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India lifts Kashmir curfew as separatists call for calm (Reuters) Posted: 07 Oct 2008 04:29 AM CDT Reuters - Authorities in Kashmir on Tuesday lifted a curfew imposed to thwart a massive pro-independence rally, as separatist called for calm with the start of harvesting and marriage season in the Himalayan region.

India hopes to attract over $4bln in green energy (Reuters) Posted: 07 Oct 2008 03:58 AM CDT Reuters - India is hoping to attract investments of more than $4 billion in renewable energy over the next 5-7 years, as it prepares to unveil a new biofuels policy within a month, renewable energy minister Vilas Muttemwar said.

India's first moon mission to take off on Oct. 22 (Reuters) Posted: 07 Oct 2008 02:17 AM CDT Reuters - India will launch a locally built rocket for the country's first unmanned mission to the moon on Oct. 22, the head of the project said on Tuesday.

More die as clashes continue in troubled Assam (Reuters) Posted: 07 Oct 2008 12:10 AM CDT Reuters - Police used helicopters to spot armed mobs attacking Muslims in troubled Assam on Tuesday, where clashes between indigenous tribesmen and settlers have left 47 people dead and tens of thousands homeless.

Tata Motors may pick Gujarat for Nano - market (Reuters) Posted: 07 Oct 2008 04:39 AM CDT Reuters - Tata Motors Ltd, which is looking for a new home for the ultra low-cost Nano car as it nears its planned launch, will hold a news conference later on Tuesday in Gujarat, a spokesman said.

India remains upbeat on growth despite mkt turmoil (Reuters) Posted: 07 Oct 2008 02:46 AM CDT Reuters - India's economy will grow 8 percent this fiscal year and rebound to 9 percent next, Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram has said, despite the rout in global markets which has triggered recession fears in industrialised nations.

Nervous markets take heart from big Australia rate cut (Reuters) Posted: 07 Oct 2008 01:11 AM CDT Reuters - Guarded optimism mounted on Tuesday for a unified international response to the credit crisis ricocheting around the world after Australia cut interest rates far more steeply than expected.

Bush to sign India nuclear legislation Wednesday (Reuters) Posted: 06 Oct 2008 02:45 PM CDT Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush will sign legislation opening a potentially lucrative nuclear trade with India on Wednesday, a week after the deal was ratified by the U.S. Congress, the White House said on Monday.

RBI cuts reserve ratio to ease cash squeeze (Reuters) Posted: 06 Oct 2008 10:13 AM CDT Reuters - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday said it would cut the cash reserve ratio (CRR) for banks to alleviate a cash squeeze caused by the global financial crisis, but said it was not relaxing its fight to rein in double-digit inflation.

Militant flays Zardari over India and "terrorists" (Reuters) Posted: 06 Oct 2008 07:12 AM CDT Reuters - The founder of one of Pakistan's most feared armed Islamist groups accused President Asif Ali Zardari of being too dovish towards India, and criticised him for referring to militants in Indian-held Kashmir as "terrorists".

Orissa arrests 2 Christians for Hindu leader's murder (Reuters) Posted: 06 Oct 2008 10:01 AM CDT Reuters - Police arrested two Christians in Orissa on Monday in connection with the murder of a Hindu leader that sparked weeks of deadly

Schools closed for safety after Tibet quake (Reuters) Posted: 07 Oct 2008 12:23 AM CDT Reuters - China closed schools in Tibet's capital for safety reasons on Tuesday a day after a huge earthquake struck to the west and months after hundreds of classrooms were flattened in a devastating quake in Sichuan.

SEBI eases foreign fund investment rules to woo cash (Reuters) Posted: 06 Oct 2008 08:29 AM CDT Reuters - India's capital market regulator on Monday removed most curbs on indirect investment notes by foreign funds to encourage inflows into a battered stock market, but analysts said few immediate gains were likely given global financial turmoil.

Tata Nano exit shows power of state politics in India (Reuters) Posted: 06 Oct 2008 05:26 AM CDT Reuters - Tata Motors' exit from West Bengal state after protests against a factory for its low-cost Nano car is a sign companies investing in India will need to pay heed to state politics and villagers in the large, complicated democracy.

Q+A - Clashes over immigrants break out in Assam (Reuters) Posted: 06 Oct 2008 06:12 AM CDT Reuters - Tribal people armed with guns and bows and arrows raided a village in Assam, killing three Muslim villagers in the latest clashes with Bangladeshi settlers.

India extends Kashmir curfew to stop separatist rally (Reuters) Posted: 06 Oct 2008 04:39 AM CDT Reuters - Troops in Kashmir used metal barricades and barbed wire to seal off residential areas and extended a curfew on Monday across the region, effectively thwarting a planned pro-separatist rally.

Indian stocks tumble to 2-yr low on recession fears (Reuters) Posted: 06 Oct 2008 07:23 AM CDT Reuters - India's main share index tumbled nearly 6 percent on Monday to its lowest close in more than two years as the world's worst financial crisis in 80 years and a looming recession sent global markets reeling.

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