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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

India counts cost of scrapping Pakistan tour (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 11:37 PM CST

Dancers are seen holding India and Pakistan national flags before the start of play in the ICC World Twenty20 cricket final match in Johannesburg in this September 24, 2007 file photo.     REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/FilesReuters - India's cash-rich cricket board could lose up to $10 million in revenue following the scrapping of this month's tour of Pakistan, domestic media reported on Friday.


India says Pakistan attitude unchanged on militants (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2009 03:07 AM CST

Defence Minister A. K. Antony is seen during an all party meeting in New Delhi in this November 30, 2008 file photo. Antony said on Friday that Pakistan was still failing to crack down on militants blamed for the Mumbai attacks, and that New Delhi had not deployed troops despite tensions with its neighbour. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - India's defence minister said on Friday that Pakistan was still failing to crack down on militants blamed for the Mumbai attacks, and that New Delhi had not deployed troops despite tensions with its neighbour.


Three arrested after threat to Dhoni (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2009 02:58 AM CST

Cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is seen sitting in a car after his meeting with a senior police official in Ranchi in this December 31, 2008 file photo. Police said on Friday they had arrested three people in connection with alleged extortion letters sent to Dhoni. REUTERS/Rajesh Kumar Sen/FilesReuters - Police said on Friday they had arrested three people in connection with alleged extortion letters sent to cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.


Sri Lankan troops march into rebel headquarters (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2009 02:03 AM CST

Soldiers are seen in Poonaryn, northern Sri Lanka, in this November 28, 2008 file photo. Sri Lankan troops marched into the Tamil Tigers de facto capital of Kilinochchi and the town is about to fall into government hands, an official said on Friday. REUTERS/Stringer/FilesReuters - Sri Lankan troops fought their way into the Tamil Tigers' de facto capital of Kilinochchi and the entire town will soon be under government control, an official said on Friday, in what would be a major blow for the rebels.


India to announce 2nd stimulus Friday - govt sources (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2009 01:14 AM CST

Currency notes are stapled to form a garland at a market in Jammu in this November 14, 2008 file photo. India is likely to announce a second stimulus package later on Friday to help shore up an economy slowing faster than many economists had expected, two officials in the Prime Minister's Office said. REUTERS/Amit Gupta/FilesReuters - India is likely to announce a second stimulus package later on Friday to help shore up an economy slowing faster than many economists had expected, two officials in the Prime Minister's Office said.


Bombs kill 5, wound 26 in Guwahati (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 11:11 PM CST

Policemen and spectators at the site of a bomb blast in Guwahati, January 1, 2009. REUTERS/Utpal BaruahReuters - At least five people were killed and 26 wounded when suspected separatist militants set off three bombs in Guwahati on Thursday, police said.


Falling inflation, exports fuel rate cut hopes (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 08:34 AM CST

File photo of a labourer arranging sacks of vegetables on a truck at a wholesale market in Siliguri December 17, 2008. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - Indian inflation fell to a near 10-month low in the third week of December, while exports dipped again, and analysts said the Reserve Bank would soon add to aggressive rate cuts to support a faltering economy.


Satyam saga shows holes in India corporate governance (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 08:40 AM CST

Labourers clean the Satyam building in Hyderabad December 30, 2008, file photo. REUTERS/Krishnendu HalderReuters - Just three months ago, India's fourth-largest software services exporter, Satyam Computer Services received a Golden Peacock award from a group of Indian directors for excellence in corporate governance.


Pakistan has FBI evidence of Mumbai links - India (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 11:10 PM CST

Policemen patrol a promenade as visitors look on at a seafront in Mumbai December 31, 2008. India said on Thursday the FBI had presented strong evidence to Islamabad of Pakistani links to November's militant attacks in Mumbai that killed 179 people. REUTERS/Arko DattaReuters - India said on Thursday the FBI had presented strong evidence to Islamabad of Pakistani links to November's militant attacks in Mumbai that killed 179 people.


Malaysian helicopter saves Indian vessel from Somali pirates (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 05:32 AM CST

Reuters - A Malaysian military helicopter, taking off from a warship sailing nearby, scared away Somali pirates trying to hijack an Indian vessel in the Gulf of Aden on Thursday, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said.

Sri Lanka says poised to take rebel capital (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 08:17 AM CST

Reuters - Sri Lankan troops were poised to enter the de facto capital of the Tamil Tigers after capturing strategic areas around the town following heavy fighting with the rebels, the military said on Thursday.
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