India end Australia's reign to reach semis (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 12:47 PM PDT Reuters - India delighted their millions of passionate supporters by evicting defending champions Australia from the World Cup on Thursday despite briefly threatening to self-destruct in Ahmedabad. |
HIGHLIGHTS - Yuvraj guides India to victory over Australia (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 10:43 AM PDT Reuters - Yuvraj Singh guided India to a five-wicket victory over defending champions Australia in their World Cup quarter-final on Thursday with an unbeaten 57. |
Gates, Buffett in India to persuade rich to give to charity (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 04:52 AM PDT Reuters - Two of the world's richest men, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, will meet the cream of India's rich on Thursday to tap the wealth of a new generation of billionaires for charity in the rapidly developing Asian giant after a similar visit to China. |
West strikes deep in Libya, Misrata, Ajdabiyah besieged (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 10:09 AM PDT Reuters - Western warplanes hit military targets deep inside Libya on Thursday but failed to prevent tanks reentering the western town of Misrata and besieging its main hospital. |
Elizabeth Taylor laid to rest at private service (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 04:40 PM PDT Reuters - Actress Elizabeth Taylor was given a small private funeral service in the Los Angeles area on Thursday, a day after she died of congestive heart failure, police said. |
Large quake hits Myanmar near northern Thailand (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 09:25 AM PDT Reuters - A large 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar near the border with northern Thailand on Thursday, killing one woman, police and witnesses said. |
Interpol says foiled militant attack on cricket World Cup (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 09:39 AM PDT Reuters - Interpol said on Thursday it had foiled a militant plot to carry out an attack during the cricket World Cup now being played across South Asia. |
Scrushy acquittal may have lessons for Rajaratnam (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 07:14 AM PDT Reuters - A high-profile white-collar defendant. A parade of former associates testifying against him. Secretly recorded conversations played for the jury. |
India has no immediate plans to raise fuel prices - source (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 03:02 AM PDT Reuters - India has no plans to raise petrol and diesel prices until the completion of elections in some states, an oil ministry source told reporters on Thursday, despite surging global oil prices. |
Q&A - What are the prospects for pension reform in India? (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 06:59 AM PDT Reuters - Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday introduced the Pensions Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) bill, paving the way for long-awaited pension reforms in Asia's third-largest economy. |
Japan says must review nuclear power policy as crisis persists (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 08:42 AM PDT Reuters - Japan will have to review its nuclear power policy, its top government spokesman said on Thursday as radiation from a damaged nuclear complex briefly made Tokyo's tap water unsafe for babies and led to people |
In-form Lanka ready to sink patchy England (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 09:39 AM PDT Reuters - Sri Lanka will bank on their home advantage against an English side grappling with inconsistency and injuries in Saturday's World Cup quarter-final in Colombo. |
World media pay tribute to film's "last goddess" (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 04:52 AM PDT Reuters - Elizabeth Taylor was given a glowing send-off on Thursday by the world's media, which hailed her as "Hollywood's last goddess". |
Ponting ton powers Australia to 260-6 against India (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 06:31 AM PDT Reuters - Ricky Ponting smashed his 30th ODI century to return to form and power Australia to 260-6 against India in the second World Cup quarter-final on Thursday. |
Food inflation snaps easing trend in mid-March (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 01:13 AM PDT Reuters - Food inflation snapped a three-week easing trend in mid-March and fuel inflation remained at elevated levels, keeping pressure on the Reserve Bank to rein in broader inflation. |
China pushes ahead Pakistan nuclear plant expansion (Reuters) Posted: 23 Mar 2011 10:52 PM PDT Reuters - China is committed to controversial plans to expand a Pakistan nuclear power plant using 1970s technology, and is preparing a new reactor to start up there soon, even after Japan's crisis triggered global alarm about atomic safety. |
FACTBOX - Nuclear power plants in Asia (Reuters) Posted: 23 Mar 2011 11:31 PM PDT Reuters - Geothermal energy, struggling under limited government and funding support, could attract more interest as investors rethink the outlook for nuclear power following the crisis at Japan's quake-battered Fukushima complex. |
Australia score 260-6 v India in World Cup quarters (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 06:04 AM PDT Reuters - Australia scored 260-6 against India in the second World Cup quarter-final on Thursday. |
HIGHLIGHTS - Australia 158/4 off 35 overs v India (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2011 04:53 AM PDT Reuters - Ricky Ponting scored his first half-century of the World Cup with a determined captain's innings in the quarter-final between Australia and India on Thursday. |