Y.S.R. Reddy buried, succession battle heats up (Reuters) Posted: 04 Sep 2009 07:42 AM PDT Reuters - Tens of thousands of mourners shouted slogans and broke police barricades on Friday to catch a final glimpse of Y.S.R. Reddy, whose death has sparked a succession battle in Andhra Pradesh. |
Split innings will spice up one-dayers, says Tendulkar (Reuters) Posted: 04 Sep 2009 08:26 AM PDT Reuters - Sachin Tendulkar wants one-day cricket to be split into two innings of 25 overs each to bring more balance into the matches. |
India sees trade as key to prosperity - Anand Sharma (Reuters) Posted: 04 Sep 2009 08:11 AM PDT Reuters - India sees increased trade with the rest of the world as the key to prosperity and wants to at least double its share of global trade flows, Commerce Minister Anand Sharma said on Friday. |
Fire on Air India flight put out, passengers safe (Reuters) Posted: 04 Sep 2009 02:38 AM PDT Reuters - A fire on an Air India flight with 228 on board was extinguished on Friday and all passengers safely evacuated, a spokesman for Mumbai airport said. |
Drunk grandmaster checkmated after dozing off in India (Reuters) Posted: 04 Sep 2009 01:32 AM PDT Reuters - A leading French chess player turned up drunk and dozed off after just 11 moves in an international tournament in Kolkata, losing the round on technical grounds, domestic media reported on Friday. |
Intensified Doha talks to resume this month (Reuters) Posted: 04 Sep 2009 07:53 AM PDT Reuters - Key trade ministers agreed on Friday to relaunch the stalled World Trade Organisation's Doha talks with intensified negotiations later this month, Indian Commerce Minister Anand Sharma said. |
INTERVIEW - Japan emissions target hinges on China, India OK (Reuters) Posted: 03 Sep 2009 11:23 PM PDT Reuters - The midterm greenhouse gas emissions target set by Japan's incoming Democratic Party government is based on the premise that there will be an international agreement including China and India, a party executive said on Friday. |
Mudslide in Mumbai suburb after heavy rain kills 11 (Reuters) Posted: 04 Sep 2009 07:13 AM PDT Reuters - A mudslide in a Mumbai suburb killed 11 and injured about 10 people, after heavy rains sent rocks and mud from a hill crashing into a slum late on Thursday, a police spokeswoman said. |
Stars, family honor Michael Jackson at funeral (Reuters) Posted: 04 Sep 2009 07:25 AM PDT Reuters - Michael Jackson was buried on Thursday, more than two months after he died of a drug overdose, marking the last stop for a superstar who spent most of his 50 years in the public gaze. |
H1N1 has killed 2,837, but not more serious-WHO (Reuters) Posted: 04 Sep 2009 07:59 AM PDT Reuters - The pandemic H1N1 flu virus continues to cause widespread infection in many parts of the world but is not becoming more serious, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday. |
Defeated Devvarman looks on bright side (Reuters) Posted: 03 Sep 2009 10:16 PM PDT Reuters - Somdev Devvarman was shown the exit door in the second round of the U.S. Open on Thursday but the Indian preferred to look on the bright side of his experience at Flushing Meadows. |
Trade ministers to study WTO Airbus ruling (Reuters) Posted: 04 Sep 2009 06:55 AM PDT Reuters - Top officials from the United States, European Union and Brazil on Friday awaited a pivotal World Trade Organisation ruling on subsidies to Airbus that stands to impact the global aircraft sector. |
US says fill in the gaps on Doha, don't reopen deal (Reuters) Posted: 04 Sep 2009 02:51 AM PDT Reuters - The United States believes World Trade Organisation members must work hard to fill in the remaining gaps to clinch a Doha deal, not reopen what has been agreed so far, the top U.S. trade official said on Friday. |
Buy art via SMS, jeans on instalments in India (Reuters) Posted: 04 Sep 2009 02:11 AM PDT Reuters - Some retailers in India are using convenience and technology to woo shoppers, whose enthusiasm appears to have been dimmed by the economic downturn and an impending drought. |
5.9-Magnitude quake strikes India-Myanmar border (Reuters) Posted: 03 Sep 2009 07:55 PM PDT Reuters - A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck eastern India near the mountainous border with Myanmar, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on Thursday. |