2010年7月1日星期四

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


At least 41 dead in suicide bombings in Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 02:04 PM PDT

Worshipers carry out a victim from the Data Durbar shrine after it was hit by multiple suicide bomb attacks in Lahore July 1, 2010. REUTERS/Mani RanaReuters - Three suicide bombers struck a Sufi shrine in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore on Thursday, killing at least 41 people and wounding more than 120, officials said, the second major attack in the city in a month.


Monsoon soaks soybean area after June lag (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 02:28 AM PDT

Labourers rest against the backdrop of pre-monsoon clouds at a construction site in New Delhi in this June 17, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta/FilesReuters - India's vital monsoon rains revived in the soybean-growing central region on Thursday, after a two-week lag that reduced June rainfall to 16 percent below normal, the second lowest in 15 years.


India's "revolutionary" RTI Act fails to reach the poor (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 12:30 PM PDT

A child from a family of migrant labourer carries a brick at a construction site in New Delhi September 3, 2005. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/FilesReuters - A law empowering Indians to seek information from government to promote accountability and transparency has brought change to urban India, but has largely left out the country's rural poor, social activists say.


ICC refuses to say why it rejected Howard bid (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 05:25 AM PDT

The International Cricket Council's newly-appointed President Sharad Pawar of India (L) and ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat of South Africa listen to a question during a news conference after the annual general meeting in Singapore July 1, 2010. REUTERS/Vivek PrakashReuters - The International Cricket Council (ICC) refused to give a reason on Thursday for its decision to reject former Australian Prime Minister John Howard's bid for the vice-presidency.


Water level in reservoirs higher than yr ago (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 05:46 AM PDT

A school girl shields herself from monsoon rain on a street in New Delhi September 10, 2009. Water level in India's main reservoirs rose to 13 percent of capacity, higher than 9 percent a year ago, government data showed on Thursday. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/FilesReuters - Water level in India's main reservoirs rose to 13 percent of capacity, higher than 9 percent a year ago, government data on Thursday.


Fortis battles Khazanah with $3.1 bln deal for Parkway (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 05:25 AM PDT

Chairman of Fortis Healthcare Malivnder Singh (R) answers a question as his brother and Managing Director Shivinder Singh sits next to him during a news conference in Singapore July 1, 2010. REUTERS/Vivek PrakashReuters - India's Fortis Healthcare and its founding family launched a bid valuing Singapore hospital operator Parkway Holdings at $3.1 billion (S$4.3 billion), topping a rival offer by Malaysian state fund Khazanah.


A Minute With: Dev Patel from "Slumdog" to "Airbender" (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 12:14 PM PDT

Actor Dev Patel (L) and actress Freida Pinto attend the 18th annual BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards in Los Angeles November 5, 2009. REUTERS/Phil McCarten/FilesReuters - British actor Dev Patel had a dream start to his film career digging into his Indian heritage to play the lead role in British director Danny Boyle's Oscar-winning "Slumdog Millionaire."


Reliance Communications OKs proposal to acquire Digicable (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 07:28 AM PDT

A man walks past a logo of Reliance Communication before the Annual General Meeting in Mumbai September 22, 2009. Reliance Communications on Thursday said it has approved a proposal to acquire cable television services provider Digicable in an all-stock deal for an undisclosed amount. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - Reliance Communications, said on Thursday it has approved a proposal to acquire unlisted cable television services provider Digicable in an all-stock deal, to create Asia's largest triple play --digital TV, broadband and voice services--provider. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.


Food inflation eases but rate pressure remains (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 06:38 AM PDT

Vendors wait for customers at a wholesale vegetable market in New Delhi June 10, 2010. India's June headline inflation could rise to 11 percent as a direct fall out of the fuel price hike effected last week, a senior government official said. REUTERS/Mukesh GuptaReuters - Food and fuel inflation eased in mid-June but a government cut in fuel subsidies will push up prices, adding to pressure on the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to raise interest rates more aggressively.


Wimbledon mixed doubles quarter-final results (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 11:22 AM PDT

Reuters - Wimbledon mixed doubles quarter-final results from London on Thursday (prefix denotes seeding).

Govt further delays mobile number portability (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 11:46 PM PDT

A shopkeeper speaks on a mobile phone at a vegetable wholesale market in Mumbai June 8, 2010. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - India has further delayed the introduction of mobile number portability by four months to end-October, the government said on Wednesday.


Govt sees Pakistan-based group behind Kashmir protests (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 08:35 PM PDT

A policeman patrols a road marked with graffiti by Kashmiri protesters, during a curfew in Srinagar June 30, 2010. REUTERS/Fayaz KabliReuters - The government said on Wednesday a Pakistan-based militant group blamed for the 2008 Mumbai attacks was behind violent anti-India protests sweeping the disputed Kashmir region in which 11 people have been killed.


Monsoon rains submerge hundreds of villages in Assam (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 10:18 AM PDT

Rickshaw pullers wade through a flooded road after heavy rains in Guwahati June 4, 2010. REUTERS/Utpal Baruah/FilesReuters - Incessant monsoon rains have triggered major flooding in northeastern India, submerging hundreds of villages and forcing thousands of people to abandon their homes in search of higher ground, say officials and aid workers.


Nepal's "living goddess" gets a pay rise (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 03:17 AM PDT

Living Goddess Kumari Chanira Bajracharya takes her School Leaving Certificate exams as exam controller Prakash Subedi (R) looks on at her residence in Patan March 25, 2010.  REUTERS/Shruti Shrestha/FilesReuters - Nepal has increased the monthly stipend it gives its "living goddess" by a quarter, a top official said on Thursday, to help the schoolgirl revered by thousands of Hindus and Buddhists beat double-digit inflation.


FACTBOX - Key political risks to watch in Asia (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 05:46 AM PDT

A worker holds a fuel nozzle at a petrol pump in Hyderabad June 17, 2010. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - Asia has strongly outperformed the rest of the world and is on track for robust growth, but its success depends heavily on China's buoyant economy and this is where the most significant political risks to the region lie.


FACTBOX - Key political risks to watch in India (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 12:31 AM PDT

Motorists wait at a petrol pump to fill petrol in Lucknow in this June 7, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Pawan Kumar/FilesReuters - The government has failed to deliver the reforms foreign investors had hoped for following its re-election last year, but its decision in June to cut costly fuel subsidies is its boldest economic policy move so far.


Q&A: India's poor most subjected to corruption - Transparency International (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 05:15 AM PDT

Beggars detained by officers of Delhi's Social Welfare department await to see the magistrate at a detention centre in New Delhi August 22, 2007. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/FilesReuters - Transparency International India's Executive Director, Anupama Jha, speaks to Nita Bhalla, AlertNet's South Asia correspondent about corruption in India.


Food inflation eases in mid-June (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 12:12 AM PDT

A vendor sells vegetables at a market in Mumbai June 14, 2010.India's food price inflation eased to its lowest annual growth this year, dampened by a weakening base effect, while the fuel price rise was slightly lower than the previous week, government data on Thursday showed. REUTERS/Rupak De ChowdhuriReuters - India's food price inflation eased to its lowest annual growth this year, dampened by a weakening base effect, while the fuel price rise was slightly lower than the previous week, government data on Thursday showed.


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