The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said the benchmark repo rate would be reduced by 25 basis points to 6.25 per cent.
Updated 05 Mar, 2019 11:48am
The budget is the last before the 1.25 billion strong nation goes to the polls in elections due by May.
Updated 05 Mar, 2019 11:54am
US national intelligence director predicts Pakistan "will frustrate US counter-terrorism efforts against Taliban".
Updated 05 Mar, 2019 11:50am
The 23 regional groups said they forged a common front to stop Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party.
Updated 05 Mar, 2019 11:57am
Signs of disarray in opposition should comfort BJP but the party, for the first time, seems mortally afraid of losing.
Updated 05 Mar, 2019 11:56am
The government in India gradually withdraws spending for other religious groups.
Updated 05 Mar, 2019 11:50am
Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party say they would set aside their differences to jointly fight Modi in UP.
Updated 05 Mar, 2019 11:56am
The proposed move causes resentment among other communities who say it is unfair and freezes them out.
Updated 05 Mar, 2019 11:57am
In 2018, Modi may have missed a big chance to change the discourse with Pakistan, which could have been to his benefit.
Updated 05 Mar, 2019 11:51am
Fears of economic slowdown continue to haunt policymakers, industrialists and public.
Updated 05 Mar, 2019 11:49am
Communal polarisation means the Indian PM is almost assured of electoral success next year.
Updated 05 Mar, 2019 11:49am
Suffers embarrassing defeat in three state elections in its stronghold just months before national elections.
Updated 05 Mar, 2019 11:50am
In a symbol of sorts to mock Modi's politics of Hindutva, India’s first cow minister lost his seat in Sirohi.
Updated 05 Mar, 2019 11:50am
Early results in Chhattisgarh indicate that Congress would win 59 seats compared to just 11 for Modi's ruling party.
Updated 05 Mar, 2019 11:50am
Surveys broadcast at the end of voting show the BJP trailing behind the rival Congress party in some areas.
Updated 05 Mar, 2019 11:48am
There are concerns that the BJP has been turning up the heat on divisive religious issues.
Updated 05 Mar, 2019 11:55am
NEW DELHI: Five Indian states will go to the polls later this year, the country’s election commissioner said on...
Updated 05 Mar, 2019 11:55am
Modi and the BJP have failed spectacularly to improve the lives of the majority of the Indian people.
Updated 05 Mar, 2019 11:54am
