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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – One soldier has been arrested in connection with last week’s firing incident at a military base in the Indian border state of Punjab, police officials said on Monday. Four soldiers were shot to death in their sleep in the barracks at the Bathinda military base last week. (Reporting by YP Rajesh, …

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By Bharath Rajeswaran BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian shares sank more than 1% on Monday after Infosys tumbled 15% and sparked a selloff in IT stocks following the country’s No. 2 IT services exporter’s weak results and forecast. The Nifty 50 was down 1.04% at 17,644.70 as of 10:31 a.m. IST, while the S&P BSE Sensex lost …

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MUMBAI (Reuters) -Arjun Tendulkar, son of batting great Sachin, made his Indian Premier League (IPL) debut for Mumbai Indians in their home match against former champions Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday. The Tendulkars became the first father-son duo to play the IPL after Arjun, 23, received his cap from Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma. With Mumbai …

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah has begun his rehabilitation after undergoing back surgery in New Zealand, the country’s cricket board said on Saturday. The 29-year-old right-arm seamer has been sidelined since September and missed last year’s T20 World Cup in Australia and the ongoing Indian Premier League. Bumrah is also set …

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s federal police will question Delhi’s chief minister, seen as one of the main opponents of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as part of an investigation into the capital’s liquor policy, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday. Arvind Kejriwal, chief of the Aam Aadmi Party that rules Delhi’s city …

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MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s foreign exchange reserves jumped to $584.76 billion for the week ended April 7, the highest in nine months, the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) statistical supplement showed on Friday. That is an increase of $6.3 billion from the previous week. The central bank intervenes in the spot and forwards markets to …

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(Reuters) -Britain should take action after a violent incident during protests outside India’s embassy in London last month, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi told British counterpart Rishi Sunak on Thursday. New Delhi has been upset about protests and vandalism by Sikh separatists – who seek an independent Sikh homeland called Khalistan – outside the Indian …

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