at its 38th Anniversary Leadership Summit in Washington DC on July 11.

An man smokes a cigarette as he takes a break at a fruit market in Hyderabad, India.

India faces at least "a one-in-three" chance of losing its prized sovereign grade rating, global ratings agency Standard and Poor's has warned, amid new threats to economic growth and reforms.

His visit comes in the wake of a tense border standoff in the Himalayan mountains, but the Asian giants are trying to downplay the disagreement.

Another reminder that cyberespionage isn't all about China targeting the U.S.: Researchers have discovered a family of information-stealing malware targeting Pakistan that appears to originate out of India.

Lalitpur , May 17: In another case of police apathy in cases of gender-related violence, activists alleged here Friday that a man who physically and verbally abused five lower caste women has not been arrested even five days after a complaint was filed against him.

After travelling to countries like US, Japan and Turkey, 'Mana' - a French cirque spectacle - is making its debut at the Kingdom of Dreams.

IN photos: Indian Muslim Sufi devotees use sharp objects and self flagellate during the Urs festival procession to mark the death anniversary of Sufi Muslim saint Hazrat Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti, in Ajmer, India.

In India, the mother of the 23-year-old woman fatally gang-raped on a moving bus last December appeared in court Friday and for the first time clapped eyes on the men accused in the heinous attack on her daughter.

Mott MacDonald will provide design for six new metro stations as part of the Phase II of the rapid metro rail network in Gurgaon, India, which is designed to meet the growing transportation requirements between Gurgaon and Delhi.

New Delhi, May 16 : Sending shock waves all over the Indian cricketing fraternity, Indian pacer S.Sreesanth has been arrested over charges of spot-fixing in the ongoing Indian Premier League tournament, along with two other players of the Rajasthan Royals franchise, of which he is also a part.

In the early morning heat and dust, daily practice at the Rambo Circus is in full swing.

It's being just a matter of days now to the coming of a more peace loving civilian regime in Pakistan, Islamabad is hoping a boost to the overall dialogue process with India and it has approached New Delhi for focused discussions on the issue of prisoners.