India

US Labor Department cannot release nonfarm payrolls data.

Bank of Japan keeps monetary policy on hold as US shutdown spreads concern among markets.

Activist-investor and manager of hedge fund Third Point urges Sotheby's CEO William Ruprecht to quit.

Colleges to train 300 million youngsters who join the workforce over two decades.

Cut is necessary for India to meet its budget deficit goal of 4.8% of gross domestic product.

DNA test ordered on remains discovered near salvaged cruise liner by scuba divers off Giglio Island.

Three-year-old boy's genitals had grown, his voice had broken and acne broke out on his face.

Sunday Times Rich List entrant talks exclusively about the rise of one of the world's largest security groups

Lalu Prasad Yadav, a former central minister whose career was a case study for students at Harvard University, is convicted of corruption by an Indian court.

Medical examination by veterinary doctors confirm rape.

Reserve Bank of India is looking to rein in on country's rising gold import bills and widening current account deficit.

Although Princess Diana never met Kate Middleton, she imagined Prince William's bride to be "beautiful, smart and independent."

Shanghai bucks the trend as government opens free trade zone.

Miss Philippines Megan Young has won the coveted Miss World 2013 title, beating 126 of the world's most beautiful women to the crown.

The top ten contestants of Miss World 2013 pageant are from the Philippines, Brazil, Australia, France, Nepal, England, Indonesia, Spain, Jamaica and Ghana.

As the final of Miss World 2013 gets under way, an official document suggests one contestant is four years older than she says.

Uncertainty over US budget and Fed bond programme impacts market.

Remains found near shipwreck may be animal and not those of missing victims Russel Rebello and Maria Grazia Trecarichi.

Miss India has won the multimedia contest at Miss World 2013 and is hopeful about winning the crown.

Miss England Kirsty Heslewood was one of the ten finalists of the Miss Top Model 2013 contest.

The gems likely indicate Indian origin because they carried Made in India tags.

Indian High Commission uses old technology for secret documents after Edward Snowden's NSA revelations.

Focus on winning elections leave very little room to tackle economic issues.

At least one dead after five-storey building in India's commercial capital collapses.

Markets will track two deadlines in the US -- 1 October and 17 October.

The Indian government opens up shale gas exploration and clears the way for allocating coal fields through auctions.

Intelligence Oversight and Surveillance Reform Act to ban communication intercepts.

China's milk formula market, worth $12.4bn, expected to double by 2017

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was reportedly mobbed by thousands of fans which eventually led to her cancelling her media briefing.

US agency spied on Indian diplomats in Washington and UN headquarters as computer hard-drives at these locations might have been copied