| Health authorities prepare to limit flu drug use (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2009 06:07 PM PDT  Reuters - The two drugs used to treat influenza should be used carefully and only when needed for the chronically ill, pregnant women and other vulnerable patients, global health officials said on Tuesday.
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| Bravo and Tendulkar dazzle in Mumbai Indians victory (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2009 12:13 PM PDT  Reuters - Dwayne Bravo and Sachin Tendulkar led the Mumbai Indians to an eight-wicket victory over the Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Tuesday.
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| Ferrari will quit F1 if 2010 rules stand (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2009 09:11 AM PDT  Reuters - Ferrari will quit Formula One at the end of this season if current plans for a budget cap for 2010 are not abandoned, the champions said on Tuesday.
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| IPL suspends controversial mobile phone-based contest (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2009 12:17 PM PDT  Reuters - Indian Premier League (IPL) organisers have suspended a controversial mobile phone-based contest following concerns raised by the country's sports minister last week that it amounted to gambling.
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| Royal Challengers beat Knight Riders by six wickets (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2009 08:00 AM PDT  Reuters - Bangalore Royal Challengers beat Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets in their Indian Premier League match on Tuesday.
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| ANALYSIS - Congress may lose key seats in Tamil Nadu (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2009 05:52 AM PDT  Reuters - In Tamil Nadu, a key southern state just a few miles from war-torn Sri Lanka, a coalition led by the Congress party may lose vital seats it needs to forge a winning alliance after the mammoth general election.
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| Sri Lanka troops breach Tiger defences (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2009 01:49 PM PDT  Reuters - Sri Lankan troops broke through Tamil Tiger defenses on Tuesday and aid officials said both sides were making it impossible to save civilians still at risk in the rebel's fast shrinking last redoubt.
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| Pakistan soldiers swoop on Taliban stronghold - army (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2009 06:10 PM PDT  Reuters - Helicopter-borne Pakistani soldiers swooped into a Taliban stronghold in a remote corner of Swat on Tuesday as the United Nations urged help for hundreds of thousands displaced by the fighting.
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| ANALYSIS - BJP gaining momentum (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2009 05:30 AM PDT  Reuters - After trailing for weeks, India's Hindu nationalist opposition may now be gaining momentum against a fumbling ruling Congress party-led coalition thanks to some savvy alliance building.
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| "Shotgun" vs "Leno": stars battle it out in Bihar poll (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2009 02:04 AM PDT  Reuters - Playing out for real in Bollywood-crazed India: Star Wars, the election edition.
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| Most H1N1 patients do not need drugs to recover - WHO (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2009 09:50 AM PDT  Reuters - Most H1N1 flu patients do not require antiviral therapy to recover, but it remains important to develop a pandemic vaccine as there is a risk of future drug resistance, a World Health Organisation expert said on Tuesday.
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| Sri Lanka brushes off criticism, guns for Tigers (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2009 03:35 AM PDT  Reuters - Sri Lankan troops broke through Tamil Tiger defences on Tuesday and the government brushed off Western criticism of civilian deaths as a rebel-orchestrated bid for a last-minute reprieve.
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| BSE Sensex rises 4 pct on BJP win hopes (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2009 03:31 AM PDT  Reuters - Indian shares provisionally rose 4.2 percent on Tuesday, on speculation the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led group was gaining momentum in national elections.
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| Pakistan's Swat offensive risks wider backlash (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2009 05:59 AM PDT  Reuters - Pakistan's heavy-handed offensive against the Taliban in northwest Pakistan is misguided and risks further destabilising the country, western military and intelligence experts argue.
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| Indian factory output slides sharply as exports fall (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2009 03:09 AM PDT  Reuters - India's industrial output fell at its steepest annual pace in at least 14 years in March, leaving the door open for further interest rate cuts by the central bank, but analysts said the economy was still set for recovery from late 2009.
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| Slowdown, political uncertainty hit India infrastructure (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2009 01:01 AM PDT  Reuters - One of India's most ambitious infrastructure projects, an $325 million eight-lane bridge running through the sea off Mumbai, opens next month after negotiating a maze of bureaucracy, courts and street protests.
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| Bookies bet on Congress win in election (Reuters) Posted: 12 May 2009 04:49 AM PDT  Reuters - If India's faceless bookmakers are any guide, the ruling Congress party will probably scrape through the current election with Manmohan Singh the firm favourite to retain the prime ministership.
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| ELECTION EYE - Congress reaching out to woo allies (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2009 10:28 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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