Ramdev hospitalised after seven day protest fast (Reuters) Posted: 10 Jun 2011 04:44 AM PDT Reuters - Swami Ramdev, India's most famous yoga guru, was taken to hospital on Friday, his spokesman said, seven days into his fast until death to protest against corruption, as pressure grew on the government to accept his demands. |
India "neutral" over Carstens for IMF top job (Reuters) Posted: 10 Jun 2011 01:52 PM PDT Reuters - Mexico's central bank chief Agustin Carstens on Friday said India had not committed to support his candidacy as head of the IMF, as officials in the Asian nation said they would make their choice later in June. |
Rana guilty of aiding LeT, but did not participate in 26/11 (Reuters) Posted: 09 Jun 2011 08:45 PM PDT Reuters - A U.S. jury on Thursday found Pakistani-born Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana guilty of providing support to the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), responsible for the 2008 assault on Mumbai, but not guilty of taking part in the attack. |
Industrial growth slows; latest sign of weakness (Reuters) Posted: 10 Jun 2011 03:08 AM PDT Reuters - India's industrial output growth dipped in April, the latest sign that rising cost of credit and inflation are acting as brakes on the economy, which may compel the central bank to pull back from its aggressive monetary policy tightening. |
India says U.S. verdict in Mumbai attack "disappointing" (Reuters) Posted: 10 Jun 2011 05:28 AM PDT Reuters - India said on Friday its own probe into the 2008 Mumbai attacks would not be influenced by the "disappointing" verdict of a Chicago court into the assaults. |
Zaheer, Sreesanth ruled out of West Indies test series (Reuters) Posted: 10 Jun 2011 07:20 AM PDT Reuters - Indian pacemen Zaheer Khan and Shanthakumaran Sreesanth have been ruled out of the test series against West Indies due to injuries, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) said on Friday. |
Scrap biofuel support to curb food costs - agencies (Reuters) Posted: 10 Jun 2011 02:47 PM PDT Reuters - Governments should scrap policies to support biofuels because they are forcing up global food prices, according to a report by 10 international agencies including the World Bank and World Trade Organization. |
Germany pins down E.coli: "It's the bean sprouts" (Reuters) Posted: 10 Jun 2011 12:27 PM PDT Reuters - Germany said on Friday that deadly E.coli bacteria that have killed 31 people and hit farmers across Europe almost certainly came from contaminated bean sprouts grown at an organic farm in northern Germany. |
Maoist rebels kill 15 police in double attack (Reuters) Posted: 09 Jun 2011 10:22 PM PDT Reuters - Maoist rebels killed 15 police officers in the jungles of Chhattisgarh in two separate bomb blasts, police said on Friday, as the insurgents continued a fresh round of violent attacks on security forces. |
Pranab says monthly industrial output data disturbing (Reuters) Posted: 09 Jun 2011 11:43 PM PDT Reuters - India's industrial output growth in April is disturbing, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Friday, after the latest data showed growth of 6.3 percent compared to the same period a year ago. |
South Africa's Manuel to be nominated for IMF - report (Reuters) Posted: 10 Jun 2011 02:40 AM PDT Reuters - South Africa will nominate former Finance Minister Trevor Manuel to head the International Monetary Fund on Friday, the last day for nominations for the post, Emerging Markets magazine reported. |
Germany says bean sprouts likely source of e.coli (Reuters) Posted: 10 Jun 2011 03:21 AM PDT Reuters - New data shows that bean sprouts are the most likely source of the outbreak of E.coli which has killed 30 people so far, all but one of them in Germany, the country's health authorities said on Friday. |
Bahrain accepts cancellation of GP, India to host F1 race on Oct 30 (Reuters) Posted: 09 Jun 2011 05:55 PM PDT Reuters - Bahrain Grand Prix organisers accepted the cancellation of their postponed Formula One race on Thursday after teams objected to it being rescheduled in October. |
Save a cow -- eat this dress instead (Reuters) Posted: 09 Jun 2011 10:35 PM PDT Reuters - The dress worn by Chinese actress Gao Yuanyuan looked good enough to eat. |