Travel Picks: Leh top wedding destination (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jun 2010 02:10 AM PDT Reuters - From the giddy heights of romance and commitment to the best places to be miserable and lonely, Lonely Planet has compiled them in all in one list. |
Monsoon three days late in covering half of India (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jun 2010 08:54 AM PDT Reuters - Monsoon rains, vital for the farm-dependent economy, have covered half of the country and are three days behind schedule, but the delay is not a cause for concern yet, weather officials said on Friday. |
Reliance unveils big push into power sector (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jun 2010 08:54 AM PDT Reuters - Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries, recently freed from a pact that banned it from competing with his brother's firms, unveiled a push into the power sector that gave little detail at a hotly anticipated shareholder meeting. |
BP aims to raise cash as it struggles to plug well (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jun 2010 01:05 PM PDT Reuters - BP Plc was seeking $7 billion in loans from banks on Friday, trying to raise more cash as it struggled to plug its gushing Gulf of Mexico well and contain the worst oil spill in U.S. history. |
May exports up 35 pct y/y; weak euro could hurt (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jun 2010 08:54 AM PDT Reuters - India's exports rose from a year earlier for the seventh straight month in May as demand picked up for iron ore, oil and leather goods, but the 35 percent jump was flattered by a low level of shipments in May 2009. |
Radical Muslim preacher banned from entering UK (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jun 2010 08:54 AM PDT Reuters - Britain on Friday banned from entering the country an Indian preacher who has expressed radical views about Islam, including some that appear to justify acts of terrorism. |
FEATURE - Hi-tech navies take on Somalia's pirates (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jun 2010 09:12 AM PDT Reuters - How do you tell the difference between a Somali pirate in a small boat and a largely identical but innocent fisherman? It all comes down to the ladders. |
Anupam Kher withdraws from film on Hitler (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jun 2010 08:30 PM PDT Reuters - Protests by India's small Jewish community have prompted leading actor Anupam Kher to pull out of a film on the last days of Adolf Hitler, a rare subject for a movie in the Bollywood film industry. |
Thirsty Pakistan gasps for water solutions (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jun 2010 06:40 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistan is facing a "raging" water crisis that if managed poorly could mean Pakistan would run out of water in several decades, experts say, leading to mass starvation and possibly war. |
Sri Lanka commemorates victory, rejects war crimes push (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jun 2010 03:12 AM PDT Reuters - Sri Lanka's president on Friday criticized foreign pressure for a probe into war crimes allegations as "sympathy towards terrorism" and said soldiers had committed no rights violations. |
Lakers win NBA title in Game Seven thriller (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jun 2010 12:17 AM PDT Reuters - As gold and purple confetti fell like snow from the rafters, the Los Angeles Lakers basked in the glory of beating their greatest rivals to the NBA title. |
BSE Sensex snaps 7-day rally as Ambani cos drag (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jun 2010 06:40 AM PDT Reuters - The BSE Sensex snapped a 7-session winning run and shed 0.3 percent on Friday dragged down by fall in index heavyweight Reliance Industries as its short-on-specifics annual shareholders meet failed to meet huge investor expectations. |
Reliance to bid for ultra-mega power projects (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jun 2010 03:12 AM PDT Reuters - Energy major Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani said the company will bid for so-called ultra mega power projects (UMPPs) as it makes a push into the power sector. |
Reliance Industries eyes shale gas business (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jun 2010 12:07 AM PDT Reuters - Energy major Reliance Industries aims to build a significant position in the shale gas business, Chairman Mukesh Ambani told shareholders on Friday. |
Reliance Industries to have partners in telecoms (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jun 2010 01:07 AM PDT Reuters - Reliance Industries, which has agreed to buy Infotel, the only company to win a nationwide licence in wireless broadband auction, will follow an "asset light" approach in telecoms and collaborate with partners, Chairman Mukesh Ambani told shareholders on Friday. |
Lakers rally to lift title in Game Seven thriller (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jun 2010 09:55 PM PDT Reuters - The Los Angles Lakers rallied from a big early deficit to successfully defend their NBA championship title with a scintilating 83-79 Game Seven victory over the Boston Celtics on Thursday. |