2009年2月25日星期三

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

Bangladesh troop mutiny kills nearly 50 - minister (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 05:13 PM PST

A masked Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) soldier patrols in front of its headquarters in Dhaka February 25, 2009. REUTERS/Andrew BirajReuters - Nearly 50 people were killed when Bangladeshi paramilitary troops mutinied over a pay dispute at their headquarters in Dhaka, a government minister said on Thursday.


U.S. FDA says Ranbaxy plant falsified data (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 03:46 PM PST

A Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd technician at their facility in Paonta Sahib in Himachal Pradesh on October 19, 2001. REUTERS/Kamal Kishore/FilesReuters - A plant owned by Indian generic drugmaker Ranbaxy Laboratories falsified data and test results submitted in approved and pending drug applications, U.S. regulators said on Wednesday.


Police charge 38 people over Mumbai attacks (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 07:55 AM PST

Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving member of the 10-man group which attacked several Mumbai landmarks, is seen at an undisclosed location under police custody in this undated video grab shown by CNN IBN Television channel since February 3, 2009. REUTERS/CNN IBN/Handout/FilesReuters - Police charged the man they say is the lone surviving gunman in last year's Mumbai attacks with "waging war" against India and included two Pakistani soldiers among 37 others charged on Wednesday, government officials said.


FACTBOX - Details of charge sheet in the Mumbai attacks (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 08:57 AM PST

A policeman stands guard at a police complex believed to be housing the lone surviving gunman, Mohammed Ajmal Kasab from the recent attacks in Mumbai December 11, 2008. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - Police charged the man they say is the lone surviving gunman in last year's Mumbai attacks with "waging war" against India and included two Pakistani soldiers among 37 others charged on Wednesday, government officials said.


New Delhi faces criticism over Commonwealth Games preparations (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 05:22 PM PST

A labourer walks at the Thyagraj sports complex, one of the venues for the Commonwealth Games 2010, in New Delhi February 24, 2009. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - India's hopes of using the 2010 New Delhi Commonwealth Games to showcase its capital have hit fresh trouble with a parliamentary committee saying not enough has been done to prepare for the expected influx of visitors.


Stimulus helping industry revive - Pranab Mukherjee (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 05:54 AM PST

Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee is seen during a two-day long Reuters - Fiscal stimulus measures announced by India are steps in the right direction and production has started picking up in some sectors, including cement and steel, the finance minister said on Wednesday.


Troops on alert to halt Kashmir protests (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 01:28 AM PST

A Kashmiri protester throws a rock towards a Jammu Kashmir police officer during a protest in Srinagar February 25, 2009. Thousands of police and soldiers locked down Kashmir's main city on Wednesday to prevent separatist protests over the killings of two Muslim men, blamed on the army. REUTERS/Danish IsmailReuters - Thousands of police and soldiers locked down Kashmir's main city on Wednesday to prevent separatist protests over the killings of two Muslim men, blamed on the army.


McCullum spurs Kiwis past India in Twenty20 (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 03:43 AM PST

New Zealand's Daniel Vettori (L) and Jesse Ryder celebrate Jacob Oram's (R) catch to dimiss Yusuf Pathan off the bowling of Neil McCullum (2nd R) during their Twenty20 cricket match in Christchurch February 25, 2009. New Zealand beat India by seven wickets in their first Twenty20 international at Christchurch on Wednesday. REUTERS/Simon BakerReuters - Brendon McCullum smashed an unbeaten half-century to steer New Zealand to a seven-wicket win over India in their first Twenty20 international in Christchurch on Wednesday.


Saina Nehwal to return to action at All England (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 11:51 PM PST

Saina Nehwal of India is seen playing a shot to Ella Karachkova of Russia during their women's singles first round badminton match at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in this August 9, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Beawiharta/FilesReuters - World number 10 Saina Nehwal has recovered from a shoulder injury and will return to action at next month's All England super series, domestic media reported on Wednesday.


Bangladesh rebel troops start laying down arms (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 02:18 PM PST

A masked Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) soldier patrols in front of its headquarters in Dhaka February 25, 2009. REUTERS/Andrew BirajReuters - Mutinous members of a Bangladesh paramilitary unit began laying down their arms after accepting an amnesty offered by the government, a government minister told reporters.


Bangladesh rebels refuse to lay down arms to army (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 11:23 AM PST

Rebel soldiers stand guard in front of the paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) headquarters in Dhaka February 25, 2009. REUTERS/Andrew BirajReuters - Mutinous members of a Bangladesh paramilitary unit accepted an amnesty offered by the government, but refused to hand their weapons to the army after fighting over a pay dispute killed at least five people on Wednesday.


Bus crash kills 39 in Kashmir - police (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 06:10 AM PST

Police and rescuers stand near a passenger bus after it fell in river Neelu, 170 km (105 miles) from Jammu  February 25, 2009. A bus carrying dozens of passengers in Kashmir skidded off a road and plunged into a river on Wednesday, killing at least 39 people, police said. REUTERS/Mansoor QadirReuters - A bus carrying dozens of passengers in Kashmir skidded off a road and plunged into a river on Wednesday, killing at least 39 people, police said.


Bangladesh PM asks mutineers to lay down weapons (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 05:05 AM PST

Men on a trishaw look at an artillery weapon being pulled by a military vehicle on its way to the headquarters of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) in Dhaka February 25, 2009. REUTERS/Rafiqur RahmanReuters - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina offered mutineers from the paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles an amnesty if they laid down their weapons after fighting killed at least three people on Wednesday, a government minister said.


Bangladesh PM meets mutineers in bid to end fighting (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 03:16 AM PST

Men on a trishaw look at an artillery weapon being pulled by a military vehicle on its way to the headquarters of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) in Dhaka February 25, 2009. REUTERS/Rafiqur RahmanReuters - Mutineers from the paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) were meeting with Prime Minister Sheik Hasina on Wednesday in a bid to end fighting that killed at least one person and wounded nine more, officials said.


At least 1 dead, 9 wounded in Dhaka fighting (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Feb 2009 12:51 AM PST

Army soldiers walk towards the headquarters of the paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) in Dhaka February 25, 2009. Heavy gunfire broke out at the headquarters of the BDR in Dhaka on Wednesday, and at least one person was killed and six others wounded, a doctor told Reuters. REUTERS/Rafiqur RahmanReuters - Heavy gunfire raged through the headquarters of the paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) in Dhaka on Wednesday, and at least one person was killed and nine others wounded, witnesses and hospital staff told Reuters.


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