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The defence systems unit of India's top vehicle maker Mahindra & Mahindra will bid for domestic defence projects worth $3.5 billion over the next seven years, its chief executive said on Monday.

Tata Consultancy Services, India's top outsourcing company, said on Monday it does not expect volume growth in the December quarter to match the September quarter as firms are still deciding on IT budgets.

Tata Consultancy Services, India's top outsourcing company, said on Monday it does not expect volume growth in the December quarter to match the September quarter as firms are still deciding on IT budgets.

Fans of serious cinema gathered at this coastal resort town as curtains go up on India's most prestigious film festival with a screening of Chinese historical drama 'Wheat'.

Rebels killed five paramilitary men, including two officers, in an ambush in Manipur on Monday, security officials said.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said Pakistan's objectives in Afghanistan are not necessarily those of the United States, a rare, harsh criticism of Islamabad by a man seen as trying to reduce tension between the arch rivals.

The Parliament was in uproar on Monday over a leaked government report blaming Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders for their role in the destruction of an ancient mosque that sparked widespread riots.

Tata Consultancy Services, India's leading outsourcing firm, does not expect volume growth in the December quarter to match the September quarter as companies are still deciding on IT budgets, a senior official said.

Kashmir's main separatist alliance has stirred controversy before resumed talks with New Delhi by saying China has a stake in peace in the region because a part of the disputed state is under Beijing's control.

Indian power projects of 4,000 megawatts (MW) capacity may miss their March commissioning date due to a shortage of engineers from Chinese firms that sold the equipment, junior power minister Bharatsinh Solanki said.

India, whose protected financial sector helped insulate it from the worst of the global economic meltdown, should not be complacent in its push for financial sector reforms, a top Bank of America-Merrill Lynch executive said on Monday.

Injured Sri Lanka paceman bowler Dhammika Prasad will miss the second test against India starting on Tuesday but opener Tillekaratne Dilshan will play despite suffering a broken nose.

Opposition parties will meet Farm Minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday to sort out procedural differences on sugarcane pricing issue, a top opposition leader said.

Reliance Capital has been approached by three foreign insurance companies looking to take a stake in its life insurance business, its chief executive said on Monday.

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said on Sunday U.S. President Barack Obama was not soft on China and said he hoped he would discuss Tibet with the Indian prime minister in Washington this week.

Bollywood actress and Celebrity Big Brother star Shilpa Shetty married London-based businessman Raj Kundra in a "fairy-tale wedding" on Sunday, her spokeswoman said.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Sunday it was not clear if Pakistan's president was in control of the army and said Pakistan's objectives in Afghanistan were not necessarily those of the United States.

Most people in France do not think their soccer team deserves to be in the 2010 World Cup and did not approve of Thierry Henry's handball that helped secure a finals place, according to an opinion poll published on Sunday.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Sunday there was no substitute to the U.S. dollar for replacement as the global reserve currency.

Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) on Sunday denied having any link to two men arrested in Chicago on terrorism charges.