Reuters - A bombing that killed 16 people in Pune last month was carried out by Indian Mujahideen, the home-grown Islamist group with links to militants in Pakistan, Home Secretary Gopal Pillai said on Monday.

Reuters - A top U.S. official on Monday urged India and other large emerging economies to rescue the eight-year-old Doha round of world trade talks by making better offers to open their markets to American goods.

Reuters - Plans by Vedanta Resources to begin bauxite mining in Orissa suffered a setback after a government team said the company was violating environmental guidelines, officials said on Monday.

Reuters - The government shelved for now a crucial nuclear energy bill after opposition protests on Monday, a move likely to delay the entry of U.S. firms into India's $150 billion nuclear market.

Reuters - Russia offered India a stake in one of the world's largest uranium fields during Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visit last week, Russian news agencies quoted the head of the state nuclear company as saying.

Reuters - England's David Beckham is set to miss this year's World Cup despite undergoing successful surgery on his torn Achilles tendon on Monday.

Reuters - Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Monday that private investment demand will drive 9 percent economic growth in the financial year 2011/12.

Reuters - "Avatar" and the magical land of Pandora in James Cameron's sci-fi blockbuster may have had a subconscious reference to Hindu mythology, the director said over the weekend.

Reuters - There was no love lost for "Kambakkht Ishq" at Bollywood's Golden Kela awards with the Sajid Nadiadwala film being crowned the worst film of 2009.

Reuters - The cabinet on Monday approved a proposal to allow foreign universities to set up campuses, a minister said, in a move that could reduce the flow of Indian students abroad.

Reuters - Popular social-networking site Facebook will open an office in India, joining a long list of international firms that have looked to tap a skilled workforce that provides support services at relatively cheap wages.

Reuters - England's David Beckham is set to miss this year's World Cup after his surgeon gave a bleak outlook on the midfielder's chances of recovering from a torn Achilles tendon in time to line up in South Africa.

Reuters - The headline inflation topped expectations and came within touching distance of double digits in February, making a rate increase by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) all but inevitable at its scheduled April policy review.

Reuters - Top Indian vehicle maker Tata Motors' group global sales rose 59 percent in February from a year earlier, the company said in a statement on Monday.

Reuters - Commercialism is developing a conscience in the Asia Pacific region, where over six in 10 shoppers are buying items that are either "fair trade" or environmentally friendly, a survey shows.

Reuters - Tiger Woods is expected to let the PGA Tour know soon when he will return to action, Tour commissioner Tim Finchem said on Sunday.

Reuters - Quake-prone India's lack of preparedness to deal with a Haiti-style earthquake will result in a poor and chaotic response with tens of thousands of casualties, the former U.N. chief responsible for immediate international disaster response said on Friday.

Reuters - Oil and Natural Gas Corp's domestic oil output is seen at 24.9 million tonnes in the current financial year ending March 31, lower than the 25.76 million tonnes target, an official said.