PM Singh says assured by U.S. on Pakistan (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 11:32 AM PST Reuters - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday he was assured that U.S. influence on Pakistan would help prod Islamabad to crack down on militants who target India. |
Pakistan court charges Mumbai attack suspects (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 10:38 AM PST Reuters - A Pakistani court indicted seven Pakistani suspects on terror charges on Wednesday in connection with last year's attack on the Indian city of Mumbai, a defence lawyer said. |
India tighten grip after Dravid's 28th test ton (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 09:32 AM PST Reuters - Rahul Dravid completed his 28th test century and moved into fourth place on the all-time scorers list as India tightened their grip on the second test against Sri Lanka on Wednesday. |
PM Singh sees no hurdles to nuclear deal completion (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 08:02 AM PST Reuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday that he saw no major hurdles to quickly implementing a bilateral civil agreement with the United States that would open up India's potential $150 billion market in power plants. |
EXCLUSIVE - India to scrap bank voting rights cap (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 09:19 AM PST Reuters - India plans a major boost for foreign investors in privately-run banks by allowing them voting rights in proportion to their stakeholdings. |
Mahindra Satyam shares tumble on new Satyam charges (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 08:08 AM PST Reuters - Shares in Mahindra Satyam fell 11 percent to a five-month low on Wednesday after India's central investigation agency filed new charges over an accounting fraud that hit the company earlier this year. |
Q+A - Politics stirs over Ayodhya mosque report (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 04:08 AM PST Reuters - A government-backed inquiry has accused several of India's top opposition politicians of having a role in the destruction of an ancient mosque in 1992 that triggered some of the country's worst religious riots. |
India on the vigil but remains vulnerable to attacks (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 01:28 AM PST Reuters - The paramilitary troops outside the Trident and Taj Mahal hotels suggest a higher level of security a year after militants laid siege to Mumbai, but it may all be a mirage as the country still remains very vulnerable. |
Reuters Summit - IT firms back to their hiring ways (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 07:07 AM PST Reuters - Indian IT service firms are looking to throw open their gates yet again to prospective employees as the gloom of the global recession lifts from the $60 billion industry and demand for outsourcing services improves. |
Clean energy, better homes cut pollution, save lives (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 04:37 AM PST Reuters - Better home insulation and ventilation and using electricity instead of fossil fuels could reduce indoor pollution and save thousands of lives, especially in low-income countries like India, a study has found. |
Reuters Summit - IT cos cautious on growth, eye M&A (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 06:54 AM PST Reuters - India's top IT firms expressed optimism about a gradual recovery on Wednesday but stopped short of flagging a sharp rebound in the near term on uncertainties about the strength of the global economic resurgence. |
Nehra rewarded with central contract from cricket board (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 06:34 AM PST Reuters - Indian medium pacer Ashish Nehra has been rewarded for his successful return to the national team with a central contact for the 2009-2010 season. |
Reuters Summit - Indian IT firms jump on cloud computing bandwagon (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 06:47 AM PST Reuters - Indian IT firms may be forced to look beyond their bread-and-butter offshoring model, as a potential game changer in the form of "cloud computing", the hottest new buzzword in Silicon Valley, floats east. |
Nepal temple conducts biggest sacrifice of animals (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 04:21 AM PST Reuters - At least 15,000 buffalo and "countless" goats and birds were sacrificed in a temple in southern Nepal, organisers said on Wednesday, a ritual billed as the single biggest animal slaughter on earth. |
Reuters Summit - Indian outsourcers show signs of M&A appetite (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 06:54 AM PST Reuters - Indian outsourcing companies are looking to step up deal momentum amid rising consolidation in the industry as they face the threat of their services getting commoditized. |
Reuters Summit - Indian techie logging out of downturn gloom (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 03:59 AM PST Reuters - As pundits around the world talk of "green shoots" and a W-shaped recovery, a software engineer with a Bangalore-based IT firm is looking at her own personal economic indicator to find out if the gloom has evaporated. |
Wal-Mart has not applied for retail stores - min (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 01:03 AM PST Reuters - Wal-Mart Stores, the world's largest retailer, has not sought to invest in retail stores in India, the junior trade minister told parliament on Wednesday. |
Reuters Summit - Infosys to focus on small buys (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 12:44 AM PST Reuters - Infosys Technologies Ltd, India's No. 2 software exporter, is focused on small acquisitions to boost growth and does not expect pricing to improve in the near term, a top executive said. |
Obama seeks to reassure Singh on U.S.-India ties (Reuters) Posted: 24 Nov 2009 07:18 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama sought to reassure Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday of his commitment to boosting U.S. ties with India even as his administration has set its rivals, China and Pakistan, as top priorities. |
Reuters Summit - Wipro says financial segment improving (Reuters) Posted: 24 Nov 2009 11:50 PM PST Reuters - Wipro Ltd is seeing an uptick in demand at its key financial services segment and expects to sustain overall operating margins in the near term as the business environment improves. |