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• Sonia Gandhi cancels first rally since illness (Reuters)
• Obama to discuss economy with Manmohan Singh in Bali (Reuters)
• HCC's Lavasa gets conditional green clearance (Reuters)
• Hundreds of thousands pay tribute to Bhupen Hazarika (Reuters)
• Tendulkar misses milestone, India beat Windies (Reuters)
• With an eye on 2014, India steps up Afghan role (Reuters)
• Oct car sales suffer biggest fall in a decade (Reuters)
• SBI Q2 net up 12.4 pct; bad loans disappoint (Reuters)
• Moody's cuts India banking outlook, shares fall (Reuters)
• Russian craft on Mars mission stuck in orbit (Reuters)
• In China, luxury car makers drive inland (Reuters)
• Jailed Butt appeals against sentence (Reuters)
• Guantanamo hearing to be beamed to U.S. viewing sites (Reuters)
• Iran worked on nuclear bomb design - U.N. watchdog (Reuters)

Sonia Gandhi cancels first rally since illness (Reuters) Posted: 08 Nov 2011 11:41 PM PST Reuters - Sonia Gandhi, India's most powerful politician, has cancelled what would have been her first public address since undergoing surgery for an undisclosed illness, highlighting speculation about her ability to run the ruling Congress party.

Obama to discuss economy with Manmohan Singh in Bali (Reuters) Posted: 09 Nov 2011 10:08 AM PST Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama will meet Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Bali next week to discuss deepening economic and commercial ties and other issues, the White House said on Wednesday.

HCC's Lavasa gets conditional green clearance (Reuters) Posted: 09 Nov 2011 04:01 AM PST Reuters - Environment ministry on Wednesday gave conditional clearance to a $31 billion hillside township being developed by Hindustan Construction Co's unit Lavasa Corp, the ministry said in a letter posted on its website.

Hundreds of thousands pay tribute to Bhupen Hazarika (Reuters) Posted: 09 Nov 2011 05:04 AM PST Reuters - Hundreds of thousands of mourners, including Bollywood stars and politicians, gathered on Wednesday for the cremation of one of India's most famous folk singers, Bhupen Hazarika, who helped popularise the culture of the country's remote northeast.

Tendulkar misses milestone, India beat Windies (Reuters) Posted: 09 Nov 2011 06:37 AM PST Reuters - Sachin Tendulkar's sparkling 76 secured India's five-wicket victory in the first test against West Indies on Wednesday while prolonging his agonising wait for his 100th international century.

With an eye on 2014, India steps up Afghan role (Reuters) Posted: 08 Nov 2011 09:45 PM PST Reuters - India plans to train Afghan army combat units at top counter-insurgency schools, officials say, deepening its commitment to Afghanistan as Western forces prepare to withdraw, a move that will fan Pakistani fears of encirclement.

Oct car sales suffer biggest fall in a decade (Reuters) Posted: 08 Nov 2011 10:42 PM PST Reuters - Car sales in India fell 23.8 percent in October, the biggest monthly percentage decline since December 2000, an industry body said on Wednesday, as high interest rates and vehicle costs drove down sales for a fourth consecutive month.

SBI Q2 net up 12.4 pct; bad loans disappoint (Reuters) Posted: 09 Nov 2011 02:12 AM PST Reuters - State Bank of India posted a 12.4 percent growth in net profit in the September-quarter, after two quarters of decline, but a rise in non-performing assets battered investor confidence, sending its shares down more than 5 percent.

Moody's cuts India banking outlook, shares fall (Reuters) Posted: 08 Nov 2011 09:15 PM PST Reuters - Moody's Investor Service on Wednesday downgraded its outlook for India's banking system to "negative" from "stable", as it warned of slowing growth at home and overseas hitting asset quality, capitalization and profitability.

Russian craft on Mars mission stuck in orbit (Reuters) Posted: 09 Nov 2011 10:54 AM PST Reuters - A Russian spacecraft designed to bring back soil samples from one of the moons of Mars veered off course on Wednesday after its launch, clouding hopes Russia could pull off its first interplanetary mission in more than two decades.

In China, luxury car makers drive inland (Reuters) Posted: 08 Nov 2011 08:16 PM PST Reuters - Chen Beiyin bubbled with joy when she picked a $141,700 Mercedes-Benz E350 coupe for her dowry and topped off the wedding with a lavish procession that included 12 S600 sedans, the priciest cars in the fleet.

Jailed Butt appeals against sentence (Reuters) Posted: 09 Nov 2011 03:30 AM PST Reuters - Former Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt has filed an appeal against a 30-month prison sentence for fixing parts of a test match last year, his lawyer said.

Guantanamo hearing to be beamed to U.S. viewing sites (Reuters) Posted: 08 Nov 2011 07:05 PM PST Reuters - Members of the U.S. public will be allowed to watch a broadcast of Wednesday's arraignment hearing for a Guantanamo prisoner accused of masterminding a deadly attack on a U.S. Navy warship, but only if they can get to an army base in Maryland by Wednesday morning.

Iran worked on nuclear bomb design - U.N. watchdog (Reuters) Posted: 08 Nov 2011 07:46 PM PST Reuters - Iran appears to have worked on designing an atomic bomb and may still be conducting secret research, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said in a report likely to raise tensions in the Middle East.

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