Brad Hodge's 29-ball half-century powered Rajasthan to a close victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Even as the United States accuses China of military espionage and worries about Beijing's more strident posture in the Asia-Pacific region, the ties between the armed forces of the two nations have been getting closer. Direct contact between China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) and some of its potential adversaries has increased dramatically in the last two years

VIENNA (Reuters) - Srei Infrastructure Finance Ltd( SREI.NS ) is poised to buy the domestic banking unit of nationalised Austrian lender Hypo Alpe Adria for 65.5 million euros, the newspaper Die Presse said. In a story released ahead of publication on Thursday, the paper said negotiations on the sale had wrapped up and that regulators had signalled no problems with the planned takeover. A spokesman for Hypo Alpe Adria declined to comment other than to say, "The relevant bodies of the bank have not taken any decision yet." The bank has said a sale is due by mid-2013.