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New Delhi boost for women MPs
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India has taken a big step towards the introduction of legislation to boost female representation in parliament, with the upper house passing a bill that would reserve a third of lower house seats for women
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Subsidy reform can help India spend better
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The rationalisation – even the end – of some existing schemes must not be an excuse for the withdrawal of the state. Quite the reverse, writes David Pilling
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Tourist industry woos Indian travellers
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Up to 12m people from the subcontinent went abroad in 2009 – an increase that has inspired greater competition among global travel companies and involvement from foreign tourist boards
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Singh seeks permanent peace with Pakistan
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India's prime minister said his country sought cooperative relations with its arch-rival as he ended the first visit to Saudi Arabia by an Indian premier for almost 30 years
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India's government should try harder
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India has now reached the point in its development when what is needed is persistent improvement across a wide front. This is not a sprint, but a marathon. The budget represents a small step in this race
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India and Pakistan talks end without deal
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Pakistan urged India to stop lecturing it about combating terrorism and to start discussing substantive issues such as the fate of Kashmir as the first official talks between the neighbours since 2008 broke up without any firm agreement
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Maoist guerrillas offer India talks
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India's Maoist guerrillas have offered to call a 72-day ceasefire and engage in talks with the government if New Delhi halts its armed offensive against them
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Lunch with the FT: Shah Rukh Khan
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The king of Bollywood who smiles from billboards and cinema screens across India talks about his unusually sensitive new film 'My Name is Khan' and how he manages stardom
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India and Pakistan open talks despite misgivings
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New Delhi is entering discussions in spite of grave fears that elements in the Pakistan government are intent on inflicting fresh terror attacks – and despair that it does not know whom to talk to in Islamabad
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India offers to protect China oil shipments
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New Delhi offers Beijing the protection of the Indian navy to help it to secure shipping lanes in the Indian Ocean that are crucial for its energy needs
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Villagers trapped between rebels and police
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Rural communities are caught between the Naxal guerrilla movement and government forces intent on quashing a rebellion is one of India's main security concerns
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India vows to retaliate against Maoist rebels
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New Delhi will step up its battle against leftist guerrillas after rebels armed with automatic rifles overran a paramilitary police camp in eastern India, killing at least 24 soldiers
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Nailing Naxalites
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India's struggle to undermine Maoist insurgents is not just about restoring law and order. It is about giving tens of millions of outcaste Indians their first stake in modern India
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India on the offensive
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The Indian government is seeking to bring Maoist militants to the negotiating table by insisting that mining contracts be reviewed to provide royalty payments for local communities
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India takes measured tone over blast
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The Congress party-led government refused to apportion blame for a weekend bomb attack in Pune that killed nine people, including an Italian follower of the Osho ashram, the city's famous spiritual centre
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