2009年4月7日星期二

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

Unease in India-U.S. relations as Holbrooke arrives (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 11:30 AM PDT

Richard Holbrooke, special U.S. envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, speaks during a news conference at the Pakistani foreign ministry in Islamabad April 7, 2009. REUTERS/Mian KhursheedReuters - U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke will meet Indian officials on Wednesday amid concern in New Delhi that Washington's new regional strategy for Afghanistan is pandering to its old foe Pakistan.


India urges rich not to use "green" protectionism (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 11:34 AM PDT

Shyam Saran, special climate envoy to Prime Minster Manmohan Singh, speaks to the diplomats and strategic affairs experts in New Delhi January 10, 2007. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - India urged rich nations against applying a carbon tariff on steel and other imports, on the sidelines of UN climate talks in Bonn on Tuesday.


CBI files charges in Satyam fraud case (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 08:03 AM PDT

Former chairman of Satyam Computer Services Ramalinga Raju (2nd R) is taken into police custody outside the Chanchalguda jail in Hyderabad January 18, 2009. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said on Tuesday it had filed charges against nine people including Satyam Computer Services' founder and former chairman Ramalinga Raju for alleged involvement in accounting fraud at the outsourcing firm.


Bollywood producers call 'cut' on multiplex releases (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 07:31 AM PDT

Bollywood actors and producers Shah Rukh Khan (L) and Aamir Khan pose for photographers after a news conference in Mumbai April 7, 2009. REUTERS/Punit ParanjpeReuters - Bollywood producers in India insisting on a greater share of box-office revenues are refusing to release new movies in multiplexes, piling on woes in an industry that is already battling a slowdown.


Journalist throws shoe at Chidambaram (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 02:04 AM PDT

Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram seen in his office in New Delhi in this December 1, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - A Sikh journalist threw a shoe at Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram during a news conference on Tuesday after getting angry with the minister's reply to a question about 1984 riots in which hundreds of Sikhs were killed.


ELECTION - Reuters poll sees food prices as major issue (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 04:16 AM PDT

A shopkeeper packs vegetables for a customer at a streetside shop in Mumbai in this March 19, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Arko DattaReuters - High food prices and the impact of a global economic slowdown are the major issues for voters in India's April/May general election, a Reuters poll of 14 leading analysts has predicted.


India can be the world's best team - Srikkanth (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 03:02 AM PDT

India's chief cricket selector Krishnamachari Srikkanth speaks with the media after the selection committee meeting at the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) head office in Mumbai in this October 1, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Punit ParanjpeReuters - India won their first test series on New Zealand soil in 41 years on Tuesday after rain spoilt their chances of winning the third and final test at the Basin Reserve.


Pakistan, U.S. stress trust, disagree on drones (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 07:17 AM PDT

Admiral Mike Mullen (L), chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and Richard Holbrooke (2nd L), special U.S. envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, hold a meeting with Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi (R) at the foreign ministry in Islamabad April 7, 2009. REUTERS/Mian KhursheedReuters - Pakistan and the United States must build trust as they confront Islamist militant violence, senior officials said on Tuesday, but they failed to resolve disagreement on U.S. drone aircraft strikes in Pakistan.


India claim series victory as rain ends test (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Apr 2009 11:53 PM PDT

India celebrate taking the wicket of New Zealand's Tim Southee during their third international cricket test match in Wellington April 7, 2009. REUTERS/Anthony PhelpsReuters - India claimed their first test series victory in New Zealand since 1968 after rain forced the third match at the Basin Reserve to end in a draw on Tuesday.


ELECTION EYE - Mayawati promises job "quotas" for all poor (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Apr 2009 11:25 PM PDT

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) President Mayawati releases a manifesto during a news conference in Lucknow in this March 20, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Pawan Kumar/FilesReuters - The following is a snapshot of recent developments in India's general election campaign. (The sources are mentioned in brackets)


Quarter of companies globally set to freeze pay - survey (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Apr 2009 09:21 PM PDT

Indian employees are seen at a call in the southern city of Bangalore in this March 17, 2004 file photo. A quarter of the world's companies, and 40 percent in the United States, plan to freeze salaries this year, but employees in South America and India can look forward to robust rises, a global survey shows on Tuesday. REUTERS/Sherwin Crasto/FilesReuters - A quarter of the world's companies, and 40 percent in the United States, plan to freeze salaries this year, but employees in South America and India can look forward to robust rises, a global survey shows on Tuesday.


Travel remains top passion for Asia's high-flyers (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Apr 2009 11:56 PM PDT

Tourists stand in front of the historic Taj Mahal in Agra in this January 17, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Vijay MathurReuters - Travel is the not-so-guilty passion of Asia's top money earners, according to a survey by Visa, with people from Hong Kong and India most likely to go on a weekend get-away.


Winning series fantastic but adds to pressure - Dhoni (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 12:09 AM PDT

India's captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni smiles holding the series trophy which they won 1-0 after the third international cricket test match against New Zealand ended in a draw in Wellington April 7, 2009. REUTERS/Anthony PhelpsReuters - India's first test series win in New Zealand in 41 years is a big achievement but it set a benchmark that future teams would have to live up to, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said on Tuesday.


Four blasts in Assam kill 8 before PM visit (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Apr 2009 05:48 PM PDT

Onlookers stand beside the site of a bomb blast in Guwahati April 6, 2009. REUTERS/Utpal BaruahReuters - Four bomb blasts killed eight people in Assam on Monday, a day before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was due to visit the region, police said.


Pakistan fighting militants for survival - Zardari (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 12:49 AM PDT

Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari attends the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) summit in Tehran in this March 11, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Caren FirouzReuters - Pakistan is battling Islamist militants for its survival, President Asif Ali Zardari told a visiting U.S. envoy who urged Pakistan to eliminate militant enclaves on the Afghan border, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.


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