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• Bharti Airtel denies agreement reached with MTN (Reuters)
• Danish PM to visit India to boost climate talks (Reuters)
• Harbhajan courts more controversy after camera punch (Reuters)
• Ship carrying iron ore sinks off Orissa's coast (Reuters)
• Bobby and Jackie; a modern American Greek tragedy (Reuters)
• India says participants happy with Games security plan (Reuters)
• India has no worries on food shortages - PM (Reuters)
• Flights again disrupted as Jet pilots strike (Reuters)
• Growth India's main worry, not inflation - finance secretary (Reuters)
• "Beatlemania" strikes with CDs, video game launch (Reuters)
• Williams and Force India rejoin teams association (Reuters)
• Kirsten urges India to target top ODI ranking (Reuters)
• India tourism receipts down 14.8 pct in Jan-Aug (Reuters)
• Bharti, MTN in early agreement on tie-up - Bloomberg (Reuters)
• Govt looking to invest $412 mln in textile parks (Reuters)
• Army officer, two militants killed in Kashmir (Reuters)
• Force India missed chance, says Ecclestone (Reuters)
• RBI re-appoints Gopinath deputy govenor (Reuters)
• WPI seen down 0.08 pct y/y as on Aug 29 - POLL (Reuters)
• NATO troops free kidnapped NY Times reporter (Reuters)

Bharti Airtel denies agreement reached with MTN (Reuters) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 10:17 AM PDT Reuters - Indian mobile-phone company Bharti Airtel denied it had reached an agreement with South Africa's MTN on their planned multi-billion dollar share and cash swap, contrary to an earlier media report.

Danish PM to visit India to boost climate talks (Reuters) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 09:48 AM PDT Reuters - Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen will travel to India on Thursday to push for progress in talks on a global climate treaty that world leaders hope to conclude in Copenhagen in December, officials said.

Harbhajan courts more controversy after camera punch (Reuters) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 07:48 AM PDT Reuters - Bowler Harbhajan Singh spun into fresh controversy on Wednesday after angrily punching a hand-held television camera after the cameraman brushed against him while filming.

Ship carrying iron ore sinks off Orissa's coast (Reuters) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 10:47 AM PDT Reuters - A cargo ship carrying around 25,000 tonnes of iron ore capsized off Orissa's coast on Wednesday evening and a crew member is missing, a senior port official said.

Bobby and Jackie; a modern American Greek tragedy (Reuters) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 08:48 AM PDT Reuters - The Kennedy family saga was already the Greek tragedy of modern American history, but a book alleging a love affair between Robert F. Kennedy and his brother's wife adds new pathos to the tale.

India says participants happy with Games security plan (Reuters) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 10:34 AM PDT Reuters - Security arrangements for next year's Commonwealth Games in New Delhi have won the approval of officials of many of the participating countries, Indian authorities said on Wednesday.

India has no worries on food shortages - PM (Reuters) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 05:42 AM PDT Reuters - India has adequate food stocks to make up a shortfall in output this year and will step up efforts to mitigate distress of farmers hit by deficient monsoon rains, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday.

Flights again disrupted as Jet pilots strike (Reuters) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 06:48 AM PDT Reuters - India's Jet Airways said it cancelled more than 200 flights on Wednesday as a pilots' strike dragged into a second day, underlining uneasy labour relations that can hurt competitiveness.

Growth India's main worry, not inflation - finance secretary (Reuters) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 08:00 AM PDT Reuters - India's main economic worry is lifting growth in Asia's third-largest economy rather than inflation, Finance Secretary Ashok Chawla said on Wednesday, adding he saw no need for the Reserve Bank of India to change policy.

"Beatlemania" strikes with CDs, video game launch (Reuters) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 07:35 AM PDT Reuters - A wave of "Beatlemania" struck Britain's streets on Wednesday as the Fab Four released a specially remastered edition of their albums, complete with an interactive video game for a new generation of fans.

Williams and Force India rejoin teams association (Reuters) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 08:42 AM PDT Reuters - Williams and Force India have rejoined the Formula One Teams' Association as full members after being suspended earlier in the season, FOTA said on Wednesday.

Kirsten urges India to target top ODI ranking (Reuters) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 03:50 AM PDT Reuters - Coach Gary Kirsten has urged his players to focus on becoming the top one-day side, which they can do by winning every match in the one-day tri-series in Sri Lanka.

India tourism receipts down 14.8 pct in Jan-Aug (Reuters) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 07:24 AM PDT Reuters - India saw a 14.8 percent decline in gross tourism receipts to $6.9 billion in Jan-Aug as the global economic slump and fears of rising cases of H1N1 infection discouraged visitors, data showed on Wednesday.

Bharti, MTN in early agreement on tie-up - Bloomberg (Reuters) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 08:24 AM PDT Reuters - Indian mobile-phone company Bharti Airtel and South Africa's MTN have reached a preliminary agreement for their planned $24 billion share and cash swap, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.

Govt looking to invest $412 mln in textile parks (Reuters) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 07:35 AM PDT Reuters - India is considering setting up 15 more textile parks worth 20 billion rupees ($412 million) over the next three years to boost the industry, Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran said on Wednesday.

Army officer, two militants killed in Kashmir (Reuters) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 03:25 AM PDT Reuters - An Indian army officer and two militants were killed on Wednesday in a firefight as soldiers prevented fresh attempts by militants to infiltrate into Kashmir from Pakistan, the army said.

Force India missed chance, says Ecclestone (Reuters) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 01:53 AM PDT Reuters - Force India should have chosen an Indian driver to replace Giancarlo Fisichella when the Italian switched to Ferrari to help boost the build up for the nation's inaugural grand prix in 2011, Bernie Ecclestone has said.

RBI re-appoints Gopinath deputy govenor (Reuters) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 07:24 AM PDT Reuters - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Wednesday it has re-appointed Shyamala Gopinath as a deputy governor up to June 20, 2011.

WPI seen down 0.08 pct y/y as on Aug 29 - POLL (Reuters) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 02:39 AM PDT Reuters - India's wholesale price index (WPI) is forecast to have trimmed its fall to nearly zero in the year to Aug. 29 from the previous week's annual decline of 0.21 percent, a Reuters poll of 11 economists showed on Wednesday.

NATO troops free kidnapped NY Times reporter (Reuters) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 03:08 AM PDT Reuters - NATO troops freed a kidnapped British reporter for the New York Times in northern Afghanistan on Wednesday, but his Afghan colleague, a British soldier and at least one civilian were killed in the rescue.

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