Supreme Court orders Ayodhya mosque verdict postponed (Reuters) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 04:24 AM PDT Reuters - The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the Allahabad High Court to delay a potentially explosive verdict on whether Hindus or Muslims own land around the demolished Babri mosque in Ayodhya. |
Teams delay departures in Commonwealth Games fiasco (Reuters) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 11:17 AM PDT Reuters - More nations delayed their departure for the Commonwealth Games in India as organisers raced on Thursday to tackle security and health problems that have already prompted several top athletes to pull out. |
England to attend Commonwealth Games (Reuters) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 02:03 PM PDT Reuters - England committed to the troubled Commonwealth Games on Thursday after all 17 member sports agreed to go amid signs of improvement on the ground in India. |
Zaheer, Harbhajan pose most threat, says Clarke (Reuters) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:49 AM PDT Reuters - Australia will require a proper plan to negate the threat posed by India's left-arm pace bowler Zaheer Khan and off-spinner Harbhajan Singh in the forthcoming two-test series, vice-captain Michael Clarke said on Thursday. |
Games fiasco highlights fissures in the government (Reuters) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 03:46 AM PDT Reuters - The Commonwealth Games fiasco opens a weakened Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to dissent within his government and may add to a policy drift over issues from economic reforms to dealing with a Kashmir revolt. |
Obama to visit India, Indonesia on Asia tour in Nov (Reuters) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 08:12 AM PDT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday he plans to visit India and Indonesia in November as part of an Asia tour. |
ECB demand full apology for fixing allegations (Reuters) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 03:02 AM PDT Reuters - The England and Wales Cricket Board demanded on Thursday a "full and unreserved apology" from Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt for his allegations that England players had engaged in match-fixing. |
PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi sees great growth, hurdles for India (Reuters) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:35 AM PDT Reuters - PepsiCo Inc Chairman and Chief Executive Indra Nooyi has a clear message for her homeland of India -- improve your infrastructure, work force and sanitation, attract more foreign investment, and develop faster. |
Bill Gates still richest American, Forbes says (Reuters) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 08:30 PM PDT Reuters - Things are on the up for U.S. billionaires with more than half of them adding to their net worth in a year which once again saw Bill Gates as the richest of them all, Forbes magazine said on Wednesday. |
Wales say yes, Olympic champion Thomas says no (Reuters) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 01:19 PM PDT Reuters - Olympic cycling champion Geraint Thomas and three other riders opted out of the Commonwealth Games on Thursday, hours after Wales had given athletes the all-clear to fly to New Delhi. |
England hockey team head for 'holding camp' in Delhi (Reuters) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:04 AM PDT Reuters - England men's hockey captain said he was itching to get to the Commonwealth Games despite all the problems on the ground as the country's first group of athletes prepared to fly to Delhi on Thursday. |
Kenya to send full team to troubled Commonwealth Games (Reuters) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 09:11 AM PDT Reuters - Kenya will send a 240-strong team to the New Delhi Commonwealth Games from Saturday after receiving security assurances from India, officials said on Thursday. |
Food inflation continues to accelerate (Reuters) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:01 AM PDT Reuters - The food inflation continued to accelerate in the year to Sept. 11, maintaining expectations of another rate hike by the year end. |
IATA sees India airlines' 2010 loss $400 million (Reuters) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 04:24 AM PDT Reuters - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) expects Indian airline companies to narrow their combined loss to $400 million in 2010, Chief Executive Giovanni Bisignani said on Thursday. |
Monsoon to withdraw from northwest India early Oct - Met (Reuters) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 04:07 AM PDT Reuters - India's monsoon is likely to start receding by early October, the weather office said on Thursday, limiting the risk of crop damage from floods in the north that could be triggered if unusual heavy rains persist. |
Is it really worth hosting major sporting events? (Reuters) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 03:46 AM PDT Reuters - India's Commonwealth Games debacle shows the risk of such high profile sporting events -- there are limited benefits if you get it right but a vast investment and political downside if it all goes wrong. |
Govt bans bulk text messages before Ayodhya verdict (Reuters) Posted: 22 Sep 2010 10:34 PM PDT Reuters - The government has banned bulk mobile text messaging for three days to prevent the spreading of rumours and religious extremism as authorities prepare for a potentially explosive court verdict between Muslims and Hindus. |
Countries have lost faith in organisers - NZ team boss (Reuters) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 02:09 AM PDT Reuters - The Delhi Commonwealth Games organisers' failure to admit to problems with their preparations has seen them lose the faith of competing countries, New Zealand chef de mission Dave Currie said on Thursday. |