| Police open fire at Kashmir protesters, two killed (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 08:03 AM PDT  Reuters - Police on Friday fired at thousands of people protesting against Indian rule in Kashmir, killing two demonstrators, officials said, in the latest flare-up of violence in the disputed Himalayan region.
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| Jailed "Bikini killer" Sobhraj loses Nepal court battle (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:59 AM PDT  Reuters - Nepal's Supreme Court on Friday upheld a life imprisonment sentence for "bikini killer" Charles Sobhraj for killing an American backpacker in 1975.
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| Parliament shut for 5th day, reforms at risk (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 02:48 AM PDT  Reuters - Parliament speaker on Friday adjourned sessions for the fifth straight day as opposition protests over high prices scuppered debates, delaying discussion of key economic reforms.
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| Sri Lanka and India complete high scoring draw (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 07:30 AM PDT  Reuters - Sri Lanka preserved their 1-0 lead in the three-match series against India when the second test ended in a high-scoring draw on Friday.
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| Monsoon seen 107 pct of normal in Aug-Sep (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:37 AM PDT  Reuters - India's monsoon rains, crucial for the farm-dependent economy, are likely to be 107 percent of normal in the remaining two months of the June-September season, the weather office said, raising expectations of strong growth in farm output.
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| India food security law could double food bill (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 03:40 AM PDT  Reuters - India's proposed food security act could nearly double to as much as $23 billion the food subsidy bill from targeted levels, Farm Minister Sharad Pawar suggested on Friday, potentially spooking plans to cut the fiscal deficit.
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| 2012 Olympic Games initiative reaches six mln children (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 07:51 AM PDT  Reuters - A British initiative to enthuse children around the world about sport inspired by the 2012 London Olympics is halfway towards its target of reaching 12 million.
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| Gang torches Sri Lanka broadcaster's office (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:16 AM PDT  Reuters - An unidentified gang set fire to a Sri Lankan broadcaster owned by a businessman who had backed the opposition in a presidential election, destroying its main control room, police said on Friday.
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| Force India fined for another tyre mix-up (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:05 AM PDT  Reuters - The Force India Formula One team were fined 5,000 euros ($6,524) at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Friday for muddling up their tyres for the second time in two race weekends.
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| PM says hopeful of restoring Pakistan talks (Reuters) Posted: 29 Jul 2010 10:14 AM PDT  Reuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday he was hopeful of restoring talks "sooner or later" to improve ties with rival Pakistan after their last meeting ended in acrimony over the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
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| Reliance, Universal eye theme park in India - report (Reuters) Posted: 29 Jul 2010 04:48 PM PDT  Reuters - India's Reliance ADA Group is in talks with Universal Studios to build a $1.5 billion, 400 acre theme park and resort in India, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday citing a person familiar with the matter.
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| Warm words, trade challenges ahead as UK woos India (Reuters) Posted: 29 Jul 2010 10:25 AM PDT  Reuters - India and Britain spoke on Thursday of a new momentum towards closer trade and security ties, but a high-profile visit by Britain's prime minister was partly overshadowed by his outspoken comments on Pakistan.
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| Monsoon accelerates filling of reservoirs (Reuters) Posted: 29 Jul 2010 11:39 PM PDT  Reuters - Heavy monsoon showers in the past week rapidly raised the water level in Indian reservoirs to 27 percent of capacity, up 8 percentage points in the past week, or twice the normal rate, government data showed on Friday.
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| IOC says no plans to revise petrol prices now (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 01:35 AM PDT  Reuters - Indian state firms have no immediate plans to revise petrol prices as international prices have not fluctuated significantly, the chairman of government-run Indian Oil Corp B.M. Bansal told reporters on Friday.
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| Govt should free diesel prices immediately - adviser (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 01:04 AM PDT  Reuters - Government should free diesel prices immediately as global crude prices are stable, and could slap a windfall tax on producers if crude surged beyond $80 a barrel, a senior government adviser said.
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| U.S. says WikiLeaks may have blood on its hands (Reuters) Posted: 29 Jul 2010 02:50 PM PDT  Reuters - The unprecedented leak of secret U.S. military reports on the Afghan war may cost lives and damage trust with allies, the Pentagon said on Thursday, warning publisher WikiLeaks could have blood on its hands.
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| Thomson Reuters Q2 misses, sees growth resuming (Reuters) Posted: 29 Jul 2010 02:40 PM PDT  Reuters - Thomson Reuters Corp reported lower-than-expected quarterly results on Thursday as the news and data provider's investment in new products for traders and lawyers squeezed margins.
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| Govt does not plan to ban BlackBerry services (Reuters) Posted: 29 Jul 2010 12:39 AM PDT  Reuters - NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The internal security chief said on Thursday that there were no plans to ban Research In Motion's popular BlackBerry services in the world's fastest growing mobile phone market.
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| RBI official: aggressive monetary policy needed (Reuters) Posted: 29 Jul 2010 05:34 AM PDT  Reuters - A Reserve Bank of India (RBI) official jolted markets on Thursday with unusually blunt criticism of monetary policy, saying current interest rates would not tame inflation and aggressive action was needed.
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| Tendulkar and Raina plunder runs against Sri Lanka (Reuters) Posted: 29 Jul 2010 06:18 AM PDT  Reuters - Suresh Raina stroked a memorable debut century and Sachin Tendulkar coasted to his fifth double hundred to lift India to a massive total of 669 for nine in the second test against Sri Lanka on Thursday.
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