PM Manmohan to visit Afghanistan amid regional uncertainty (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2011 12:36 PM PDT Reuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will travel to Afghanistan for two days on Thursday to discuss security and development, the Prime Minister's office said on Wednesday, amid regional uncertainty following the death of Osama bin Laden. |
Rahul Gandhi arrested over protests - report (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2011 01:52 PM PDT Reuters - Rahul Gandhi, leader of the ruling Congress party who is seen as the prime minister in waiting, was arrested late on Thursday when he joined farmers protesting against their land being taken over for the $2 billion highway linking New Delhi to Agra, local media reported. |
Home defeat for Warne as Gayle maintains hot IPL form (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2011 12:36 PM PDT Reuters - Chris Gayle kept up his red-hot form with an unbeaten half-century to steer Royal Challengers Bangalore to a nine-wicket victory over Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Wednesday. |
India puts Pakistani army officers on "most wanted" list (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2011 07:23 AM PDT Reuters - India has named five Pakistani army officers in a list of 50 criminals it wants extradited to stand trial on terror charges, the first time India has directly accused serving Pakistani military officers of being involved with militancy. |
Rajaratnam guilty on all counts of insider trading (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2011 03:51 PM PDT Reuters - Hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam was found guilty on all 14 counts of insider trading in a sweeping victory for the government and its aggressive use of phone taps to prosecute Wall Street crimes. |
Economy may not grow around 9 pct in FY12: Mukherjee (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2011 04:25 AM PDT Reuters - India's economy may not grow around 9 percent in the current fiscal year to end-March 2012 due to volatility in international commodity prices and other supply constraints, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in statement on Wednesday. |
Want to live longer? Supportive co-workers may help (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2011 03:26 PM PDT Reuters - Having supportive colleagues not only makes the workday easier, it may also help people live longer, according to a new study. |
Woody Allen film charms Cannes, Lady Gaga surprises (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2011 03:40 PM PDT Reuters - Woody Allen delighted the crowds at the start of the Cannes film festival on Wednesday with "Midnight In Paris", in which Owen Wilson travels back in time and meets the likes of Ernest Hemingway and Pablo Picasso. |
SC refuses plea for tougher sentences for Bhopal gas disaster (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2011 01:57 AM PDT Reuters - The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a government petition seeking harsher sentences for seven people convicted for their role in the Bhopal industrial disaster that killed thousands of people in 1984. |
'Super Sherpa' scales Mount Everest for record 21st time (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2011 03:30 AM PDT Reuters - A 51-year-old Nepali mountaineer, nicknamed "Super Sherpa", climbed Mount Everest for a record 21st time on Wednesday, breaking his own record for the most summits of the world's highest mountain, hiking officials said. |
PREVIEW - Congress may get some respite in state polls (Reuters) Posted: 10 May 2011 11:49 PM PDT Reuters - Ruling Congress party expects a rare dose of good news on Friday when election results may hand the ruling coalition several states, but piggybacking on unpredictable allies may further hobble reforms aimed at reining in the fiscal deficit. |
Indian web rules risk curbing info flow-Google (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2011 11:08 AM PDT Reuters - Holding internet platforms liable for third-party content would lead to self-censorship and reduce the free flow of information, Google Inc said on Wednesday in reaction to India's new rules. |
Cases of dengue fever double among UK travellers (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2011 03:30 AM PDT Reuters - Cases of dengue fever, a mosquito-borne infection, have more than doubled in Britain in the past year with the majority of infections linked to travel to India, health officials said on Wednesday, |
Sculptor Anish Kapoor unleashes whale-like monster on Paris (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2011 02:11 AM PDT Reuters - Entering Anish Kapoor's latest sculpture through a dark, windowless revolving door, visitors experience a momentary blackout before emerging into a womb-like cavity -- warm, oppressive and bathed in red light. |
ANALYSIS - Osama bin Laden death unlikely to weaken Pakistan Taliban (Reuters) Posted: 11 May 2011 02:12 AM PDT Reuters - The death of Osama bin Laden is unlikely to undermine the Pakistan Taliban, despite al Qaeda's links with the militants, and it may even embolden the fighters battling to bring the nuclear-armed state down. |
Japan bra carries messages of encouragement after disaster (Reuters) Posted: 10 May 2011 11:22 PM PDT Reuters - A Japanese lingerie maker on Wednesday unveiled a bra that carries messages of encouragement from overseas as the country struggles to recover from a devastating quake and tsunami that struck exactly two months ago. |
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