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India vows to promote Afghan stability

NEW DELHI, May 23, 2013 (AFP) - India said Wednesday it will do all within its means to promote stability in Afghanistan after visiting President Hamid Karzai said he had given a military "wishlist" to the Indian government.

May 23, 2013
Dutt held in 'terrorist' jail cell: report

NEW DELHI, May 19, 2013 (AFP) - Bollywood superstar Sanjay Dutt, who is in jail for arms possession, is being held in a cell built for militants where he cannot see daylight and wants to be transferred, a report said Saturday.

May 19, 2013
All issues 'on the table' on China PM visit

NEW DELHI, May 19, 2013 (AFP) - India says all issues will be "on the table", including a recent border spat and a festering trade imbalance, during Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit to the South Asian giant which starts on Sunday.

May 19, 2013
Indian inflation cools to below 5%

NEW DELHI, May 15, 2013 (AFP) - India's inflation cooled last month to a surprise 41-month low, official data showed Tuesday, giving the central bank more room to cut interest rates to battle the worst economic slowdown in a decade.

May 15, 2013
Air India flight diverted as cockpit door jam

NEW DELHI, May 15, 2013 (AFP) - An Air India flight to Bangalore was diverted to another city after the pilot returned from a toilet break and found the door to the cockpit jammed shut, the state-run carrier said Tuesday.

May 15, 2013
Dutt to go to jail after court rejects plea

NEW DELHI, May 15, 2013 (AFP) - Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt was set to go to jail this week after India's top court Tuesday dismissed his last-ditch plea for a review of a five-year sentence related to the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts.

May 15, 2013
India bank puts a curb on gold imports

MUMBAI, May 14, 2013 (AFP) - India's central bank on Monday announced steps to restrict the import of gold by banks in a move to stem the country's widening current account deficit.

May 14, 2013
Sharif reaches out to US, India after win

RAIWIND, Pakistan, May 14, 2013 (AFP) - Pakistan's incoming prime minister Nawaz Sharif reached out Monday to India and the United States, pledging to strengthen relations after his thumping victory in landmark elections.

May 14, 2013
India opposition urges PM to quit

NEW DELHI, May 12, 2013 (AFP) - India's opposition demanded Saturday the resignation of Congress Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, raising the stakes after forcing the exit of two cabinet ministers over corruption scandals.

May 12, 2013
India court rejects Bollywood star jail plea

NEW DELHI, May 11, 2013 (AFP) - India's highest court Friday rejected a plea by Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt to review his conviction and five-year jail term for possessing arms supplied by plotters of the deadly 1993 Mumbai blasts.

May 11, 2013