NEW DELHI - Pi Capital, the Britain-based private equity firm for top-notch industrialists and high net-worth individuals, is finally opening a unit in India where it has an indirect presence through its Fitness First gym chain, the largest globally.

MUMBAI - A benchmark index of the Indian equities market Monday was ruling weak amid negative cues from other major Asian markets.

CHANDIGARH - There's good news for NRIs wanting to invest in Haryana. The state has decided to reserve up to 10 percent of industrial plots or sheds for NRIs and persons of Indian origin (PIO).

SHIMLA - As many as 13 million tourists visited the hills of Himachal Pradesh last year as compared to 11 million in 2009, registering an increase of over 16 percent in a year, said a state tourism survey.

WASHINGTON - A snow and ice storm swept across the US South Sunday, spreading power outages and prompting more than 1,400 flight cancellations by Delta, whose hub is Atlanta, Georgia.