2011年11月24日星期四

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Maoist leader Kishenji likely killed in West Bengal (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 11:32 AM PST

Maoist leader Kishenji (C, facing back) speaks to the media in Bholagara village of West Bengal October 22, 2009. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw/FilesReuters - Security forces likely killed top Maoist military commander Koteshwar Rao in a West Bengal jungle on Thursday, the government said, striking a major blow to fighters who control large, impoverished but mineral-rich swathes of the country.


India opens door to foreign supermarket chains (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 02:52 PM PST

Customers shop at a Best Price Modern Wholesale store, a joint venture of Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Bharti Enterprises, at Zirakpur, Punjab November 24, 2011. REUTERS/Ajay VermaReuters - India threw open its $450 billion retail market to global supermarket giants on Thursday, approving its biggest reform in years that may boost sorely needed investment in Asia's third-largest economy.


Culture, family triumph in Tata quest for successor (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 08:57 AM PST

Reuters - Culture and continuity have prevailed in the Tata Group's search for a new chairman to head India's biggest business house.

Egypt army picks new PM, protesters plan mass rally (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 03:47 PM PST

A protester displays a sign over his forehead reading Reuters - Egyptian former prime minister Kamal Ganzouri accepted a request from the ruling generals to form a new government, state media reported, but protesters brushed away their choice and vowed to hold another mass rally on Friday to demand the army quit power.


Sachin Tendulkar closing in on 100th hundred (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 05:48 AM PST

India's Virender Sehwag plays a shot during the third day of their third test cricket match against West Indies in Mumbai November 24, 2011. REUTERS/Vivek PrakashReuters - Sachin Tendulkar was on course for his 100th international century while Rahul Dravid completed a milestone to lead India's strong reply in the third and final test against West Indies on Thursday.


RBI okays Air India's loan tenure extension - sources (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 06:59 AM PST

Air India aircrafts stand on the tarmac during heavy rains at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi July 15, 2010. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - MUMBAI (Reuters) The RBI has approved extension of the tenure of loans to troubled state-run carrier Air India by five years with the loans now being due for repayment after 15 years, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.


Time catches up with India's traditional bazaars (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 09:25 AM PST

People crowd at a wholesale vegetable market during dawn in Kolkata October 20, 2011. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - Foreign supermarket giants eyeing India may see rich pickings at New Delhi markets like Karol Bagh, where shoppers must negotiate a plethora of dubious-looking power lines, stinking rubbish piled high on sidewalks and cars parked three deep.


Vikram Akula, India's microfinance pioneer, faces flak (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 05:04 AM PST

Vikram Akula speaks during a panel discussing microfinance at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York September 21, 2010.  REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/FilesReuters - When Vikram Akula came to speak at the World Economic Forum's India Summit in New Delhi last year, it was clear that the once-thriving banker to the poor was beginning to lose his sheen.


Food inflation at 9.01 pct y/y on Nov 12 - govt (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 11:39 PM PST

A vendor exchanges money with a customer at a shop selling garlic, onions and potatoes at a wholesale market in Mumbai April 28, 2011. REUTERS/Vivek PrakashReuters - India's food price index rose 9.01 percent and the fuel price index climbed 15.49 percent in the year to Nov. 12, government data on Thursday showed.


Chappell against wholesale dumping of seniors (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 02:27 AM PST

Greg Chappell is seen in Mumbai April 6, 2007. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - Australia have several good young players at their disposal but must resist the temptation to pick too many at the same time, former captain Greg Chappell said on Thursday.


Metro says India focus remains cash & carry (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 08:42 AM PST

Flags of Germany's biggest retailer Metro AG are seen at their headquarters before the annual balance news conference in Duesseldorf March 22, 2011.  REUTERS/Ina Fassbender/FilesReuters - World No.4 retailer Metro said India's decision to open up its supermarket sector for foreign players did not mean it would seek to introduce its Real brand to the country.


Govt approves companies bill - minister (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 06:45 AM PST

People walk outside the Mumbai Stock Exchange building February 10, 2011. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash/FilesReuters - The cabinet has approved a new companies bill, a minister who did not want to be identified said on Thursday, in a step towards improving transparency and regulation of business houses in Asia's third-largest economy.


Aviation min says in talks with RBI on Air India (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 05:48 AM PST

An aerial view of Air India planes parked at Bombay airport August 4, 2005. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - The central government is in talks with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on providing relief to the cash-strapped national carrier Air India, Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi told Reuters on Thursday.


AerCap to take back two jets from Kingfisher (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 12:34 AM PST

A passenger aircraft of India's Kingfisher Airlines is seen during Reuters - India's Kingfisher Airlines, the country's third largest by market share, said on Thursday lessor AerCap Holdings NV would take back two of its aircraft in coming months as both the companies could not agree on extension terms.


Plan to open retail sector hangs in balance (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 05:34 AM PST

People shop in the chilled foods section of a Reliance Fresh supermarket in Mumbai October 16, 2011.  REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - The central government's plan to open India's supermarket sector to global retailers hung in the balance on Thursday, with political opposition to the long-delayed reform mounting as the cabinet began a meeting called to approve it.


China gameplan in question as Obama pivots to Asia (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 04:35 AM PST

National flags of the U.S. and China are seen in front of an international hotel in Beijing January 17, 2011. REUTERS/Jason Lee/FilesReuters - China's leaders, upstaged by President Barack Obama's "pivot" to Asia, may hope they end up resembling famed basketball player Yao Ming, who while not as nimble as his rivals, smothered them with his size and doggedness.


Mukherjee says expects inflation to moderate (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 12:47 AM PST

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee speaks at the BRICs finance ministers' news conference during the annual International Monetary Fund (IMF)-World Bank meetings in Washington September 22, 2011. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/FilesReuters - India's inflation is expected to moderate if the current easing trend in weekly food and fuel prices continues, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday after the latest weekly inflation figures showed food inflation at a nine-week low.


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