2011年8月19日星期五

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Anna Hazare leaves jail to huge cheers (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 05:14 AM PDT

A supporter (C) of social activist Anna Hazare shouts anti-government slogans in front of a portrait of Hazare as he waits for Hazare to leave Tihar jail in New Delhi in this August 18, 2011 photo. Hazare left the jail on Friday to carry on his fast in the capital after the government caved in to country-wide protests. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - A vast and jubilant crowd cheered as Gandhian activist Anna Hazare walked out of jail in New Delhi on Friday to carry on a hunger strike in public, the latest act in a drama of popular fury over corruption that has put India's government in a bind.


Kerala temple treasure brings riches, challenges (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 12:57 AM PDT

Hindu devotees visit the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple in Kerala July 30, 2011, as commandos guard perhaps one of the world's greatest treasures to surface in recent times. REUTERS/James Pomfret/FilesReuters - A stream of bare-chested religious devotees step gingerly through metal detectors at the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple in Kerala as armed commandos with AK-47s guard perhaps one of the world's greatest treasures to surface in recent times.


Indian stocks hit by U.S. selloff in short term - Pranab (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 04:46 AM PDT

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee attends the three-day long India Economic Summit 2009 at the World Economic Forum in New Delhi November 10, 2009. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - India's stock markets have been affected by the U.S. market sentiments in the short term, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in a statement released after market hours on Friday.


Record high price mutes gold demand in India (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 04:31 AM PDT

A saleswoman displays a gold necklace at a jewellery showroom in Kolkata August 1, 2011. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - MUMBAI (Reuters) Indias benchmark gold futures extended gains by more than 2 percent on Friday tailing a rally in the world market, hitting a new peak of 27,887 rupees per 10 grams, and discouraging physical buyers ahead of a slew of festivals and weddings, dealers said.


Actor who played super-hero ill with cancer (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 02:36 AM PDT

Reuters - For Shafiq Sheikh, the irony is tragic.

Bowling prospect Varun Aaron on fast-track to success (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 01:39 AM PDT

Reuters - As India cries out for a pace bowler to add some much-needed bite to its depleted attack, one man in the frame to become a future new ball spearhead believes speed alone cannot guarantee success.

Myanmar's Suu Kyi meets president - govt source (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 03:05 AM PDT

Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Myanmar's democratic opposition, smiles to supporters before leaving Shwemawdaw Pagoda at Bago, 60 miles north of Yangon August 14, 2011. REUTERS/Soe Zeya TunReuters - Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi met President Thein Sein on Friday, a government source said, the first meeting between the two and the latest olive branch from the army-backed regime that came to power this year after five decades of direct military rule.


FY12 GDP growth seen at over 8 pct - Ahluwalia (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 12:42 AM PDT

A man cycles past the construction site of a residential apartment building by property developer DLF Ltd. in Gurgaon January 27, 2010. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/FilesReuters - The economy is expected to grow at more than 8 percent in the current fiscal year to end-March 2012, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, said on Friday.


Under-fire oilmin to face PM scrutiny - paper (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 12:28 AM PDT

India's Reliance Industries KG-D6's facility located in Andhra Pradesh is pictured in this undated handout photo. REUTERS/Reliance Industries/HandoutReuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will review the functioning of the oil ministry amid criticism over falling output from a key gas field as well as poor performance of state-run oil firms, the Economic Times reported on Friday quoting unnamed government officials.


Scientists find how "sticky" egg captures sperm (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Aug 2011 11:33 PM PDT

A doctor at the Alma Res fertility clinic in Rome works prepares eggs and sperm for an attempt at artificial insemination, June 7, 2005. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi/FilesReuters - Scientists have uncovered exactly how a human egg captures an incoming sperm to begin the process of fertilisation and say their discovery could in future help couples who suffer from infertility.


BSE Sensex joins global equities rout; techs plunge (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 12:28 AM PDT

A broker monitors share prices at a brokerage firm in Mumbai August 5, 2011. The BSE Sensex fell as much as 2.2 percent on Friday and is on course to log their fourth straight weekly loss, dragged by a battering of global equities on growing worries that the U.S. economy was sliding back into recession. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - The BSE Sensex fell as much as 2.2 percent on Friday and is on course to log their fourth straight weekly loss, dragged by a battering of global equities on growing worries that the U.S. economy was sliding back into recession.


Water reservoirs at 67 pct of capacity - govt (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 12:57 AM PDT

A tourist boards a boat as rain clouds approach over the river Ganges in Kolkata May 29, 2011.  REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - India's Water Resources Ministry gave the following update on water levels in the country's main reservoirs in the week to Aug. 18:


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