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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

Govt vows to end fraud as Satyam scandal shocks (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 03:37 AM CST

A security guard stands outside the head office of Satyam Computer Services in Hyderabad January 7, 2009. REUTERS/Krishnendu HalderReuters - India vowed to strengthen laws to prevent corporate fraud after Satyam Computer, the country's fourth-largest software company, shocked investors by revealing profits had been falsely inflated for years.


Pakistan cleared Mumbai gunman news - ex-adviser (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 03:26 AM CST

Pakistan's national security advisor Mahmud Ali Durrani attends a meeting in Islamabad in this December 2, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Mian KhursheedReuters - Pakistan's security agencies had authorised confirmation the surviving Mumbai gunman was Pakistani, the former national security adviser said on Thursday, adding he was sacked because the prime minister had been out of the loop.


Strike hits India's fuel supply, delays flights (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 02:14 AM CST

A plane prepares to land at an airport in New Delhi in this June 4, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - India's energy supply was squeezed further and flights delayed at the country's busiest airport as a strike by officials at state-run oil companies that dominate domestic fuel supply entered a second day.


PM sees 7 pct econ growth this fiscal year (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 12:35 AM CST

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh speaks during a conference in New Delhi in this December 19, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - India's economy is expected to grow 7 percent in the fiscal year to March 2009 despite the global slowdown, and will maintain a "strong pace" of expansion in coming years, the Prime Minister said on Thursday.


Mumbai-like attack could happen in U.S. - Bush aide (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 12:00 AM CST

A policeman stands guard outside the Taj Mahal hotel, one of the sites of last month's militant attacks, during New Year celebrations in Mumbai December 31, 2008. REUTERS/Punit ParanjpeReuters - U.S. cities are vulnerable to an attack like the gun-and-grenade assault that terrorized Mumbai for three days and killed 179 people, the White House homeland security adviser said on Wednesday.


Low blood oxygen on Everest offers treatment hope (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 07:23 PM CST

File photo of the Mount Everest. A team of British doctors conducting experiments in the Reuters - A team of British doctors conducting experiments in the "Death Zone" of Mount Everest has recorded the lowest levels of blood oxygen in humans, far below those of critically ill patients.


Mumbai gunman "has links to Pakistan" - minister (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 09:17 AM CST

A frame grab from CCTV footage, released December 7, 2008, taken inside the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai shows suspected militants (top right) and security personnel (bottom left) walking along corridors of the hotel in Mumbai on November 26, 2008, file photo.   REUTERS/via REUTERS TVReuters - The lone surviving gunman captured after November's militant attacks in Mumbai has links to Pakistan, a Pakistani government minister said on Wednesday, after media reported he was Pakistani.


Govt culls poultry in Darjeeling after bird flu (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 08:08 AM CST

Reuters - Veterinary workers culled poultry in Darjeeling on Wednesday after a fresh H5N1 bird flu outbreak, officials said.

Pakistan PM dismisses national security adviser (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 11:57 AM CST

Reuters - Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani dismissed his national security adviser Mehmood Ali Durrani on Wednesday following weeks of tension with India in the aftermath of an attack by militants on Mumbai.

Oil strike may hit pumps in 2 days - IOC (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 01:57 AM CST

A worker fills petrol at a fuel station in New Delhi in this September 20, 2006 file photo. REUTERS/Vijay MathurReuters - India may face a shortage of petrol and diesel in two days if the strike at state-run oil firms continues, Indian Oil Corp's director for marketing, G.C. Daga, said.


Govt may cut fuel prices by about 10 pct by Jan-end (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 05:41 AM CST

An employee fills a customer's tank at a petrol pump in Kolkata May 24, 2008, file photo. REUTERS/Jayanta ShawReuters - The government may cut prices of petrol, diesel and cooking gas by around 10 percent by the end of this month, the oil minister, Murli Deora, told reporters on Wednesday.


Satyam to hold news conference at 5 PM (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 11:22 PM CST

Security guards check a vehicle at the entrance of Satyam building in Hyderabad in this December 30, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Krishnendu HalderReuters - Satyam Computer will hold a news conference at 5:00 PM on Thursday, a spokeswoman said, a day after the firm's chairman quit after disclosing that profits had been falsely inflated for years.


Pietersen resigns as England captain (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 12:13 PM CST

A man looks at a poster photograph of England's cricket captain Kevin Pietersen at Lords Cricket Ground in London January 7, 2009. REUTERS/Toby MelvilleReuters - Kevin Pietersen has resigned as England captain, the player confirmed in a statement on Wednesday.


Tumbling Satyam drags Indian shares down 7 pct (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 06:26 AM CST

Brokers trade on their computer terminals at a brokerage firm in Mumbai January 7, 2009. REUTERS/Punit ParanjpeReuters - Shares in Satyam Computer Services plunged more than three-fourth on Wednesday after the Indian outsourcer said it had overstated profits for many years, dragging Indian shares to their first loss in the new year.


India upgrading fighters for strike capabilities (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 05:49 AM CST

The MIG 27 fighter jets belonging to the Indian air force take off during an Indo-French air force joint exercise in Gwalior, file photo. REUTERS/Kamal KishoreReuters - India is upgrading its MiG-27 fighters to sharpen their strike capabilities, officials said on Wednesday, even as experts say the recent Mumbai attacks have exposed the country's need to modernise its defence forces.


Iraq, India, Mexico deadliest for media - report (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 11:48 AM CST

Reuters - Iraq remained the deadliest country for media workers in 2008, followed by India and Mexico, although the number of deaths was down sharply from the previous year, a study showed.

SEBI launches probe in Satyam matter (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 07:49 AM CST

Reuters - The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) said on Wednesday it has ordered an investigation into Satyam Computer Services after the outsourcer's chairman said profits had been falsely inflated profits and resigned.

SCENARIOS - What next after India presents Mumbai evidence? (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 06:44 AM CST

Smoke and fire billows out of the Taj Hotel in Mumbai November 27, 2008, file photo.  REUTERS/Jayanta ShawReuters - India presented a dossier of material to Pakistan this week which it said showed that Pakistani militants carried out the November attacks in Mumbai that killed 179 people.


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