2010年8月5日星期四

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Canada aids RIM as BlackBerry ban looms (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 02:54 PM PDT

Veiled Saudi women talk on their BlackBerry phones at a shopping mall in Riyadh August 5, 2010. REUTERS/Fahad ShadeedReuters - Canada said it is talking to Saudi Arabia and the UAE to resolve a fight over BlackBerry security that could jeopardize the growth of Research in Motion Ltd, the country's most important tech exporter.


Devastating Pakistan floods bear down on south (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 12:17 PM PDT

Men fish with makeshift rods along the Sindh river in Sukkur, in Pakistan's Sindh province August 3, 2010. Pakistan's biggest floods in 80 years threaten to inflict widespread suffering in Sindh province after the unpopular government let down millions of people ravaged in the disaster in other parts of the country. REUTERS/Akhtar SoomroReuters - Raging flood waters bore down on Sindh province, home to Pakistan's commercial hub Karachi, on Thursday after killing at least 1,600 people and leaving four million homeless to the north.


Tata group may get new chief by March 2011 (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 07:07 AM PDT

Tata Motors Chairman Ratan Tata waves as he leaves after addressing a news conference to announce the launch of Jaguar and Land Rover in India, in Mumbai June 28, 2009.  REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - Tata group hopes to decide on a successor to iconic chairman Ratan Tata by February or March of 2011, R.K. Krishna Kumar, a director on the board of group holding company Tata Sons, said on Thursday.


Senior Games officials suspended over corruption (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 08:39 AM PDT

A dancer performs during the launch of the XIX Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay for Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games at Buckingham Palace in London, October 29, 2009. Three senior Delhi Commonwealth Games officials have been suspended over financial irregularities during last year's Queen's Baton Relay in London. REUTERS/Matt Dunham/Pool/FilesReuters - Three senior Delhi Commonwealth Games officials have been suspended over financial irregularities and the case has been handed to the government's financial anti-corruption watchdog, organisers said on Thursday.


Sehwag strikes two late blows for India (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 06:00 AM PDT

India's captain and wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni celebrating after tacking a catch to dismiss Sri Lanka's Tharanga Paranavitana (R) during the third day of their third and final test cricket match in Colombo August 5, 2010. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-ReynoldsReuters - Part-time India spinner Virender Sehwag brought the third test to life with two late wickets to leave Sri Lanka struggling at 45 for two at the close on the third day on Thursday.


Govt, RBI fighting inflation - Pranab (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 07:07 AM PDT

A customer inspects different kinds of rice at a shop in Mumbai Sepetember 17, 2009. Pranab Mukherjee, while responding to a debate on the opposition-sponsored debate on inflation, on Wednesday said rising prices were a cost of rapid expansion of Asia's third-largest economy. REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - The government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) are working in tandem to bring down inflation though the country still faces upward pressure on prices, its finance minister said.


India struggles to douse Kashmir's separatist fire (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 02:38 AM PDT

Men carry the body of Mohammad Iqbal, a Kashmiri youth, during his funeral in Srinagar August 4, 2010. REUTERS/Fayaz KabliReuters - India faces a full-blown separatist uprising in Kashmir that may sink hopes for peace in the strategic region as disaffected Muslim youth rebel against a government seen as leaderless, complacent and out of touch.


Games treasurer steps down over tennis courts row (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 04:51 AM PDT

A paramilitary soldier stands guard inside the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium constructed for the 2010 Commonwealth Games during its inauguration ceremony in New Delhi July 27, 2010. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/FilesReuters - Commonwealth Games treasurer Anil Khanna resigned from the post on Thursday amid accusations of having a conflict of interests regarding the company charged with providing the court surfaces for the tennis events.


Indian Hotels readies 9.6 bln rupees for expansion (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 07:48 AM PDT

Chairman of Tata Group Ratan Tata speaks during the annual general meeting of Reuters - Indian Hotels Co Ltd , owner of the Taj luxury chain, will spend nearly 9.6 billion rupees over three years to selectively expand across the globe, Chairman Ratan Tata said on Thursday.


Indian farmers plan to invest in Zambia - govt (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 06:58 AM PDT

Reuters - Indian commercial farmers plan to invest in a new model farm in Zambia, according to the government, which seeks to diversify the economy by promoting agriculture as an alternative to copper and cobalt mining.

RIM headache grows as govts seek BlackBerry access (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 09:07 AM PDT

The new BlackBerry Torch 9800 smartphone is introduced at a news conference in New York August 3, 2010.  REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd on Thursday faced more demands to open up its smartphones to government scrutiny as Lebanon joined India, Saudi Arabia and the UAE in raising concerns over security.


Telecoms min: hopes solution on BlackBerry soon (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 01:31 AM PDT

The new BlackBerry Torch 9800 smartphone is seen after it was introduced at a news conference in New York August 3, 2010. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - India has not yet reached an agreement with BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion, the country's telecoms minister said on Thursday, after the government raised security concerns over the popular services.


Reliance to pay $392 mln for 60 pct in U.S. shale JV (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 01:02 AM PDT

Reliance Industries KG-D6's floating production storage and offloading vessel is seen off the Bay of Bengal in this undated handout photo. REUTERS/Reliance Industries/Handout/FilesReuters - Reliance Industries, India's biggest-listed conglomerate, will aquire a 60 percent stake in a joint venture with Carrizo Oil & Gas at the booming Marcellus Shale region, marking its third shale gas purchase in the United States this year.


Soccer clubs told to turn pro or face the boot (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 12:23 AM PDT

A file photo shows India's captain Bhaichung Bhutia holding the national flag as he celebrates his team's victory over Syria in the final of ONGC Nehru Cup soccer tournament in New Delhi August 31, 2009. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/FilesReuters - Indian League (IL) soccer clubs face expulsion from local and regional competitions unless they comply with Asian Football Confederation (AFC) rules.


Mahindra may bid $400 mln for Ssangyong - sources (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 03:58 AM PDT

A logo of Ssangyong Motor is seen at a branch shop in Seoul May 28, 2010. Mahindra & Mahindra is planning bid up to $400 million for troubled South Korean automaker Ssangyong Motor, sources said, as it seeks to become a major global utility vehicles maker.  REUTERS/Truth LeemReuters - Mahindra & Mahindra is planning bid up to $400 million for troubled South Korean automaker Ssangyong Motor, sources said, as it seeks to become a major global utility vehicles maker.


Food, fuel inflation ease in late July (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 12:04 AM PDT

An onion vendor talks on a mobile phone as he waits for customers at a vegetable market in the old quarters of Delhi April 1, 2010. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/FilesReuters - India's food and fuel inflation marginally eased in the week to July 24, leaving unchanged expectations of further monetary tightening by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in the near term.


RBI: capital a/c opening must be calibrated (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 05:39 AM PDT

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Duvvuri Subbarao smiles during a business conference in New Delhi July 31, 2009. Opening of capital account should be calibrated, Duvvuri Subbarao said in a speech on Thursday. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - Opening of capital account should be calibrated, Duvvuri Subbarao, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India said in a speech on Thursday.


Q+A - What's happening in troubled Kashmir? (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 01:11 AM PDT

Women cry during the funeral of Mohammad Iqbal, a Kashmiri youth, in Srinagar August 4, 2010. REUTERS/Fayaz KabliReuters - Kashmiri separatist leaders have appealed for calm in the biggest anti-India protests in two years that have killed dozens of people and raised fears that anger at New Delhi was spinning out of control.


Monsoon 16 pct above normal in past week - Met office (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 12:52 AM PDT

People stand on the banks of the flooded river Tawi after heavy rains on the outskirts of Jammu July 27, 2010. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta/FilesReuters - India's vital monsoon rains were 16 percent above normal in the week to Aug. 4, the second highest in the current season, the weather office said on Thursday.


Airlines eye buoyant December-quarter (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 02:01 AM PDT

Air India aircrafts stand on the tarmac at the airport in Mumbai September 27, 2009. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - India's air carriers, who were battered by shrinking traffic and high fuel costs in the past two years, are now looking forward to an upswing in business, helped by the rebounding economy and events later this year, analysts say.


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