NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The Indian government is in talks seeking to resolve a long-running conflict between two ethnic communities in the northeastern state of Manipur, Interior Minister Amit Shah said at a press conference on Tuesday. Internet and mobile data services were restored in Manipur on Monday, official orders showed, after being suspended in some …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Delhi minister Atishi will take over as the new chief minister of India’s national capital territory after the resignation of incumbent Arvind Kejriwal, the ruling Aam Aadmi Party said on Tuesday. (Reporting by Shivam Patel and Pushkala Aripaka; Editing by YP Rajesh)
By Nimesh Vora MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian rupee faced resistance on Tuesday following a rise driven by the U.S. dollar’s struggles a day ahead of the Federal Reserve’s highly anticipated interest rate decision. The rupee was at 83.84 to the U.S. dollar at 10:28 a.m. IST, compared with 83.8875 in the previous session. The …
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By Bharath Rajeswaran BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian shares held ground near all-time highs on Tuesday, with traders expecting marginal moves ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s widely expected interest rate cut a day later. The Nifty 50 index had dipped 0.05% at 25,371.2 points, while the S&P BSE Sensex had slipped 0.06% at 82,939.94, as of …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has condemned comments made by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on the treatment of Muslims in the South Asian nation, calling his remarks “misinformed and unacceptable”. “We cannot consider ourselves to be Muslims if we are oblivious to the suffering that a Muslim is enduring in Myanmar, Gaza, India, or …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) – Indian miner Vedanta’s aluminium unit said on Monday that a water storage facility at its Lanjigarh alumina refinery in Odisha state overflowed due to heavy rains and “impacted agricultural areas”. Vedanta Aluminium is “actively addressing” the breach, which occurred during the early hours of Sept. 15 as extreme weather caused elevated water …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian government expenditure will pick up pace in coming months and aid gross domestic product (GDP) growth, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told News18 India news channel on Monday. (Reporting by Nikunj Ohri; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
By Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian state retailers’ diesel sales fell in the first half of September from the previous month, preliminary sales data showed on Monday, as monsoon rains hit industrial activity and mobility. Fuel demand in India, the world’s third-biggest oil importer and consumer, typically falls during the four-month monsoon season …
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By Jaspreet Kalra MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian rupee ended unchanged on Monday while dollar-rupee forward premiums rose on heightened chances of an outsized 50-basis-point rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve this week. The rupee ended at 83.8875 against the U.S. dollar, the same as its closing level on Friday. The currency was unable …
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(Reuters) – India has implemented a series of measures to facilitate the exports of certain farm goods and limit imports of vegetable oils ahead of local elections in two states where farmers form an influential voting bloc. The moves surprised the market, as New Delhi typically tries to protect consumers’ interests during the peak festival …
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