2011年1月19日星期三

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Scandal-hit PM skirts major cabinet changes (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 07:06 AM PST

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh gestures during the national communal harmony awards ceremony in New Delhi August 12, 2009. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tweaked his cabinet line-up on Wednesday, sparking criticism the government was shying away from battling graft scandals and high inflation, and dimming prospects for major economic reforms soon.


FACTBOX - PM tweaks cabinet amid graft, inflation (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 05:34 AM PST

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (R) and Chief of India's ruling Congress party Sonia Gandhi attend a news conference in New Delhi May 16, 2009. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tweaked his cabinet line-up on Wednesday, stepping back from a major reshuffle that would have revamped the image of a government hit by graft scandals and year-high food inflation.


Supply bottlenecks driving inflation: Pranab Mukherjee (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 04:19 AM PST

A customer shops inside a grocery store in Lucknow January 19, 2011. REUTERS/Pawan KumarReuters - India's high food inflation is being driven by supply bottlenecks and rising incomes, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in a statement on Wednesday.


Govt willing to reconsider Vedanta refinery plan (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 02:29 AM PST

A bird flies by the Vedanta office building in Mumbai August 16, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - Environment minister Jairam Ramesh said on Wednesday he was willing to revive Vedanta Resources' plans to expand its alumina refinery in the eastern Orissa state provided the firm met certain conditions.


Indian businessman swoops for Racing Santander (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 11:38 AM PST

Racing Santander's Edu Bedia (R) takes a free kick against Sevilla during their Spanish First Division soccer match at Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium in Seville September 23, 2010. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo/FilesReuters - An Indian businessman has become the latest non-Spaniard to attempt to buy into La Liga and is in talks to acquire Racing Santander, a heavily indebted club based in the north of the country.


FACTBOX - Changes at India's commodities and energy ministries (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 05:46 AM PST

(R-L) PM Manmohan Singh, Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Defence Minister A. K. Antony, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, Cabinet ministers Ghulam Nabi Azad, Veerappa Moily, Jaipal Reddy and Murli Deora attend an oath-taking ceremony inside the presidential palace in New Delhi May 28, 2009. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made changes in his cabinet on Wednesday as his government tries to dampen the impact of corruption scandals and deal with unrelenting inflation as state elections loom.


Pakistani millers oppose import of Indian sugar (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 03:24 AM PST

An employee works inside a sugar mill at Morinda in Punjab December 30, 2010. REUTERS/Ajay Verma/FilesReuters - Pakistani millers oppose sugar imports from India because of fears New Delhi may dump surplus product and hurt the domestic industry, an industry official said on Wednesday.


BOOK TALK: Kashmiri author writes exile odyssey (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 03:24 AM PST

A Kashmiri fisherman throws a net into the waters of the Dal Lake in Srinagar September 28, 2010.     REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli/FilesReuters - Once the backdrop of romantic Bollywood movies in the 1960s and 1970s, Kashmir's idyllic image has darkened since a separatist rebellion broke out two decades ago, forcing many into exile from a beloved homeland.


India arrests three Chinese on suspicion of spying (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 03:34 AM PST

Reuters - Three Chinese nationals have been arrested on suspicion of money laundering and spying on border security camps along India's northern borders, police said on Wednesday.

India considering infrastructure debt fund options - finance ministry (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 03:34 AM PST

Reuters - India is considering various options to create infrastructure debt funds, a statement issued by the finance ministry said on Wednesday.

Big quake shakes Pakistan; tremors felt in Delhi (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 10:54 PM PST

Reuters - A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.2 shook southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, jolting residents of cities as far apart as New Delhi and Dubai, but doing little damage in the sparsely populated region.

PM says major cabinet reshuffle after budget (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 04:19 AM PST

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh flashes a victory sign after addressing a news conference in Mumbai April 13, 2009. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - A major reshuffle of India's cabinet will take place after the February budget session of parliament, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday.


Pakistan grind out draw to win NZ series (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 11:55 PM PST

New Zealand's Reece Young watches the ball go past Pakistan's Misbah-ul-Haq during the second innings on day five of their second test cricket match in Wellington, January 19, 2011.    REUTERS/Anthony PhelpsReuters - Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-haq produced a man of the match performance to ensure his side batted out the final day to draw the second test against New Zealand on Wednesday and claim their first series victory since 2006.


PM to make minor changes to cabinet - TV (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 03:24 AM PST

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh gestures during the national communal harmony awards ceremony in New Delhi August 12, 2009. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will make minor changes to his cabinet on Wednesday, local TV said, stepping back from a major reshuffle to revamp the image of a government ensnared by graft scandals and year-high food inflation.


India may finalise Iran oil payment route soon (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 11:27 PM PST

A worker holds a fuel nozzle at a petrol pump in Hyderabad June 17, 2010. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - India may finalise routing of funds as payment towards Iran oil imports in the next few days, Oil Secretary S. Sundareshan said on Wednesday.


PM Singh to reshuffle cabinet amid graft, inflation (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 12:17 AM PST

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh attends the Indian labour conference in New Delhi November 23, 2010. Singh will face questions in the Supreme Court on Tuesday over his handling of an alleged telecoms scam as parliament remains  paralysed over demands by the opposition for a full probe.   REUTERS/B Mathur (INDIA - Tags: POLITICS)Reuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will reshuffle his cabinet on Wednesday in a mid-term effort to refresh a coalition snared by corruption scandals and year-high food inflation as it faces keystate elections.


Obama, Hu to confront economic strains, N. Korea (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Jan 2011 10:25 PM PST

China's President Hu Jintao waves upon his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington for a state visit, January 18, 2011. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao confront stubborn rifts over North Korea and bilateral economic imbalances on Wednesday when they meet amid the pomp of a formal state visit.


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