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India demands Sri Lanka end war on Tamil Tigers (Reuters) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 12:39 PM PDT Reuters - India asked Sri Lanka on Thursday to stop its military campaign against the Tamil Tigers, while the issue forced a regional party to shut down a key electoral swing state in the middle of India's election.

"Idol" Anoop Desai ditches grad school for music (Reuters) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 04:41 PM PDT Reuters - Out but far from down, "American Idol" reject Anoop Desai said on Thursday he was leaving behind his graduate school studies to pursue a career in the music industry.

INTERVIEW - RBI's Mohan says consumer prices to fall (Reuters) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 11:28 AM PDT Reuters - Consumer prices in India will likely fall in the months ahead, and inflation is no worry for the country's central bank, its deputy governor said on Thursday.

Reliance Q4 net down 1 pct but beats f'cast (Reuters) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 04:35 AM PDT Reuters - India's biggest energy group, Reliance Industries Ltd, quarterly net profit fell 1 percent as global economic crisis hurt demand, but still fared better than market expectations.

EXCLUSIVE - Rebel players heading to U.S. Twenty20 event (Reuters) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 09:06 AM PDT Reuters - Players from the rebel Indian Cricket League and some big names from the sport's past are to take part in an as yet unauthorised Twenty20 tournament in New York in October, the event organiser told Reuters on Thursday.

Nepal firm to expand mobile coverage to Everest (Reuters) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 06:15 AM PDT Reuters - A Nepali telecom firm plans to expand its mobile phone services to the top of Mount Everest, benefitting climbers on the world's highest mountain, a company official said on Thursday.

Delhi Daredevils beat Chennai Super Kings by nine runs (Reuters) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 09:08 AM PDT Reuters - Delhi Daredevils beat Chennai Super Kings by nine runs in their Indian Premier League match at Kingsmead on Thursday.

IBM plans cloud computing services for 2009 (Reuters) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 10:19 AM PDT Reuters - International Business Machines Corp plans to launch cloud computing services this year, taking on companies such as Amazon.com Inc, Microsoft Corp and Google Inc.

Mani Ratnam released from hospital (Reuters) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 03:23 PM PDT Reuters - Filmmaker Mani Ratnam has been released from hospital, a week after he was admitted with chest discomfort, a hospital spokeswoman said on Thursday.

Sri Lanka struggles to cope with war zone refugees (Reuters) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 07:01 AM PDT Reuters - Authorities are struggling to cope with more than 100,000 people who have fled Sri Lanka's war zone, aid agencies said on Thursday, while fighting blocked the Red Cross from evacuating wounded people and delivering aid.

Millions of Indians vote in new round of mammoth poll (Reuters) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 03:27 PM PDT Reuters - Millions of Indians, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, voted peacefully on Thursday in the second stage of a month-long general election that could produce a weak coalition government.

Congress might face setback in Andhra Pradesh (Reuters) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 04:13 AM PDT Reuters - If this Indian bellwether state of high-tech industry and struggling farmers is anything to go by, the ruling Congress party may suffer at the ballot box as regional parties woo frustrated voters.

Pakistan deploys troops in Taliban-held district (Reuters) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 05:02 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistan on Thursday sent paramilitary troops to a district virtually taken over by the Taliban, a day after Washington said Islamabad had abdicated to the militants by agreeing to impose Islamic law in the region.

Annual inflation unexpectedly nudges up (Reuters) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 02:58 AM PDT Reuters - India's annual inflation rate unexpectedly rose in the second week of April on higher food and manufactured product prices, but analysts said inflation would turn negative in coming weeks paving the way for more rate cuts.

ELECTION EYE - Left says may join government (Reuters) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 09:50 PM PDT Reuters - The following is a snapshot of recent developments in India's general election campaign. (The sources are mentioned in brackets).

Rising bad debts cast shadow over bank earnings (Reuters) Posted: 23 Apr 2009 01:03 AM PDT Reuters - State Bank of India, the country's largest lender, is expected to post a 16.3 percent rise in quarterly net profit on strong loan growth, but rival ICICI Bank could see profit slump by a third on consumer defaults.

FACTBOX - Farm policies of India's main political parties (Reuters) Posted: 22 Apr 2009 11:45 PM PDT Reuters - The likely formation of a Congress-led government after India's elections will help resume exports of wheat and rice and continue existing policies but if it needs the support of its leftist allies, this may stifle farm futures and discourage grain purchases by foreign firms.

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