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• Govt bans pre-paid mobile connections in Kashmir (Reuters)
• India says Doha deal does not need to be perfect (Reuters)
• WHO prepares H1N1 vaccines for developing countries (Reuters)
• Tax dept issues claim notice to Vodafone (Reuters)
• Bharti Airtel launches per-second billing (Reuters)
• INTERVIEW - IOC's Bubka urges action against Agassi (Reuters)
• India's new defence policy to open $100 bln market (Reuters)
• Lee to return to Australia after injury (Reuters)
• MMTC issues first global rice import tender (Reuters)
• PM wants progress on reform, eyes 10 pct growth (Reuters)
• Aamir Khan to star in 3 Idiots (Reuters)
• Genus Power says fire breaks out at Jaipur unit (Reuters)
• Bharti sees price war hurting growth; shares dive (Reuters)
• Accused Rajaratnam 'confident' can win at trial (Reuters)
• ICICI Q2 net up; balance sheet set to grow again (Reuters)
• Mass-market U.N. carbon scheme finds favour in India (Reuters)
• India grants Congo $263 mln in infrastructure loans (Reuters)
• Expect to return to 9 pct growth in 2 years - Mukherjee (Reuters)
• Federer, Nadal upset at Agassi drug taking (Reuters)
• Michael Jackson movie earns $20 million on 1st day (Reuters)

Govt bans pre-paid mobile connections in Kashmir (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 11:19 AM PDT Reuters - The government on Friday banned pre-paid mobile phone connections in Jammu and Kashmir over security concerns.

India says Doha deal does not need to be perfect (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 09:13 AM PDT Reuters - India on Friday warned negotiators against holding out for the best possible outcome on individual issues in Doha, saying it blocked progress at a time when patience with the world trade talks was wearing thin.

WHO prepares H1N1 vaccines for developing countries (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 08:44 AM PDT Reuters - The World Health Organisation has launched a programme to give H1N1 flu vaccines to nearly 100 developing countries, with the first ones receiving the shots soon, its vaccine expert said on Friday.

Tax dept issues claim notice to Vodafone (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 08:53 AM PDT Reuters - India on Friday asked Vodafone Group to defend itself in the latest twist of a long-running tax dispute sparked by the $11.2 billion stake purchase of Hutchison Telecom's Indian operations in 2007.

Bharti Airtel launches per-second billing (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 05:55 AM PDT Reuters - Bharti Airtel, India's top mobile operator, said on Friday it had launched a per-second billing plan, a reaction to increasing price competition in the world's fastest-growing mobile market.

INTERVIEW - IOC's Bubka urges action against Agassi (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 08:22 AM PDT Reuters - Former world number one Andre Agassi should be punished for taking banned substances and then lying to tennis officials about it, International Olympic Committee member Sergei Bubka said on Friday.

India's new defence policy to open $100 bln market (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:26 AM PDT Reuters - Indian defence companies will gain access to a potential $100 billion market over the next 10 years, following a new policy that allows domestic firms to bid for large defence contracts, officials said on Friday.

Lee to return to Australia after injury (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 07:53 AM PDT Reuters - Strike bowler Brett Lee will miss the remainder of Australia's one-day series against India because of an elbow injury, Cricket Australia said on Friday.

MMTC issues first global rice import tender (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 08:53 AM PDT Reuters - India has issued a rice import tender with the state-owned MMTC floating a global tender seeking 10,000 tonnes to be delivered in mid-December on the country's east coast.

PM wants progress on reform, eyes 10 pct growth (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 06:04 AM PDT Reuters - India will push forward with financial reforms and needs to increase investment in rural education, health and infrastructure to lift its economic growth rate to 10 percent, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday.

Aamir Khan to star in 3 Idiots (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 10:11 AM PDT Reuters - MUMBAI (Reuters) Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan will next be seen in the celluloid adaptation of author Chetan Bhagats best selling fiction five point someone what not to do at IIT.

Genus Power says fire breaks out at Jaipur unit (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 03:00 AM PDT Reuters - Genus Power Infrastructures Ltd said on Friday a major fire out at its manufacturing unit in Jaipur and it may take several hours before it was bought under control.

Bharti sees price war hurting growth; shares dive (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:34 AM PDT Reuters - Bharti Airtel, India's top mobile operator, gave a downbeat outlook due to a nasty price war after posting its slowest pace of profit growth in at least six years, sending its shares down nearly 7 percent.

Accused Rajaratnam 'confident' can win at trial (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:41 AM PDT Reuters - Lawyers for Raj Rajaratnam, the billionaire founder of Galleon hedge fund accused of insider trading, said the U.S. government's case is weak and they were confident of winning any trial, according to a letter filed in court on Thursday.

ICICI Q2 net up; balance sheet set to grow again (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:01 AM PDT Reuters - ICICI Bank, India's No.2 lender, expects its loan book to grow after at least five quarters of contraction as its focus on corporate and mortgage loans gains from a rise in business confidence in Asia's third largest economy.

Mass-market U.N. carbon scheme finds favour in India (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 01:09 AM PDT Reuters - A new type of U.N. scheme is spreading clean energy technology to millions of people in India, promising to cut carbon emissions and help investors earn valuable carbon credits.

India grants Congo $263 mln in infrastructure loans (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:52 AM PDT Reuters - India has offered Democratic Republic of Congo $263 million in loans to build hydroelectric plants and repair battered infrastructure in the war-ravaged central African nation, Congo's foreign minister said on Friday.

Expect to return to 9 pct growth in 2 years - Mukherjee (Reuters) Posted: 29 Oct 2009 11:40 PM PDT Reuters - Growth in India was likely to pick up from the October-December quarter of FY10 and the country can return to 9 percent growth in the next two years, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said at a summit on Friday.

Federer, Nadal upset at Agassi drug taking (Reuters) Posted: 29 Oct 2009 09:24 PM PDT Reuters - Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal both voiced their displeasure at Andre Agassi after the former world number one revealed he took the recreational drug crystal meth in 1997 and lied about the reasons for a positive test.

Michael Jackson movie earns $20 million on 1st day (Reuters) Posted: 29 Oct 2009 09:25 PM PDT Reuters - The Michael Jackson movie "This Is It" earned $20.1 million at worldwide box offices on its first day in theaters as fans around the globe turned out in strong numbers, Columbia Pictures said on Thursday.

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