By Sudarshan Varadhan NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s aluminium smelters, textile mills, sponge iron and fertiliser-makers say they face a coal shortage as power generators take the bulk of supplies. India’s top miner Coal India Ltd, which accounts for more than 80% of India’s production of the fuel, and the federal coal ministry, deny there …
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By Sudipto Ganguly MUMBAI (Reuters) – India will use the three-match home series against West Indies to identify players for this year’s Twenty20 World Cup in Australia and work towards building a bigger talent pool, captain Rohit Sharma said on Tuesday. The hosts take on West Indies at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens in a series starting …
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By Sumit Khanna AHMEDABAD,India (Reuters) – Indian police said on Tuesday they had arrested three members of a gang they accused of beating up and robbing men contacted through the use of a gay dating app. Gay sex is no longer a criminal offence in India, but the fear of being ostracised or ridiculed prompts …
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By Saurabh Sharma LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) – A dispute over restrictions on the wearing of the hijab by female students in a southern Indian state has now reached India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, with a group of youngsters asking a college to ban the head covering. Authorities closed colleges in Karnataka in India’s …
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By Sunil Kataria UDUPI, India (Reuters) -Some schools reopened in the Indian state of Karnataka on Monday after closing last week when protests erupted over students being barred from wearing the hijab in class. The issue, widely seen by India’s Muslim minority community as a bid to sideline it by authorities in a Hindu-dominated nation, …
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By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Punjab Kings bought England all-rounder Liam Livingstone for $1.53 million on Sunday but Australia’s World-Cup winning skipper Aaron Finch went unsold in the players auction for this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL). England white-ball skipper Eoin Morgan was not signed up but team mate Jofra Archer was bought by …
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By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Local batsman Ishan Kishan bagged a $2.02-million deal, overseas spinners were largely snubbed and the auctioneer collapsed on stage on an eventful opening day of the Indian Premier League (IPL) players’ auction on Saturday. IPL giants Mumbai Indians bought back explosive batsman Kishan for 152.50 million Indian rupees ($2.02 …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India top order batsman Virat Kohli had a subdued one-day series against West Indies but captain Rohit Sharma said the team were not worried about his form. While India completed a 3-0 series sweep in Ahmedabad on Friday, Kohli did not shine, managing scores of eight, 18 and zero. But Rohit …
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By Alasdair Pal NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Uttar Pradesh, the first of five Indian states going to the polls this month, begins voting in a state election on Thursday. Here are some key facts about the elections, and why they are important. WHICH STATES ARE VOTING? Uttar Pradesh: seven phases beginning on Feb. 10 and …
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By Alasdair Pal and Adnan Abidi NEW DELHI/VRINDAVAN, India (Reuters) -India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh began voting on Thursday in the first of a series of local elections that will be a key test of the popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ruling party. With a population almost as big as …
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