Reuters - Hundreds of millions of the poorest people in India will have to pay more for staple foods like rice and vegetables if foreign supermarkets are refused permission to open in India, the country's chief economist told the Times newspaper on Tuesday.
Reuters - West Indies made 211 for nine wickets in their 50 overs in the first one-day international against India at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Tuesday.
Reuters - NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Assamese writer Indira Goswami, who played a key role in peace talks with separatist group ULFA, died on Tuesday morning after prolonged illness, local media reported. She was 69.
Reuters - Simone Bora is contemplating the unthinkable -- an Indian wedding without lavish amounts of gold after record high prices and a sinking rupee have dimmed her hopes of sparkling at the party.
Reuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh failed to break an impasse on Tuesday, with opposition parties and his own political allies demanding a rollback of a reform allowing foreign supermarket giants to enter the country's $450 billion market.
Reuters - A Central Bureau of Investigation special court on Tuesday granted bail to the founder of DB Realty, Shahid Balwa, who was charged in a telecoms licensing scandal that rocked the government and businesses in Asia's third-largest economy.
Reuters - Inflation rate will fall sharply over the next few months and the country's economy should hold up despite the global economic slowdown, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday.
Reuters - Michael Jackson's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, on Tuesday was sentenced to four years in jail and denied probation for his conviction on a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the pop star's death.
Reuters - A patient 72 from Rohit Sharma helped India to a tense one-wicket victory over West Indies in a low-scoring first one-day international at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Tuesday.