India's government said on Tuesday it had appointed Ram Singh, Saugata Bhattacharya and Nagesh Kumar as new members of the central bank's rate-setting monetary policy committee. The three new external members have been appointed for a four-year term with immediate effect,

India’s government appointed three new external members to the central bank’s committee that decides interest rates, just a few days before a scheduled policy meeting.

Government said on Tuesday it had appointed Ram Singh, Saugata Bhattacharya and Nagesh Kumar as new members of the central bank's rate-setting monetary policy committee. The three new external members have been appointed for a four-year term with immediate effect,

A key resistance leader in Indian-controlled Kashmir says the regional polls to choose a local government will not resolve the decades-old conflict over the disputed region

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Voting in the final phase of the election to choose a local government in Indian-controlled Kashmir began Tuesday in the first such vote since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government stripped the disputed region of its special status five years ago.

Residents in Indian-controlled Kashmir have begun casting their votes in the second phase of a staggered election for a local government