2011年6月14日星期二

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Foreign secretary Rao due in Pakistan to discuss Kashmir (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 06:44 AM PDT

Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao (L) speaks next to her Pakistani counterpart Salam Bashir during a news conference in Islamabad June 24, 2010. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed/FilesReuters - Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao is due to visit Pakistan this month to discuss Kashmir, a Pakistani official said on Tuesday, the first formal talks between the two rivals on their core dispute since 2008, but analysts expect no breakthroughs.


Maruti Suzuki, striking workers in stalemate (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 07:58 AM PDT

Private security guards stand outside the main entrance to the Maruti Suzuki India Limited plant where workers are striking in Manesar, located in Haryana June 14, 2011. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - India's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki stood its ground on Tuesday, refusing to cave in to demands for the recognition of a new union and the reinstatement of 11 fired employees, prolonging a strike that has cost it millions of dollars.


Indian hockey row drags on, peace plan put on hold (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 07:46 AM PDT

Players battle for the ball during their preliminary field hockey game between India and Bangladesh at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, Guangdong province November 17, 2010. REUTERS/David Gray/FilesReuters - India's hockey row continued on Tuesday as one of the two federations which claim to run the sport asked for more time to consider a government peace plan.


Hugh Hefner dumped at the altar (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 12:29 PM PDT

Hugh Hefner and his fiancee, Playboy Playmate Crystal Harris, arrive at the opening night gala of the 2011 TCM Classic Film Festival featuring a screening of a restoration of 'An American In Paris' in Hollywood, California April 28, 2011.  REUTERS/Fred ProuserReuters - Playboy founder Hugh Hefner said on Tuesday his wedding this weekend has been canceled because his girlfriend, a Playmate from his magazine, changed her mind.


Dine with WikiLeaks' Assange for only $575 (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 11:41 AM PDT

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange attends a news conference at the Geneva Press Club in Geneva, in this November 4, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Valentin Flauraud/FilesReuters - Eight admirers of anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange, are being offered the opportunity to dine privately with their idol early next month at an asking price of 350 pounds ($575) per head.


In India's grain bowl, farms face threat from MNREGS (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 12:54 AM PDT

A farmer ploughs his rice field at Chandiala village in Punjab July 29, 2009. REUTERS/Ajay Verma/FilesReuters - Sitting at the edge of fields in the heart of India's grain bowl, Gurdayal Singh Malik shakes his head in resignation about the lack of workers needed for his 60-acre farm, blaming the government's flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) for the shortage.


RBI: Funding current account deficit may be a challenge (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 07:57 AM PDT

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) logo is pictured outside its head office in Mumbai May 3, 2011. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - India could see some slowdown in capital inflows going forward as advanced economies exit from the easy monetary policy, making it tougher to fund a widening current account deficit, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said in its Financial Stability report.


Sri Lanka, India resume ferry service after 30 years (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 01:06 AM PDT

Reuters - India and Sri Lanka on Tuesday resumed sea ferry services for the first time in 30 years, aiming to boost tourism and economic cooperation after the end of Sri Lanka's civil war.

Soot, smog curbs quick way to combat warming - U.N. study (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 04:44 AM PDT

A miner smokes a cigarette during a break at a coal storage site in Hefei, Anhui province November 17, 2009. REUTERS/Jianan Yu/FilesReuters - Tighter limits on soot and smog provide a quick and easy way to fight global warming while protecting human health and raising crop output, a U.N. study said on Tuesday.


Inflation accelerates, Thursday rate hike seen (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 02:27 AM PDT

Labourers carry a sack of onions onto a delivery truck, at a wholesale market in Pune, south of Mumbai, May 12, 2011. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash/FilesReuters - Inflation accelerated faster than expected in May, with higher manufacturing prices offsetting slower growth in fuel and food costs and adding pressure on the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to lift interest rates this week despite signs of economic slowdown.


Hackers break into U.S. Senate computers (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 06:14 PM PDT

A woman walks near Capitol Hill in Washington June 9, 2011. The U.S. Senate's website was hacked over the weekend, leading to a review of all of its websites, in the latest embarrassing breach of security to hit a major U.S.-based institution. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - The U.S. Senate's website was hacked over the weekend, leading to a review of all of its websites, in the latest embarrassing breach of security to hit a major U.S.-based institution.


India needs to tame inflation for 9 pct growth - adviser (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 11:52 PM PDT

Labourers pull a cycle rickshaw loaded with bananas towards a market in Kolkata April 8, 2011. India needs to tame inflation to achieve 9 percent economic growth in  the medium term, the prime minister's economic adviser  C. Rangarajan said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - India needs to tame inflation to achieve 9 percent economic growth in the medium term, the prime minister's economic adviser C. Rangarajan said on Tuesday.


CBI looks into inflated oilfields costs - report (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 10:33 PM PDT

Reuters - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is looking into the role of the oil ministry after it was criticised by the Comptroller and Auditor General's (CAG) for allowing some exploring companies to overstate costs of field developments and explore beyond their contracted areas, a newspaper report said on Tuesday.

Australia to warm up for India clash against New Zealand (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 10:11 PM PDT

Australia's newly named test and one-day cricket captain, Michael Clarke, pauses during a news conference at the Sydney Cricket Ground March 30, 2011. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne/FilesReuters - Australia will kick off their home cricket season in December with two test matches against trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand before taking on the world's top-ranked test side India in a four-match series, Cricket


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