By Fayaz Bukhari
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Opposition leaders in India's troubled Kashmir valley have accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration of denying or cancelling permissions to hold campaign events, to help his party's "proxies".
Omar Abdullah, a leader of the largest regional political party, the National Conference, said Modi's government was trying to sabotage his campaign ahead of voting in the first of Kashmir's three... (continue reading...)
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's car sales fell 5.8% in April from a year earlier, industry data showed on Friday, as a ferocious price war and incentives failed to shake off consumers' caution about spending on big items during a shaky economic recovery.
While the share of new energy vehicle sales scaled a new high, paving the way for the world's largest auto market to fast-track its green goal, sales of electric vehicles are still far slower than those of... (continue reading...)
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's top court gave temporary bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a graft case on Friday, allowing him to campaign in the ongoing general elections, boosting the opposition alliance of which he is a key leader.
The seven-phase vote has been marred by charges that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government is using investigating agencies to hurt rivals, accusations the government denies.
The... (continue reading...)
WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced a cabinet reshuffle on Friday, with the coordinator of special services Tomasz Siemoniak taking on the additional post of interior minister.
The reshuffle was forced as four ministers in the pro-European coalition government led by Tusk's Civic Coalition (KO) are stepping down to run in European Parliament elections in June. Tusk said a major task of his government was to make state-owned... (continue reading...)
LONDON (Reuters) - The British arm of German supermarket group Lidl said it would lift wages by over 3% in June, giving thousands of workers a third pay rise in 12 months.
Lidl said on Friday it would raise pay for staff across Britain to 12.40 pounds per hour from 12 pounds per hour, while London-based staff would receive 13.65 pounds per hour, up from 13.55.
Pay rises at big employers like Lidl, which employs 32,000 people across... (continue reading...)
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