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• EXCLUSIVE: Pakistan "backtracked" on India trade status - source (Reuters)
• Protesters hold Occupy Wall St-style event in Mumbai (Reuters)
• India likely to buy time on diesel price hike (Reuters)
• Rebellion brews in coalition over petrol price hike (Reuters)
• About 2,000 trekkers stranded near Everest in bad weather (Reuters)
• Some roll back in petrol prices possible: Congress source (Reuters)
• Tibetan sets himself on fire at Chinese embassy in Delhi (Reuters)
• Govt gets respite as Anna Hazare's team fumbles (Reuters)
• Gas pipe deal for India, Pakistan imminent - Turkmen minister (Reuters)
• Supreme Court grants bail to Satyam founder Raju (Reuters)
• India fret over pitch ahead of Windies test opener (Reuters)
• SBI says may see service disruption on staff strike next week (Reuters)
• In developing world, poor still means thin: study (Reuters)
• Bharti Airtel profit falls for 7th quarter (Reuters)
• Vedic Mantra chanting gets a new voice in India (Reuters)
• Shane Warne set to return in Australia's Big Bash - report (Reuters)
• Greek PM ready to go, dump referendum, for euro deal (Reuters)
• Duqu hackers shift to Belgium after India raid (Reuters)
• Pakistan "backtracked" on granting MFN status to India - source (Reuters)

EXCLUSIVE: Pakistan "backtracked" on India trade status - source (Reuters) Posted: 04 Nov 2011 05:21 AM PDT Reuters - A senior Indian government source accused Pakistan on Friday of backtracking since announcing it had granted its neighbour the trading status of Most Favoured Nation, but Islamabad immediately denied the allegation.

Protesters hold Occupy Wall St-style event in Mumbai (Reuters) Posted: 04 Nov 2011 06:11 AM PDT Reuters - At least 40 protesters at the first "Occupy Wall Street"-style demonstration in Mumbai were arrested on Friday, police said.

India likely to buy time on diesel price hike (Reuters) Posted: 04 Nov 2011 07:35 AM PDT Reuters - The government, already under fire for raising petrol prices, may delay a planned diesel price hike for fear the move could cause further damage ahead of key state elections beginning early next year, analysts and other sources said.

Rebellion brews in coalition over petrol price hike (Reuters) Posted: 04 Nov 2011 04:33 AM PDT Reuters - Trinamool Congress, a top ally of the ruling coalition, threatened to quit on Friday unless Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reversed a rise in petrol prices, testing the government's commitment to a move sorely needed to cut the fiscal deficit.

About 2,000 trekkers stranded near Everest in bad weather (Reuters) Posted: 04 Nov 2011 07:18 AM PDT Reuters - About 2,000 foreign hikers have been trapped in bad weather on the slopes of a mountain near Mount Everest in a remote corner of Nepal for the past four days, officials said on Friday.

Some roll back in petrol prices possible: Congress source (Reuters) Posted: 04 Nov 2011 04:32 AM PDT Reuters - India could partially roll back a 2.7 percent hike in petrol prices, a source in the ruling Congress party said on Friday, as the move angered opposition and government allies at a time when inflation is hovering around double-digit.

Tibetan sets himself on fire at Chinese embassy in Delhi (Reuters) Posted: 04 Nov 2011 04:48 AM PDT Reuters - A Tibetan activist suffered burns to his legs when he set himself on fire outside the Chinese embassy in India, following a wave of deadly self-immolations by ethnic Tibetans in China protesting repression.

Govt gets respite as Anna Hazare's team fumbles (Reuters) Posted: 04 Nov 2011 03:11 AM PDT Reuters - Back in the summer, mass anti-corruption protests modelled on Mahatma Gandhi's methods had India's government running scared. Now, the political class has a new spring in its step as splits and scandals tarnish activist Anna Hazare's team.

Gas pipe deal for India, Pakistan imminent - Turkmen minister (Reuters) Posted: 04 Nov 2011 05:23 AM PDT Reuters - Turkmenistan expects soon to sign a long-delayed agreement to sell natural gas to Pakistan and India and has "no doubts" that an ambitious project to build a pipeline through Afghanistan will be realised, a senior energy official said on Friday.

Supreme Court grants bail to Satyam founder Raju (Reuters) Posted: 04 Nov 2011 03:11 AM PDT Reuters - The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to Ramalinga Raju, founder and former chairman of outsourcing firm Satyam Computer Services Ltd, in a $1.5 billion financial fraud case, after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) failed to file charges on time.

India fret over pitch ahead of Windies test opener (Reuters) Posted: 04 Nov 2011 12:30 AM PDT Reuters - India host West Indies in the opener of their three-match series on Sunday with doubts over the Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium pitch, which will be hosting a test for the first time since serving an international ban.

SBI says may see service disruption on staff strike next week (Reuters) Posted: 03 Nov 2011 09:06 PM PDT Reuters - A bank officers' body has served a notice to State Bank of India for a two-day nationwide strike, which could hit customer service at its branches on Tuesday and Wednesday, the bank said in a notice in the Economic Times newspaper.

In developing world, poor still means thin: study (Reuters) Posted: 03 Nov 2011 09:37 PM PDT Reuters - "First world" health problems such as obesity and heart disease may be gaining ground in developing nations, but they are mostly afflicting the rich and middle class while poor people remain undernourished and underweight, a study said.

Bharti Airtel profit falls for 7th quarter (Reuters) Posted: 04 Nov 2011 03:11 AM PDT Reuters - Bharti Airtel is confident of growing its high-speed mobile data business and turning around its struggling African operations after the Indian mobile market leader reported a bigger-than-expected fall in fiscal second-quarter profit that was its seventh consecutive quarterly profit drop.

Vedic Mantra chanting gets a new voice in India (Reuters) Posted: 04 Nov 2011 02:37 AM PDT Reuters - For centuries, Indian women were forbidden from chanting Vedic Mantras, especially in public, out of fear the power of the religious verses might cause menstrual problems and difficulties in bearing children.

Shane Warne set to return in Australia's Big Bash - report (Reuters) Posted: 03 Nov 2011 09:52 PM PDT Reuters - Shane Warne is set to return to cricket in Australia's Twenty20 Big Bash competition less than six months after announcing his retirement, local media reported on Friday.

Greek PM ready to go, dump referendum, for euro deal (Reuters) Posted: 03 Nov 2011 08:04 PM PDT Reuters - Intense European pressure forced debt-stricken Greece to seek political consensus on a new bailout plan instead of holding a referendum after EU leaders raised the prospect of a Greek exit from the euro to preserve the single currency.

Duqu hackers shift to Belgium after India raid (Reuters) Posted: 03 Nov 2011 08:34 PM PDT Reuters - Hackers used a server in Belgium to collect data stolen from machines infected with the Duqu computer virus, after authorities shut down another rogue collection system in India, according to security experts.

Pakistan "backtracked" on granting MFN status to India - source (Reuters) Posted: 04 Nov 2011 02:05 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistan has backtracked since announcing earlier this week that it had granted India the status of Most Favoured Nation (MFN) in trade, a senior Indian government source said on Friday.

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