NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India and the UK have decided to resume talks on a proposed trade agreement, Indian Trade Minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday, adding that the countries will look to speed up negotiations.

A lawyer for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of fatally gunning down U.S. health insurance executive Brian Thompson in December, told a judge Friday that her client was illegally searched during his arrest and she would seek to exclude that evidence from his trial on state murder and terrorism charges.

The partnership is a pillar of Washington’s strategy in the Indo-Pacific region but faces challenges on issues including illegal immigration, visas and trade deficits.

Jonathan Reynolds, the UK's business and trade secretary, met his Indian counterpart Piyush Goyal in Delhi on Monday and kicked off the two-day discussions. The talks focused on "advancing" the negotiations and ensuring that the deal was "balanced,

Britain's Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds and India's Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal will meet in New Delhi on Monday to restart talks on a UK-India trade deal, the British government said on Sunday.

Britain and India will relaunch talks on a long-awaited trade deal, kick-starting negotiations that timed out due to elections in both countries last year. UK business secretary Jonathan Reynolds will meet Indian commerce minister Piyush Goyal in New Delhi on Monday for two days of discussions.