2010年4月2日星期五

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Maruti raises prices of several cars (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 07:21 AM PDT

Chairman of Maruti Suzuki India R. C. Bhargava (L) and Director for Marketing and Sales S. Oishi pose with Maruti's A-Star hatchback model during its launch in New Delhi in this November 19, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Vijay Mathur/FilesReuters - Top carmaker Maruti Suzuki on Friday hiked prices of several models, saying it wanted to pass on to customers part of a rise in input costs and expenses related to complying with new emission norms.


iPad, on eve of launch, still awaits the rush (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 07:00 PM PDT

The Apple  Reuters - Apple's iPad, the subject of frenzied industry speculation since its unveiling in January, has so far not drawn the hordes that ushered in the iPhone three years ago.


Pakistan tables long-awaited constitutional reforms (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 06:48 AM PDT

Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani is seen in Islamabad in this February 16, 2010 file photo. The Pakistani government introduced a constitutional bill in parliament Friday, transferring President Asif Ali Zardari's sweeping powers to the prime minister and possibly ending months of political wrangling. REUTERS/Adrees Latif/FilesReuters - The Pakistani government introduced a constitutional bill in parliament Friday to transfer President Asif Ali Zardari's sweeping powers to the prime minister, possibly ending months of political wrangling.


Obama, Medvedev to sign landmark nuclear arms pact (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 08:30 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev attend the Parallel Business Summit at Manezh Exhibition Hall in Moscow in this July 7, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Jim Young/FilesReuters - The U.S. and Russian presidents are to sign a pact on Thursday committing the former Cold War foes to unprecedented nuclear arms reductions, cementing a hard-won deal that should put strained ties on firmer footing.


Rebels blow up train track in Kashmir (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 01:21 AM PDT

A policeman stands guard as a passenger train passes by after a blast in Kakpora, 25 km (15 miles) south of Srinagar April 2, 2010. Suspected separatist guerrillas blew up part of a railway track in Kashmir on Friday, the first such attack since a train service opened last year. REUTERS/Fayaz KabliReuters - Suspected separatist guerrillas blew up part of a railway track in Kashmir on Friday, the first such attack since a train service opened last year.


Govt launches what it calls world's biggest census (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 01:21 AM PDT

Commuters travel in a suburban train in Mumbai in this February 24, 2010 file photo. India on Thursday kicked off what it says will be the world's biggest census that it hopes will help plug wastage in government welfare schemes, boost tax revenue and define consumers more clearly. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - India on Thursday kicked off what it says will be the world's biggest census that it hopes will help plug wastage in government welfare schemes, boost tax revenue and define consumers more clearly.


Billion dollar bids seen at India spectrum auction (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 10:11 PM PDT

A customer shows the 'iPhone 3G' after buying it at an outlet in New Delhi August 22, 2008. Nine firms will compete in a widely watched airwaves auction in India starting next week that would pave way for the introduction of high-speed third-generation mobile services in the world's fastest-growing mobile market. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - Nine firms will compete in a widely watched airwaves auction in India starting next week that would pave way for the introduction of high-speed third-generation mobile services in the world's fastest-growing mobile market.


Formula One needs Asia to become a global brand (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 04:17 AM PDT

Lotus F1 Formula One driver Heikki Kovalainen of Finland drives during the second practice session at the Sepang F1 circuit outside Kuala Lumpur April 2, 2010. REUTERS/Zainal Abd HalimReuters - The strong support Lotus Racing have had at their home grand prix in Malaysia has shown Formula One it needs other Asian teams in order to form a true global brand, team principal Tony Fernandes said on Friday.


China's State Grid in $1.5 bln India power plant deal (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 04:09 AM PDT

Reuters - China's top grid operator State Grid Corp has landed a $1.5 billion deal to build a thermal power plant for India's mining group Vedanta Resources, a Chinese government website reported on Friday.

France says arms sale to Pakistan held up (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 10:02 AM PDT

A model of the Joint Fighter-17 (JF-17) Thunder aircraft is displayed at the Pakistan Aeronautical complex in Kamra, 80km (50 miles) west of Islamabad, in this May 9, 2005 file photo. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed/FilesReuters - France's plan to sell 1.2 billion euro ($1.6 billion) worth of military equipment for Pakistan's JF-17 combat aircraft has been held up, a source at President Nicolas Sarkozy's office said on Friday.


UK okays world's biggest sea reserve, angers islanders (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2010 02:19 AM PDT

An undated file photo shows Diego Garcia, the largest island in the Chagos archipelago and site of a major United States military base in the middle of the Indian Ocean leased from Britain in 1966. REUTERS/STRReuters - Britain created the world's biggest marine reserve in its Indian Ocean territory on Thursday, pleasing environmentalists but angering exiled Chagos Islanders who say it creates an obstacle to them returning home.


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