2009年3月31日星期二

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

PM: Global stimulus must be sustained - FT (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Mar 2009 02:44 PM PDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh speaks during the release of Congress party's manifesto for the general election in New Delhi March 24, 2009. Efforts to kickstart the global economy are probably adequate for 2009 but policymakers must act to extend support measures into next year, Singh said in an interview published on Tuesday. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - Existing global stimulus plans are "probably adequate" for 2009, but policy-makers must act to extend support efforts into next year, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said in an interview published on Tuesday.

Supreme Court bars Sanjay Dutt from contesting polls (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Mar 2009 11:58 AM PDT

Bollywood actor and Samajwadi Party candidate for the forthcoming parliamentary elections, Sanjay Dutt, surrounded by cameras as he speaks during a Holi celebration in Lucknow March 15, 2009, file photo. REUTERS/Pawan KumarReuters - The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a plea by Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, convicted in connection with India's worst-ever bombing in 1993, to allow him to contest the April/May general election.

India key to Nepali hydropower ambition - Prachanda (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Mar 2009 02:01 PM PDT

Nepal's Prime Minister Prachanda attends a meeting with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh before the second summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) in New Delhi in this November 12, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - Nepal aims to boost its hydropower generation capacity more than 15-fold in 10 years, and the government is working to gain access to the vast Indian market for electricity exports, its premier said on Tuesday.

Bomb kills one in Assam (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Mar 2009 12:14 PM PDT

Police and bystanders gather at a bomb blast site in Guwahati March 31, 2009. At least one person was killed and 18 wounded when a bomb went off in Assam on Tuesday, police said. REUTERS/Utpal BaruahReuters - At least one person was killed and 18 wounded when a bomb went off in Assam on Tuesday, police said.

Rahul Gandhi kicks off election campaign (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Mar 2009 03:08 AM PDT

Rahul Gandhi, Congress party general secretary, waves to his party supporters during a public rally in Ahmedabad January 30, 2009, file photo. REUTERS/Amit DaveReuters - Rahul Gandhi, scion of India's most powerful family dynasty and touted as a future prime minister, hit the campaign trail on Tuesday with a populist message to boost the Congress party's efforts to regain power.

INTERVIEW - BJP says to push reforms, FDI (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Mar 2009 05:40 AM PDT

Rajnath Singh, the president of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), speaks to his supporters after an interview with Reuters in New Delhi March 30, 2009. REUTERS/Vijay MathurReuters - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will speed up foreign investment projects in India if it wins a general election, with business hit by red tape, land protests and lack of government help, party president Rajnath Singh said.

Pakistan Taliban claim responsibility for Lahore raid (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Mar 2009 05:40 AM PDT

Police officials detain a suspected militant from the site of a shooting at a police training centre in Lahore March 30, 2009. REUTERS/Mohsin RazaReuters - Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud said on Tuesday his group had carried out an assault on a police academy in the city of Lahore in retaliation for U.S. drone attacks on militants in Pakistan.

Elephants loom large as an issue in elections (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2009 11:50 PM PDT

A mahout sits atop his decorated elephant in Jaipur in this January 12, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Vijay Mathur/FilesReuters - Along with Maoist rebels, rampaging elephants have become a key voter issue in Jharkhand ahead of the upcoming general election as political parties promise to save villagers from the animals.

Pakistan court allows Sharifs to take back Punjab (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Mar 2009 04:57 AM PDT

Nawaz Sharif (R), former prime minister of Pakistan, speaks during a news conference with his brother Shahbaz Sharif in Lahore February 25, 2009, file photo. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Pakistan's Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended a ruling barring former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother from holding elected office and restored their government in the key province of Punjab.

Prabhakaran's no-surrender vow nears last test (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Mar 2009 01:51 AM PDT

Velupillai Prabhakaran, leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, speaks during the annual Reuters - COLOMBO (Reuters) -- Tamil Tiger founder Vellupillai Prabhakaran has done one thing better than anything else for 37 years: avoid capture.

Nandita Das turns director, raises eyebrows again (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Mar 2009 01:28 AM PDT

Festival jury member and Indian actress Nandita Das poses during red carpet arrivals for Austrian director Michael Haneke's in competition film Reuters - After winning accolades for her acting in arthouse cinema, Nandita Das, a former jury member at Cannes, is drawing attention with her directorial debut as well: a film about one of India's worst religious riots.

Kerala hunts for fleeing Tamil Tiger rebels (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2009 07:46 PM PDT

Tamil Tiger rebels are seen standing next to a machine gun during military exercises in Kilnochchi, north of Sri Lanka, in this July 13, 2007 file photo. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi/FilesReuters - Heavily armed commandos locked down a stretch of the southern Indian coast on Monday and began a house-to-house search for a group of suspected Tamil Tiger rebels from Sri Lanka, police said.

WL Ross among bidders for Satyam - reports (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2009 09:39 PM PDT

An employee (2nd R) and security guards walk near the main entrance of the Satyam Computer Services head office in Hyderabad in this January 12, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - Private equity firm WL Ross & Co is among the bidders to buy a majority stake in fraud-tainted outsourcer Satyam Computer Services Ltd, two newspapers reported on Tuesday.

ELECTION EYE - Setback for opposition in Andhra Pradesh (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2009 09:11 PM PDT

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh smiles during the release of Congress party's manifesto for the April/May general election in New Delhi March 24, 2009. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - The following is a snapshot of recent developments in the general election campaign. (Items are from own sources unless stated.)

India's oldest horse racing club seeks revival (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Mar 2009 10:15 PM PDT

Reuters - Corporate sponsors and a richer purse are helping to revive one of the oldest and most popular legacies of British rule in India, the Royal Calcutta Turf Club (RCTC).

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