India's Bharti says funds raised for Zain buyout

2010-03-21T17:16:16Z

<div><p>Indian telecom giant Bharti Airtel said on Sunday it had raised 8.3 billion dollars to finance its proposed takeover of the African unit of Kuwait's Zain telecom group.</p><p>"The financing was oversubscribed, with major international banks committing to underwrite the total amount," the company said in a statement.</p><p>Those pledging funds...

Bharti ties up Zain deal funds as talks deadline nears

2010-03-21T09:30:10Z

<div><p>NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Top Indian telecoms firm Bharti Airtel <BRTI.BO> said it had tied up the entire financing requirement of $8.3 billion for its planned buy of Kuwaiti telecom Zain's <ZAIN.KW> African assets, in a sign of progress as the deadline for the firms' tal...

India tests new version of cruise missile

2010-03-21T06:45:14Z

<div id="subtitle">India tests new, more maneuverable version of cruise missile jointly developed with Russia</div><div><p>India successfully tested on Sunday a new, more maneuverable version of its BrahMos supersonic cruise missile that was jointly developed with Russia, an official said.</p><p>The missile was fired from a moving warship in the

On the wrong track - ad shows New Delhi in Pakistan

2010-03-21T06:15:30Z

<div><p>An advertisement for a new luxury train service embarrassed India's rail ministry Sunday by placing the country's capital, New Delhi, inside the territory of arch-rival Pakistan.</p><p>Other gaffes made in announcing the inaugural run of the Maharajas' Express placed Kolkata, the B...

Indian rail advert places New Delhi in Pakistan

2010-03-21T05:15:50Z

Explosives found aboard India plane

2010-03-21T04:45:10Z

<div><p>THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India (Reuters) - Explosive material was found in a package on a passenger plane after it landed in southern India, but it was not attached to a detonator and could not have exploded, officials said on Sunday.</p><p>The package, which was the size of a cricket ball and wr...

India tests hi-tech new cruise missile: report

2010-03-21T04:15:15Z

<div><p>India successfully tested on Sunday a new "manoeuvrable" version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile it developed with Russia, a report said.</p><p>The missile was fired from a naval ship in the Bay of Bengal off India's east coast, BrahMos aerospace chief India free to leave country</div><div><p>A London-based environmental campaigner traveling the world in a biofuel-driven bus has been has been ordered to pay a fine for illegally using a satellite phone and is now free to leave India two months after his arrest, his lawyer said Sunday.</...

Indian police find explosives on domestic flight

2010-03-21T01:15:19Z

<div><p>Police in India's southern tourist resort state of Kerala said on Sunday they had recovered explosives from an airliner.</p><p>The explosives, made in India, were discovered as airport personnel were offloading luggage from a Kingfisher Airlines flight that had arrived at Kerala's main India's central bank looks set to tighten monetary policy further after raising interest rates for the first time in nearly two years as it bids to check spiralling inflation, economists say.</p><p>In a move that surprised experts, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) hiked short-term rates from record lows late Friday to battle near double-digit annual i...

India to get access to U.S. man on Mumbai attack

2010-03-20T08:15:09Z

<div><p>NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian investigators will get access to the Chicago man who pleaded guilty to helping plan the 2008 Mumbai attacks, but he will not be extradited to India on current charges, a U.S. official said on Saturday.&l...

Nepal mourns peace broker Koirala

2010-03-20T07:15:38Z

<div><p>Girija Prasad Koirala, the former prime minister who brokered Nepal's peace agreement and led a protest movement against his country's autocratic king, died Saturday aged 85.</p><p>Koirala, who had been suffering from respiratory disease for many years, died surrounded by family members at his daughter's home in India will get access to American who admitted role in 2008 Mumbai attacks</div><div><p>Indian investigators will be able to question a Chicago man who pleaded guilty to scouting targets for the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, a senior U.S. official said Saturday.</p><p>U.S. United States will permit India to question a Chicago man who has admitted scoping out sites for the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said on Saturday.</p><p>The assurance came following a telephone conversation between Chidambaram and India's central bank unexpectedly hikes key interest rates a quarter point on inflation fears</div><div><p>India's central bank has unexpectedly hiked key interest rates a quarter of a percentage point, as the bank tries to cool high inflation amid a faster-than-expected economic rebound.</p><p>The bank raised the benchmark repo rate — at which the central bank makes short-term loans to commercial ba...

Bharti to sell iPhone 3GS in India

2010-03-19T19:15:57Z

<div><p>India's top mobile phone company said on Friday it has reached a deal with Apple Inc. to sell the iPhone 3GS in India.</p><p>In a statement, Bharti Airtel said the pact will allow t to bring the latest NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has compiled a list of do's and don'ts for its citizens at this year's Commonwealth Games to help showcase New Delhi's charms.</p><p>"We want to tell them don't urinate in public, don't spit, ...

India wants to question U.S. man on Mumbai attack

2010-03-19T08:01:01Z

<div><p>NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India is seeking access to interrogate a Chicago man who pleaded guilty to scouting targets for the 2008 Mumbai attacks in a U.S. court this week, the home minister said on Friday.</p><p>Pakistan wants more recognition for its part in the fight against terrorism ar talks with US</div><div><p>Claiming that it has bowed far enough to U.S. interests, Pakistan will use next week's high-level talks with the Obama administration to seek more recognition for its part in the fight against terrorism and get India faces a possible jail term after she admitted falsely claiming 19,000 pounds in state benefits Friday.</p><p>Fiona MacKeown's 15-year-old daughter Scarlett Keeling was found dead on the popular Anjuna beach in Goa in Februa...

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