2010年8月16日星期一

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Pakistanis block highways to protest slow flood aid (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 03:38 PM PDT

Flood victims, seen from an Army helicopter, take refuge under a date tree in Pakistan's Rajanpur district in Punjab province August 15, 2010. REUTERS/Adrees LatifReuters - Pakistani flood victims, burning straw and waving sticks, blocked a highway on Monday to demand government help as aid agencies warned relief was too slow to arrive for millions without clean water, food and homes.


BlackBerry to give India partial access - govt source (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 02:07 PM PDT

A customer holds a BlackBerry handset inside a mobile selling shop in Kolkata August 12, 2010. RIM has assured Indian authorities of limited access to its Messenger services by Sept. 1. REUTERS/Rupak De ChowdhuriReuters - Research In Motion has assured India of limited access to BlackBerry instant messages by Sept. 1, and promised talks this week on monitoring its more secure corporate email, a government source said on Monday.


Sehwag belts unbeaten 99 to steer India to victory (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 10:43 AM PDT

India's Virender Sehwag plays a shot during the third one-day international cricket match against Sri Lanka in the tri-series in Dambulla August 16, 2010.  REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-ReynoldsReuters - Virender Sehwag smashed an unbeaten 99 off 100 balls as India came back roaring into the one-day tri-series with a convincing six-wicket win over Sri Lanka on Monday.


Only one dies in Colombia airliner crash "miracle" (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 02:43 PM PDT

The wreckage of a Colombian passenger plane that crashed at San Andres island airport August 16, 2010. The passenger jet operated by local airline Aires crashed while landing during a storm killing one passenger and injuring 114, air force authorities said. REUTERS/Courtesy-RCN/TVNewsReuters - A Colombian airliner carrying 127 people crashed and broke into pieces while landing on the Caribbean resort island San Andres on Monday during a storm, but only one person died in what police called "a miracle."


GM completes IPO paperwork, filing expected on Tuesday (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 04:50 PM PDT

The General Motors logo is seen outside its headquarters at the Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan in this file photograph taken August 25, 2009. REUTERS/Jeff Kowalsky/FilesReuters - General Motors Co [GM.UL] has completed the paperwork for an initial public offering, and timing of its filing with the U.S. securities regulators rests with the board of the top U.S. automaker, sources familiar with the process said on Monday.


INTERVIEW - Rebuilding after Pakistan floods could reach $15 bln (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 04:19 PM PDT

A man shares tea with a child as they take refuge in a relief camp in Sukkur in Pakistan's Sindh province August 16, 2010. The cost of rebuilding Pakistan after its devastating floods could exceed $10 to $15 billion, the country's High Commissioner to Britain said on Monday. REUTERS/Akhtar SoomroReuters - The cost of rebuilding Pakistan after its devastating floods could exceed $10 to $15 billion, the country's High Commissioner to Britain said on Monday.


July inflation slows, but policy rate seen rising (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 03:53 AM PDT

A worker prepares sweets inside a sweets-making factory in the northern Indian city of Lucknow August 12, 2010. REUTERS/Pawan KumarReuters - The annual headline inflation in July slowed more sharply than expected to single digits, but the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is unlikely to take the foot off the pedal on rate rises as it worries about broader price pressures.


Golfing is popular for career advancement in India - poll (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 12:25 PM PDT

Shivshankar Chowrasia drives the ball on the 11th hole during the final round of the Indian Masters European Tour golf tournament in New Delhi February 10, 2008. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/FilesReuters - Nearly 40 percent of employees in India play golf to mingle with senior business executives, the highest proportion of any country surveyed in a new poll.


Vedanta in $9.6 bln deal to control Cairn India (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 06:21 AM PDT

A Cairn India employee works at a storage facility for crude oil at Mangala oil field at Barmer in Rajasthan August 29, 2009. REUTERS/Parth Sanyal/FilesReuters - Vedanta Resources plans to spend up to $9.6 billion clinching control of Cairn India, giving billionaire mining magnate Anil Agarwal a slice of India's oil reserves and exposure to surging demand.


Vedanta should not be given mining approval: govt panel (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 03:39 AM PDT

A man walks past the Vedanta office building in Mumbai August 16, 2010. REUTERS/Danish SiddiquiReuters - NEW DELHI (Reuters) A government panel said on Monday UK-based mining group Vedanta Resources Plc should not be given permission for bauxite mining in the eastern Indian state of Orissa.


West Bengal declares drought in 11 districts - min (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 06:41 AM PDT

Reuters - West Bengal, country's largest rice producer, has declared 11 districts of the state drought affected due to deficit rainfall, the state's Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta said on Monday.

Headline inflation still high, says Ahluwalia (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 01:22 AM PDT

A vendor waits for customers at his vegetable and fruit shop at the wholesale market in Mumbai March 15, 2010. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - India's headline inflation is still high and is not acceptable, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, the deputy chairman of the Planning Commission, said on Monday.


Cabinet orders probe into illegal mining (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 02:12 AM PDT

A general view of the Gevra coalmines in Chhattisgarh, Asia's largest opencast coalmine, November 21, 2009. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - NEW DELHI (Reuters) The cabinet on Monday ordered a probe into alleged illegal mining in the country, Mines Minister B.K. Handique told reporters.


PM says working hard to curb inflation (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Aug 2010 08:29 PM PDT

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addresses the nation from a bullet-proof enclosure at the historic Red Fort during Independence Day celebrations in Delhi August 15, 2010. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday defended his decision to raise fuel prices as a measure of fiscal prudence, saying his government was making every effort to tackle double-digit inflation that is hurting the poor.


SKS rises 18 percent on market debut (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Aug 2010 09:45 PM PDT

Reuters - Shares in SKS Microfinance rose as much as 17.8 percent on debut early on Monday after the lender raised about $358 million in an IPO, boosting the prospects of more such offers hitting the market.
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