Supreme Court verdict boost for Narendra Modi (Reuters) Posted: 12 Sep 2011 01:16 PM PDT Reuters - The Supreme Court rejected on Monday hearing a case that links Gujarat's chief minister Narendra Modi to the deadly religious riots in 2002, a move that may help the opposition politician's chances if he runs for prime minister in 2014. |
England's Trott named ICC cricketer of the year (Reuters) Posted: 12 Sep 2011 01:55 PM PDT Reuters - England batsman Jonathan Trott was named International Cricket Council (ICC) cricketer of the year on Monday for his achievements during 2011 when he compiled 1,042 runs at an average of 65.12 in 12 tests. |
India seen lifting veto on EU duty waiver for Pakistan (Reuters) Posted: 12 Sep 2011 09:41 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistan is hopeful that India will allow Islamabad to boost textile exports to Europe under a post-floods trade assistance scheme as relations between the neighbours improve, diplomats said on Monday. |
Sri Lanka under growing pressure on war atrocities (Reuters) Posted: 12 Sep 2011 10:14 AM PDT Reuters - Sri Lanka came under mounting pressure from the United Nations and Western powers on Monday to ensure that perpetrators of atrocities committed in its long conflict that ended in 2009 are held to account. |
July industrial growth falls to 2-year-low (Reuters) Posted: 12 Sep 2011 05:48 AM PDT Reuters - India's industrial output growth slumped to 3.3 percent in July, its weakest annual pace in nearly two years, reinforcing expectations the RBI will pause its monetary policy tightening after one more rate rise this week. |
Monsoon rains test cash-strapped Pakistan after 200 die (Reuters) Posted: 12 Sep 2011 07:14 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistan's cash-strapped government, struggling to help victims of last year's devastating floods, faces another major test as monsoon rains, which have already killed about 200 people in recent weeks, sweep across the south. |
Pro-Gaddafi forces kill 17 at Libya oil refinery (Reuters) Posted: 12 Sep 2011 09:41 AM PDT Reuters - Muammar Gaddafi loyalists killed 17 guards outside an oil refinery on Monday in an apparent attempt to disrupt a drive by Libya's new rulers to seize the ousted ruler's last bastions and revive the oil-based economy. |
Fernandes hopes to see Chandhok race in India (Reuters) Posted: 12 Sep 2011 01:11 AM PDT Reuters - Karun Chandhok has a good chance of racing in next month's inaugural Indian Formula One Grand Prix, Team Lotus owner Tony Fernandes told Reuters. |
Blast at French nuclear site kills one, no leak (Reuters) Posted: 12 Sep 2011 10:33 AM PDT Reuters - A worker was killed in an explosion at a French nuclear waste site on Monday, but officials said there was no radioactive leak and the authorities quickly declared the emergency over. |
ANALYSIS - Profits elude bankers to the rich in booming India (Reuters) Posted: 12 Sep 2011 03:35 AM PDT Reuters - Ajay Piramal is just the sort of big fish every Indian private banker would love to land. |
Kenyan police find 75 bodies in slum fire (Reuters) Posted: 12 Sep 2011 10:14 AM PDT Reuters - At least 75 bodies have been recovered after petrol that had spilled into an open sewer caught fire and sent a wave of flame through a densely populated slum in the Kenyan capital, police said on Monday. |
Eros Int'l signs 50-film deal with South Korea's KT (Reuters) Posted: 12 Sep 2011 12:46 AM PDT Reuters - Indian movie distributor Eros International Plc said it signed a multi-film agreement with KT Corp, South Korea's No. 2 mobile carrier, to showcase 50 of its film titles on multiple digital platforms. |
Suzuki seeks divorce from Volkswagen over Fiat spat (Reuters) Posted: 12 Sep 2011 06:47 AM PDT Reuters - Suzuki Motor wants to end its two-year-old alliance with Volkswagen after the German carmaker accused it of violating their partnership pact by agreeing a diesel engine deal with Italy's Fiat. |
Rupee at 14-mth low on Europe debt woes (Reuters) Posted: 12 Sep 2011 03:10 AM PDT Reuters - The Indian rupee weakened further to touch a 14-month low in afternoon trade on Monday as the impact of Europe's deepening debt crisis on global growth triggered a flight from riskier assets. |
RBI has to balance high inflation, slowing growth: chief econ adviser (Reuters) Posted: 12 Sep 2011 03:10 AM PDT Reuters - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will have to balance high inflation and slowing growth, the chief economic adviser to the finance ministry, Kaushik Basu, said on Monday after a sharp drop in industrial output growth. |
Snippy Serena under investigation over U.S. Open outburst (Reuters) Posted: 12 Sep 2011 12:32 AM PDT Reuters - Serena Williams is under investigation by U.S. Open tournament officials for the ugly outburst she directed at the chair umpire during her loss to Australian Sam Stosur in the final on Sunday. |
America mourns Sept 11 dead with somber ceremonies (Reuters) Posted: 11 Sep 2011 08:22 PM PDT Reuters - Children yearned for lost parents and grown men and women sobbed in raw grief on the hard stone bearing the names of nearly 3,000 dead as America commemorated the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. |
Libya holdout towns in focus, Gaddafi son flees (Reuters) Posted: 12 Sep 2011 01:11 AM PDT Reuters - Libya's new rulers said they were holding back an assault on one of the last bastions loyal to Muammar Gaddafi but were edging towards the ousted ruler's birthplace of Sirte. |
Amazon in talks to launch digital book library -WSJ (Reuters) Posted: 12 Sep 2011 01:50 AM PDT Reuters - Amazon.com Inc is in talks with book publishers about launching a media library service similar to Netflix Inc for tablets and other digital books, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. |