| Troops patrol Kashmir to thwart anti-poll protests (Reuters) Posted: 21 Nov 2008 02:33 AM CST  Reuters - India deployed thousands of troops in Kashmir's main city on Friday and erected barricades in what amounted to an undeclared curfew to thwart planned protests against ongoing state elections.
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| India may deploy more warships to fight pirates - reports (Reuters) Posted: 21 Nov 2008 03:54 AM CST  Reuters - The Indian navy may beef up its security presence significantly in the Gulf of Aden to counter the threat of rampant piracy to shipping companies, local newspapers reported on Friday.
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| Global institutions must be representative - PM (Reuters) Posted: 20 Nov 2008 11:55 PM CST  Reuters - India will emerge stronger from the global economic crisis and global institutions must be made more representative of developing nations, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday.
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| Tibetans likely to back "Middle Way", hope for best (Reuters) Posted: 21 Nov 2008 12:38 AM CST  Reuters - Tibetan exiles meeting in northern India have failed to find a viable alternative to the Dalai Lama's "Middle Way" approach to China, and admit they can do little more than hope for a softening in Beijing's stance.
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| G8 should include China, India, others, panel says (Reuters) Posted: 20 Nov 2008 05:07 PM CST  Reuters - The Group of Eight major industrialized countries should be doubled to include Brazil, China and India and other nations to better tackle global challenges like climate change and economic stability, a blue chip panel said on Thursday.
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| Sanitation improves in South Asia, but long way to go (Reuters) Posted: 20 Nov 2008 10:44 PM CST Reuters - Greater political will and social awareness are helping improve dire sanitation levels in South Asia, where millions of people still defecate in the open and are exposed to health hazards, a senior UNICEF adviser said. |
| Model Karolina Kurkova world's sexiest woman - E! (Reuters) Posted: 20 Nov 2008 10:25 PM CST  Reuters - Lingerie model Karolina Kurkova has been voted the world's sexiest woman by E! entertainment television, beating sultry actresses Angelina Jolie and Scarlett Johansson for the honor.
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| SCENARIOS - Where does the Tibetan movement go from here? (Reuters) Posted: 21 Nov 2008 01:41 AM CST  Reuters - More than 500 Tibetan exiles have gathered in Dharamsala, the headquarters of the Tibetan government-in-exile in northern India, to weigh options in their struggle for political rights in Tibet.
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| Major shippers skirt Gulf of Aden to avoid pirates (Reuters) Posted: 20 Nov 2008 07:31 PM CST  Reuters - Rampant piracy off Somalia is forcing shipping companies to avoid the Suez Canal and send cargoes of oil and other goods on a longer journey around southern Africa, industry officials said on Thursday.
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| Remote Jarawa tribesmen kill poacher with arrow (Reuters) Posted: 20 Nov 2008 12:27 PM CST Reuters - Hunter-gatherer tribesmen on India's remote Andaman islands have stabbed a fisherman to death with an arrow for poaching and injured three others, police said on Thursday. |
| Indian shares turn negative after being up 4 pct (Reuters) Posted: 21 Nov 2008 02:46 AM CST  Reuters - India's main share index briefly turned negative on Friday afternoon as foreign funds sold after the market had climbed 4.4 percent in the morning, traders said.
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| Indian shares bounce 4 pct; banks, techs rise (Reuters) Posted: 21 Nov 2008 01:33 AM CST  Reuters - Indian shares bounced 4 percent on Friday after sliding more than a fifth over the past seven sessions, taking cues from a turnaround in Asian markets and expectations for an interest rate cut.
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| India recall Tendulkar for next two ODIs (Reuters) Posted: 20 Nov 2008 10:43 AM CST  Reuters - Indian cricket selectors recalled Sachin Tendulkar into the one-day squad on Thursday for the next two games of the home series against England.
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| India aid sends all clear for Sri Lanka war - analysts (Reuters) Posted: 20 Nov 2008 08:24 AM CST  Reuters - India handed over aid for Sri Lanka's war refugees on Thursday in what analysts say is the clearest sign yet New Delhi will not interfere with Colombo's plan to end Asia's oldest insurgency militarily.
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| India beat England in weather-hit third ODI (Reuters) Posted: 20 Nov 2008 10:16 AM CST  Reuters - India claimed a 16-run win over England under the Duckworth-Lewis method in a weather-hit third one-dayer on Thursday, taking a 3-0 lead in the seven-match series.
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| Indian IT sector sees only brief downturn pain (Reuters) Posted: 20 Nov 2008 09:49 AM CST  Reuters - India's information technology industry will face challenges in the short term as overseas clients cut spending due to financial turmoil and global economic downturn, an industry body said on Thursday.
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| Oil falls $1 to below $49 on more demand distress (Reuters) Posted: 20 Nov 2008 08:51 PM CST  Reuters - Oil tumbled to a three-and-a-half year low below $49 a barrel on Friday, nearing a $100 drop from its July record high, as more distress for the global economy threatened to eat further into demand for fuels.
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| Aishwarya says had turned down 'Dostana' offer (Reuters) Posted: 20 Nov 2008 10:31 AM CST  Reuters - Aishwarya Rai Bachchan declined an offer to act in the Bollywood film 'Dostana' starring her husband Abhishek over fears their real-life relationship would overshadow the films gay theme.
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| Oil drops 7 percent to 3-1/2-year low below $50 (Reuters) Posted: 20 Nov 2008 05:01 PM CST  Reuters - Oil prices dropped more than 7 percent to below $50 a barrel on Thursday as a bearish U.S. jobs report intensified concerns of a long and deep global recession and further crushed fuel demand expectations.
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