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Pakistanis pray Ramadan will bless team with success

KARACHI (Reuters) - When Pakistan play India in the Twenty20 World Cup final on Monday in Johannesburg , Muslims in Islamic Pakistan will not only break fast to mark the holy month of Ramadan but also pray their team is blessed with success.
09 24 2007 1:33PM (...more)

Oil India unmoved by axed IPOs, says issue on track

MUMBAI (Reuters) - State-run explorer Oil India Ltd will go ahead with its initial public offer to raise up to $378 million after March despite the crash of three IPOs in a volatile Indian market, the firm's chairman said on Tuesday.
02 13 2008 2:15AM (...more)

FACTBOX - Indian officials to brief govt's new ally on economy

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Senior officials from India 's finance, petroleum and telecom ministries are likely to soon brief a new ally of the government on key economic issues, newspapers reported on Wednesday.
07 9 2008 11:35PM (...more)

SBI raises lending rate by 50 basis points

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India 's largest lender, State Bank of India , said on Thursday it was raising its benchmark prime lending rate by 50 basis points to 12.75 percent with effect from Friday.
06 27 2008 12:14AM (...more)

Opposition MPs take price protests to parliament

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India 's main opposition alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday stepped up protests against rising prices ahead of state elections, forming a human chain around parliament.
04 25 2008 2:00AM (...more)

Left says to oppose fuel price increase

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India 's communist parties that provide crucial parliamentary support to the ruling coalition said on Monday they would oppose any increase in fuel prices, ahead of a government panel meeting on Thursday to review prices.
01 15 2008 6:29AM (...more)

Indian gaming now a serious business

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India 's nascent $30-million gaming industry is set to grow to $700 million in the next five years, driven by global companies that are pushing new generation gaming consoles in the Indian market, industry watchers said.
09 19 2007 6:16PM (...more)

India stocks dominate 2007's top gainers - Russell

NEW YORK (Reuters) - India dominated a list of the best-performing stocks in 2007, according to an analysis of stocks in Russell Investment Group's global indexes released on Wednesday.
01 3 2008 1:53PM (...more)

India court orders probe into French Scorpene deal

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An Indian court ordered an investigation on Thursday into a $3 billion deal to buy French Scorpene submarines after allegations that a multi-million dollar bribe was paid to clinch it.
12 21 2007 5:27PM (...more)

India returns bodies of 2 Pakistani prisoners

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan expressed "deep concern" over the treatment of Pakistani prisoners in Indian jails after the bodies of a young man and an old woman were handed over at the border on Friday.
06 14 2008 9:39PM (...more)