Reuters - Nepal's Supreme Court on Friday upheld a life imprisonment sentence for "bikini killer" Charles Sobhraj for killing an American backpacker in 1975.

Reuters - Police on Friday fired at thousands of people protesting against Indian rule in Kashmir, killing two demonstrators, officials said, in the latest flare-up of violence in the disputed Himalayan region.

Reuters - Parliament speaker on Friday adjourned sessions for the fifth straight day as opposition protests over high prices scuppered debates, delaying discussion of key economic reforms.

Reuters - Sri Lanka preserved their 1-0 lead in the three-match series against India when the second test ended in a high-scoring draw on Friday.

Reuters - India's monsoon rains, crucial for the farm-dependent economy, are likely to be 107 percent of normal in the remaining two months of the June-September season, the weather office said, raising expectations of strong growth in farm output.

Reuters - India's proposed food security act could nearly double to as much as $23 billion the food subsidy bill from targeted levels, Farm Minister Sharad Pawar suggested on Friday, potentially spooking plans to cut the fiscal deficit.

Reuters - A British initiative to enthuse children around the world about sport inspired by the 2012 London Olympics is halfway towards its target of reaching 12 million.

Reuters - An unidentified gang set fire to a Sri Lankan broadcaster owned by a businessman who had backed the opposition in a presidential election, destroying its main control room, police said on Friday.

Reuters - The Force India Formula One team were fined 5,000 euros ($6,524) at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Friday for muddling up their tyres for the second time in two race weekends.

Reuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday he was hopeful of restoring talks "sooner or later" to improve ties with rival Pakistan after their last meeting ended in acrimony over the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

Reuters - India's Reliance ADA Group is in talks with Universal Studios to build a $1.5 billion, 400 acre theme park and resort in India, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday citing a person familiar with the matter.

Reuters - India and Britain spoke on Thursday of a new momentum towards closer trade and security ties, but a high-profile visit by Britain's prime minister was partly overshadowed by his outspoken comments on Pakistan.

Reuters - Heavy monsoon showers in the past week rapidly raised the water level in Indian reservoirs to 27 percent of capacity, up 8 percentage points in the past week, or twice the normal rate, government data showed on Friday.

Reuters - Indian state firms have no immediate plans to revise petrol prices as international prices have not fluctuated significantly, the chairman of government-run Indian Oil Corp B.M. Bansal told reporters on Friday.

Reuters - Government should free diesel prices immediately as global crude prices are stable, and could slap a windfall tax on producers if crude surged beyond $80 a barrel, a senior government adviser said.

Reuters - The unprecedented leak of secret U.S. military reports on the Afghan war may cost lives and damage trust with allies, the Pentagon said on Thursday, warning publisher WikiLeaks could have blood on its hands.

Reuters - Thomson Reuters Corp reported lower-than-expected quarterly results on Thursday as the news and data provider's investment in new products for traders and lawyers squeezed margins.

Reuters - NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The internal security chief said on Thursday that there were no plans to ban Research In Motion's popular BlackBerry services in the world's fastest growing mobile phone market.

Reuters - A Reserve Bank of India (RBI) official jolted markets on Thursday with unusually blunt criticism of monetary policy, saying current interest rates would not tame inflation and aggressive action was needed.

Reuters - Suresh Raina stroked a memorable debut century and Sachin Tendulkar coasted to his fifth double hundred to lift India to a massive total of 669 for nine in the second test against Sri Lanka on Thursday.