National News

The arrest of two men in Chicago on terrorism charges linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba has revived fears about the Pakistani militant group's global reach and its ability to plot attacks in India and around the world.

India is not considering imposing a tax to curb an influx in overseas funds, and indeed wants an increase in inflows, the deputy chairman of the government's planning commission said on Friday.

Bharti Airtel launched yet another new billing plan on Friday, slashing mobile roaming rates by nearly 60 percent and signalling a tariff war in the world's fastest-growing wireless market was far from over.

Opener Gautam Gambhir stroked a third century in as many matches and Sachin Tendulkar hit a fifty to put India in position to save the first test against Sri Lanka on Friday.

Protests by farmers demanding higher sugarcane prices disrupted parliament on Thursday, forcing the government to rethink its stand on cane pricing.

Vodafone has sought an extension until Jan. 29 to reply to a tax claim notice issued last month by the Indian tax department, Junior Finance Minister S.S. Palanimanickam said on Friday in a written reply to question in parliament.

The launch of 3G in China and India by the likes of China Mobile and Bharti Airtel could boost wireless broadband worldwide, sparking a boom in new offerings as millions of users sign up for services.

Tens of thousands of India's sugarcane growers swarmed through the country's capital on Thursday demanding higher prices for cane, forcing the prime minister to consider changes in fixing cane rates.

Bharti Airtel, India's top mobile operator, said on Friday it had launched a new bill plan that would reduce mobile roaming rates by nearly 60 percent.

Delay in sugarcane crushing in Uttar Pradesh (UP) threatens to aggravate sugar shortage, increasing the country's dependence on expensive imports.

REUTERS - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives in Washington on Monday for a state visit set to boost the burgeoning economic relationship between two countries, which had relatively marginal commercial dealings a decade ago.

International news agency Reuters has suspended coverage of Cricket Australia matches and events for a second season because of a long-running dispute over media rights and freedom of the press.

"Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp was named People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" on Wednesday, reclaiming a title he first won in 2003.

The vice president of Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd (Balco) and two other officials have been arrested and charged with homicide following the collapse of a chimney in Chhattisgarh that killed around 40 people, police said on Tuesday.

The wildlife population of Indian Kashmir has registered a "manifold" increase as a two-decade-old separatist rebellion has scared away poachers and hunters from the region, a wildlife official said on Tuesday.

Chinese writer Su Tong has won Asia's top literary prize with a bleak novel about a disgraced Communist Party official's attempts to rebuild his life, trumping a clutch of Indian writers on the shortlist.

Watchtowers and close-circuit televisions will help secure the Taj Mahal, one of the world's most visited monuments, as the busy tourist season begins in India, a senior police officer said.

Sachin Tendulkar's passion for cricket has not diminished during his long career and he still has a child-like enthusiasm for the game, said the record-breaking batsman.

Michael Jackson's concert movie "This Is It" has taken more than $200 million at box offices worldwide in the first two weeks of release, the studio behind the movie said on Thursday.

Marat Safin, widely regarded as one of the most gifted players of his generation, brought down the curtain on a chequered career when he bowed out to U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro in the Paris Masters.