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Indian pair Mirza and Bhupathi win mixed doubles title (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Feb 2009 02:03 AM CST

Reuters - Sania Mirza became the first Indian woman to win a senior grand slam title when she teamed up with compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi to win the Australian Open mixed doubles on Sunday.

Bollywood makes a film about its murky side (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Feb 2009 01:16 AM CST

Reuters - A new Bollywood film gives audiences a ringside view of the Hindi film industry, using an insider's perspective to unmask its dark underbelly of power politics.

Human error at Google sends the wrong message (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Feb 2009 12:14 AM CST

Reuters - Google said that for nearly an hour on Saturday, users got an erroneous message when they did searches on many sites, saying, "This site may harm your computer."

India grapples with high maternal death rate (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 10:47 PM CST

Reuters - In Sindri village in a dirt-poor district of eastern India, Manohar Kumbhakar and his family are still mourning the death of his wife, who died in childbirth aged 25 while being treated by a local quack.

Five newborns killed in incubator fire in Patiala (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 10:01 AM CST

Reuters - An accidental fire in an incubator killed five newborns and injured another at a state-run hospital in Punjab on Saturday, officials said.

Sublime Serena storms to Australian Open title (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 07:22 AM CST

Reuters - Serena Williams stole the show on Saturday, sweeping her fourth Australian Open title and snatching the world number one ranking with a lopsided thrashing of Dinara Safina.

Hero Honda sees growth in tough 2009/10 (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 10:43 AM CST

Reuters - Hero Honda Motors Ltd expects sales to continue to grow in the 2009/10 fiscal year, in spite of a tough economic and financing environment, its chief executive said on Saturday.

Cull planned to curb new West Bengal bird flu outbreak (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 09:27 AM CST

Reuters - Authorities in West Bengal will start culling thousands of chickens and ducks on Sunday to try to contain a fresh outbreak of the H5N1 strain of bird flu, officials said.

Maoists offer peace talks in Chhattisgarh (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 03:23 AM CST

Reuters - Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh said on Saturday they were ready to hold peace talks, an offer welcomed by the state government.

Wipro sees slowdown in big new contracts (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 12:34 PM CST

Reuters - India's No. 3 software services exporter, Wipro Ltd, expects demand for new software and systems to stagnate for up to two years as a result of the global economic slowdown, a top executive said on Saturday.