2009年3月24日星期二

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

South Africa chosen to host IPL next month (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 10:31 AM PDT

Lalit Modi, Chairman of the Indian cricket Premier League listens to a question during a news conference in London in this October 24, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Andrew Winning/FilesReuters - South Africa will host the second edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) next month after the Twenty20 competition was moved out of India due to security reasons, the IPL said on Tuesday.


Congress manifesto pushes rural help, jobs (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 07:25 AM PDT

Sonia Gandhi, chief of India's ruling Congress, holds her party's election manifesto for the April/May general election in New Delhi March 24, 2009. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - The ruling Congress party said on Tuesday in its election manifesto that it would include a hugely subsidised food scheme in new measures to protect farmers and the poor from the impact of the global slowdown.


Inflation seen near zero for 3 months - Arvind Virmani (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 08:22 AM PDT

Finance ministry's chief economic adviser Arvind Virmani speaks during an interview with Reuters in New Delhi in this November 21, 2008 file photo. India's wholesale price inflation looks set to remain near zero for the next three months, while monetary policy remains key to reviving the economy, Virmani said on Tuesday.  REUTERS/Vijay Mathur/FilesReuters - India's wholesale price inflation looks set to remain near zero for the next three months, while monetary policy remains key to reviving the economy, the finance ministry's chief economic adviser said on Tuesday.


Nano bookings to soothe Tata Motors funding woes (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 06:08 AM PDT

Former Formula One driver Narain Karthikeyan poses with a new Tata Nano car during its launch in Mumbai March 23, 2009. Tata Motors looks set to harness massive demand for its Nano, the world cheapest car, helping it raise funds to cover bridge loans for last year's purchase of the luxury Jaguar and Land Rover brands. REUTERS/Manav ManglaniReuters - Tata Motors looks set to harness massive demand for its Nano, the world cheapest car, helping it raise funds to cover bridge loans for last year's purchase of the luxury Jaguar and Land Rover brands.


Brains or beauty? Women still conflicted, poll shows (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 11:26 AM PDT

A model walks the runway during a fashion show in New York, February 16, 2009. REUTERS/Carlo AllegriReuters - Smart or thin? Rich or ugly?


India axes $1 bln helicopter tender, fresh bids later (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 07:15 AM PDT

The logo of European aerospace giant (EADS) Sogermas is seen at their site in Merignac, southwest France, May 23, 2006. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/FilesReuters - India has cancelled a tender for 22 attack helicopters, bidders EADS and Finmeccanica said, while the government said the companies did not meet its requirement and a fresh tender would be issued in due course.


Reuters poll sees Congress coalition losing ground (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 05:11 AM PDT

Sonia Gandhi, chief of India's ruling Congress party, speaks during the release of the party's manifesto for the April/May general election in New Delhi March 24, 2009. An alliance led by the ruling Congress Party has lost ground over the last week amid coalition squabbles, a Reuters poll of 14 leading analysts has predicted. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - An alliance led by the ruling Congress Party has lost ground over the last week amid coalition squabbles, but is still likely to win India's next general election, a Reuters poll of 14 leading analysts has predicted.


Satyam says plans to finalise buyer by April 30 (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 08:28 AM PDT

The Satyam Computer Services office building in Hyderabad is seen in this January 21, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - Satyam Computer Services Ltd hopes to finalise the buyer of a 51 percent stake by April 30, the fraud-hit Indian outsourcing company said in a filing to the market regulator on Tuesday.


Traffickers prey on disaster-hit children in India - agencies (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 05:01 AM PDT

Thirteen-year-old Santosh Kumar was rescued after being sold to a shop where he was made to work 15 hours a day. Hundreds of children left vulnerable after devastating floods in eastern India are being trafficked to work as bricklayers, domestic servants and even sold as brides, aid agencies say. REUTERS/Nita BhallaReuters - Hundreds of children left vulnerable after devastating floods in eastern India are being trafficked to work as bricklayers, domestic servants and even sold as brides, aid agencies say.


Let sunshine in to fight tuberculosis, WHO says (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 10:48 AM PDT

A (TB) patient waits for free treatment outside a medical centre in Siliguri March 24, 2009. REUTERS/Rupak De ChowdhuriReuters - Ventilation and some sunshine could go a long way to reduce tuberculosis risks in hospitals and prisons, two strongholds of the contagious lung disease, the World Health Organisation said.


UK reality star Jade Goody to be buried on April 4 (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 06:54 AM PDT

A girl looks at floral tributes outside the house of Jade Goody in Upshire, Essex southern England March 22, 2009. The funeral of reality TV star Goody will take place on April 4 at a church near her home in Essex. REUTERS/Toby MelvilleReuters - The funeral of reality TV star Jade Goody will take place on April 4 at a church near her home in Essex.


Cheers, rose petals as Pakistan's top judge returns (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 05:48 AM PDT

Policemen keep guard as a portrait of Pakistan's reinstated chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry is hoisted with balloons before a flag raising ceremony outside his residence in Islamabad March 22, 2009.  REUTERS/Faisal MahmoodReuters - Black-suited Pakistani lawyers cheered and threw rose petals as Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry returned to work on Tuesday more than a year after he was sacked by a military ruler.


South Africa peace event put off after Dalai Lama ban (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 05:28 AM PDT

Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama speaks in Mcleodgunj March 10, 2009. A South African peace conference of Nobel laureates has been postponed after the government denied a visa to the Dalai Lama, organisers said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli/FilesReuters - A South African peace conference of Nobel laureates has been postponed after the government denied a visa to Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, organisers said on Tuesday.


South Africa to host IPL from April 17 - TV (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 07:06 AM PDT

Indian Premier League(IPL) chief Lalit Modi listens to a question during a news conference in London in this October 24, 2008 file photo. South Africa will host the second edition of IPL starting on April 17 after the Twenty20 cricket league was moved out of India due to security reasons, television reported on Tuesday. REUTERS/Andrew Winning/FilesReuters - South Africa will host the second edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) starting on April 17 after the Twenty20 cricket league was moved out of India due to security reasons, Indian television reported on Tuesday.


FACTBOX - Poll manifesto of Congress party (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 05:04 AM PDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (L) and Sonia Gandhi, chief of India's ruling Congress party, hold their party's election manifesto for the April/May general election in New Delhi March 24, 2009. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - The Congress party said on Tuesday in its election manifesto that it would include a hugely subsidised food scheme in new measures to protect farmers and the poor from the impact of the global slowdown.


ELECTION EYE - Sonia Gandhi does not rule out Left alliance (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 04:55 AM PDT

A woman stands in front of the portraits of Chief of India's ruling Congress party Sonia Gandhi (R) and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Siliguri, March 7, 2009. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - The following is a snapshot of recent developments in India's general election campaign. (Items are from own sources unless stated.)


India has room to ease monetary policy - Ahluwalia (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 01:41 AM PDT

A high-rise building is lit up during construction in Mumbai December 22, 2006. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - India's growth is seen slowing to 6.5 percent in the fiscal year that ends on March 31, below official forecast of around 7 percent, and there is room for more monetary easing, a senior government official said.


PM: economy to revive in big way in 6-7 mths (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 01:11 AM PDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh attends an event north of Mumbai August 31, 2007. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - India's economy will revive in a big way in six to seven months as stimulus packages start to take effect, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday.


Slowdown brings bounty to ship breaking town (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2009 07:31 PM PDT

A view of ships being decommissioned at the Alang shipyard, about 260 km west from Ahmedabad, in this February 25, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Amit Dave/FilesReuters - A global economic slowdown has hit industries ranging from automakers to investment banks, but in one small town on India's western coast, business is at record levels and workers can hardly keep up with demand.


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