NEW DELHI, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Indian federal police are
examining the role of tycoon Anil Ambani in a multi-billion
dollar telecoms scandal that has rocked political and business
elites, the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency said on
Thursday.

The 52-year-old billionaire is the highest-profile company
executive to be touched by the investigation of whether
lucrative radio spectrum and mobile phone licences were sold at
below-market prices in return for kickbacks.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Protesters leading a massive public sector strike that has caused power cuts, delayed trains and shut schools threatened on Monday to shut down business in one of India’s leading technology industry cities for a day later this week.

The two-week-long strike involving an estimated 800,000 workers is a growing headache for the government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, already on the defensive over high inflation and graft scandals stalling economic reforms.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Protesters leading a massive public sector strike that has caused power cuts, delayed trains and shut schools threatened on Monday to shut down business in Hyderabad for a day later this week.

The two-week-long strike involving an estimated 800,000 workers is a growing headache for the government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, already on the defensive over high inflation and graft scandals stalling economic reforms.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A pro-business Hindu leader who some think could be India’s next prime minister began a “harmony” fast on Saturday to soften his image that was hurt by religious riots that claimed hundreds of mostly Muslim victims nearly a decade ago.

Seizing the moment after the Supreme Court referred to a lower court a case in which he was accused of complicity in the 2002 violence, Narendra Modi, chief minister of Gujarat state, is using a three-day fast to depict himself as a moderate.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Pro-business BJP leader Narendra Modi, who some think could be India’s next prime minister, began a “harmony” fast on Saturday to soften his image that was hurt by the Gujarat riots that claimed hundreds of mostly Muslim victims nearly a decade ago.

Seizing the moment after the Supreme Court referred to a lower court a case in which he was accused of complicity in the 2002 violence, the Gujarat chief minister is using a three-day fast to depict himself as a moderate.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A decade after religious riots cast a pall over his career, India’s most popular and pro-business opposition leader has sprung back to the centre of the political stage.

Suddenly the idea that Narendra Modi might become India’s next prime minister doesn’t seem so outlandish.

NEW DELHI, Sept 16 (Reuters) – A decade after religious
riots cast a pall over his career, India’s most popular and
pro-business opposition leader has sprung back to the centre of
the political stage.

Suddenly the idea that Narendra Modi might become India’s
next prime minister doesn’t seem so outlandish.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Sonia Gandhi, the head of ruling Congress, will make her first appearance at a key meeting on Thursday since going to the United States more than a month ago for undisclosed surgery, an absence which left the government rudderless.

The 64-year-old’s absence for more than a month coincided with a plunge in popularity for the centre-left party and the biggest national protests against corruption since the 1970s.

NEW DELHI, Sept 15 (Reuters) – Sonia Gandhi, the head of
India’s ruling party, will make her first appearance at a key
meeting on Thursday since going to the United States more than a
month ago for undisclosed surgery, an absence which left the
government rudderless.

The 64-year-old’s absence for more than a month coincided
with a plunge in popularity for the centre-left party and the
biggest national protests against corruption since the 1970s.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Supreme Court rejected on Monday hearing a case that links Gujarat’s chief minister Narendra Modi to the deadly religious riots in 2002, a move that may help the opposition politician’s chances if he runs for prime minister in 2014.

Modi, who has been popular for attracting investment in Gujarat, may be the best hope the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has of beating the Congress party-led government in 2014 elections.