2010年11月30日星期二

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Honda to make small car in Thailand, India - Nikkei (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 11:14 AM PST

The logo of Honda Motor Co is screened at the company's showroom in Tokyo October 29, 2010.  REUTERS/Issei Kato/FilesReuters - Honda Motor Co unveiled a new strategic small car specifically for Asian markets to meet demand from Asia's middle class, the Nikkei business daily reported.


Government fails to end parliamentary deadlock (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 04:34 AM PST

A view of the Indian parliament building is seen in New Delhi June 1, 2009. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - India's government and opposition parties failed on Tuesday to break a three-week parliamentary deadlock over a corruption probe that has weakened the ruling Congress-party and stalled spending and reform bills.


GDP surges 8.9 pct; Dec rate hike seen unlikely (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 05:52 AM PST

Labourers work at the construction site of a residential complex in Kolkata August 31, 2010. REUTERS/Rupak de Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - India's domestically-powered economy grew more than expected in the September quarter, defying weakness elsewhere and putting pressure on the central bank to tighten monetary policy although a rate increase next month still looks unlikely.


Interpol posts wanted notice for WikiLeaks founder (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 05:12 PM PST

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange attends a seminar at the Swedish Trade Union Confederation headquarters in Stockholm August 14, 2010. REUTERS/Scanpix/Bertil Ericson/FilesReuters - Interpol issued a "red notice" on Tuesday to assist in the arrest of Julian Assange, founder of the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, who is wanted in Sweden on suspicion of sexual crimes.


DGCA to track air fares across routes (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 06:30 AM PST

An aeroplane prepares to land at an airport in New Delhi June 4, 2008. REUTERS/Adnan Abid/FilesReuters - The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has set up a tariff analysis unit to monitor route-wise tariff across networks of local carriers at regular intervals to cap excessive fares, the federal ministry of civil aviation said on Tuesday.


FACTBOX - Govt to send notices to 5 telcos in licence row (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 07:33 PM PST

Sun rises over the telecommunication towers in New Delhi December 22, 2007. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - India's telecoms ministry will send notices to five companies that were given 85 telecoms licences in 2008, asking why their licences should not be cancelled after a government auditor found the companies were not eligible for them.


Mourinho banned, Real fined after red card probe (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 11:14 AM PST

Real Madrid's coach Jose Mourinho outside Madrid November 28, 2010,  REUTERS/Juan MedinaReuters - Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has been given a two-match ban for improper conduct by UEFA after allegations that two of his players deliberately got sent off in a Champions League match against Ajax Amsterdam.


EXCLUSIVE - Afghan officials free top Taliban fighters (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 07:56 AM PST

An Afghan soldier talks on the radio as they conduct a joint patrol with French soldiers in Helmand province, February 2010. Afghanistan's intelligence agency denied pursuing talks with a fake Taliban leader after media reports claimed that British spies had flown the impostor to government peace talks in Kabul.(AFP/File/Thomas Coex)Reuters - Afghan security forces are freeing captured senior Taliban for payment or political motives, with President Hamid Karzai and his powerful brother among those authorising and requesting releases.


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

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 08:34 AM PST

Reuters - The government is bogged down trying to defend itself in a slew of corruption scandals that has deadlocked parliament, as political firefighting saps the coalition government's ability to enact financial reforms.

Lavasa to delay $436 mln IPO by up to 6 mths - sources (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 08:44 AM PST

Reuters - Hindustan Construction's Lavasa unit is likely to delay its about $436 million IPO by up to six months, three sources said, after India's environment ministry demanded reasons not to close its town building project.

RBI may cut CRR if crunch persists - official (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 01:39 AM PST

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) logo is pictured outside its head office in Mumbai November 2, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) could cut the cash reserve ratio (CRR), the money that is kept by the banks with the central bank, if the tight liquidity conditions prolonged, a finance ministry official said on Tuesday.


U.S. regrets leaks, says will tighten security (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 08:19 PM PST

Newspaper fronts reporting on the documents released by the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks are seen in New York, November 29, 2010.  REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - The U.S. government said on Monday it deeply regretted the release of any classified information and would tighten security to prevent leaks such as WikiLeaks' disclosure of a trove of State Department cables.


HCC unit challenges environment notice in court (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 05:21 AM PST

Reuters - Lavasa Corp, a unit of Hindustan Construction, said on Tuesday it had challenged in court an environment ministry notice asking the company to defend construction post 2006 in a township project in western India.

Weekly food inflation seen below 9 pct this week (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 10:45 PM PST

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 weekly food inflation is seen easing to below 9 percent this week, Kaushik Basu, chief economic adviser to the finance ministry, said on Tuesday.


Bangladesh opposition stage strike to protest leader's eviction (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 09:56 PM PST

Reuters - Transport was disrupted and some shops and offices closed on Tuesday as the main opposition party in Bangladesh staged a nationwide strike to denounce the eviction of their leader from her home.
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