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• National Advisory Council recommends widening food subsidies (Reuters)
• Govt sets up unified command to tackle Maoists (Reuters)
• S.M. Krishna to press Pakistan on Mumbai probe in talks (Reuters)
• State firms plan monthly petrol rate review (Reuters)
• Retail reforms to benefit sector - R.P. Singh (Reuters)
• Pakistan bans Indian film with Bin Laden lookalike (Reuters)
• Indian Ocean sea level rise threatens millions - study (Reuters)
• Air India expects to cut losses by 75 pct in FY11 (Reuters)
• Inflation stays above 10 pct in June, eyes on RBI (Reuters)
• Bharti Airtel's African deal debt cost at $200 mln (Reuters)
• Pakistan ISI behind Mumbai attacks - Home Secretary (Reuters)
• FACTBOX - Major issues between India and Pakistan (Reuters)
• Cricket could be unlikely saviour of World Cup stadiums (Reuters)
• Actors Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz wed in Bahamas (Reuters)
• POLL - Growth momentum to stay strong in 2010/11 (Reuters)
• Dhoni signs mammoth endorsement deal (Reuters)
• Tibetans' mother tongue faces tide of Chinese (Reuters)
• Ahluwalia sees inflation at 5-6 pct by Dec (Reuters)

National Advisory Council recommends widening food subsidies (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 01:53 PM PDT Reuters - A council headed by Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi recommended on Wednesday widening food subsidies, which if implemented could shore up the ruling party's socialist credentials before state elections.

Govt sets up unified command to tackle Maoists (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 10:07 AM PDT Reuters - The government announced a unified command structure on Wednesday to help coordinate a security offensive against Maoist rebels, but analysts said the move may not be enough to turn around the battle against the insurgency.

S.M. Krishna to press Pakistan on Mumbai probe in talks (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 07:18 AM PDT Reuters - India's foreign minister said he would press Pakistan on the progress of its probe into the Mumbai attacks as he arrived in Islamabad on Wednesday for talks aimed at reviving a peace process broken off after the assault.

State firms plan monthly petrol rate review (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 09:06 AM PDT Reuters - Indian state firms will review petrol prices every month but gasoline rates are unlikely to change in July if international prices and the rupee's exchange rate remains at current levels, a company official said.

Retail reforms to benefit sector - R.P. Singh (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 06:39 AM PDT Reuters - The benefits of opening up India to foreign retailers outweigh concerns, a top government official said, days after a discussion paper on the politically sensitive issue was released.

Pakistan bans Indian film with Bin Laden lookalike (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 06:39 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistani censors have banned an Indian comedy film featuring a lookalike of al Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden, the film's distributor said on Wednesday.

Indian Ocean sea level rise threatens millions - study (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 12:47 AM PDT Reuters - Sea levels are rising unevenly in the Indian Ocean, placing millions at risk along low-lying coastlines in Bangladesh, Indonesia and Sri Lanka, scientists say in a study.

Air India expects to cut losses by 75 pct in FY11 (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 06:30 AM PDT Reuters - State-run carrier Air India, which incurred a loss of 54 billion rupees in FY10, expects to pare losses by around 75 percent in FY11, Chairman Arvind Jadhav said on Wednesday.

Inflation stays above 10 pct in June, eyes on RBI (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 04:06 AM PDT Reuters - India's annual headline inflation remained above 10 percent for the fifth straight month in June, cementing expectations the central bank will raise interest rates for a second time this month to contain surging prices.

Bharti Airtel's African deal debt cost at $200 mln (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 03:56 AM PDT Reuters - Bharti Airtel's annual debt servicing cost for its African deal has been pegged at $200 million, Manik Jhangiani, group CFO at the mobile operator's parent Bharti Enterprises said on Wednesday.

Pakistan ISI behind Mumbai attacks - Home Secretary (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 02:37 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistan's intelligence agency controlled and coordinated the 2008 Mumbai attacks, Home Secretary G.K. Pillai said, in what is the most direct accusation yet of Pakistan by India in the strikes that killed 166 people.

FACTBOX - Major issues between India and Pakistan (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jul 2010 11:32 PM PDT Reuters - The foreign ministers of nuclear-armed rivals Pakistan and India will hold their first substantive talks since the Mumbai attacks of 2008 in Islamabad on Thursday.

Cricket could be unlikely saviour of World Cup stadiums (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 02:57 AM PDT Reuters - Cricket could emerge as an unlikely saviour of South Africa's World Cup soccer stadiums with the decision by Cricket South Africa (CSA) to stage a Twenty20 international at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban.

Actors Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz wed in Bahamas (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 05:42 AM PDT Reuters - Spanish actors Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz have joined the ranks of Oscar-winning married couples after tying the knot in the Bahamas earlier this month, according to several celebrity magazines on Tuesday.

POLL - Growth momentum to stay strong in 2010/11 (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 12:57 AM PDT Reuters - MUMBAI (Reuters) -India's economic growth is expected to accelerate in fiscal 2010/11, supported by a double-digit rise in industrial output and robust domestic demand, a Reuters survey shows.

Dhoni signs mammoth endorsement deal (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jul 2010 08:09 PM PDT Reuters - Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has signed a two-year endorsement deal with a talent management company worth 2 billion rupees ($42 million), local media reported on Tuesday.

Tibetans' mother tongue faces tide of Chinese (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jul 2010 09:07 PM PDT Reuters - Teenager Dawan Dunjhu is Tibetan and lives in Tibet, but says that if his friends and classmates can't master Mandarin Chinese, they have little hope of a professional future.

Ahluwalia sees inflation at 5-6 pct by Dec (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 12:09 AM PDT Reuters - India's wholesale price inflation will ease to 5 percent to 6 percent by December, deputy chairman of planning commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia told reporters on Wednesday.

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