Gavaskar says Indians must go back to school (Reuters) Posted: 14 May 2010 01:01 PM PDT Reuters - India's batsmen should be sent back to the national academy to learn how to deal with short-pitched bowling, former great Sunil Gavaskar said in St Lucia on Friday. |
Hussey gives Aussies breathtaking last-over win (Reuters) Posted: 14 May 2010 01:55 PM PDT Reuters - Magical Michael Hussey smashed three sixes in four balls to inspire Australia to a remarkable three-wicket win over holders Pakistan in the last over of Friday's Twenty20 World Cup semi-final in St Lucia. |
Whoops! Google says mistakenly got wireless data (Reuters) Posted: 14 May 2010 02:08 PM PDT Reuters - Google Inc said its fleet of cars responsible for photographing streets around the world have for several years accidentally collected personal information that consumers send over wireless networks. |
Investigators in Libya comb site of crashed Airbus (Reuters) Posted: 14 May 2010 01:46 PM PDT Reuters - Aviation experts combed debris for more clues on Thursday after finding the two black boxes from an Airbus jet that crashed at Libya's Tripoli airport, killing all but one of the 104 people on board. |
Suspected militants kill policeman in Hyderabad (Reuters) Posted: 14 May 2010 09:46 AM PDT Reuters - Suspected militants shot dead a policeman in a drive-by attack in Hyderabad on Friday and wounded two others, the police chief said. |
Monsoon to arrive on May 30 - govt (Reuters) Posted: 14 May 2010 09:46 AM PDT Reuters - Monsoon rains, critical to farm output in India's trillion-dollar economy, will arrive on May 30, two days before normal, Earth Sciences Minister Prithviraj Chavan said on Friday. |
Govt to consult mobile operators on new fees (Reuters) Posted: 14 May 2010 02:17 AM PDT Reuters - The government will listen to mobile phone operators' concerns before finalising plans to slap new fees on second-generation spectrum, Telecoms Minister Andimuthu Raja said on Friday. |
Under fire, BP pushes latest oil spill control bid (Reuters) Posted: 14 May 2010 11:16 AM PDT Reuters - Energy giant BP on Friday stuck by its lower estimate of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico and geared up for its latest effort to contain its offshore well leak as some scientists said the true amount of crude escaping could be much higher. |
April inflation eases, rate hike seen in July (Reuters) Posted: 14 May 2010 06:10 AM PDT Reuters - The annual headline inflation in April eased in line with expectations, providing further evidence that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will hold off from raising interest rates at least until its next scheduled meeting in July. |
Festival gold demand slack as prices hit record (Reuters) Posted: 14 May 2010 06:29 AM PDT Reuters - Gold traders turned their backs on the market on Friday and refrained from taking fresh positions as prices touched a new record high, while flow of scrap increased, dealers and traders said. |
Q+A - What's behind the China-India security dispute? (Reuters) Posted: 14 May 2010 09:46 AM PDT Reuters - India's concerns that Chinese telecoms network equipment will compromise national security risks hurting ties between the world's two fastest growing economies. |
Libya crash boy's family blog becomes a memorial (Reuters) Posted: 14 May 2010 11:16 AM PDT Reuters - The family travel blog of the sole survivor of a Libyan plane crash that killed 103 people has turned into a condolence register, with dozens offering sympathy to the nine-year-old Dutch boy orphaned by the crash. |
Bus accident electrocutes 28 wedding guests in Madhya Pradesh (Reuters) Posted: 14 May 2010 11:16 AM PDT Reuters - A bus carrying wedding guests hit a high-tension electricity line in Madhya Pradesh on Friday, killing 28 people on board, mostly women and children, who were on their way back from the ceremony. |
DLF Q4 net surges, sees more growth (Reuters) Posted: 14 May 2010 11:16 AM PDT Reuters - DLF Ltd on Friday reported its quarterly net profit more than doubled, as demand for homes revived in the country's property market after being hit hard by an economic downturn. |
Monaco does glamour like nowhere else (Reuters) Posted: 14 May 2010 06:49 AM PDT Reuters - David Coulthard, sunglasses perched rakishly on his head, leaned over the guardrail of the $20 million yacht and shouted at the figure sprawled on cushions on the next door deck. |
ANALYSIS - India security jitters rattle growing China ties (Reuters) Posted: 14 May 2010 09:46 AM PDT Reuters - India's ban on imports of Chinese telecommunications equipment over spying fears underscores deep mistrust of its neighbour but is unlikely to derail cooperation between the world's two fastest growing economies. |
Gold hits record high as investors flock to safety (Reuters) Posted: 14 May 2010 06:39 AM PDT Reuters - Gold hit record highs near $1,250 an ounce in Europe on Friday as investors bought the metal to protect against sovereign risk in the euro zone and instability in the foreign exchange markets. |
SBI Q4 profit drops, sees credit pickup (Reuters) Posted: 14 May 2010 09:46 AM PDT Reuters - State Bank of India posted an unexpected 32 percent drop in quarterly profit, hit by a jump in bad loan provisions, but the country's largest lender saw a strong pickup in credit demand this fiscal year in a fast-expanding economy. |
INTERVIEW - India plans $11 bn infra fund this yr - adviser (Reuters) Posted: 14 May 2010 05:50 AM PDT Reuters - India will set up a $11 billion dollar fund to upgrade its creaking infrastructure, refinance high cost debt and develop the debt market by issuing more long-term paper, a planning commission adviser said. |
Tata Motors April global sales rise 53 pct (Reuters) Posted: 14 May 2010 12:37 AM PDT Reuters - Tata Motors, India's largest vehicles maker, said on Friday its global vehicles sales rose 53 percent in April to 77,732 units. |