Nehra bowls India into Tri-series finals (Reuters) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 10:29 AM PDT Reuters - India left-armers Ashish Nehra and Yuvraj Singh shared six wickets on Friday to take their team to a six wicket win over New Zealand and a place in the Tri-series final against hosts Sri Lanka. |
Top Pakistani, Indian diplomats to meet this month (Reuters) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 11:01 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistan and India agreed on Friday that their top diplomats would hold talks before their foreign ministers meet on the margins of the U.N. General Assembly in New York this month, Pakistan said. |
India says open to monitoring of some climate projects (Reuters) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 07:57 AM PDT Reuters - India could allow monitoring of green projects built with international finance and technology to prove to rich nations its commitment to fight climate change, the environment minister said on Friday. |
Sunken cargo ship threatens breeding Indian turtles (Reuters) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 08:48 AM PDT Reuters - The mass breeding of India's endangered Olive Ridley turtles could be under threat by iron ore and oil carried in a cargo ship that capsized off India's east coast, a conservationist said on Friday. |
Sutil puts Force India on top at Monza (Reuters) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 11:32 AM PDT Reuters - Force India's Adrian Sutil lapped quickest in free practice for the Italian Grand Prix on Friday while former team mate Giancarlo Fisichella was slowest on his first day as a Ferrari driver. |
China opposes Dalai Lama trip to Arunachal Pradesh (Reuters) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 06:31 AM PDT Reuters - The Dalai Lama plans to visit soon Arunachal Pradesh, part of which China claims as its territory, an aide said on Friday in a trip that could again rile Beijing after it denounced his visit to Taiwan this month. |
Court acquits Nithari accused Moninder Singh Pandher (Reuters) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 06:31 AM PDT Reuters - The Allahabad High Court on Friday overturned the death sentence of Moninder Singh Pandher for the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl on the outskirts of the capital, lawyers and relatives said. |
Drought expands in India, sugar regions hit (Reuters) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 07:57 AM PDT Reuters - India's drought has spread to nearly half its more than 600 districts, particularly in sugar-producing areas, but the government said its grain stocks were bigger than last year and sugarcane output would not fall. |
GE Hitachi in talks with India on 6 nuclear units (Reuters) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 08:48 AM PDT Reuters - GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy said on Friday it was in talks with India's state-owned nuclear power body to build at least six nuclear reactors. |
Renault accuse Piquet of blackmail attempt (Reuters) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 04:19 AM PDT Reuters - The Renault Formula One team accused their former driver Nelson Piquet and his father of attempted blackmail on Friday and said they had commenced criminal proceedings in France against the two Brazilians. |
Organisers cancel Jackson Vienna tribute concert (Reuters) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 07:20 AM PDT Reuters - A scheduled Michael Jackson tribute concert in Vienna has been cancelled and the event will be shifted to London next year, organisers said on Friday. |
Child, forced labor behind many products - U.S. study (Reuters) Posted: 10 Sep 2009 10:38 PM PDT Reuters - Children and forced laborers are mining gold, sewing clothing and harvesting cocoa around the world, and India is the source for the biggest number of products made by these workers, a U.S. government report said on Thursday. |
New York's Sept 11 museum to display hijacker perspective (Reuters) Posted: 10 Sep 2009 10:50 PM PDT Reuters - A museum dedicated to the Sept. 11 attacks will display written quotations drawn from "martyrdom" videos made by the hijackers, along with witness testimonials that will be screened to prevent sympathizers from praising the perpetrators, museum officials said on Thursday. |
Fin min: late rains could ease drought (Reuters) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 04:30 AM PDT Reuters - India's drought may not be as bad as expected if rains improve towards the end of the monsoon season, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said at a conference on Friday. |
Q+A - Pilot strike highlights fragile labour relations (Reuters) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 02:37 AM PDT Reuters - A standoff between pilots and management at India's top private carrier, Jet Airways, entered its fourth day on Friday, underlining fragile labour relations in India, where rigid employment laws have been blamed for a spate of recent strikes. |
Leander Paes and Cara Black lose U.S. Open mixed doubles (Reuters) Posted: 10 Sep 2009 10:49 PM PDT Reuters - American wildcards of Carly Gullickson and Travis Parrott stunned defending champions Cara Black and Leander Paes 6-2 6-4 to win the U.S. Open's mixed doubles championship on Thursday. |
Michael Jackson Vienna concert line-up falling apart (Reuters) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 01:05 AM PDT Reuters - Plans for a Vienna tribute concert honoring Michael Jackson have been dealt a blow, with singers Mary J. Blige, Chris Brown and Natalie Cole not expected to perform, despite efforts by the late pop star's brother, Jermaine, to organize the event. |
Buddhist Bhutan warns felling trees a threat to happiness (Reuters) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 01:15 AM PDT Reuters - Bhutan has warned its citizens over cutting down thousands of young trees every year to make prayer flags, a threat to the tiny kingdom's lush scenery and the government's duty to bring "Gross National Happiness". |
Factory output rises in July for 7th month (Reuters) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 02:17 AM PDT Reuters - India's industrial output grew for a seventh month in July, adding to signs of economic upturn and to the case for a gradual tightening of policy, although weak exports and the impact of a poor monsoon are risks to growth. |