Narendra Modi

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In India, A New Banking System To Reach the Masses

At a furniture store outside India's capital, a salesman scans the manager's ID and takes her fingerprint on a...

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India Students Rally After Woman Threatened With Rape

Rallies took place across the capital on Tuesday in support of a Delhi University student who claimed she received rape...

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India Growth Rate Slips To 7% In Q3 After Cash Ban

India's economic growth rate fell to seven percent in the third quarter of the financial year after the controversial...

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India Students Rally After Woman Threatened With Rape

Rallies were held in India's capital Tuesday in support of a student who received rape threats over her controversial...

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India Needs More Inclusive Growth

India's rapid economic growth has lifted 140 million people out of poverty in the past decade but many of its people...

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India’s Modi Hints At Pakistani Hand In Deadly Rail Crash

A train crash that killed 148 people may have been caused deliberately as part of a "conspiracy" hatched in Pakistan,...

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India Police Arrest ‘world’s Cheapest Smartphone’ Firm Boss

The director of Ringing Bells, the Indian firm which claimed to be selling the world’s cheapest smartphone, has been...

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Cash Handler Held Over Toy Notes In India ATM

Indian police have arrested a cash handler after notes in a state bank ATM were replaced with children's toy bills, an...

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Mumbai’s Original Inhabitants Fear World’s Tallest Statue

A fitting tribute to a local legend or a grotesque misuse of money? The decision to build the world's tallest statue...

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Indian ATM Dispenses Dummy ‘children Bank’ Currency

An ATM in Delhi spewed dummy 2,000-rupee notes issued by the 'Children Bank of India', prompting an investigation into...

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Alleged ‘horse Killer’ In Fray As Indian State Casts Vote

A politician fighting to clear his name over the death of a celebrity horse was among candidates trying to woo voters...

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India Sets Anthem-Singing Record Amid Nationalist Tide

Half a million Indians have set a new world record by performing a mass rendition of their national anthem, as...

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India Puts Record 104 Satellites Into Orbit

India successfully put a record 104 satellites from a single rocket into orbit on Wednesday in the latest triumph for...

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Amnesty Urges Probe Over India Minister Torture Claim

A cabinet minister who claimed to have ordered police to torture rape suspects should be investigated for human rights...

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India, Russia Close In On Chopper Deal

Russia is close to finalising a deal to build helicopters in India, an executive said Tuesday, a move that would boost...

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Amnesty Urges Probe Over India Minister Torture Claim

Amnesty International called on Tuesday for an Indian cabinet minister to be investigated for human rights abuses after...

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Tata Motors Profits Plummet 96% After Cash Ban

India's largest carmaker Tata Motors Tuesday reported a 96 percent fall in quarterly profits, due to a cash ban which...

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India To Launch 104 Satellites In Record Mission

India hopes to make history by launching a record 104 satellites from a single rocket Wednesday as its famously frugal...

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Test For Modi As India’s Biggest State Votes

Millions of voters in India's most populous state cast their ballots Saturday in a contest seen as a key test for...