Hindu seer facing finance crisis
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Banks refuse cheques issued by the religious establishment of Indian seer Sri Jayendra Saraswathi.
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India's culture minister offers to resign in a row over whether Hindu gods are mythological figures.
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A crisis decades in the making has reduced middle-class people in New Delhi, IndiaÂs richest city, to foraging for water.
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Sri Lanka's financial sector looks set for a tough year in the wake of December's devastating tsunami, bank officials say.
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A puzzle is crucial to securing IndiaÂs future: how to harness and hold on to its rich but capricious rains.
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People across South Asia struggle to cope with severe shortages of affordable wheat and rice.
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India's Rediff.com may be on the buyout block.
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The payday lender needs to pull in more cash.
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India should escape major fallout from the US subprime credit turmoil thanks to its largely insulated economy but the country&#39;s outsourcing sector has cause for concern, economists said.
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MPs and the main City watchdog are at odds over the plight of millions of policyholders &quot;trapped&quot; in closed with-profits funds.
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Disappointing data come as credit crisis looms.
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The Indian consulting firm continues to battle wage pressures and a higher currency.
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Sri Lanka faces a $1.3bn (Â£691m)  bill in 2005 for reconstruction after the tsunami which killed more than 30,000 of its people, its central bank says.
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Hindu nationalists call for a general strike in India over the arrest of a Hindu cleric who faces murder charges.
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Mohammed Ibrahim is overwhelmed by people asking for help.
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High valuations can sink a chieftain's reign.
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The news was a reminder of the difficulty banks are now facing in valuing complicated financial instruments.