2010年10月1日星期五

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Govt granted limited BlackBerry Messenger access (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 01:05 PM PDT

A woman walks past a Blackberry advertisement billboard in Mumbai August 17, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - The maker of the BlackBerry smartphone has granted India's government manual access to its Messenger service and has promised automated access by Jan. 1, enabling authorities to track such messages in real time, the country's top interior ministry official said on Friday.


Satyam discloses SEC notice on possible charges (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 02:26 PM PDT

A security guard stands outside the head office of Satyam Computer Services in Hyderabad in this January 7, 2009 file photo. Satyam said it had received a notice from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission saying that the market regulator may file a civil suit alleging fraud. REUTERS/Krishnendu HalderReuters - Satyam Computer Services Ltd said it had received a notice from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission saying that the market regulator may file a civil suit alleging fraud.


Muslims angry with Ayodhya verdict, but India calm (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 03:46 AM PDT

A Hindu priest walks past paramilitary troopers guarding a mosque as Muslims offer Friday prayers in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya October 1, 2010. REUTERS/Mukesh GuptaReuters - Indian Muslim clerics and leaders rallied on Friday against a court ruling over the disputed Ayodhya site that largely favoured Hindus, raising fears of further alienation of the minority community.


Watson, Zaheer star in opening day action (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 06:24 AM PDT

Australia's Shane Watson (L) removes his helmet as he celebrates scoring 100 runs during the first day of their first test cricket match against India in Mohali October 1, 2010.  REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-ReynoldsReuters - Australian opener Shane Watson hit an unbeaten century but Indian pacer Zaheer Khan struck in the final session to halt the visitors' progress on a see-saw opening day of the first test on Friday.


Musharraf says to return to Pakistan politics (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 06:14 AM PDT

Former Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf salutes upon his arrival at the airport in New Delhi March 6, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer/FilesReuters - Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf said on Friday he will return to lead a new political party to tackle corruption, revive the sluggish economy and step up the fight against Islamist militants.


Eight militants killed in battles in Kashmir (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 08:32 AM PDT

Reuters - Indian security forces killed eight militants on Friday in two separate gunbattles in Indian Kashmir, an army spokesman said, adding some of them were trying to enter the Indian territory from neigbouring Pakistan.

Rowling doesn't rule out another Harry Potter book (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 10:50 AM PDT

British author J.K. Rowling poses at The South Bank Show Awards at Dorchester Hotel in London January 29, 2008. REUTERS/Anthony Harvey/FilesReuters - Author J.K. Rowling told U.S. television talk show host Oprah Winfrey she cried uncontrollably when she finished the last of her best-selling Harry Potter books, but did not rule out writing another one.


Queen's Baton travels around Delhi ahead of Games (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 04:57 AM PDT

Indian shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (C) holds the Queen's Baton with the President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi, (2nd L) during the Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay at the India Gate in New Delhi October 1, 2010. REUTERS/Amit DaveReuters - Athletes, politicians and students carried the Queen's Baton past major Delhi landmarks on Friday as the symbolic relay neared the end of a global journey two days ahead of the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony.


Indian automakers post strong Sept sales; Japan weak (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 03:27 AM PDT

Employees work inside the newly inaugurated plant for the Tata Nano car at Sanand in Gujarat June 2, 2010. REUTERS/Amit Dave/FilesReuters - India's top automakers reported strong September sales, fuelled by the country's robust economic growth, while car sales in Japan fell for the first time in 14 months in September after government incentives dried up.


Factory PMI slips 2nd month, still in expansion (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 10:20 PM PDT

Employees work inside an iron factory on the outskirts of Allahabad March 19, 2010. The manufacturing sector continued to expand although at a considerably slower pace than in preceding months, predominantly weighed down by a fall in new orders and output. REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash/FilesReuters - The manufacturing sector continued to expand although at a considerably slower pace than in preceding months, predominantly weighed down by a fall in new orders and output.


No video referral for hockey in latest Delhi games hitch (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 06:43 AM PDT

Australia's women's field hockey players (L-R) Casey Eastham, Kate Hollywood and Madonna Blyth pose inside the Commonwealth Games athletes village in New Delhi September 28, 2010.  REUTERS/Krishnendu HalderReuters - Video referral will not be available in field hockey at the troubled Commonwealth Games after the technology was requested too late, officials said.


Court OKs reopening of Sterlite plant during appeal (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 07:34 AM PDT

A bird flies by the Vedanta office building in Mumbai August 16, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - Vedanta Resources' Indian unit, Sterlite Industries, got the go-ahead to reopen the world's ninth-largest copper smelter on Friday after India's Supreme Court stayed a lower court order to close it.


Govt not able to access BlackBerry messaging (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 04:25 AM PDT

A man tries to hold on to his umbrella as he walks past a Blackberry advertisement billboard in Mumbai August 30, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - Indian security agencies are not able to access Research in Motion's BlackBerry messenger services despite being granted access, the latest twist in a months-long saga that stems from India's concern over security issues.


India will need 1,000 aircraft over 20 yrs - Airbus CEO (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 04:15 AM PDT

Air India aircrafts stand on the tarmac during heavy rains at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi July 15, 2010. EADS' unit Airbus expects the Indian aviation market will require more than 1,000 aircraft in the next 20 years, its chief executive Tom Enders said on Friday. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - EADS' unit Airbus expects the Indian aviation market will require more than 1,000 aircraft in the next 20 years, its chief executive Tom Enders said on Friday.


Vedanta India unit appeals against plant closure (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 04:34 AM PDT

A bird flies by the Vedanta office building in Mumbai August 16, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - Sterlite Industries, a unit of the London-listed Vedanta Resources has appealed against a lower court's order to close its south India copper smelter, a lawyer representing the company said on Friday.


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

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 02:59 AM PDT

A labourer pulls a plastic sheet to cover sacks of paddy from rain at a grain market in Chandigarh January 13, 2010. REUTERS/Ajay Verma/FilesReuters - With last year's strong election victory India had appeared set to push swift economic reforms, but tackling stubbornly high inflation, a political hot potato, has largely distracted the Congress party-led government.


Commonwealth Games peaked in immediate post-war era (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 11:35 PM PDT

A woman poses in front of a board promoting the Commonwealth Games outside the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi September 25, 2010. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/FilesReuters - Commonwealth political, trade and cultural links were at their strongest in the 1950s and the prestige of the multi-sports event which started the decade as the Empire Games had never been higher.


Watson leads Australia assault on sloppy India (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 03:18 AM PDT

Australia's Shane Watson hits a shot during the first day of their first test cricket match against India in Mohali October 1, 2010.  REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-ReynoldsReuters - Australia opener Shane Watson and skipper Ricky Ponting compiled a major second-wicket partnership to help the tourists reach tea on 179 for three on the opening day of the first test against India on Friday.


Pakistan farmers' livelihoods buried under flood mud (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 10:49 PM PDT

A family takes refuge on top of a mosque while awaiting rescue from flood waters in Sanawa, a town located in the Muzaffar Ghar district of Pakistan's Punjab province August 5, 2010. REUTERS/Stringer/FilesReuters - Farmer Mohammad Ayaz and his family took refuge on nearby treetops and stayed there for three days when floods ripped through their village.


Australia's Tait sidelined following elbow surgery (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 02:39 AM PDT

Australia's Shaun Tait bowls during the fifth one-day international cricket match against England at Lord's cricket ground in London on July 3, 2010.  REUTERS/Philip Brown/FilesReuters - Australia paceman Shaun Tait will miss the one-day series against India after undergoing elbow surgery that will keep him out of action for at least two months, Australia's cricket board said on Friday.


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