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• Govt offers official talks with Pakistan (Reuters)
• U.S. launches probe of Prius as Toyota woes mount (Reuters)
• UK, India near accord on civil nuclear cooperation (Reuters)
• Chidambaram's Pakistan visit suggests change in ties (Reuters)
• TIMELINE - Highs and lows in Pakistan-India ties (Reuters)
• Troubled Tiger still tops Forbes brand list (Reuters)
• Curfew in Kashmir as anti-India protests pick up (Reuters)
• IMF forecasts India GDP growth at 6.75 pct in 09/10 (Reuters)
• India's sports power list has brewer, cement maker (Reuters)
• Software industry cuts 2010/11 export forecast (Reuters)
• Food inflation picks up pace; govt steps seen (Reuters)
• Oil ministry to submit price proposals soon (Reuters)
• Toyota's $2 bln recall hit to keep it in the red (Reuters)
• Companies feel threatened by climate fight - U.N. chief (Reuters)
• Lights slowly fading for touring cinemas (Reuters)
• ANALYSIS - Govt to steer cautiously on fuel price subsidies (Reuters)
• Wounded South Africa eye revenge victory in India (Reuters)
• Pakistan would welcome full dialogue with India (Reuters)
• Distracted South Africa face tough task in India (Reuters)
• BSE, NSE to hold special trading on Saturday (Reuters)

Govt offers official talks with Pakistan (Reuters) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 07:19 AM PST Reuters - India has offered to hold official-level talks with Pakistan, a top Indian government official said on Thursday, signalling a return to bilateral dialogue suspended after the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

U.S. launches probe of Prius as Toyota woes mount (Reuters) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 09:18 AM PST Reuters - In the latest blow to Toyota Motor Corp, U.S. safety regulators opened a formal probe into problems with the brakes of the Prius, the world's top-selling hybrid and a vehicle that has powered the automaker's reputation for fuel-efficiency.

UK, India near accord on civil nuclear cooperation (Reuters) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 10:05 AM PST Reuters - Britain and India have reached an outline agreement on nuclear energy cooperation and are looking at expanding ties in defence manufacturing, British Business Secretary Peter Mandelson said on Thursday.

Chidambaram's Pakistan visit suggests change in ties (Reuters) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 06:40 AM PST Reuters - Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram travels to Pakistan for a regional meeting this month, a visit that may lay the ground for improving ties which deteriorated after the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

TIMELINE - Highs and lows in Pakistan-India ties (Reuters) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 12:05 PM PST Reuters - India has offered to hold official-level talks with Pakistan, a top Indian government official said on Thursday, signalling a return to bilateral dialogue suspended after the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

Troubled Tiger still tops Forbes brand list (Reuters) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 10:43 AM PST Reuters - Despite Tiger Woods' problems surrounding his adultery scandal and lost corporate sponsors, the world's No. 1 golfer remains the top athlete brand as ranked by Forbes.

Curfew in Kashmir as anti-India protests pick up (Reuters) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 05:15 AM PST Reuters - Authorities imposed a curfew in Srinagar on Thursday to thwart anti-India protests that have grown in the past week, pointing to possible increasing trouble in the region after a period of relative calm.

IMF forecasts India GDP growth at 6.75 pct in 09/10 (Reuters) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 06:25 AM PST Reuters - The International Monetary Fund has forecast India's economy to grow at 6.75 percent in 2009/10 and 8 percent in 2011/12 on the back of an expected pick-up in private consumption and investment.

India's sports power list has brewer, cement maker (Reuters) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 02:45 AM PST Reuters - A brewer, a sugar baron and a cement maker are among the most influential people in Indian sport, according to a recent power list, elbowing out some of the country's biggest sports stars themselves.

Software industry cuts 2010/11 export forecast (Reuters) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 12:59 AM PST Reuters - Software and services exports in the year to March 2011 will be less than earlier expected as the sector's growth has not been cranked-up enough by the recovering global economy, an industry body said on Thursday.

Food inflation picks up pace; govt steps seen (Reuters) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 12:38 AM PST Reuters - The annual food inflation picked-up pace for the second consecutive week, strengthening the case for more fiscal steps in the federal budget to tame prices after the central bank tightened monetary policy last week.

Oil ministry to submit price proposals soon (Reuters) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 04:23 AM PST Reuters - Oil secretary S. Sundareshan said ministry proposals based on fuel price reforms recommended by a government-appointed panel would be sent to the Cabinet next week.

Toyota's $2 bln recall hit to keep it in the red (Reuters) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 06:11 AM PST Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp expects costs and lost sales from its massive safety recall to total $2 billion by the end of March, keeping it in the red for the year despite its strongest profit in six quarters.

Companies feel threatened by climate fight - U.N. chief (Reuters) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 05:44 AM PST Reuters - Certain countries and companies feel threatened by growing efforts against climate change, the U.N. climate chief said on Thursday, after other officials spoke of a campaign to undermine a consensus on global warming.

Lights slowly fading for touring cinemas (Reuters) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 04:38 AM PST Reuters - Picture a football field on a tea estate in northeastern India, where hundreds of workers sit before a metres-wide screen stretched across bamboo poles to watch the Bollywood hero bash up the goons and win the girl.

ANALYSIS - Govt to steer cautiously on fuel price subsidies (Reuters) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 04:45 AM PST Reuters - India is likely to partly adopt a government panel's advice to lift price controls on gasoline and diesel, but will put the brakes on potentially more politically jarring hikes in the prices of cooking fuels.

Wounded South Africa eye revenge victory in India (Reuters) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 04:08 AM PST Reuters - South Africa fast bowler bowler Dale Steyn said his team were hurt by the agonising defeat they suffered on their last tour of India two years ago.

Pakistan would welcome full dialogue with India (Reuters) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 04:00 AM PST Reuters - India is signalling that it is ready to hold bilateral talks, a move Pakistan would welcome if the talks lead to the resumption of full dialogue, which India suspended in late 2008, a Pakistani minister said on Thursday.

Distracted South Africa face tough task in India (Reuters) Posted: 04 Feb 2010 12:03 AM PST Reuters - South Africa are faced with the daunting prospect of taking on top-ranked India on their home soil just days after long-serving coach Mickey Arthur resigned.

BSE, NSE to hold special trading on Saturday (Reuters) Posted: 03 Feb 2010 10:18 PM PST Reuters - The country's top two stock markets will have a special 90-minute trading session on Saturday, to enable the National Stock Exchange test an upgraded trading system, the NSE and the Bombay Stock Exchange said on their websites.

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