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India says still seeking extraditions from Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 04:26 AM CST

The Taj Mahal hotel is seen engulfed in smoke during a gun battle in Mumbai in this November 29, 2008 file photo. The accused in the Mumbai attacks could be tried and punished in Pakistan, India's foreign minister has told a news channel, marking a climbdown in New Delhi's demand that Islamabad hand over the militants. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - India wants the Mumbai attack planners to be extradited to India, Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Friday, despite reports that New Delhi had no problems with their being tried in Pakistan.


U.S. nuclear firms try to break liability logjam with India (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 02:54 AM CST

Indian and U.S. national flags are seen in front of the Presidential Palace in New Delhi in this February 28, 2006 file photo. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - Top U.S. firms have lobbied hard in India this week for a share in the country's lucrative nuclear market, but there was little progress on key policy issues such as accident liability protection for suppliers.


SCENARIOS - Assessing risks of India, Pakistan confrontation (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 02:16 AM CST

Pakistani Rangers and Indian Border Security Force personnel (obscured) lower the flags of the two countries during a daily flag lowering ceremony at the India-Pakistan joint border at Wagah, some 20 km to the east of Lahore, in this December 14, 2006 file photo. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed/FilesReuters - Tension between nuclear-armed Pakistan and India has been running high since militants killed 179 people in an assault on Mumbai in late November.


Govt to seek vote-on-account in Feb (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 04:05 AM CST

A view of the parliament building in New Delhi in this February 23, 2007 file photo. The parliament will begin in February its final session before national elections, when the government will seek approval for spending for the next few months, the Parliamentary Affairs Minister said on Friday. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - The parliament will begin in February its final session before national elections, when the government will seek approval for spending for the next few months, the Parliamentary Affairs Minister said on Friday.


Orissa temple purified after low caste minister visit (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 12:50 AM CST

Reuters - Hindu priests in Orissa are under investigation for conducting a purification ritual soon after a minister belonging to a lower caste visited a famous temple, officials said on Friday.

China calls Dalai Lama "saboteur" of Tibet development (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 01:02 AM CST

Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama addresses a gathering of Tibetans from the Himalayan region at the Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies in Sarnath January 11, 2009. REUTERS/Abhishek MadhukarReuters - China has again lashed out at the Dalai Lama, accusing the exiled Buddhist leader of "sabotage" to slow the development of Tibet that China sees as key to creating support for its rule there.


Would Slumdog be hot with an Indian director? - Bachchan (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 10:18 AM CST

Actor Amitabh Bachchan takes questions from the media to promote the Reuters - Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan has said British filmmaker Danny Boyle's hard-hitting "Slumdog Millionaire" tale of life in a Mumbai slum is being lauded because it has a Westerner at the helm.


UK foreign minister urges "war on terror" rethink (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 09:01 AM CST

India's Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee (L) and Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband pose before a meeting in New Delhi January 13, 2009. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband called on Thursday for a rethink of the strategy against terrorism, saying the notion of a "war on terror" was misleading and mistaken in present times.


Pakistan says 124 held in wake of Mumbai attack (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 12:07 PM CST

Pakistani rangers stand near the Indian (R) and Pakistani national flags during an annual fair near Pakistan border in Chamliyal, 45 km west of Jammu in this June 26, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Amit GuptaReuters - Pakistan said on Thursday security forces had closed five training camps run by Lashkar-e-Taiba, the group blamed for the Mumbai attack, and arrested 124 of its leaders and those of a related charity.


Mayawati tones down birthday celebrations (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 11:05 AM CST

President of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati speaks during her party's campaign for the state assembly elections in Jammu in this December 10, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Amit GuptaReuters - Mayawati, one of India's rising political stars and chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, turned 53 on Thursday but criticism from political parties put a dampener on her usually lavish birthday parties and gifts.


India still seeking extraditions from Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 03:47 AM CST

Closed circuit television footage released on December 3, 2008 shows gunmen walking across a parking lot after a shooting spree at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus train station in Mumbai on November 26, 2008. REUTERS/Investigating Team Video via Reuters TV/FilesReuters - India has not given up the demand for the extradition of the Mumbai attack planners, Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Friday, despite reports that New Delhi had no problems with their being tried in Pakistan.


Govt expands Satyam board, but no bailout plan (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 09:52 AM CST

An employee (2nd R) and security guards walk near the main entrance of the Satyam Computer Services head office in Hyderabad January 12, 2009. REUTERS/Krishnendu HalderReuters - The government on Thursday appointed three new members to the board of embattled Satyam Computer Services, but said it was not considering bailing out the fraud-hit outsourcing firm.


Roses, posters, prayers for jailed Satyam chief (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 08:12 AM CST

A policeman peers from inside the gate of Chanchalguda jail, where former chairman of Satyam Computer Services Ramalinga Raju is being held, in Hyderabad January 15, 2009. REUTERS/Krishnendu HalderReuters - Contemplating his fate from a prison cell, his reputation shattered, Ramalinga Raju, the founder of India's Satyam Computer Services, can still rely on supporters to whom he will always be a hero.


Widening disparity in India's health battle - U.N. (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Jan 2009 07:09 AM CST

A labourer holds her child at a construction site in New Delhi March 8, 2007. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan/FilesReuters - India's fight to lower maternal and child mortality rates is failing due to growing social inequalities and shortages in primary healthcare facilities despite an economic boom, the United Nations said on Thursday.


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