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AHMEDABAD, India — A speeding truck in western India ran over and killed 18 Muslim pilgrims who were sleeping on a roadside early on Thursday morning, police said. The pilgrims were on their way to a festival at a shrine 90 kilometres (55 miles) from Ahmedabad, Gujarat state’s largest city, when they stopped near a highway... 

Mukesh Ambani has got company of at least 29 fellow corporate executives, including four from his own group Reliance Industries, in terms of annual salaries running into crores of rupees for the latest fiscal. Just about a month in the process since the annual reports of listed companies began trickling in late April,... 

CHENNAI: All the preparatory activities connected with the launch of advanced communication satellite GSAT-8 on board an Ariane-V rocket May 21 are progressing satisfactorily at Kourou in French Guiana, India’s space agency said Tuesday. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said the launch of GSAT-8 is scheduled... 

His good form in the ongoing Indian Premier League notwithstanding, Mumbai Indians batsman Rohit Sharma on Saturday said that he was not presently thinking about a comeback into the Indian team. “I don’t want to think too much about that. I am taking one thing at a time. I just want to concentrate on the IPL.... 

Nokia’s recent decision to outsource development of Symbian software — the operating system which runs its handsets — to Accenture, has put two-lakh Indian software programmers in turmoil. As part of the deal, Nokia is also transferring 3,000 employees — 700 of them from Bangalore — to Accenture. Indian Symbian... 

Indian PM Manmohan Singh and Congress leader Sonia Gandhi have been among thousands of mourners paying their respects to guru Sri Satya Sai Baba. A one-mile (1.6km) line of people queued for hours in the blistering afternoon sunshine on Tuesday to pass his coffin. They were visiting the ashram – or spiritual centre –... 

NEW DELHI — India’s inflation unexpectedly accelerated in March to nearly nine percent, data showed on Friday, piling pressure on the central bank to be more aggressive as it battles to tame price rises. Annual headline inflation, measured by the wholesale price index, India’s main price measure, leapt to 8.98... 

Since cricket is nothing short of a religion in India, it comes with all its extra trappings including rituals and superstitious beliefs. And as Team India takes on Sri Lanka today, several celebrities in Mumbai will be doing their bit to “help the country win the World Cup”. Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan has a tried-and-tested... 

We have seen a fairly strong performance by the Indian rupee. At the moment, rupee has been in the range of 44.68. It is a four month high for the rupee itself. This is happening in the context of higher crude prices. It’s a bit unusual, but export performance has been very good. Q4 is usually a good quarter for the rupee... 

Mumbai, Feb 5 (IANS) Indian film actor Shahid Kapoor, who is essaying an air force officer’s role in the yet-to-be-released movie ‘Mausam’, will fly on a US F-16 fighter jet at the AeroIndia show starting in Banglore next week. Kapoor will take a joy ride on the fighter jet of US aerospace major Lockheed Martin,...