| Gandhi items to return to India after New York auction (Reuters) Posted: 05 Mar 2009 05:42 PM PST  Reuters - Items that belonged to revered Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi were sold at auction for $1.8 million on Thursday to an Indian tycoon who plans to donate them to his country.
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| India win toss and bat first against New Zealand (Reuters) Posted: 05 Mar 2009 05:56 PM PST  Reuters - India won the toss and elected to bat first in their second one-day international against New Zealand on Friday.
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| Michael Jackson announces comeback in London (Reuters) Posted: 05 Mar 2009 11:31 AM PST  Reuters - U.S. pop star Michael Jackson announced his long-awaited comeback on Thursday, telling hundreds of screaming fans he would perform in London this summer and calling it his "final curtain call" in the city.
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| Former Honda F1 team saved as Brawn GP (Reuters) Posted: 05 Mar 2009 05:53 PM PST  Reuters - The former Honda Formula One team has been saved and will race this season as Brawn GP under new owner Ross Brawn, the renamed team said in a statement on Friday.
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| Pakistan identifies those who attacked cricketers (Reuters) Posted: 05 Mar 2009 11:14 AM PST  Reuters - Pakistani authorities have identified the people responsible for this week's attack on Sri Lanka's cricket team, a senior government official said on Thursday.
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| No joy from Indian rate cuts as outlook fears grow (Reuters) Posted: 05 Mar 2009 07:21 AM PST  Reuters - Surprise interest rate cuts by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) failed to shake off investor gloom on Thursday over an economy running at its weakest pace in years.
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| India agrees to lift ban on wheat exports - reports (Reuters) Posted: 05 Mar 2009 04:52 AM PST  Reuters - A panel of Indian ministers has agreed to lift a ban of exports of wheat and wheat products once elections end in May, local media reported on Thursday, citing sources they did not name.
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| Militants may try attack during polls - Chidambaram (Reuters) Posted: 04 Mar 2009 10:44 PM PST  Reuters - The government fears possible militant attacks during the coming general election campaign, home minister P. Chidambaram said.
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| IPL to tweak schedule to avoid poll clash (Reuters) Posted: 05 Mar 2009 03:16 AM PST  Reuters - India's leading Twenty20 tournament will go ahead despite security concerns but some fixtures are being rescheduled to avoid clashing with national election dates, the IPL tournament director said on Thursday.
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| Samaraweera recovering after bullet removed from leg (Reuters) Posted: 04 Mar 2009 11:59 PM PST  Reuters - Thilan Samaraweera has undergone successful surgery to have a bullet removed from his leg after the batsman was shot in Tuesday's militant attack on the Sri Lanka team bus in the Pakistani city of Lahore.
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| Inflation at 3.03 pct on Feb. 21 (Reuters) Posted: 04 Mar 2009 11:51 PM PST  Reuters - India's wholesale price index rose 3.03 percent in the 12 months to Feb. 21, below the previous week's annual rise of 3.36 percent, government data showed on Thursday.
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| Australian umpires slam Pakistan security (Reuters) Posted: 04 Mar 2009 09:23 PM PST  Reuters - The two Australian umpires caught up in the attack by gunmen on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan have slammed the security arrangements for the tour.
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| India ready to bid for Gandhi memorabilia (Reuters) Posted: 05 Mar 2009 06:41 AM PST  Reuters - India will bid for freedom hero Mahatma Gandhi's personal belongings which are to be auctioned in New York on Thursday, the country's cultural affairs minister said.
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| BSE Sensex drops 2.9 pct to lowest close in 3 yrs (Reuters) Posted: 05 Mar 2009 06:26 AM PST  Reuters - The BSE Sensex sank 2.9 percent to its lowest close in more than three years on Thursday, after a half-point rate cut failed to bolster investor confidence and smother concerns about sagging growth.
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| Pakistan issues sketches of gunmen, no breakthroughs (Reuters) Posted: 05 Mar 2009 02:35 AM PST  Reuters - Pakistani police issued sketches on Thursday of four of the gunmen who attacked Sri Lanka's cricket team but no breakthrough had emerged two days after the militants fired and then melted away.
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| BSE Sensex fall 2 pct to 4-month low (Reuters) Posted: 04 Mar 2009 11:48 PM PST  Reuters - The BSE Sensex fell more than 2 percent to their lowest in more than four months on Thursday, as a half percentage point rate cut by the central bank was seen as too little to lift faltering growth.
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| Tobias Wolff wins Story Prize for short fiction (Reuters) Posted: 04 Mar 2009 10:48 PM PST Reuters - Author Tobias Wolff won the annual Story Prize for short fiction on Wednesday for "Our Story Begins," a compendium of some two dozen short stories including 10 never-before published in book form. |
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