Pakistan Zardari: UK must do more to combat militants (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jun 2009 03:57 PM PDT Reuters - Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari said on Tuesday Britain has to tackle its own issues of deprivation to stop the radicalisation of British Muslims. |
High deficit not a concern for India rates - Montek (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jun 2009 08:55 AM PDT Reuters - A higher-than-normal fiscal deficit should not be a concern for Indian interest rates if government spending bridges the gaps in private investment, Montek Singh Ahluwalia said on Tuesday. |
Tata Motors: 55,021 applicants retain Nano booking (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jun 2009 04:14 AM PDT Reuters - Tata Motors, India's largest vehicle maker, said on Tuesday that 55,021 applicants for its Nano who missed out on an allotment of the first 100,000 units of the small car had retained their bookings. |
Tech Mahindra to absorb Satyam at some stage (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jun 2009 07:06 AM PDT Reuters - Tech Mahindra plans to absorb its new unit Mahindra Satyam to create a top-tier Indian outsourcing firm, the vice chairman of the two outsourcing firms said on Tuesday. |
ANALYSIS - Maoist insurgency can hurt industry in India - experts (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jun 2009 02:10 AM PDT Reuters - The growing Maoist insurgency in India over large swathes of the mineral-rich countryside could soon hurt some industrial investment plans just as the country suffers an economic slowdown. |
Patchy monsoon may hurt India economic recovery (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jun 2009 04:19 AM PDT Reuters - A patchy start to India's annual monsoon has raised doubts about a nascent economic upturn, as the poor rainfall in June could hurt growth, push up food prices and prompt more government spending to support farmers. |
Disaster-prone Bangladesh trials early warning cell phone alerts (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jun 2009 07:47 AM PDT Reuters - Tends of thousands of mobile users in Bangladesh's flood and cyclone-prone areas will now receive advance warning of an impending natural disaster through an alert on their cell phones, a government official says. |
Three Indian players delayed by British visa wait (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jun 2009 06:50 AM PDT Reuters - Three Indian players have yet to leave for the West Indies barely three days before the start of the four-match one-day series because of a delay in getting transit visas for Britain. |
Iran says courts will teach protesters a lesson (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jun 2009 09:35 AM PDT Reuters - Iranian authorities said they would teach an exemplary lesson to "rioters" held in the worst unrest since the birth of the Islamic Republic and accused Western powers of inciting the violence. |
Air France crash searchers say no black box found (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jun 2009 06:49 AM PDT Reuters - Investigators have not yet found flight recorders of an Air France airliner that crashed this month, France's air accident authority said on Tuesday after a report that signals from the recorders had been picked up. |
Commonwealth Games budget increased for completion of venues (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jun 2009 03:23 AM PDT Reuters - The Delhi government has significantly increased its budget to complete venues for next year's Commonwealth Games in a positive response to criticism over construction delays, domestic media reported on Tuesday. |
Beckham wins damages over topless model slur (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jun 2009 03:53 AM PDT Reuters - England soccer player David Beckham won substantial libel damages at London's High Court on Tuesday over a newspaper claim that he "made a play" for Hungarian model Mariann Fogarasy. |
Satyam exec: almost no customer attrition recently (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jun 2009 03:47 AM PDT Reuters - India's Mahindra Satyam Ltd has seen almost no customer attrition since mid-April, new chief executive C. P. Gurnani said on Tuesday. |
ONGC finds oil, gas in 3 blocks - paper (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jun 2009 03:00 AM PDT Reuters - India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp has struck oil and gas in three new blocks, the Economic Times reported on Tuesday, citing the state-run explorer's chairman R.S. Sharma. |
Govt plans to add over 14,000 MW capacity in FY10 (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jun 2009 03:00 AM PDT Reuters - India expects to add more than 14,000 megawatts of capacity by the end of March 2010, the power secretary said on Tuesday. |
Govt to make energy label mandatory for cars (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jun 2009 12:47 AM PDT Reuters - Power secretary H.S. Brahma said on Tuesday the government would make energy efficiency labelling mandatory for automobiles by August, a move aimed to help energy conservation. |
Late monsoon won't impact economy much - govt (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jun 2009 03:29 AM PDT Reuters - Delayed monsoon rains may not have much impact on the economy, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said on Tuesday. |
Taliban commander rival to Mehsud killed in Pakistan (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jun 2009 01:00 AM PDT Reuters - A gunman shot dead a rival of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud on Tuesday, dealing a potential blow to a government plan to defeat al Qaeda ally Mehsud. |
Soccer skipper Bhutia in limbo as dispute rumbles on (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jun 2009 01:52 AM PDT Reuters - India captain Bhaichung Bhutia's one-year deal with East Bengal has been put on hold as his public war-of-words with present employers Mohun Bagan continues to rumble on, domestic media reported on Tuesday. |
Bangalore restaurants offer expats a taste of home (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jun 2009 12:04 AM PDT Reuters - Fancy sushi or kimchi? How about some central Asian kebabs or borsch? Many foreigners in India's information technology capital Bangalore now find it easier to get a taste of home. |