Sonia Gandhi chairs first party meeting since surgery (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 06:41 AM PDT Reuters - Sonia Gandhi, the head of Congress party, chaired on Thursday her first party meeting since travelling to the United States more than a month ago for undisclosed surgery and leaving behind a rudderless government. |
U.S. names Indian Mujahideen to terror blacklist (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 07:43 AM PDT Reuters - The United States named the Indian Mujahideen (IM) to its official blacklist of foreign terrorist organizations on Thursday, saying it has killed hundreds of innocent civilians in attacks dating back to 2005. |
ONGC's $2.5 bln share sale deferred - source (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 11:17 AM PDT Reuters - State-run explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corp's (ONGC) share sale valued at around $2.5 billion has been deferred due to bad market conditions, a source with direct knowledge said on Thursday. |
Petrol prices to be raised by 3.14 rupees from Friday (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 07:29 AM PDT Reuters - State-run oil firms will raise petrol prices by nearly 5 percent from Friday, a move that eases their subsidy burden but adds near-term pressure to stubbornly high inflation in Asia's third-largest economy. |
Police detains suspect over Delhi court bomb - media (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 07:12 AM PDT Reuters - Police have detained an alleged Islamist militant from the disputed region of Kashmir on suspicion of masterminding a bomb in Delhi that killed 14 people last week, local media said on Thursday, in a much needed victory for security forces. |
Food inflation at 9.47 pct y/y on Sept 3 - govt (Reuters) Posted: 14 Sep 2011 11:56 PM PDT Reuters - India's food price index rose 9.47 percent and the fuel price index climbed 13.01 percent in the year to Sept. 3, government data on Thursday showed. |
Maruti Suzuki to close factories on Fri due to labour unrest (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 03:23 AM PDT Reuters - Maruti Suzuki, India's top carmaker, will close two factories on Friday due to a strike at its Suzuki-owned engine supplier, the company said in a statement, as the 18-day long labour unrest spreads to its sister companies. |
Infosys concerned by U.S., Europe, plans China expansion (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 03:39 AM PDT Reuters - India's second-largest software services exporter, Infosys Ltd, sees the grim economic situation in Europe as its biggest concern and is diversifying actively into fast-growing markets such as China, a top executive said on Thursday. |
Monsoon rains just above normal in past week (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 01:53 AM PDT Reuters - India's monsoon rains were one percent above normal in the week to Sept. 14, weakening from 39 percent above average in the previous week, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday, easing concerns heavy rains could damage planted crops. |
Kingfisher needs to infuse funds to continue operations - auditor (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 12:26 AM PDT Reuters - Kingfisher Airlines Ltd., controlled by liquor baron Vijay Mallya, needs to infuse required funds to continue as a "going concern", its auditor has said, raising concerns about the future of the loss-making carrier. |
Chip in new BlackBerrys opens door to use as ID (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 05:25 AM PDT Reuters - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion plans to open doors for its key corporate customers using a decade-old technology most in the smartphone industry eye as a way to turn phones into wallets. |
Draft bill eyes cheap grains for 810 mln people (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 06:11 AM PDT Reuters - The government has agreed on a draft law to provide cheap grains to two thirds of its 1.2 billion people, a plan that could widen fiscal deficit but help win voter support for the government and its allies. |
Smokers don't make better lovers: study (Reuters) Posted: 14 Sep 2011 06:48 PM PDT Reuters - Lighting up could be slowing you down in the bedroom. |
Japan robot to attempt Hawaii triathlon (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 12:12 AM PDT Reuters - After scaling the cliff walls of the Grand Canyon and driving the Le Mans racetrack for 24 hours, a tiny Japanese robot is set for a new challenge -- Hawaii's grueling Ironman Triathlon course. |
Suzlon sees strong demand for wind energy in China (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 03:08 AM PDT Reuters - Indian wind turbine maker Suzlon Energy could begin exporting Chinese-assembled turbines to third countries as early as next year, the chairman of the company said on Thursday. |
Rupee off lows on local shares, euro rise (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 02:38 AM PDT Reuters - The rupee trimmed intraday losses in afternoon trade on Thursday in tandem with the rebound in local equities and some rise in the euro. |
Islamabad fends off U.S. warning on "Pakistan-based" militants (Reuters) Posted: 15 Sep 2011 12:12 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistani officials on Thursday fended off a warning that the United States would do whatever it takes to defend U.S. forces from Pakistan-based militants staging attacks in Afghanistan, saying there was no proof of such cross-border operations. |
U.S. warns Pakistan after suspected Haqqani attack (Reuters) Posted: 14 Sep 2011 11:14 PM PDT Reuters - Defence Secretary Leon Panetta warned Pakistan on Wednesday the United States would "do everything we can" to defend U.S. forces from Pakistan-based militants staging attacks in Afghanistan. |
Fear in Kabul after 20-hour Taliban siege (Reuters) Posted: 14 Sep 2011 10:45 PM PDT Reuters - A marathon siege in Kabul's diplomatic enclave ended on Wednesday with the killing of two gunmen who had fought off Western and Afghan forces for 20 hours and showered rockets on embassies in a dramatic show of insurgent strength. |
Body odour? Gene disorder may be the culprit (Reuters) Posted: 14 Sep 2011 10:17 PM PDT Reuters - For some people with troublesome, unexplained body odour, an uncommon genetic disorder once known as "fish-odour syndrome" may be to blame, according to a study. |
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