How do Indian banks fare when compared to those in other countries of Asia?

Factional fighting among the two groups of the Jamiat Ulema e Hind, a body of Sunni Muslim clerics, is likely to intensify as Maulana Mahmood Madani, head of one of the factions, has convened a three-day conference of the organisation

The number of high networth individuals (HNWI) in India shrank 31.6% to 84,000 in 2008, the second largest percentage decline in the world, after posting the fastest growth rate of 22.7% in 2007.

As the editorial ('Oh brother!', Oct 13) rightly argued, given that India's energy future is at stake here and considering the global energy insecurity...

This village in Satara district has 1,033 voters, and on Tuesday, every one of them stayed away from the polling booth angry over the way a sub-inspector from Dhom who died in last week's Naxal attack at Gadchiroli had been

The ranks of millionaires in the Asia-Pacific region thinned by 14% last year as a stock market rout eroded wealth, according to a report by Capgemini SA and Merrill Lynch Wealth Management.

Russia sought to strengthen ties with China as Vladimir Putin, prime minister, signed off on $3.5bn worth of deals during talks with Wen Jiabao, the Chinese premier, in Beijing

One matchmaker in the suburbs of Seoul has found himself in a booming industry as women flee the North and go in search of a husband