15 dead, including 13 children, after boat capsizes on way to school picnic in India
The incident happened in Gujarat state as pupils were travelling to a picnic organised by their school.
Asian news from state Gujarat
Glittering dreams: India’s big push for solar power
Vast lines of solar panels reflect the blazing sun in India’s western deserts, a dazzling ocean broken only by bristling wind turbines.
Shares in India’s Adani Group plunge 20% after US bribery, fraud indictments
NEW DELHI (AP) — Asia’s controversial richest man, Indian tycoon Gautam Adani, is again in the spotlight. His companies’ stocks plunged up to 20% on Thursday after he was indicted by U.S. prosecutors on charges he duped investors in a massive solar energy project in India by concealing that it was being facilitated by an alleged bribery scheme.
Prosecutors say 2 men prioritized money over human life leading to deaths of Indian family
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (AP) — Two men put financial profit over human life when they attempted to smuggle a couple from India and their two young children across the U.S.-Canada border in heavy snow and bone-chilling winds, leading to the family freezing to death, prosecutors said Monday.
Modi, Spain’s Sanchez launch India’s first private military aircraft plant
The Tata Aircraft Complex in Gujarat state will produce Airbus C-295 transport military aircraft in collaboration with Airbus Spain.
India unveils its first private military aircraft manufacturing hub
Sanchez was welcomed to the country with a roadshow in Gujarat state’s Vadodara city where hundreds of people cheered and waved banners.
The leaders of India and Spain launch India’s first private military aircraft plant
VADODARA, India (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez inaugurated India’s first private military aircraft plant Monday, boosting New Delhi’s ambitions of growing local manufacturing in its defense and aerospace industries.
Justin Bieber enthralls guests at Mukesh Ambani’s son’s pre-wedding bash in India
Canadian pop star Justin Bieber entertained some of India’s biggest celebrities in the latest instalment of months-long wedding celebrations thrown for the son of Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani.
A big fat Indian wedding for the Ambani family to snarl Mumbai traffic
MUMBAI — When the son of Asia's richest person Mukesh Ambani gets married in Mumbai this week, traffic in a key part of the city will literally stop for the four-day extravaganza to be attended by celebrities, business elite and politicians.