Anger in curfewed Kashmir as talks end in deadlock (Reuters) Posted: 16 Sep 2010 04:19 AM PDT Reuters - A wave of disappointment swept across curfewed Kashmir on Thursday after no concrete results emerged out of a government meeting aimed at ending spiralling protests. |
Indians least bothered about getting older, best prepared - study (Reuters) Posted: 16 Sep 2010 11:36 AM PDT Reuters - "Young-at-heart" pensioners around the world are living life to the full without considering how they might be cared for when they become ill or infirm in the future, according to a new study. |
Commonwealth Games preparations go down to wire (Reuters) Posted: 16 Sep 2010 06:52 AM PDT Reuters - When the head of next month's Commonwealth Games in India says that all the venues are complete, the constant noise of banging hammers and whirring drills that threatens to drown him out suggests otherwise. |
India infrastructure boom to boost world growth - Ahluwalia (Reuters) Posted: 16 Sep 2010 08:06 AM PDT Reuters - India can showcase its massive infrastructure spending and a wider current account deficit at the next G20 summit as its contribution to reviving global economic demand, a senior adviser to the government said on Thursday. |
Above normal monsoon rains raise harvest concerns (Reuters) Posted: 16 Sep 2010 04:36 AM PDT Reuters - India's monsoon rains were 19 percent above normal in the week to Sept. 15, the weather office said on Thursday, feeding concern cotton and groundnut harvests could be further delayed in Asia's third-largest economy. |
Pawar maintains ICC stance against corruption (Reuters) Posted: 16 Sep 2010 04:55 AM PDT Reuters - The International Cricket Council is committed to maintaining the sanctity of the game and will strive to root out corruption, ICC President Sharad Pawar said on Thursday. |
INTERVIEW - Carrefour still seeking partner in India (Reuters) Posted: 16 Sep 2010 09:17 AM PDT Reuters - French retailer Carrefour is still seeking a local partner to enable it to set up hypermarkets in India and expects to open its first cash-and-carry store in the country in the coming months. |
Mobile computing set to get "keyless keyboard" (Reuters) Posted: 16 Sep 2010 06:02 AM PDT Reuters - An Israeli start-up has launched a system that aims to make mobile computing easier by letting users type on invisible keys instead of a keyboard that typically takes up much of the screen. |
Flintoff to retire from all forms of cricket (Reuters) Posted: 16 Sep 2010 08:16 AM PDT Reuters - All-rounder Andrew Flintoff called time on one of the most colourful and inspirational careers in English cricket on Thursday after years of battling a succession of injuries. |
RBI lifts rates, pause in tightening seen near (Reuters) Posted: 16 Sep 2010 06:22 AM PDT Reuters - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) raised interest rates more than expected on Thursday, extending its fight against inflation, but signalled that a tightening cycle that has seen five rate hikes this year may be nearing an end. |
Food inflation at 15.10 pct y/y as at Sept 4 - govt (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2010 11:34 PM PDT Reuters - India's food price index rose 15.10 percent while the fuel price index climbed 11.48 percent, in the year to Sept. 4, under a new series with different base year, components and weightings, government data on Thursday showed. |
India nuclear talks progress with U.S. companies (Reuters) Posted: 16 Sep 2010 04:08 AM PDT Reuters - U.S.-based General Electric and Westinghouse Electric, owned by Japan's Toshiba Corp, are in advanced talks about building nuclear power plants in India, head of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) of India said on Thursday. |
India approval for Cairn-Vedanta deal in at least a month (Reuters) Posted: 16 Sep 2010 05:16 AM PDT Reuters - Regulatory approval for London-based Vedanta Resources' deal to buy a controlling stake in Cairn India, a unit of the UK's Cairn Energy, will take at least a month, the Oil Secretary said on Thursday. |
Hitler's car gift to Nepal king to get a new life (Reuters) Posted: 16 Sep 2010 03:30 AM PDT Reuters - A car said to have been a gift from Adolf Hitler to a Nepali king will be repaired and used to drive visitors around the grounds of a palace museum, a government official said on Thursday. |
Boeing plans to send passengers into space (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2010 09:38 PM PDT Reuters - Boeing Co plans to offer passengers the chance to fly into space on a craft it is developing for travel in low-Earth orbit, the aerospace company said on Wednesday. |
Amir's no-ball at Lord's felt deliberate -- umpires (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2010 08:15 PM PDT Reuters - Umpires felt that Pakistan bowler Mohammad Amir had delivered a deliberate no-ball during the fourth test against England, but had put it down to tactics rather than spot-fixing at the time, local media reported. |
Inflation eases for U.S. colleges and universities (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2010 10:47 PM PDT Reuters - The cost of running U.S. colleges and universities rose less than 1 percent during the last academic year, below the overall rate of inflation for the first time since 1995, a research group said on Thursday. |