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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

India sets dates for April-May general election (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 01:37 PM PST

A woman's voter's hand (L) marked with blue ink during the second phase of municipal elections in Srinagar in this February 1, 2005 file photo. REUTERS/Fayaz KabliReuters - India will hold a general election between April 16 and May 13, election officials said on Monday, kicking off a mammoth process in which 714 million people will be able to cast their votes.


India win toss, bat first v New Zealand (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 06:00 PM PST

Virender Sehwag plays a shot against New Zealand during the first of five one-day cricket matches in Napier March 3, 2009. REUTERS/Anthony PhelpsReuters - India won the toss and elected to bat first in their opening one-day international against New Zealand at Napier on Tuesday.


Pakistan's Zardari faces growing turmoil - rival (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 12:25 PM PST

Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari, widower of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, is seen during a ceremony on her first death anniversary in Naudero near Larkana, in this December 27, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Nadeem Soomro/FilesReuters - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari will see growing turmoil unless he takes steps to bolster democracy as opposition coalesces around a demand for an independent judiciary, his main rival said on Monday.


Mallya happy for Mercedes to help Honda (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 12:48 PM PST

Vijay Mallya, chairman and chief executive of Kingfisher Airlines, is seen during a news conference in Srinagar January 12, 2009 file photo. Mercedes have been given a special dispensation to supply engines to the former Honda Formula One team this season, Force India owner Mallya said on Monday. REUTERS/Danish Ismail/FilesReuters - Mercedes have been given a special dispensation to supply engines to the former Honda Formula One team this season, Force India owner Vijay Mallya said on Monday.


Pakistan's women struggle for recognition (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 04:25 PM PST

Reuters - At an age when most women in Pakistan are settling down to married life, Qanita Jalil is preparing for what could be her last shot at making her name as a cricketer in her conservative homeland.

Among Tibet exiles, a new "living Buddha" emerges (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 09:57 AM PST

Karmapa Lama, the third highest ranking Lama, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Dharamsala March 2, 2009. REUTERS/Abhishek MadhukarReuters - He is a "living Buddha" with an iPod, the 23-year-old possible successor to the Dalai Lama who may bridge the gap between Tibet's elder leaders and both an alienated Tibetan youth and a suspicious China.


Reliance creates biggest refining ops (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 04:24 AM PST

File photo of Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani speaking at a news conference in Mumbai September 21, 2008. Reliance Industries, India's largest listed firm, said it is to absorb its 70 percent-owned Reliance Petroleum unit through a share offer, creating the world's largest refining complex. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - Reliance Industries, India's largest listed firm, said it is to absorb its 70 percent-owned Reliance Petroleum unit through a share offer, creating the world's largest refining complex.


Kashmir moves to save endangered snow leopards (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 03:17 AM PST

Reuters - Authorities in Kashmir have launched a special project to save endangered snow leopards, and plan to spend nearly half a million dollars to train people and buy equipment to curb poaching and habitat loss.

Star of "Smile Pinki", India's other Oscar, back home (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 03:23 AM PST

Shimla Devi holds her daughter Pinki, who featured in an Oscar award-winning documentary, upon her arrival at her village Rampur Dhabahi, 50 km south Varanasi, February 28, 2009. REUTERS/Pawan KumarReuters - She's not as famous as the child actors of "Slumdog Millionaire", but Pinki Sonkar is a legend in the village that once ostracised her, thanks to cleft-lip surgery and another Oscar-winning film.


FACTBOX - Likely scenarios after India's general election (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 03:25 AM PST

A view of the parliament building seen in New Delhi in this July 21, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - India will hold a general election between April 16 and May 13, election officials said on Monday, kicking off a mammoth process in which 714 million people will be able to cast their votes in the world's largest democracy.


FACTBOX - Economic, regulatory issues at stake in Indian election (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 05:08 AM PST

A vendor arranges vegetables at a market in Siliguri in this December 20, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Rupak De ChowdhuriReuters - India will hold a general election between April 16 and May 13.


FACTBOX - Karmapa Lama emerges as a Tibetan leader (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 10:01 AM PST

Karmapa Lama, the third highest ranking Lama, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Dharamsala March 2, 2009. REUTERS/Abhishek MadhukarReuters - Here are some facts about the Karmapa Lama, touted by many Tibetans as a possible successor to the Dalai Lama. The Karmapa Lama is the third highest ranking Lama and lives in Dharamsala, the base of many Tibetan exiles.


FACTBOX - Indian election: numbers, symbols & records (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 04:38 AM PST

Election officials carry electronic voting machines on elephants ahead of parliamentary elections in the village of Lurigoun, 50 km east of Guwahati in this April 19, 2004 file photo. REUTERS/Utpal BaruahReuters - India will hold a general election between April 16 and May 13.


Charities target India's newly rich in global slump (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 01:30 AM PST

The logo of the United Nations Childrens Fund, UNICEF, is pictured at their German headquarters in Cologne February 20, 2008. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender/FilesReuters - As charities around the world grapple with scarce funding amid the global economic meltdown, aid agencies in India are targeting what has until now been an untapped resource: the middle class.


India eases ban on China toys, wants safety stamp (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 01:05 AM PST

A worker fixes a damaged toy at the production line of a toy factory in suburbs of Shanghai October 31, 2008. India on Monday relaxed a ban on the import of toys from China to allow shipments certified by global safety agencies, weeks after the government had imposed wide-ranging curbs for six months citing public safety. REUTERS/Nir Elias/FilesReuters - India on Monday relaxed a ban on the import of toys from China to allow shipments certified by global safety agencies, weeks after the government had imposed wide-ranging curbs for six months citing public safety.


Terminally ill Jade Goody taken to hospital (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Mar 2009 03:53 AM PST

Reality television star Jade Goody speaks to the media upon her arrival at the international airport in Mumbai in this August 15, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Punit ParanjpeReuters - Terminally ill reality television star Jade Goody has been transferred to hospital as her condition worsens.


Reverence for Dalai Lama defies Chinese rule (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Mar 2009 09:12 PM PST

A picture of the Dalai Lama is seen at a monastery near Tongren, Qinghai province February 26, 2009. REUTERS/Reinhard KrauseReuters - Years of Chinese government denunciations and decades in exile have not loosened the Dalai Lama's influence over Tibetans in his homeland, where his banned image remains treasured.


Thousands attend funerals for Bangladesh mutiny dead (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Mar 2009 11:04 PM PST

A child is seen at a candle lighting ceremony in memory of the killed Bangladesh Rifles, (BDR) officials in Dhaka March 1, 2009. REUTERS/Andrew BirajReuters - Tens of thousands of mourners were attending a state funeral on Monday for dozens of Bangladesh army officers killed in a mutiny last week.


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