2011年1月4日星期二

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Indian police register case against Citigroup CEO Pandit - WSJ (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 03:07 PM PST

Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit takes part in a panel discussion about manufacturing during The National Summit at the Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan June 15, 2009.  REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/FilesReuters - Police in India registered a case against Citigroup Inc Chief Executive Vikram Pandit and other top bank officials in connection with an employee's alleged $67.2 million fraud, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.


Tendulkar and Steyn leave final test in balance (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 10:16 AM PST

Sachin Tendulkar plays a shot as South Africa's Mark Boucher watches during the third day of  their third cricket test match in Cape Town January 4, 2011. REUTERS/Mike HutchingsReuters - Sachin Tendulkar struck his 51st test century for India to counter an inspired spell from Dale Steyn and leave the third and deciding test against South Africa evenly poised after day three.


Bofors scandal resurfaces to tarnish Congress party (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 07:12 AM PST

A man carries the party symbol of  Congress party on a street in Hyderabad April 2, 2009. One of India's biggest corruption scandals from the 1980s has resurfaced to tarnish the ruling Congress party and embolden an opposition that has  paralysed parliament with protests over graft accusations. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - One of India's biggest corruption scandals from the 1980s has resurfaced to tarnish the ruling Congress party and embolden an opposition that has paralysed parliament with protests over graft allegations.


India seeks French partners to build motorways (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 01:00 AM PST

Workers use road rollers during the rebuilding process of a road in Srinagar July 2, 2009.  India would like French companies to help develop its fast-growing motorway network, India's minister for road transport Kamal Nath said in an interview with French daily Le Figaro published on Tuesday. REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli/FilesReuters - India would like French companies to help develop its fast-growing motorway network, India's minister for road transport Kamal Nath said in an interview with French daily Le Figaro published on Tuesday.


Pakistan crisis deepens as governor shot dead (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 11:39 AM PST

A policeman surveys the site where the governor of Pujab province Salman Taseer was shot dead in Islamabad on January 4, 2011. REUTERS/Adrees LatifReuters - The governor of Pakistan's central Punjab province, a senior member of the ruling party, was shot dead by one of his bodyguards on Tuesday, deepening a political crisis in the nuclear-armed South Asian nation.


Blackburn chasing Ronaldinho and Beckham (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 10:16 AM PST

British soccer player David Beckham in London November 29, 2010.     REUTERS/Matt Dunham/Pool/FilesReuters - Blackburn Rovers have made an offer for AC Milan forward Ronaldinho and are also chasing former England captain David Beckham, the Indian owners of the Premier League club said on Tuesday.


Iran offers India oil supply plan for January (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 07:43 AM PST

Reuters - Iran has offered a stop-gap plan for oil supplies to India for January, an Indian government source said on Tuesday, but a lasting solution to the row over how to pay for supplies may take weeks.

Top seed Berdych breezes past Gil in Chennai (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 07:43 AM PST

Reuters - Top seed Tomas Berdych breezed into the second round of the Chennai Open on Tuesday with a 6-0 6-1 victory over Portuguese opponent Frederico Gil.

Pakistan opposition says will not move against PM (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 04:38 AM PST

File photo of Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani as he speaks during an All Parties Conference  in Islamabad May 18, 2009. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed/FilesReuters - Pakistan's main opposition group said on Tuesday it would not force a no-confidence vote in the government, offering a reprieve but leaving the coalition weak after a key ally quit at the weekend.


India extends ban on dairy product imports from China (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 03:22 AM PST

Reuters - India has further extended a ban on imports of milk and milk products from China by one year until Dec. 23, a government statement said on Tuesday.

UAE yacht maker banks on emerging market rich (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 07:32 AM PST

Reuters - Gulf Craft, the largest Gulf Arab yacht maker, projects modest sales growth in 2011 but hopes a new emerging market elite will spur its luxury boat business, its chief executive said.

Firefox takes top browser spot in Europe - StatCounter (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 04:58 AM PST

Reuters - Mozilla's Firefox browser has overtaken Microsoft's Internet Explorer as the leader in Europe, the first time Microsoft's browser has lost its top spot in a major market, a web analytics firm StatCounter said.

Pranab: studying income tax tribunal order in graft scandal (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 06:02 AM PST

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee  in London September 4, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs/FilesReuters - The government is examining income tax tribunal order papers on the Bofors issue, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Tuesday, referring to one of the country's biggest corruption scandals from the 1980s.


England ride their luck as Australia hit back (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 02:38 AM PST

Australian players look to umpire Billy Bowden as he indicates that Australia's Michael Beer bowled a no ball on which England's Alastair Cook was caught during the fifth Ashes cricket test at the Sydney Cricket Ground January 4, 2011.      REUTERS/Tim WimborneReuters - England rode their luck through a rocky afternoon spell to reach 167-3 in their first innings at the close of play on the second day of a well-balanced fifth Ashes test on Tuesday after dismissing Australia for 280.


After Vodafone, govt mulls taxing Kraft-Cadbury deal (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 04:29 AM PST

A Cadbury Fruit and Nut bar is seen in a market in San Francisco, California in this February 2, 2010 photo illustration. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith/FilesReuters - The finance ministry is looking into whether Kraft Foods will have to pay taxes in its $19 billion takeover of Cadbury last year, in response to a public interest petition.


Microsoft restores Hotmail service after glitch (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 11:33 PM PST

The Microsoft logo hangs from a window in Scottsdale, Arizona in this October 22, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Joshua Lott/FilesReuters - Microsoft Corp's Hotmail service, the world's most-used online email system, is back to normal operations on Monday after some users over the weekend lost access to emails or found them transferred to a deleted mail folder.


Tendulkar stands firm as India reduce deficit (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 03:39 AM PST

Sachin Tendulkar plays a shot as South Africa's Mark Boucher watches during the third day of  their third cricket test match in Cape Town January 4, 2011. REUTERS/Mike HutchingsReuters - Sachin Tendulkar stood between South Africa and a healthy first innings lead as he took India to 237 for four at lunch on the third day of the third and deciding test at Newlands on Tuesday.


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