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• Lawmakers move to split up Uttar Pradesh (Reuters)
• Sensex dives to 6-wk closing low, ends below 16,000 (Reuters)
• Rupee hits 52/dollar, hovers near record low (Reuters)
• Home-grown woes weigh on India amid global slowdown (Reuters)
• EXCLUSIVE - Taliban, Pakistan said to have started peace talks (Reuters)
• Sikhs can carry ceremonial daggers into Olympic venues (Reuters)
• Tata Motors rolls out revamped Nano (Reuters)
• Bharti Airtel shares fall after CBI search offices (Reuters)
• HIV numbers hit new high as AIDS drugs save lives (Reuters)
• India eye Windies whitewash before Australia tour (Reuters)
• 'India's FY12 fiscal deficit to breach 4.6 pct of GDP target' (Reuters)
• West Indies fret over Chanderpaul injury (Reuters)
• L&T looking overseas to beat local slowdown - CFO (Reuters)
• Taylor Swift wins big at American Music Awards (Reuters)
• Suu Kyi to run for Myanmar parliamentary seat (Reuters)

Lawmakers move to split up Uttar Pradesh (Reuters) Posted: 21 Nov 2011 03:44 AM PST Reuters - Uttar Pradesh lawmakers led by chief minister Mayawati voted on Monday to break up the state, a move that may prove an electoral headache for the Congress Party-led federal government reeling from high inflation and corruption scandals.

Sensex dives to 6-wk closing low, ends below 16,000 (Reuters) Posted: 21 Nov 2011 06:09 AM PST Reuters - The BSE Sensex skidded 2.6 percent on Monday to its lowest close in more than six weeks and falling for an eighth straight session -- its longest losing streak since May -- as a sharply weaker rupee hammered sentiment, already weighed by faltering economic and corporate growth.

Rupee hits 52/dollar, hovers near record low (Reuters) Posted: 21 Nov 2011 06:19 AM PST Reuters - The rupee was within striking distance of its record low on Monday on strong dollar demand from local importers, with worries that foreign investors may flee from riskier assets and markets due to the global economic turbulence also weighing.

Home-grown woes weigh on India amid global slowdown (Reuters) Posted: 21 Nov 2011 05:45 AM PST Reuters - As the developed world struggles, home-grown challenges are preventing India from grabbing a larger share of global growth, executives told the Reuters India Investment Summit.

EXCLUSIVE - Taliban, Pakistan said to have started peace talks (Reuters) Posted: 21 Nov 2011 04:31 AM PST Reuters - Pakistan's Taliban movement, a major security threat to the country, is holding exploratory peace talks with the government, a senior Taliban commander and mediators told Reuters on Monday.

Sikhs can carry ceremonial daggers into Olympic venues (Reuters) Posted: 21 Nov 2011 04:43 AM PST Reuters - Sikh athletes and spectators will be allowed to wear ceremonial daggers into London Olympic venues next year, despite the intense security arrangements, as part of a multi-faith approach to the Games.

Tata Motors rolls out revamped Nano (Reuters) Posted: 21 Nov 2011 01:09 AM PST Reuters - Tata Motors released an upgraded Nano model, the company said on Monday, as it looks to improve on well below-estimate sales of a product touted as the world's cheapest car.

Bharti Airtel shares fall after CBI search offices (Reuters) Posted: 20 Nov 2011 11:42 PM PST Reuters - Shares in Bharti Airtel, India's top mobile phone carrier, fell as much as 3.6 percent on Monday after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) searched its offices and those of Vodafone's Indian unit as part of an investigation into alleged irregularities in the allocation of the nation's airwaves.

HIV numbers hit new high as AIDS drugs save lives (Reuters) Posted: 21 Nov 2011 02:44 AM PST Reuters - More people than ever are living with the AIDS virus but this is largely due to better access to drugs that keep HIV patients alive and well for many years, the United Nations AIDS programme (UNAIDS) said on Monday.

India eye Windies whitewash before Australia tour (Reuters) Posted: 21 Nov 2011 05:20 AM PST Reuters - India are eyeing a 3-0 whitewash against West Indies to boost their confidence before travelling to Australia next month, senior batsman Vangipurappu Laxman said on Monday.

'India's FY12 fiscal deficit to breach 4.6 pct of GDP target' (Reuters) Posted: 20 Nov 2011 10:24 PM PST Reuters - India's fiscal deficit in the current fiscal year will exceed 4.6 percent of the gross domestic product target, though the final figures would depend on the actual expenditure, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, the deputy chairman of the Planning Commission told CNBC TV18 news channel on Monday.

West Indies fret over Chanderpaul injury (Reuters) Posted: 21 Nov 2011 04:06 AM PST Reuters - West Indies middle-order batting mainstay Shivnarine Chanderpaul is doubtful for the third and final test against India because of a calf injury, captain Darren Sammy said on Monday.

L&T looking overseas to beat local slowdown - CFO (Reuters) Posted: 20 Nov 2011 10:22 PM PST Reuters - Larsen and Toubro, India's biggest engineering conglomerate, expects to garner more revenues from the Middle East, Far East and Africa as it looks to beat a domestic slowdown, the firm's chief financial officer said on Monday.

Taylor Swift wins big at American Music Awards (Reuters) Posted: 20 Nov 2011 11:19 PM PST Reuters - Country sensation Taylor Swift came up the big winner at the American Music Awards on Sunday, claiming three trophies including the top honor, artist of the year.

Suu Kyi to run for Myanmar parliamentary seat (Reuters) Posted: 21 Nov 2011 01:21 AM PST Reuters - Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will run in a parliamentary by-election expected by the end of the year, a top party official said on Monday, giving legitimacy to moves towards democracy after decades of military rule.

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