Nine Congress MPs quit parliament in blow for PM (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jul 2011 05:27 AM PDT Reuters - Nine ruling Congress party MPs resigned on Monday to press their demands for a separate state of Telangana, roughly halving the government's majority and heaping more pressure on the beleaguered party. |
Investigators turn to final vault at Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jul 2011 02:03 AM PDT Reuters - Investigators plan to pry open the final vault hidden deep under the centuries-old Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple as police guarded round the clock the shrine where billions of dollars worth of treasure has been discovered. |
Two more Indian athletes caught in doping scandal (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jul 2011 09:56 AM PDT Reuters - A third member of India's 2010 Commonwealth and Asian Games gold medal winning relay team has tested positive for banned anabolic steroids, the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) said on Monday. |
Supreme Court sets up probe into black money (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jul 2011 04:53 AM PDT Reuters - The Supreme Court ordered on Monday the setting up of an investigation into hundreds of billions of dollars of illegal funds stashed abroad, the latest example of the top court acting against corruption scandals that have undermined the government. |
Sri Lanka lifts foreign travel ban to ex-war zone (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jul 2011 12:56 PM PDT Reuters - Sri Lanka lifted a ban on Monday for foreigners travelling to former war zones in the island nation's north as tourism has boomed following the end of a three-decade war in May 2009. |
Bangladesh ex-PM's son charged for grenade attack (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jul 2011 09:56 AM PDT Reuters - Bangladesh police have charged Tareque Rahman, elder son of former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia, of masterminding a grenade attack on an opposition political rally that killed 23 people, police and a lawyer said on Monday. |
Nirmal Lifestyle signs 10-year deal with IAAF (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jul 2011 06:16 AM PDT Reuters - Real estate company Nirmal Lifestyle has inked a 10-year licensing deal with the governing body of world athletics to develop infrastructure for the sport at the grassroots level in India. |
Asia's ace in the hole: deep fiscal pockets (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jul 2011 02:59 AM PDT Reuters - Reserve-rich Asia can afford to turn on the government spending taps should a recent bout of sluggish economic growth deteriorate into a deeper downturn. |
Myanmar's Suu Kyi travels for first time since release (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jul 2011 01:17 AM PDT Reuters - Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi ventured outside her home city on Monday for the first time since her release from house arrest in November, making a low-key visit to the ancient city of Bagan amid tight security. |
Sony to restore all PlayStation network services in Japan (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jul 2011 01:16 AM PDT Reuters - Sony Corp said it will fully restore all Playstation Network videogame services in Japan, marking the resumption of all network services worldwide after a massive security breach forced the company to shut them down in April. |
Stunning Thai election win brings hope of stability (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jul 2011 02:59 AM PDT Reuters - Thailand's powerful military accepted on Monday a stunning election victory by the party of fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, adding to a new sense of stability in a country plagued by unrest since his ouster in a coup five years ago. |
Huge rare earth deposits found in Pacific - Japan experts (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jul 2011 01:05 AM PDT Reuters - Vast deposits of rare earth minerals, crucial in making high-tech electronics products, have been found on the floor of the Pacific Ocean and can be readily extracted, Japanese scientists said on Monday. |
Top dog Djokovic living the dream (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jul 2011 07:41 PM PDT Reuters - Twelve years after leaving home with a racket bag full of dreams Novak Djokovic saw two of them come true in three remarkable days at Wimbledon, culminating in an emphatic victory over Rafa Nadal in the men's singles final on Sunday. |
Thaksin sister prepares to lead Thailand after stunning win (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jul 2011 07:50 PM PDT Reuters - Thai opposition leader Yingluck Shinawatra, a political newcomer, prepared to lead her country after a stunning weekend election victory but huge challenges lie ahead, including how quickly to bring home her brother, exiled ex-premier Thaksin. |