Saina Nehwal calls on women athletes to make an impact (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 12:26 PM PDT Reuters - Badminton world number three Saina Nehwal has urged India's other female athletes to make the sacrifices necessary to break into the country's male-dominated sports community. |
U.S., Russia to swap spies after 10 plead guilty (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 04:54 PM PDT Reuters - Ten people pleaded guilty on Thursday to being agents for Russia while living undercover in the United States as part of a spy swap between the U.S. and Russian governments that revived Cold War-era intrigue. |
Govt panel on energy security to meet Thursday (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 03:39 AM PDT Reuters - A panel of ministers will hold its first meeting later in the day to consider a policy to secure energy supplies for Asia's third-largest economy, Power Secretary Uma Shankar said on Thursday. |
Senna dropped by HRT for British Grand Prix (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 12:39 PM PDT Reuters - Brazilian Bruno Senna has been dropped by his HRT Formula One team for Sunday's British Grand Prix, officials said on Thursday. |
U.N.'s Ban to close Sri Lanka office, recall envoy (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 12:57 PM PDT Reuters - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon retaliated on Thursday for protests led by a Sri Lankan minister outside U.N. premises in Colombo by closing the office and recalling the top U.N. official in the Asian country. |
Govt extends curfew in new parts of troubled Kashmir (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 03:47 AM PDT Reuters - Authorities extended a curfew to new parts of India-controlled Kashmir on Thursday after the army moved to take control of the region's summer capital for the first time in almost two decades to quell massive protests. |
As India cracks down, Maoists star in books, movies (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 03:30 AM PDT Reuters - They have been called India's biggest enemy, but Maoist rebels are also the unlikely subjects of a recent rash of movies and books that some say are romanticising the rebels and their cause. |
Car sales growth seen solid but slowing (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 06:27 AM PDT Reuters - Car sales in India are set to rise 12-13 percent in 2010/11 on the back of an expanding economy but rising interest rates and commodity prices remain a worry, an industry body said on Thursday. |
Q+A - What's happening in troubled Kashmir? (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 04:32 AM PDT Reuters - The government has deployed the army in Srinagar for the first time in nearly two decades to quell huge anti-India protests that have killed 15 people and threaten to destabilise the region. |
Fuel inflation jumps; rate hike seen coming (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 12:04 AM PDT Reuters - India's food inflation eased, but fuel inflation accelerated in late June and a recent hike in fuel prices kept the case for the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to top up its last Friday's rate hike when it reviews policy on July 27. |
Suspected Russian agents want to plead guilty - U.S. (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 01:15 PM PDT Reuters - All 10 people accused of being undercover Russian agents while living in the United States want to plead guilty, a U.S. prosecutor told a court hearing on Thursday. |
Rumours swirl over U.S.-Russia spy swap (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 09:02 AM PDT Reuters - The brother of a jailed Russian nuclear expert said Moscow would free him and send him to Vienna on Thursday in the first stage of a spy swap with the United States, but neither side confirmed the Cold War-style deal. |
Renault-Nissan, Bajaj sign pact for new car (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 07:37 AM PDT Reuters - Renault-Nissan Alliance and Bajaj Auto on Thursday signed an agreement to manufacture an ultra low-cost car to be sold in India and other emerging markets. |
IMF raises 2010 world GDP forecast, flags Europe risks (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 01:06 AM PDT Reuters - The International Monetary Fund upgraded its 2010 global growth forecast on Thursday, citing robust expansion in Asia and renewed U.S. private demand, but warned the euro area's debt crisis posed a big risk to recovery. |
Earthquake shakes California, no damage reported (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 09:02 AM PDT Reuters - A magnitude 5.4 earthquake shook the Southern California desert east of Los Angeles on Wednesday, rattling nerves across the region but causing no serious damage or injuries. |
Monsoon 2 pct above normal in past week - sources (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jul 2010 12:47 AM PDT Reuters - India's annual monsoon rains were 2 percent above normal in the week to July 7, sources in the weather office said on Thursday. |
Army posted in Srinagar as violence spirals (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jul 2010 05:33 PM PDT Reuters - SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) The government deployed the army in Srinagar for the first time in nearly two decades on Wednesday to quell huge anti-India protests that have killed 15 people and threaten to destabilise the region. |
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