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. |
India win toss, bat first in Sri Lanka one-dayer (Reuters) Posted: 31 Jan 2009 03:26 AM CST Reuters - India won the toss and opted to bat first against Sri Lanka in the second one-day international on Saturday. |