NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Angry crowds demonstrated in the capital on Saturday after a five-year-old girl was allegedly raped, tortured and kept in captivity for 40 hours, reviving memories of last December’s brutal assault on a woman that shook the country.

Police arrested a man they accuse of the attack from Bihar, and brought him back to New Delhi for interrogation. Doctors say the girl suffered severe injuries and bruising, including to her neck and genitalia.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Hundreds of angry protesters gathered outside the headquarters of Delhi police on Saturday after a five year-old girl was allegedly raped and tortured, reviving memories of a brutal December assault on a woman that shook the country.

Police arrested a man they accuse of the attack from the eastern state of Bihar, and he was being brought to Delhi for interrogation. Doctors say the girl suffered severe injuries and bruising all over her body including her neck and genitalia.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Hundreds of angry protesters gathered outside the headquarters of Delhi police on Saturday after a five year-old girl was allegedly raped and tortured, reviving memories of a brutal December assault on a woman that shook the country.

Police arrested a man they accuse of the attack from Bihar, and he was being brought to Delhi for interrogation. Doctors say the girl suffered severe injuries and bruising all over her body including her neck and genitalia.

NEW DELHI, April 15 (Reuters) – India’s headline inflation
slowed to the lowest rate in more than three years in March,
hardening expectations the central bank will cut interest rates
next month to help the economy recover from its slowest growth
in a decade.

The encouraging price data was released as Finance Minister
P. Chidambaram began a series of roadshows in North America
aimed a drawing billions of dollars of investment to Asia’s
ailing, third-largest economy.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The man widely expected to be the next Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor favours clipping the autocratic power of the role and giving more say to a monetary policy committee.

Raghuram Rajan, who in 2005 predicted the global financial crisis, also believes that inflation of around 5 percent is “reasonable” in a developing economy, rejecting the notion of a “new normal” for India of 7-8 percent.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The man widely expected to be India’s next central bank chief favours clipping the autocratic power of the role and giving more say to a monetary policy committee.

Raghuram Rajan, who in 2005 predicted the global financial crisis, also believes that inflation of around 5 percent is “reasonable” in a developing economy, rejecting the notion of a “new normal” for India of 7-8 percent.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s slowest economic growth in a decade could be even worse than anticipated, as preliminary data released in February showed the economy appears to have grown 5.0 percent in the fiscal year that ends this month – lower than both the RBI and finance minister’s forecasts – underscoring the urgent need for reforms to boost growth.

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Following is a summary of key political risks in India:

ELECTIONS AND ECONOMY

In his budget at the end of February, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram defied market expectations of spending cuts by promising a bigger outlay for the coming fiscal year, which falls just before an election.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India unveiled higher-than-expected spending for fiscal 2013/14 on Thursday, aiming to fund it with higher revenues – including new taxes on the rich and large companies – in a budget aimed at reviving growth amid the country’s worst slowdown in a decade.

The budget caps an intensive campaign by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram since he was appointed last August to turn around the fortunes of Asia’s third-largest economy after years of policy drift and global economic turmoil.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India unveiled higher-than-expected spending for fiscal 2013/14 on Thursday, aiming to fund it with higher revenues – including new taxes on the rich and large companies – in a budget aimed at reviving growth amid the country’s worst slowdown in a decade.

The budget caps an intensive campaign by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram since he was appointed last August to turn around the fortunes of Asia’s third-largest economy after years of policy drift and global economic turmoil.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India unveiled higher-than-expected spending for fiscal 2013/14 on Thursday, aiming to fund it with higher revenues – including new taxes on the rich and large companies – in a budget aimed at reviving growth amid the country’s worst slowdown in a decade.

The budget caps an intensive campaign by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram since he was appointed last August to turn around the fortunes of Asia’s third-largest economy after years of policy drift and global economic turmoil.