| Congress battles left as India votes in 4th round (Reuters) Posted: 07 May 2009 05:50 AM PDT  Reuters - Millions of Indians voted in the penultimate stage of a general election on Thursday as violence marred the ballot in West Bengal where the ruling Congress-led alliance hopes to win crucial seats.
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| Hayden steers Chennai to top of IPL standings (Reuters) Posted: 07 May 2009 03:18 PM PDT  Reuters - Matthew Hayden's swashbuckling knock of 89 helped propel the Chennai Super Kings to a 12-run victory over Kings XI Punjab that put them top of the Indian Premier League standings on Thursday.
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| Pakistan says army will eliminate "terrorists" (Reuters) Posted: 07 May 2009 12:05 PM PDT  Reuters - Pakistan's government ordered the army to eliminate militants on Thursday, setting the stage for a major offensive against Taliban fighters battling security forces in a northwestern valley.
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| Chennai Super Kings beat Kings XI Punjab by 12 runs (Reuters) Posted: 07 May 2009 12:41 PM PDT Reuters - Chennai Super Kings beat Kings XI Punjab by 12 runs on the Duckworth Lewis method in their Indian Premier League match in Centurion on Thursday. |
| Rajasthan Royals beat Bangalore by seven wickets (Reuters) Posted: 07 May 2009 06:53 AM PDT  Reuters - The Rajasthan Royals beat the Bangalore Royal Challengers by seven wickets in their Indian Premier League match in Centurion, South Africa on Thursday.
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| Worldwide H1N1 flu tally tops 2,000 - WHO (Reuters) Posted: 07 May 2009 05:45 AM PDT  Reuters - More than 2,000 people in 23 countries worldwide have now been infected with H1N1 flu, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday.
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| India treads fine line in Nepal's political crisis (Reuters) Posted: 07 May 2009 02:33 AM PDT  Reuters - India is walking a diplomatic tightrope as Nepal tries to form a new government, aware that excessive meddling in its traditional "backyard" could risk pushing the fragile Himalayan democracy closer to China.
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| WHO urges Asian govts to stay vigilant against flu (Reuters) Posted: 07 May 2009 06:49 AM PDT  Reuters - Asian health ministers meeting in Thailand on Friday will discuss producing vaccines and antiviral drugs in their region to combat the H1N1 flu virus and other potential pandemics, officials said.
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| Virgin sees space tourism as just the beginning (Reuters) Posted: 07 May 2009 06:12 AM PDT  Reuters - Long-haul trips could be made in spaceships instead of planes in 20 years' time if Virgin's efforts to commercialise space travel succeed, the president of Virgin Galactic told Reuters in an interview.
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| WTO reports big jump in anti-dumping cases (Reuters) Posted: 07 May 2009 05:33 AM PDT Reuters - The number of investigations by members of the World Trade Organisation into unfairly priced imports jumped by a fifth last year as the financial crisis gathered steam, WTO data published on Thursday showed. |
| China warns France against award for Dalai Lama (Reuters) Posted: 07 May 2009 03:34 AM PDT  Reuters - China on Thursday warned France not to grant exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama honorary citizenship of Paris when he visits next month, saying it would only anger the Chinese people.
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| Thousands flee as Pakistani jets hit Swat (Reuters) Posted: 07 May 2009 06:43 AM PDT  Reuters - Pakistani aircraft pounded Taliban positions in the Swat valley on Thursday as thousands of people took advantage of a break in a curfew to flee from the region.
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| ELECTION EYE - Left says will not support Congress-led govt (Reuters) Posted: 06 May 2009 11:05 PM PDT  Reuters - The following is a snapshot of recent developments in India's general election campaign. (The sources are mentioned in brackets)
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| Irish student's Jarre wiki hoax dupes journalists (Reuters) Posted: 07 May 2009 02:19 AM PDT  Reuters - "When I die there will be a final waltz playing in my head," Oscar-winning French composer Maurice Jarre once said, according to several newspapers reporting his death in March.
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| FACTBOX - Indian election: numbers, symbols and records (Reuters) Posted: 07 May 2009 02:23 AM PDT  Reuters - Millions of Indians began voting in the fourth stage of a general election on Thursday, including the possible swing state of West Bengal where the ruling Congress-led alliance hopes to win crucial seats.
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| Slowing highway bids point to issues in infra planning (Reuters) Posted: 07 May 2009 12:51 AM PDT  Reuters - India's ambitious highway programme has hit a speedbreaker as wary investors shy away from funding, but experts say the problem lies deeper and the process of offering and bidding for highway upgradations needs a review.
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| FACTBOX - Potential swing states in India elections (Reuters) Posted: 07 May 2009 02:11 AM PDT  Reuters - Millions of Indians began voting in the penultimate round of a general election on Thursday, including the possible swing state of West Bengal where the ruling Congress-led alliance hopes to win crucial seats.
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| Just vote, Bollywood stars ask fans in Indian poll (Reuters) Posted: 06 May 2009 11:32 PM PDT  Reuters - Just like in Hollywood, it's hard to keep the politics out of Bollywood, but at this year's Indian election, the stars are just appealing to voters to go to the polls, spurred, in part, by the militant attacks on Mumbai.
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| Bollywood film offers peek into India's media industry (Reuters) Posted: 06 May 2009 11:40 PM PDT  Reuters - A new Bollywood film delves into the highly competitive world of television news reporting in India, putting the spotlight on the media industry's insatiable appetite for advertisers and viewers.
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| Former army chief to protect Sri Lankan team (Reuters) Posted: 07 May 2009 12:47 AM PDT  Reuters - Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) have appointed a former head of the country's army as their security consultant following the attack on the team in Lahore in March ahead of a test match against Pakistan.
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