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At least 12 rail passengers killed in western India after jumping onto tracks over train fire alert

Jan. 22, 2025 15:10 PM EST

NEW DELHI (AP) — At least 12 train passengers were killed in western India Wednesday after being struck by another train on an adjacent track after they jumped from their coaches in panic to escape a rumored fire incident, the Press Trust of India reported. At least six other...

HDFC Bank: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Jan. 22, 2025 07:29 AM EST

MUMBAI, India (AP) — MUMBAI, India (AP) — HDFC Bank Ltd. (HDB) on Wednesday reported net income of $2.09 billion in its fiscal third quarter. The bank, based in Mumbai, India, said it had earnings of 82 cents per share. The financial services provider posted...

Indian police arrest a man suspected of stabbing Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan

Jan. 19, 2025 03:27 AM EST

NEW DELHI (AP) — Police arrested on Sunday a 30-year-old man in India’s financial capital Mumbai whom they said was considered the prime suspect in the stabbing of Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan. The assault shocked the country’s film industry and raised concerns over the lack of...

Indian Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan is stabbed by an intruder at his home in Mumbai

Jan. 16, 2025 06:43 AM EST

MUMBAI, India (AP) — Indian Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan was stabbed in a scuffle with an intruder at his home early Thursday and underwent surgery at a hospital, media reports said. The 54-year-old actor was taken to the hospital from his home in Mumbai, the country's financial...

The world welcomes 2025 with light shows, embraces and ice plunges

Jan. 01, 2025 13:28 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — From Sydney to Mumbai to Paris to Rio de Janeiro, communities around the world welcomed 2025 with spectacular light shows, embraces and ice plunges. The New Year’s Eve ball dropped in soggy Times Square, where thousands of revelers stuck it out in heavy rain to...

Legendary Indian filmmaker Shyam Benegal dies at age 90

Dec. 24, 2024 22:18 PM EST

NEW DELHI (AP) — Shyam Benegal, a renowned Indian filmmaker known for pioneering a cinema movement that tackled social issues in the 1970s, has died after chronic kidney disease. He was 90. His contribution to cinema was recognized as a director, editor and screenwriter. He came...

13 die as an Indian navy speedboat crashes into a passenger ferry off Mumbai

Dec. 18, 2024 10:25 AM EST

NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian navy speedboat crashed into a ferry carrying over 100 people to a popular tourist destination off Mumbai on Wednesday, killing at least 13, the navy said. A navy statement said 99 ferry passengers were rescued. They were on their way to Elephanta Island...