Tiger Woods and wife divorce after sex scandal (Reuters) Posted: 23 Aug 2010 04:53 PM PDT Reuters - The world's No. 1 golfer, Tiger Woods, and his Swedish wife, Elin Nordegren, divorced on Monday following the torrid sex scandal that engulfed Woods late last year. |
Gunman, eight hostages killed in Manila bus siege (Reuters) Posted: 23 Aug 2010 11:28 AM PDT Reuters - Philippine police shot dead a sacked former policeman as they stormed a bus on which he was holding 15 Hong Kong tourists hostage in central Manila on Monday, and the government said eight hostages were killed. |
BJP raises fresh objection to nuclear bill (Reuters) Posted: 22 Aug 2010 10:40 PM PDT Reuters - The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), India's main opposition party, has reneged on a promise to support a bill that seeks to open up the country's nuclear power market, saying current provisions make it difficult to get compensation in case of accidents. |
PROFILE - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (Reuters) Posted: 23 Aug 2010 12:33 PM PDT Reuters - Position: Prime Minister of India |
Atwal success fuels India's major ambitions (Reuters) Posted: 23 Aug 2010 02:10 AM PDT Reuters - Arjun Atwal's PGA Tour triumph shone as a beacon on an otherwise dark Sunday for Indian sports, fuelling the world's second most populous country's hopes of celebrating a maiden major victory in the not too distant future. |
PROFILE - Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee (Reuters) Posted: 23 Aug 2010 12:23 PM PDT Reuters - Position: Finance Minister of India |
FACTBOX - What is the status of India's reform proposals? (Reuters) Posted: 22 Aug 2010 11:50 PM PDT Reuters - With India's main opposition party continuing to object to bills on tax reform and opening up the $150 billion nuclear power market, several reforms proposed by the coalition government may be delayed. |
PROFILE - RBI governor Duvvuri Subbarao (Reuters) Posted: 23 Aug 2010 12:34 PM PDT Reuters - Position: Reserve Bank of India Governor |
Arjun Atwal becomes first Indian to win on PGA Tour (Reuters) Posted: 22 Aug 2010 07:32 PM PDT Reuters - Arjun Atwal became the first Indian and just the sixth Asian-born player to win on the PGA Tour when he secured a one-stroke victory at the Wyndham Championship on Sunday. |
Mahindra signs MoU to buy stake in Ssangyong (Reuters) Posted: 22 Aug 2010 10:26 PM PDT Reuters - Indian utility vehicles maker Mahindra & Mahindra said on Monday it had signed a memorandum of understanding to buy a majority stake in troubled South Korean automaker Ssangyong. |
ONGC, others may counter Vedanta's Cairn India bid - PTI (Reuters) Posted: 23 Aug 2010 07:09 AM PDT Reuters - State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp, Oil India and GAIL may make a joint bid to counter London-based Vedanta Resources' proposed offer to buy a majority stake in Cairn India, according to a media report citing unnamed sources. |
Pakistan floods leave millions hungry - U.N. (Reuters) Posted: 22 Aug 2010 11:44 PM PDT Reuters - Pakistan's worst floods in decades have left millions hungry, the United Nations said on Monday, while parts of the south were on high alert for rising waters that could further tax aid groups. |
Two Indians among 11 militants killed preparing bombs in Somalia (Reuters) Posted: 22 Aug 2010 10:18 PM PDT Reuters - Eleven insurgent militiamen were killed by their own bombs when they went off prematurely in Somalia's capital, the government said on Saturday. |
Sri Lanka hammer India to reach tri-series final (Reuters) Posted: 22 Aug 2010 07:32 PM PDT Reuters - All-rounder Thisara Perera's maiden five-wicket haul helped hosts Sri Lanka to an eight-wicket victory over India on Sunday and a place in the final of the one-day tri-series. |
Trade min announces some export incentives (Reuters) Posted: 23 Aug 2010 12:19 AM PDT Reuters - India will offer export incentives to some labour-intensive sectors, Trade Minister Anand Sharma said on Monday. |