Bodoland FactBox: Assam Suffers Violent Protests

Agitation for a separate state of Bodoland has taken a violent turn as the All Bodos Students Union (ABSU) called for a 12-hour 'rail roko' protest in Assam since Friday morning, disconnecting all the north-eastern states from the country. Aug 2, 2013
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Mamata Banerjee Wants a World Trade Centre in West Bengal

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her state finance minister Amit Mitra met top business leaders in Mumbai on Friday. She briefed them about her ambitious plan to build the next World Trade Centre in the Kolkata capital of the state. Aug 2, 2013
Indian stock brokers watch the key Sensex share index graph in a brokerage firm in Mumbai May 13, 2004.

Indian Stocks Expected to Extend Losing Streak

Indian stock markets are expected to decline for a sixth straight session on Wednesday after the central bank left its policy rates unchanged in its first quarter monetary policy review on Tuesday. Jul 31, 2013