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India force a draw after Gambhir, Tendulkar tons

AFP South Asian Edition 15 hours ago

Gautam Gambhir made 114 and Sachin Tendulkar hit an unbeaten 100 as India batted out the final day to draw the first cricket Test against Sri Lanka here on Friday. India easily wiped out a huge first innings deficit of 334 runs ...

India-Sri Lanka Test heads for a draw

AFP South Asian Edition 16 hours ago

A lifeless wicket and resolute batting by India continued to frustrate Sri Lanka's bid to win the first cricket Test here on Friday. Opener Gautam Gambhir hit 114 as India wiped off the huge first innings deficit of 334 runs and moved ...

Rebel blast derails train in India, killing 2

AP News 17 hours ago

Rebel blast derails train in eastern India, killing 2 passengers, wounding 30 A passenger train derailed after Maoist rebels blew up a key track in eastern India, killing two people and injuring at least 30 others, a police official said Friday. The ...

Gambhir's century keeps India afloat in first Test

AFP South Asian Edition 18 hours ago

Gautam Gambhir hit an unbeaten century to keep India's hopes alive of forcing a draw in the first cricket Test against Sri Lanka here on Friday. The left-hander made 105 not out as India, trailing by 334 runs on the first innings, ...

Shun beef to stop climate change, says India

AFP Global Edition 18 hours ago

India, a stronghold of vegetarianism where the cow is a sacred animal for the majority Hindu population, has urged the rest of the world to give up eating beef to help reduce global warming. "The single most important cause of (carbon) emissions ...

'Un-Indian' Bollywood promo sparks protests

AFP South Asian Edition 19 hours ago

Promotional posters for a new Bollywood thriller, showing leading actress Kareena Kapoor from behind and apparently naked from the waist up, have got some people's backs up in India. "Kurbaan" (Sacrifice) hits screens in India and more than 25 countries around the ...

Indian Maoists derail train, kill two: report

AFP South Asian Edition 20 hours ago

Suspected Maoist rebels have derailed a passenger train in eastern India, killing two people and injuring more than 40, a report said Friday. National Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee told the Press Trust of India that two bodies had been found in an ...

Indian husbands want protection from nagging wives

Reuters Life! Online Report 21 hours ago

LUCKNOW, India (Reuters Life!) - Shrews, beware: a group of Indian husbands tired of being harassed by their wives are demanding the local government create a male protection society to address their grievances. The men, who said they had enough of their ...

INDIAN VS. CHINESE AUTOS: NO CONTEST

BusinessWeek 21 hours ago

INDIAN VS. CHINESE AUTOS: NO CONTEST For years, global automakers have fretted about the day when Chinese manufacturers start exporting cars en masse, driving down profits worldwide. But the bigger challenge may come from China's neighbor, India. This year through September, India ...

FERTILE GROUND FOR STARTUPS

BusinessWeek 21 hours ago

FERTILE GROUND FOR STARTUPS Who needs job security? In June 2008, as the recession was moving from bad to worse, Caterina Fake gave up a comfortable, executive-level job at Yahoo! to launch a company. She left California and set up shop in ...

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