NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The government has no immediate plans to sell stake in state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) and Indian Oil Corp (IOC), Oil Secretary S. Sundareshan told reporters on Wednesday.
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist militants attacked the office of a Western aid agency in Pakistan with a bomb and gunfire on Wednesday, killing up to 5 people, police said.
LOS ANGELES/DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. safety regulators and Toyota dispatched teams on Tuesday to inspect a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway a day earlier, as the automaker struggled to reassure consumers shaken by its recall crisis.
BEIJING (Reuters) - Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will appeal to the elite in the Chinese-run Himalayan region in a speech on Wednesday, inviting them to visit communities of exiled Tibetans.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Iron ore prices are headed as much as 35 percent higher this year and will likely pressure the profit margins of steel companies, Tata Steel Ltd Vice Chairman B. Muthuraman said on Tuesday.
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian iron ore producer Atlas Iron is seeking to acquire Aurox Ltd in a A$143 million ($130.8) scrip offer to secure additional port capacity as it beefs up production to meet Chinese demand.
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian junior miner Aurox said on Wednesday it had agreed to an all-scrip merger with Atlas Iron, an emerging iron ore producer.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Congress party head Sonia Gandhi said on Tuesday its ruling coalition was intact, despite a key ally breaking ranks to abstain as a bill to reserve a third of parliamentary seats for women was passed by the Rajya Sabha.
BEIJING (Reuters) - Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will appeal to the elite in the Chinese-run Himalayan region in a speech on Wednesday, inviting them to visit communities of exiled Tibetans.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Premier Vladimir Putin will offer a traditional cocktail of arms and oil deals when he travels to India on Thursday to persuade a Cold War ally to buy new weapons amid rising competition with the United States.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - China and India joined almost all other major greenhouse gas emitters on Tuesday in signing up to the climate accord struck in Copenhagen, boosting a deal strongly favoured by the United States.
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Veteran British singer Cliff Richard will mark his 70th birthday with the release of an album of jazz and swing music, he announced on Tuesday.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Netherlands reached the men's hockey World Cup semi-finals despite losing 2-1 to South Korea as they edged out their opponents on goal difference on Tuesday.
MUMBAI (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of India is widely expected to increase short-term interest rates at its policy review in April and a slight majority of analysts surveyed also see it further increasing banks' reserve requirements.
REUTERS - China and India signed up to the Copenhagen Accord for fighting climate change on Tuesday, joining almost all other major greenhouse gas emitters in endorsing the non-binding pact.
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - A Canadian judge on Monday dismissed a jury as it was about to hear the perjury trial of Inderjit Singh Reyat, who is accused of lying in court about an Air India bomb plot 25 years ago, saying he feared the panel may have been tainted.
BOSTON (Reuters Life!) - Fueled by leftover chocolate and with components made from carrots, potato starch and flax, the world's first sustainable Formula 3 racing car has a top speed of 135 miles per hour and can go from zero to 60 in 2.5 seconds.
LONDON(Reuters) - After securing their first points in Formula One last season, Force India have set their sights on more than one podium finish in 2010.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - MetLife Inc pursued AIG's foreign life insurance business for two years before finally clinching a $15.5 billion purchase that will give it beachheads in 47 nations from Peru to Bangladesh.
LONDON (Reuters) - State-owned refiner Indian Oil Corp (IOC) has tendered to buy one or more cargoes of crude oil for loading in May, a tender document showed on Monday.
BHILWARA (Reuters AlertNet) - India's pioneering scheme to provide 100 days of guaranteed work to millions of impoverished and marginalised people is not only helping to lift rural households out of poverty, aid workers say, but also empowering women.
BASEL (Reuters) - Inflation in India should moderate in the coming months and the central bank will ensure interest rate levels do not have a negative impact on the competitiveness of the economy, the head of Reserve Bank of India said on Monday.
LONDON (Reuters) - Karun Chandhok has no illusions about what awaits him this weekend when India's sole Formula One driver makes his debut barely a week after sealing the deal.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Two political parties withdrew support for India's ruling Congress party on Monday to protest a controversial bill reserving one third of seats for women, possibly weakening the government's capacity to pass laws.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Tournament favourites Australia advanced into the semi-finals of the men's hockey World Cup on Monday after they beat Pakistan 2-1 in a pulsating match to finish top of Pool B.
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide car bomb attack on a police intelligence unit in Lahore killed at least 12 people and wounded about 65 during Monday's morning rush hour, officials said.
MUMBAI (Reuters) - An offer from energy major Reliance Industries was not sufficiently valuable to LyondellBasell to abandon its reorganisation plan, Lyondell said in a court filing on Monday.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Women in the Asia-Pacific region have little economic and political power, impacting economic growth prospects of developing nations, the United Nations said in a report released on Monday.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Car sales jumped by a third in February to a record as buyers rushed to beat higher taxes in the budget and the momentum should continue in March before new emission norms kick in and push up prices.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "The Hurt Locker" director Kathryn Bigelow battled her way into Oscar history books on Sunday, topping her movie's best film honour with her own Academy Award for directing to become the first woman ever to earn that distinction.