Dozens of pilgrims killed in Sabarimala stampede - TV (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jan 2011 02:07 PM PST Reuters - Dozens of Hindu devotees returning from Sabarimala shrine were killed after a road accident sparked a stampede in Kerala on Friday, TV news channels reported. |
India looks to cut troops to boost Kashmir peace (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jan 2011 07:00 AM PST Reuters - India could reduce troops in parts of Kashmir and allow greater access to visitors from the Pakistani side, a top official said on Friday, as part of a political solution to months of violent anti-India protests. |
"My Name is Khan" dominates Zee Cine Awards (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jan 2011 12:42 PM PST Reuters - The film about a Muslim man's travails in the United States dominated Bollywood's first major awards of the year, picking up both best director and best actor titles. |
Book accuses US, Swiss of nuclear cover-up (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jan 2011 11:24 AM PST Reuters - The CIA persuaded Switzerland to destroy millions of pages of evidence showing how a Pakistani scientist helped Iran, Libya and North Korea acquire sensitive nuclear technology, according to a new book. |
Obama stresses U.S. support for Pakistan in meeting (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jan 2011 11:54 AM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama stressed U.S. support for Pakistan during a meeting with President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday and reiterated plans to visit Pakistan later this year, the White House said. |
Abdulatif hits four goals as Bahrain oust India (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jan 2011 12:10 PM PST Reuters - Striker Ismaeel Abdulatif scored four goals as Bahrain swept past India 5-2 at the Al Sadd Stadium on Friday to end the Bhangra Boys's interest in the Asian Cup. |
SEBI bars Anil Ambani from stock investing (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jan 2011 05:35 AM PST Reuters - India's capital markets regulator on Friday said billionaire Anil Ambani cannot invest in publicly-listed securities until the end of this year, and barred two of his companies from such investments until the end of 2012. |
Onion anger mounts against embattled Congress govt (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jan 2011 02:04 AM PST Reuters - The trebling of onion prices in India is not just making street hawker Kamlesh Gupta struggle to keep his children in school but is now threatening the stability of the Congress party-led coalition government. |
Ageing China offers silver lining for investors (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jan 2011 10:25 PM PST Reuters - Retired professor Chen Chongyu and his wife Liu Zhenjuan dreamed of coming back to China from their daughter's home in France, but until last year the couple had nowhere to go. |
One million people hit by severe floods in Sri Lanka (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jan 2011 11:45 PM PST Reuters - NEW DELHI (AlertNet) Severe flooding in Sri Lanka has disrupted the lives of around one million people and forced hundreds of thousands to seek refuge in relief camps, aid workers say. |
Pope John Paul close to sainthood, to be beatified (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jan 2011 03:52 AM PST Reuters - The late Pope John Paul II was moved a major step closer to sainthood in the Roman Catholic Church on Friday when his successor approved a decree attributing a miracle to him. |
World Bank says to give India $1.5 bln for roads (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jan 2011 01:00 AM PST Reuters - The World Bank said on Friday it would provide India $1.5 billion to expand its rural roads. |
Rising prices a major challenge - Mukherjee (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jan 2011 01:33 AM PST Reuters - Rising food and commodity prices are major challenges facing the Indian government, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Friday. |
Nepal vows to punish the corrupt in U.N. defence deal (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jan 2011 11:44 PM PST Reuters - Nepal plans to crack down on officials linked to allegations of corruption in the procurement of military hardware, after the United Nations discovered Nepali peacekeepers in Sudan had sub-standard equipment, officials said. |
Australia flood clean-up starts, tough task ahead (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jan 2011 09:28 PM PST Reuters - Australia's third-largest city started cleaning up stinking mud and debris on Friday after some of the country's worst floods on record, but in a sign of the task ahead, it could take six months to pump flood waters out of Queensland's coal mines. |
December inflation accelerates to 8.43 pct (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jan 2011 11:32 PM PST Reuters - Inflation accelerated in December on costlier food items, cementing expectations for another rate increase by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) later this month to cool spiralling prices. |
BSE Sensex below 19,000, at 4-month closing low (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jan 2011 04:46 AM PST Reuters - MUMBAI (Reuters) -The BSE Sensex posted its worst weekly loss in eight months tumbling to a four-month closing low in volatile trade on Friday, after accelerating monthly inflation cemented rate hike fears, sending financials lower. |