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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


India, Pakistan have 'very good talks,' signal thaw (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 12:11 PM PDT

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (L) shakes hands with his Pakistani counterpart Yusuf Raza Gilani before their meeting at the 16th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) in Thimphu April 29, 2010. REUTERS/Rupak De ChowdhuriReuters - The prime ministers of India and Pakistan held "very good talks" on Thursday and asked their officials to take steps as soon as possible to normalize relations, officials said, signaling an unexpected thaw.


Obama, Bill Clinton influential, Hillary not - TIME (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 10:50 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks on health insurance reform at Walter F. Ehrnfelt Recreation and Senior Center in Strongsville, Ohio, March 15, 2010.  REUTERS/Jim Young/FilesReuters - When it comes to influence, U.S. President Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton and pop star Lady Gaga have it, but Secretary of State Hillary Clinton does not, according to a Time magazine list published on Thursday.


Bids for one set of all-India 3G licence reach $2.1 bln (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 08:15 AM PDT

The sun rises behind a communications tower in New Delhi March 20, 2006. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - Bids for one set of nationwide third-generation (3G) mobile spectrum licences in India reached 93.30 billion rupees ($2.1 billion), or 166.6 percent above the base price, on the 17th day of an auction, government data showed.


India can't bear worsening of budget gap - Pranab (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 08:51 AM PDT

Pranab Mukherjee speaks during a news conference in Agartala, capital of India's northeastern state of Tripura, February 13, 2008. REUTERS/Jayanta Dey/FilesReuters - India cannot bear fiscal deficits and resulting market borrowing beyond current levels, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday.


Food inflation eases;fuel prices continue to rise (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 12:23 AM PDT

A vendor talks on the mobile phone in a vegetable wholesale market in New Delhi April 9, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - India's annual food price inflation eased in mid-April, but fuel price inflation quickened maintaining an upside pressure on the wholesale price index that could prompt further monetary tightening by the central bank.


Pakistan to get $600 mln under U.S. program - Pentagon (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 01:54 PM PDT

Reuters - The United States plans to quickly transfer $600 million to Pakistan to reimburse the government for military operations over the last year, the Pentagon said on Thursday.

FACTBOX - Main problems between India and Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 07:42 AM PDT

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (R) and his Pakistani counterpart Yusuf Raza Gilani walk before their meeting at the 16th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) in Thimphu April 29, 2010. REUTERS/Rupak De ChowdhuriReuters - The prime ministers of nuclear-armed rivals Pakistan and India held their first meeting in nine months on Thursday in Bhutan and asked their officials to take steps as soon as possible to normalise relations.


INTERVIEW - Prince Andrew joins the F1 club (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 09:18 AM PDT

Britain's Prince Andrew pulls on his fireproof balaclava before driving the circuit with former Formula One driving Damon Hill at Silverstone F1 circuit at Silverstone in central England April 29, 2010. REUTERS/Luke MacGregorReuters - Britain's Prince Andrew joined the club of Formula One world champions Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton on Thursday after being given a taste of their speed by Damon Hill.


U.S. says focused on reducing India-Pakistan tensions (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 09:36 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks on health insurance reform at Walter F. Ehrnfelt Recreation and Senior Center in Strongsville, Ohio, March 15, 2010.   REUTERS/Jim Young/FilesReuters - President Barack Obama sees reducing tensions between India and Pakistan as a "very high priority" but American support for that process is best done in a quiet fashion, a U.S. official said on Thursday.


An identity for all: India ID project fights dust, doubt (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 02:12 AM PDT

A villager goes through the process of a fingerprint scanner during Unique Identification (UID) database system in the Pathancheru village, in Medak district of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh April 27, 2010.     REUTERS/Krishnendu HalderReuters - As India gears up to build the largest biometric database in the world with the aim of providing most of its 1.2 billion citizens a Unique Identification (UID), perhaps the biggest challenge is smudged fingerprints.


ArcelorMittal sees strong Q2 rebound after Q1 dip (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 09:27 AM PDT

The ArcelorMittal high furnace of Ougree, near Liege, is seen March 18, 2010. REUTERS/Sebastien Pirlet/FilesReuters - ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steelmaker, forecast a sharp recovery in demand and prices in all main markets in the second quarter after its core earnings in the first three months missed expectations.


Thousands gather for Maoist rally in Nepal's capital (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 05:10 AM PDT

Maoist activists take part in an anti-government demonstration in Kathmandu April 29, 2010. REUTERS/Gopal ChitrakarReuters - Thousands of supporters of Nepal's former Maoist rebels began gathering in Kathmandu on Thursday for a May Day protest rally to press for a return to power in what may herald a showdown with a fragile government.


Parliament passes budget for 2010/11 (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 05:59 AM PDT

A view of the Indian parliament building is seen in New Delhi July 21, 2008. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - The Lok Sabha on Thursday approved the budget for the financial year 2010/11.


Economy has capacity to bear borrowing - Pranab (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 07:17 AM PDT

India's Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee speaks during a business meeting in New Delhi July 7, 2009. REUTERS/Vijay Mathur/FilesReuters - India's economy has the capacity to bear borrowing and fiscal deficit at current levels, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday.


RBI deputy sees no immediate need for policy action (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 05:26 AM PDT

A man drinks next to the logo of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), outside its head office in Mumbai April 20, 2010. REUTERS/Arko DattaReuters - A deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India on Thursday said he did not see any immediate need for any policy action before a scheduled quarterly review in July.


India 3G auctions to close in 2 days - telco min (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 12:14 AM PDT

A model poses with mobile phones at a launch in Calcutta November 24, 2004. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw/FilesReuters - India's third-generation (3G) spectrum auction will be completed in "one or two" days, telecoms minister Andimuthu Raja told parliament on Thursday.


Goldman to tap ICICI official as India co-CEO - source (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 05:02 AM PDT

Sonjoy Chatterjee (R), Executive Director of ICICI Bank, and Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan pose for photographers during the launch of a new banking service for Indians travelling abroad, at a function in Mumbai in this April 4, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Manav Manglani/FilesReuters - Wall Street bank Goldman Sachs is poised to hire a board member of India's ICICI Bank as co-CEO for India, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.


India faces lengthy path to cutting deficit - S&P (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 05:19 AM PDT

A man uses an electronic machine to check an Indian currency note at a money exchange shop in Siliguri May 18, 2009. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - It will take several years for India to get its combined fiscal deficits to desirable levels, a Standard and Poor's analyst said, adding that the country was unlikely to see a direct impact from Greece's rating downgrade.


Thai troops struggle to contain Bangkok protests (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 02:22 AM PDT

Thai army soldiers fire at anti-government Reuters - Thai authorities said on Thursday they would intensify efforts to contain anti-government protests in Bangkok, after a soldier was killed in the latest clash of a seven-week old campaign to force early elections.


India-Pakistan border truce helps rare Kashmir goat (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 10:53 PM PDT

Indian soldiers patrol near a barbed wire fencing along the Line of Control in Baraf Post, 165 km north of Srinagar, December 4, 2003. REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli/FilesReuters - The population of a rare mountain goat has steadily increased after a ceasefire agreed between the Indian and Pakistani armies in 2003 along the disputed Kashmir border that runs through the goat's habitat.


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