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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Shashi Tharoor resigns over cricket money row (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 01:49 PM PDT

A file photo of Shashi Tharoor as he speaks at a meeting in Singapore July 27, 2006. Tharoor, among the country's few reformist politicians, resigned on Sunday over allegations of corruption in winning a cricket league franchise, as the government tries to pass reform bills in parliament. REUTERS/Luis Enrique Ascui/FilesReuters - Junior foreign minister Shashi Tharoor, among the country's few reformist politicians, resigned on Sunday over allegations of corruption in winning a cricket league franchise, as the government tries to pass reform bills in parliament.


100 million more Indians now living in poverty (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 10:00 AM PDT

A homeless woman prepares bread on a footpath as a child looks on in  Ahmedabad in this February 26, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Amit Dave/FilesReuters - India now has 100 million more people living below the poverty line than in 2004, according to official estimates released on Sunday.


Heat wave kills 80, hurts wheat crop (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 06:35 AM PDT

A farmer with his buffalos walks through a dried water pond on a warm day at Manaana village in Punjab in this April 7, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Ajay Verma/FilesReuters - A severe heat wave sweeping India, with temperatures of almost 44 C (111 F), the highest in 52 years, has killed at least 80 people this month, officials said on Sunday.


Police defuse three bombs near Bangalore cricket stadium (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 06:24 AM PDT

Forensic experts inspect the site of a bomb blast outside a cricket stadium in  Bangalore April 17, 2010.   REUTERS/StringerReuters - Police defused three bombs on Sunday near cricket stadium in Bangalore, officials said, a day after 14 people were wounded in two small blasts.


Bihar, Bengal tornado deaths rise, survivors wait for aid (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 06:35 AM PDT

A family sits on the site where their hut used to stand in the cyclone-hit area of Mohonpur village, about 145 km (90 miles) south of Siliguri April 14, 2010.  REUTERS/Rupak De ChowdhuriReuters - The death toll from a devastating tornado in India has risen to 136 and is likely to increase further as rescuers look for the missing - some of whom are believed to be buried under debris, the United Nations and aid agencies said on Friday.


Test flights raise hope for European air traffic (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 09:38 AM PDT

A black column of ash is pictured over the farm of Drangshlid at Eyjafjoll April 17, 2010.  REUTERS/Ingolfur JuliussonReuters - A sprawling cloud of volcanic ash paralysed air travel across much of Europe for a fourth day on Sunday, but test flights with empty airliners showed no sign of damage and offered some hope of respite.


Jenson Button leads McLaren one-two in the wet (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 05:11 AM PDT

McLaren Formula One driver Jenson Button of Britain drives during the Chinese F1 Grand Prix at Shanghai International Circuit April 18, 2010. REUTERS/Jason LeeReuters - World champion Jenson Button calmly steered through the chaos of a wet Chinese Grand Prix for his second win of the season on Sunday, leading home Lewis Hamilton in a McLaren one-two.


China's Hu flies in to quake site, toll tops 1,700 (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 03:27 AM PDT

People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers walk past a truck loaded with corpses of earthquake victims being transported to the site of a mass cremation in the town of Gyegu in Yushu County, Qinghai province April 17, 2010.  REUTERS/Kevin ZhaoReuters - President Hu Jintao flew to China's remote and ruined Yushu county to speed relief distribution on Sunday, as Tibetan monks prayed over victims of an earthquake in the northwest that killed at least 1,706 people.


India 3G bids up 63 pct from base on auction 7th day (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Apr 2010 09:33 PM PDT

Sun rises over the telecommunication towers in New Delhi December 22, 2007.  REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - One provisional winning bid for national cover in India's third-generation (3G) spectrum auction rose 63 percent from the base to 57.10 billion rupees ($1.3 billion) on the seventh day of the auction, government data showed.


Goldman Sachs charged with fraud by SEC (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Apr 2010 09:33 PM PDT

The new Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. headquarters also known by its address as 200 West Street is seen in New York's lower Manhattan, April 7, 2010.  REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - Goldman Sachs Group Inc was charged with fraud by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over its marketing of a subprime mortgage product, igniting a battle between Wall Street's most powerful bank and the nation's top securities regulator.


Thai army says will "punish" protesters (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Apr 2010 03:19 AM PDT

An anti-government Reuters - Thailand's military vowed on Sunday to "punish" anti-government protesters if they march on Bangkok's central business district, heightening fears of more violence after bloody clashes killed 24 people a week ago.


John Paul backed praise for hiding abuse - cardinal (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Apr 2010 09:33 PM PDT

A file photo of Pope John Paul II June 3, 1981. REUTERS/StringerReuters - A former Vatican cardinal who congratulated a French bishop for hiding a sexually abusive priest has said he acted with the approval of the late Pope John Paul, a Spanish newspaper reported on Saturday.


Poland honours crash victims, vows never to forget (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Apr 2010 09:33 PM PDT

Polish army officers walk next to the coffin of late Polish President Kaczynski during commemoration ceremony in Warsaw April 17, 2010.  REUTERS/Slawomir Kaminski/Agencja GazetaReuters - Poland paid an emotional tribute on Saturday to President Lech Kaczynski, his wife Maria and 94 other mostly senior political and military officials killed in a plane crash a week ago in Russia.


BRICs take baby steps toward greater global clout (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Apr 2010 09:33 PM PDT

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (L-R), Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, China's President Hu Jintao and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh attend a photocall at Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia April 15, 2010. REUTERS/Paulo WhitakerReuters - The world's leading emerging powers found little new to agree on in their summit in Brazil, but their assertive tone in demanding more clout in global financial institutions and setting of a deadline for the reforms shows they are slowly becoming a more potent group.


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