2008年9月18日星期四

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

Govt ready to take more steps for easy cash - Chidambaram (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 02:47 AM CDT

India's Finance Minister P. Chidambaram gestures during a question and answer session after his address at the National University of Singapore in this March 26, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash/FilesReuters - Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said on Thursday more steps would be taken to provide liquidity if cash conditions were tight, adding global turmoil would partly impact credit availability in India.


India to review print media ownership rules - govt (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 03:31 AM CDT

A vendor works at a stall at a railway platform in Mumbai in this May 1, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - The cabinet on Thursday approved review of print media ownership rules but foreign direct investment will be kept at 26 percent, Information and Broadcasting Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi told reporters.


Tata says Karnataka offers home for Nano (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 04:51 AM CDT

A Tata Nano is displayed during the first media day of the 78th Geneva Car Show at the Palexpo in Geneva in this March 4, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/FilesReuters - Tata Motors said on Thursday Karnataka had offered land for a production plant for its cheap Nano car after the firm suspended work in West Bengal due to violent protests.


India's iconic electric car gets volt of energy (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 02:59 AM CDT

People look at a Reva electric car in New Delhi in this file photo. REUTERS/Pawel KopczynskiReuters - Long before "green" cars became trendy in other parts of the world, a boxy electric two-seater began rolling out of a small factory in Bangalore, which was then emerging as a software services hub.


Bomb attack wounds 20 in Assam (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 04:08 AM CDT

Reuters - Separatist guerrillas triggered an explosion in Assam on Thursday, wounding at least 20 people, police said.

Yahoo begin biggest overhaul ever of its home page (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 11:48 PM CDT

A man drives a Mini Cooper with a Yahoo! logo in front of Yahoo! headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, in this February 1, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Kimberly White/FilesReuters - Yahoo Inc is moving ahead on Thursday with a radical redesign of its home page -- the most heavily trafficked site on the Web -- making changes that give users a personalized view of the wider Web.


United held as Juventus and Real win (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 12:06 AM CDT

Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand (L) challenges Villarreal's Guille Franco during their Champions League soccer match at Old Trafford in Manchester, September 17, 2008. REUTERS/Phil NobleReuters - Goal-shy Manchester United kicked off their Champions League title defence with a tepid 0-0 home draw against Villarreal in their opening Group E match on Wednesday.


Bus crash kills 14 villagers in Bihar (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 11:27 PM CDT

Reuters - A speeding bus ran over villagers watching a movie adjacent to a national highway in Bihar early on Thursday, killing 14 and seriously wounding 18 others, police said.

Rare rhinos in Nepal, India lose grazing land to weeds (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 12:40 AM CDT

A newborn one-horned rhinoceros stands next to its mother in a zoo in Guwahati in this June 5, 2002 file photo. REUTERS/Utpal Baruah/FilesReuters - South Asia's endangered Great One-horned Rhinoceros is being driven out of its natural habitat in search of food into the hands of illegal poachers, experts said on Thursday.


EPFO may raise FY09 interest rate - minister (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 05:22 PM CDT

Reuters - India may raise the interest rate on its largest pension fund in FY09, but there is no plan to allow the fund to invest part of its money in equities due to choppy market conditions, a minister said on Wednesday.

Maharaj Kaushik back as India's hockey coach (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 02:18 PM CDT

Reuters - India has recalled Olympic gold medallist Maharaj Kaushik as chief coach after the eight-time former champions failed to qualify for last month's Beijing Olympics, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) said in a statement.

PM worries about home-grown militant threat (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 08:19 AM CDT

Police inspect the site of a bomb blast at Barakhamba Road in New Delhi September 13, 2008. India has long faced attacks from Pakistan-based militant outfits, but the involvement of home-grown Islamist groups is now adding a Reuters - India has long faced attacks from Pakistan-based militant outfits, but the involvement of home-grown Islamist groups is now adding a "new dimension" to the problem, Prime Minister Manhoman Singh said on Wednesday.


Economy to grow 8 pct despite global woes - PM (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 10:45 AM CDT

A labourer is seen carrying building material at a construction site in Lucknow in this April 30, 2008 file photo. India's economy is expected to grow by more than 8 percent in the fiscal year to March despite being hurt by the global slowdown and soaring oil prices, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Pawan Kumar/FilesReuters - India's economy is expected to grow by more than 8 percent in the fiscal year to March despite being hurt by the global slowdown and soaring oil prices, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday.


West Bengal sticks to guns over Nano project (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 08:30 AM CDT

The interior of the Tata Motors' plant in Singur, West Bengal is seen in this undated handout photograph. Authorities in West Bengal said on Wednesday they would not return farmlands acquired for a plant to make what is billed as the world's cheapest car. REUTERS/Tata Motors/HandoutReuters - Authorities in West Bengal said on Wednesday they would not return farmlands acquired for a plant to make what is billed as the world's cheapest car.


India deploys fighter jets in troubled Kashmir (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 06:35 AM CDT

File photo of two Russian Sukhoi-30 jets. India has deployed its top fighter jets in Kashmir, ostensibly for better border management, but analysts said the move was aimed at Pakistan after relations between the nuclear-armed rivals soured in recent months. REUTERS/Francesco Spotorno/FilesReuters - India has deployed its top fighter jets in Kashmir, ostensibly for better border management, but analysts said the move was aimed at Pakistan after relations between the nuclear-armed rivals soured in recent months.


Bangladesh, India need more talks on sea boundary (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 06:10 AM CDT

Reuters - India and Bangladesh agreed on Wednesday to hold more talks to demarcate their maritime boundary that will enable the two countries to undertake gas and oil exploration, officials said.
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