2009年2月13日星期五

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

Probe ordered after Orissa train crash kills 12 (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2009 11:20 PM CST

Reuters - Authorities have ordered a probe into an express train derailment in Orissa that killed 12 people and injured about 150, a senior railway official said on Saturday.

U.S. firms "restless" over India nuclear deal delays (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2009 06:35 AM CST

U.S. Ambassador to India David C. Mulford is seen during a news conference in New Delhi in this November 17, 2006 file photo. U.S. firms are getting Reuters - U.S. firms are getting "very restless" over procedural delays in implementing a civilian nuclear deal with India when the United States is gripped by a severe economic crisis, the American ambassador to India said on Friday.


Travel Postcard: 48 hours along Chennai's Coromandel Coast (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2009 07:05 AM CST

A view of Coromandel Coast is seen in this undated photo. REUTERS/StaffReuters - Got 48 hours to explore a segment of India's Coromandel Coast? Reuters correspondents with local knowledge help visitors get the most from a short stay in the area overlooking the Bay of Bengal, near the city of Chennai.


Court gives death to Nithari murderers (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2009 06:29 AM CST

Businessman Moninder Singh Pandher (C) is seen surrounded by police as he is being taken to court on the outskirts of New Delhi in this January 11, 2007 Pandher and his servant Surender Koli to death for the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl that police say was part of gruesome serial killings near the capital. REUTERS/Stringer/FilesReuters - A court on Friday sentenced businessman Moninder Singh Pandher and his servant Surender Koli to death for the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl that police say was part of gruesome serial killings near the capital.


Satyam says regulator move to speed up sale process (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2009 09:52 AM CST

Labourers clean the Satyam building in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad December 30, 2008. REUTERS/Krishnendu HalderReuters - Fraud-hit Satyam Computer Services said on Friday it would accelerate plans to find a suitor after India's market regulator amended its takeover rules, and the chairman of the outsourcing firm said new bidders were likely to emerge.


Q+A - Diplomacy and the Mumbai attacks investigation (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2009 03:20 AM CST

Pakistani Rangers and Indian Border Security Force personnel (obscured) are seen lowering 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 - The Pakistani government has said for the first time that last November's Mumbai attacks were launched and partly planned from Pakistan, and it was holding in custody a ringleader and five other suspects.


Govt cuts rail fares as national elections approach (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2009 04:24 AM CST

A man travels between two coaches of a suburban train in Mumbai February 13, 2009. India unveiled modest cuts to most rail passenger fares on Friday with an eye on fast approaching national elections, but kept freight rates unchanged despite growing signs of strain in a faltering economy.  REUTERS/Arko DattaReuters - India unveiled modest cuts to most rail passenger fares on Friday with an eye on fast approaching national elections, but kept freight rates unchanged despite growing signs of strain in a faltering economy.


Attacks on women signal rising conservatism (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2009 03:27 AM CST

A couple is seen looking at the sunset at a seafront in Mumbai in this December 31, 2008 file photo. An assault on women in a pub, a kidnapping of a Hindu girl for sitting next to a Muslim boy, harassing of canoodling couples by the police and the public. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - An assault on women in a pub, a kidnapping of a Hindu girl for sitting next to a Muslim boy, harassing of canoodling couples by the police and the public.


Govt to eye polls, economy in mini budget (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2009 03:12 AM CST

A view of the parliament building in New Delhi February 12, 2009. The coalition government will put rescuing flagging growth and stemming job losses at the centre of a mini budget on Monday as it aims to woo voters ahead of general elections just weeks away. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - The coalition government will put rescuing flagging growth and stemming job losses at the centre of a mini budget on Monday as it aims to woo voters ahead of general elections just weeks away.


Train derails in Orissa, 15 dead, 100 hurt (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2009 12:45 PM CST

Reuters - At least 15 people were killed and 100 injured when more than a dozen coaches of a passenger express train derailed in Orissa, officials said on Friday.

Satyam chairman welcomes takover rule changes (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2009 07:01 AM CST

Satyam Computer Services Chairman Kiran Karnik (C) speaks with the media as he leaves after attending company's board meeting in Mumbai February 12, 2009. Karnik said amendments made by market regulator the Securities and Exchange Board of India to takeover rules were good news. REUTERS/Punit ParanjpeReuters - The chairman of fraud-hit Satyam Computer Services said amendments made by market regulator the Securities and Exchange Board of India to takeover rules were good news.


No chance of deflation in India yet - official (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2009 02:50 AM CST

A vendor is seen arranging vegetables at a market in Siliguri in this December 20, 2008 file photo. The annual wholesale price inflation may drop to zero or sub-zero levels in the next two months but there was little chance of deflation in the economy, the government's chief statistician said on Friday.  REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - The annual wholesale price inflation may drop to zero or sub-zero levels in the next two months but there was little chance of deflation in the economy, the government's chief statistician said on Friday.


Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

India welcomes Pakistan probe, wants terror camps closed (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Feb 2009 11:58 PM CST

The Taj Mahal hotel is seen engulfed in smoke during a gun battle in Mumbai in this November 29, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - NEW DELHI (Reuters) The government and opposition parties cautiously welcomed Pakistan's investigation into the Mumbai terror attack, but said on Friday Islamabad still needed to crush all militant camps on its soil.


"Slumdog" turns spotlight on Mumbai's biggest slum (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Feb 2009 07:07 PM CST

Residents of Dharavi display posters and placards as they protest against the producers of film Reuters - A slum portrayed in the award-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire" is at the centre of a land controversy in Mumbai that has highlighted the challenges facing a booming India as it tries to modernise its cities.


Grief after false rumours of former PM Vajpayee's death (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Feb 2009 01:04 AM CST

Former Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee salutes after his meeting with Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf (not in picture) in New Delhi in this April 18, 2005 file photo. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - A false rumour of the death of former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee led to the cancellation of a public function and removal of garlands on a ministerial car, a newspaper reported on Friday.


Pandher, Koli found guilty of Nithari murder (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Feb 2009 12:20 PM CST

Moninder Singh Pandher (C) is surrounded by police officers as he was taken to court on the outskirts of New Delhi January 11, 2007, file photo. REUTERS/StringerReuters - A court on Thursday found wealthy businessman Moninder Singh Pandher and his servant Surender Koli guilty in the rape and murder of a minor girl, one of 19 victims in the most gruesome serial killings in the country in recent times.


"Loose" women to send knickers to Hindu group (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Feb 2009 09:30 AM CST

Glasses and bottles of Chateau Belcier red wine (Saint Emilion label) are seen in a testing room in Saint Emilion, southwestern France, in this November 6, 2007 file photo. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/FilesReuters - Thousands of Indians, many fuming over a recent assault on women in a pub, are vowing to fill bars on Valentine's Day and send cartons of pink panties to a radical Hindu group that has branded outgoing females immoral.


Pakistan unveils breakthrough, arrests in Mumbai probe (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Feb 2009 09:05 AM CST

The Taj Mahal hotel is seen engulfed in smoke during a gun battle in Mumbai in this November 29, 2008 file photo. Pakistan has registered a case that could lead to prosecution of the people behind the killing of 179 people in Mumbai last November, the country's top interior ministry official said on Thursday.  REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - Pakistan was holding in custody the ringleader and five other suspects in the conspiracy behind a militant attack that killed 179 people in Mumbai, the top Pakistani interior ministry official said on Thursday.


Andaman and Nicobar tribe threatens poll boycott in land row (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Feb 2009 12:20 PM CST

Reuters - Tribespeople from Andaman and Nicobar islands have threatened to boycott this year's general election because they say the navy has encroached on their land, a charge the navy denies.

Nuclear sub project near completion-minister (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Feb 2009 06:40 AM CST

Defence Minister A. K. Antony is seen in New Delhi November 30, 2008 file photo. India's project to construct three nuclear-powered submarines at a southern India naval base is near completion, officials said on Thursday. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - India's project to construct three nuclear-powered submarines at a southern India naval base is near completion, officials said on Thursday.


Factory output falls; inflation drops (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Feb 2009 03:07 AM CST

A worker is seen using a machine in a metal workshop in Dharavi in this June 1, 2007 file photo. A fall in factory output at the end of 2008 and the prospect inflation could turn negative in coming months bolstered analysts' expectations for further interest rates cut by showing the pressure the economy was under. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - A fall in factory output at the end of 2008 and the prospect inflation could turn negative in coming months bolstered analysts' expectations for further interest rates cut by showing the pressure the economy was under.


Bid process to be defined in 7-10 days - Satyam chairman (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Feb 2009 03:52 AM CST

Kiran Karnik, former president of the National Association of Software and Service Companies, a technology lobbying group, and one of the government appointees to Satyam's board, is seen during a news conference at the head office of Satyam Computer Services Ltd in Hyderabad January 12, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - Satyam Computer Services Ltd's board expects to outline the bidding process for a possible sale of the fraud-hit firm in the next 10 days time, Chairman Kiran Karnik said on Thursday.


India Inc. debates climate hurdles, solutions (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Feb 2009 06:53 AM CST

Reuters - The government needs to give financial support and incentives for technological research to help industry go green, but firms must also take initiatives in battling climate change, a new industry white paper said.

Editor faces court charges over Islam article (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Feb 2009 01:57 AM CST

Reuters - The editor and publisher of a prominent daily were briefly arrested and then released on bail after being charged with hurting Islamic sentiments in an article, police said on Thursday.
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