PM vows to bring Mumbai bombers to justice (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jul 2011 12:25 PM PDT Reuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh vowed on Thursday to bring to justice those behind triple bomb attacks on Mumbai, and police questioned members of home-grown Islamist militant group Indian Mujahideen. |
Q+A - Who could be behind the Mumbai blasts? (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jul 2011 03:21 AM PDT Reuters - Investigators began probing on Thursday the triple bomb blasts which killed 18 people in the financial capital Mumbai, in the biggest attack since Pakistan-based militants rampaged through the city in 2008. |
Murdochs to face UK govt inquiry, FBI to probe News Corp (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jul 2011 04:10 PM PDT Reuters - Rupert Murdoch on Thursday caved in to pressure from Britain's parliament to answer questions over alleged crimes at one of his newspapers and denied that News Corp was drawing up plans to separate its newspaper holdings. |
TCS beats estimates, flags economic uncertainty (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jul 2011 09:07 AM PDT Reuters - Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India's top software services exporter, warned about global economic uncertainty after beating analysts' forecasts for first-quarter profit as western clients increased spending on technology services. |
'Harry Potter' whips up early magic at box offices (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jul 2011 05:45 PM PDT Reuters - Even before its U.S. debut, the new "Harry Potter" movie is conjuring a lot of magic at box offices, taking in $43.6 million overseas on its opening day and sending advance U.S. ticket sales to record levels. |
Indian firms top world sales growth - Ernst & Young (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jul 2011 05:04 AM PDT Reuters - Indian companies' sales growth has soared past the rest of the world in the past five years, posting annual average rises of 27 percent compared to just 5 percent for firms in developed countries, an Ernst and Young survey found. |
California orders gay history in school textbooks (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jul 2011 05:45 PM PDT Reuters - California became the first U.S. state on Thursday to require public school textbooks to include the accomplishments of gay, lesbian and transgender Americans as Governor Jerry Brown signed the mandate into law. |
Monsoon 19 pct below normal, concerns over rice (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jul 2011 05:31 AM PDT Reuters - India's crucial monsoon rains were 19 percent below normal in the week to July 13, a slight pick up from a quarter below average in the previous week, but the fall off in rains is raising concerns particularly over rice production. |
Inflation quickens; another rate rise expected (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jul 2011 02:54 AM PDT Reuters - Inflation quickened in June, driven by higher prices of manufactured goods and fuel, adding pressure on the RBI (Reserve Bank of India) to raise rates this month despite signs of slowing growth in Asia's third-largest economy. |
Mumbai terror blasts not an attack on financial markets - home minister (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jul 2011 10:16 PM PDT Reuters - Three coordinated terror attacks in three crowded districts of Mumbai were not attacks on India's financial markets, Home Minister said on Thursday. |
Murdoch battles to save UK paper business as probes loom (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jul 2011 12:27 AM PDT Reuters - Rupert Murdoch, fighting to bring under control a crisis that has cost him a $12 billion deal, is unlikely to rush into the sale of the newspaper business at the heart of the hacking uproar in Britain. |
Indians live in most troubled region - minister (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jul 2011 10:55 PM PDT Reuters - Indians live in the world's most troubled region, Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said on Thursday morning, a day after a series of three coordinated bomb blasts killed at least 17 people in Mumbai, India's financial capital. |