Atomic trade high on PM's U.S., France tour (Reuters) Posted: 19 Sep 2008 04:12 AM CDT Reuters - Armed with a permit for global nuclear trade, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh leaves next week for the United States and France hoping to seal atomic energy deals and discuss cooperation in defence and counter-terrorism. |
Police kill two militants in Delhi (Reuters) Posted: 19 Sep 2008 05:01 AM CDT Reuters - Police shot dead two suspected militants in the nation's capital on Friday during a raid targeting suspects in last week's bombings in New Delhi that killed 23 people. |
Reformed Harbhajan hopes to leave Australia in a spin (Reuters) Posted: 19 Sep 2008 12:45 AM CDT Reuters - Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh wants the focus firmly on his bowling and not his behaviour when the home test series against Australia starts on Oct. 9. |
Inflation seen coming under control - official (Reuters) Posted: 19 Sep 2008 02:18 AM CDT Reuters - Inflation seems to be coming under control and upcoming harvests are expected to be good, the chief of the prime minister's economic advisory council said on Friday, which could help price pressures ease further. |
Rains bring disease threat to Punjab cotton, rice crops (Reuters) Posted: 19 Sep 2008 05:23 AM CDT Reuters - Unseasonally heavy rains in northwestern India have damaged the cotton crop in some areas and exposed paddy to plant diseases, farmers and scientists said. |
Slowing demand a key concern for Indian cos - report (Reuters) Posted: 19 Sep 2008 01:18 AM CDT Reuters - Indian corporates see slowing demand growth as the primary long-term concern, while inflation is only a short term worry, according to findings of a survey of 86 Indian firms by brokerage Credit Suisse. |
Pakistan close to boosting atom bomb means - report (Reuters) Posted: 18 Sep 2008 11:07 PM CDT Reuters - Pakistan is close to completing a second plutonium-producing reactor, is well into building a third and these could increase its ability to make atomic bombs, a U.S. think-tank said on Thursday. |
UEFA Cup relief for Milan and Ancelotti (Reuters) Posted: 18 Sep 2008 06:18 PM CDT Reuters - Seven-times European champions AC Milan eased some of the pressure on coach Carlo Ancelotti with a 3-1 UEFA Cup win at home to FC Zurich on Thursday. |
Bomb-hit India plans special anti-terrorism centre (Reuters) Posted: 18 Sep 2008 11:49 AM CDT Reuters - India, reeling under a spate of bombings by Islamist militants, is building a new counter- terrorism centre, as part of a revamp of its policing and intelligence apparatus to prevent future attacks. |
Inflation edges up in Sept, weak rupee a worry (Reuters) Posted: 18 Sep 2008 11:41 AM CDT Reuters - Inflation edged up in early September after easing for three straight weeks, and analysts said sustained price pressures and a weaker rupee would keep the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) monetary stance tight. |
Pakistan's Zardari likely to meet Manmohan Singh (Reuters) Posted: 18 Sep 2008 06:25 AM CDT Reuters - Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari is expected to meet Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New York this month, a cabinet minister said on Thursday, for their first talks since Zardari became president. |
Tata Tele launches BlackBerry services (Reuters) Posted: 18 Sep 2008 09:22 AM CDT Reuters - Tata Teleservices Ltd, India's sixth-largest mobile operator, on Thursday launched Research In Motion's BlackBerry services, it said in a statement. |