2009年7月2日星期四

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Commonwealth Games venues way behind schedule (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 07:59 AM PDT

Labourers work at the games village being built for the Commonwealth Games 2010, in New Delhi May 19, 2009. REUTERS/Vijay Mathur/FilesReuters - The government painted a stark picture on Thursday of construction delays for the 2010 New Delhi Commonwealth Games, saying more than half the work needed to be completed in 12 of the 17 projects.


Author Vikram Seth writing "A Suitable Boy" sequel (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 08:50 AM PDT

Reuters - Indian poet and novelist Vikram Seth is writing a sequel to his acclaimed, monumental story "A Suitable Boy" to be titled "A Suitable Girl".

INTERVIEW: Website plays matchmaker for disaster aid (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 08:55 AM PDT

A woman brings water for villagers reconstructing an embankment after it got washed away by a tidal wave caused by Cyclone Aila in Sundarbans, southeast of Kolkata June 3, 2009. REUTERS/Parth Sanyal/FilesReuters - In India, the challenge of getting aid to disaster survivors often boils down to supply and demand.


Medvedev raps Russia shipmaker over late India deal (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 08:40 AM PDT

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev at the presidential residence Gorki outside Moscow, June 30, 2009. REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Kremlin/Dmitry AstakhovReuters - President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday lashed out at Russian shipbuilder Sevmash for delays on a landmark contract with India, traditionally a close trading partner.


Rains revive, 29pct below normal in July 1 wk (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 06:28 AM PDT

Container ships and cranes are seen as monsoon clouds gather in the sky over Cochin port in Kerala July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Sivaram VReuters - India's monsoon rains for the week ended July 1 were 29 percent below normal, improving from a 68 percent shortfall in the previous seven days, the weather office said on Thursday.


Artist Tyeb Mehta dies after long illness (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 07:16 AM PDT

Reuters - Artist Tyeb Mehta, who held the record for the highest price for an Indian painting in a public auction, died after a heart attack on Wednesday, his family said.

Delhi High Court overturns ban on gay sex (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 05:23 AM PDT

Participants take part in a gay pride march in New Delhi June 28, 2009. REUTERS/Buddhika Weerasinghe/FilesReuters - The Delhi High Court on Thursday ruled gay sex was not a crime, a verdict that will bolster demands by gay and health groups that the government scrap a British colonial law which bans homosexual sex.


Reforms needed to return India to high growth - govt (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 03:36 AM PDT

Traffic seen on a busy street in New Delhi in this September 4, 2006 file photo. REUTERS/Kamal KishoreReuters - India could see growth of around 7 percent this year and more in coming years if it makes sweeping reforms including removal of fuel subsidies, and speeds infrastructure development, a government report said on Thursday.


ANALYSIS - Ailing national carrier Air India may test India's reform zeal (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jul 2009 10:31 PM PDT

Air India's aircrafts seen at the tarmac of Mumbai airport in this July 30, 2007 file photo. REUTERS/Punit ParanjpeReuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been confronted by a high-profile challenge less than two months into his second term -- how to fix the ailing national airline carrier, which has asked the government for a bailout.


ANALYSIS - Bangladesh struggles to tame violent militants (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 02:21 AM PDT

Army personnel make a bunker in front of the prime minister's residence in Dhaka March 19, 2009. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj/FilesReuters - Violent militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan get more attention, but militant groups also challenge South Asia's other Muslim nation, Bangladesh, worrying neighbours and countries with Bangladeshi workers or immigrants.


India seen extending IT tax break as business slows (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 02:38 AM PDT

Employees seen at a call centre provide service support to international customers, in Bangalore in this March 17, 2004 file photo. REUTERS/Sherwin CrastoReuters - India is expected to extend in next week's budget a tax holiday scheme for outsourcing firms that is due to end in March 2010, giving a breather to a sector that is facing shrinking orders and a sharp earnings slowdown.


India 3G auction will take time, rules awaited (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 02:27 AM PDT

The sun rises behind a communications tower in New Delhi in this March 20, 2006 file photo. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - India will auction 3G wireless spectrum within three months after the government finalises the number of slots and the floor price for each, the telecoms minister said, indicating the process would take time.


WPI down 1.3 pct yr/yr on June 20 - govt (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jul 2009 11:40 PM PDT

Vendors arrange vegetables at a wholesale market in Chandigarh in this June 4, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Ajay VermaReuters - India's wholesale price index fell 1.3 percent in the 12 months to June 20, compared with the previous week's annual decline of 1.14 percent, government data showed on Thursday.


Changing test format will damage game, says Miandad (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 12:30 AM PDT

Former Pakistan test captain Javed Miandad speaks in Rawalpindi in this March 13, 2004 file photo. REUTERS/Mian KhursheedReuters - Former Pakistan test captain Javed Miandad has urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) to resist calls for a shake-up of the traditional test match format.


Organisers catch the drift for world badminton championships (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 01:21 AM PDT

Reuters - Organisers of next month's world badminton championships in India are scrambling to cool concerns that the air-conditioning system at the venue was causing shuttles to drift excessively.

ANALYSIS - Row over nuclear fuel bank awaits new IAEA chief (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jul 2009 08:34 PM PDT

The flag of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) flies in front of the Vienna headquarters in this August 9, 2005 file photo. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter BaderReuters - Whoever becomes head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog later this year will have to tackle a deep political divide over a nuclear fuel supply plan aimed at keeping the world safe from the spread of atomic weapons.


Econ survey suggest removal of tax, ban on futures (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 02:27 AM PDT

Reuters - The 2008/09 economic survey has suggested lifting ban on some commodity future contracts, removal of the proposed commodity transaction tax and sought to bring all market regulators under Securities Exchange Board of India.

HIGHLIGHTS - India economic survey ahead of budget (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 01:09 AM PDT

A view of the parliament building seen in New Delhi in this July 21, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - India could see growth this year of roughly 7 percent and then resume the faster expansion of recent years, provided it makes sweeping reforms including removal of fuel subsidies and accelerates infrastructure development, a key government report said on Thursday.


ANALYST VIEW - India on track for 7 pct growth; reforms urged (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 12:44 AM PDT

A labourer works at a construction site in Hyderabad in this November 4, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Krishnendu HalderReuters - India could see growth this year of roughly 7 percent and then resume the faster expansion of recent years, provided it makes sweeping reforms including


India should end control on fuel prices - survey (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jul 2009 02:01 AM PDT

An employee fills a car with petrol at a gas station in Jammu July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Mukesh GuptaReuters - India needs to end controls on prices of petrol and diesel to curb fuel demand, the finance ministry said in its annual economic survey on Thursday.


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