PM keeps key ministers; fresh focus on rural vote (Reuters) Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:59 AM PDT Reuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh retained key allies in a cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday, shunning big changes in a bid to hold onto power amid charges of graft and policy paralysis. |
Influential brother of Afghan president killed at home (Reuters) Posted: 12 Jul 2011 02:18 PM PDT Reuters - The younger half-brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, one of the most powerful and controversial men in southern Afghanistan, was shot dead at his home on Tuesday by a senior and highly trusted family security guard. |
British govt tries to halt Murdoch Sky bid (Reuters) Posted: 12 Jul 2011 04:16 PM PDT Reuters - The British government endorsed a move in parliament to block Rupert Murdoch's bid for broadcaster BSkyB on Tuesday, casting more doubt on his hopes to expand in television despite a widening scandal over phone-hacking by one of his newspapers. |
Key changes to PM Singh's cabinet (Reuters) Posted: 12 Jul 2011 02:34 AM PDT Reuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday announced marginal changes to his cabinet, retaining key ministers in core policy areas as the embattled government struggles with policy paralysis and major corruption scandals. |
With Jairam Ramesh out, green policy seen softening (Reuters) Posted: 12 Jul 2011 03:23 AM PDT Reuters - New environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan is likely to be more flexible towards industry to help power Asia's third-largest economy, although a complete turnaround in tighter enforcement of green policies pursued by her maverick predecessor is ruled out. |
Carbon credits for Reliance Power coal plant stoke criticism (Reuters) Posted: 12 Jul 2011 04:37 AM PDT Reuters - Environmentalists criticised the United Nations on Tuesday after it ruled that a large Indian coal-fired power project is eligible to earn carbon credits worth $165 million at current prices. |
Infosys cautious on outlook after Q1 disappoints (Reuters) Posted: 12 Jul 2011 03:36 AM PDT Reuters - India's No.2 software services exporter Infosys warned on Tuesday it faces a volatile global economy that could slow client spending, sending its shares down the most in three months. |
Industrial growth lags in latest sign of slowdown (Reuters) Posted: 11 Jul 2011 11:46 PM PDT Reuters - India's industrial output in May rose at a much slower than expected pace, indicating taut monetary policy and high inflation were acting as brakes on the economy, although the RBI is still expected to raise rates later this month to contain stubbornly high inflation. |
LeT-linked Jamaat-ud-Dawa says Pakistan needs peace, prosperity (Reuters) Posted: 11 Jul 2011 06:48 PM PDT Reuters - Over tea in Lahore with the man who some see -- wrongly he says -- as a spokesman for the Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group, one subject dominates the conversation. It's not jihad, not Kashmir, but the economy. |
Mallya hits back over lack of Indian F1 driver (Reuters) Posted: 11 Jul 2011 08:58 PM PDT Reuters - Indian Formula One fans should be proud of their own team rather than bemoaning the lack of homegrown talent on the starting grid, Force India's flamboyant owner Vijay Mallya has told Reuters. |
PM set for minor cabinet reshuffle; another missed opportunity? (Reuters) Posted: 11 Jul 2011 08:22 PM PDT Reuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to make only minor changes to his cabinet on Tuesday, counting on veteran finance and interior ministers to help battle policy paralysis and rampant corruption in Asia's third-largest economy. |
Schwarzenegger back in Hollywood saddle, despite scandal (Reuters) Posted: 11 Jul 2011 09:21 PM PDT Reuters - Two months after putting his Hollywood return on hold following a damaging sex scandal, Arnold Schwarzenegger is ready to get back into the saddle. |