At least 18 people have died in a scorching heat wave that has swept through more than a dozen Indian states, the weather department and officials said Friday.

Anil Ambani does not wait in traffic.

An 11-year-old girl allegedly abused by her teacher for failing to answer questions in class died in a hospital in the Indian capital Friday, police and news reports said.

Hundreds of thousands of Indians went to polling stations Thursday to start the world’s biggest democratic elections, a monthlong process expected to yield no clear winner to lead India as it grapples with global economic malaise.

Thousands of soldiers fanned out across parts of India on Wednesday, one day before Indians started a monthlong election expected to leave the country with a shaky coalition government as it struggles with the global economic slump.

India’s Infosys Technologies Ltd. said fourth quarter profit jumped 29 percent but warned revenue growth will slow sharply this year as customers hit by the global recession demand lower prices for information technology services.

Thousands of troops fanned out across parts of India on Wednesday, a day ahead of elections to determine who will lead the country as the global economic slump threatens to undo two decades of growth.

CIA Director Leon Panetta, in his first overseas trip since taking office, met Thursday with India’s home minister to discuss intelligence sharing and security in the wake of recent unrest in neighboring Pakistan and last year’s deadly Mumbai attacks, off

Authorities ordered criminal charges filed against the great-grandson of India’s first prime minister Tuesday after footage emerged of him comparing a rival Muslim politician to Osama Bin Laden and threatening to cut the throats of Muslims during a politi

A leading “untouchable” politician vowed Sunday to take her party national in India’s upcoming elections and challenge the country’s two establishment parties.