2011年1月21日星期五

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Supreme Court raps Kapil Sibal over licence row (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jan 2011 01:04 AM PST

Kapil Sibal attends a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos January 31, 2009. REUTERS/Pascal Lauener/FilesReuters - The Supreme Court on Friday criticised Telecoms Minister Kapil Sibal for his comments over what is seen as the country's biggest corruption case, the latest in a series of censures by the top court that has embarrassed the government.


Duminy shines as S.Africa set India 266 for series win (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jan 2011 09:25 AM PST

South Africa's batsman Jean-Paul Duminy celebrates his half century during their fourth one-day international cricket match against India at St George's Park stadium in Port Elizabeth, January 21, 2011. REUTERS/Siphiwe SibekoReuters - JP Duminy rescued South Africa from a middle-order collapse to take them to 265 for seven in the fourth one-day international against India at St George's Park on Friday.


Reliance Industries third quarter profit surges (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jan 2011 10:14 AM PST

File photo of Reliance Industries Ltd Chairman Mukesh Ambani as he addresses shareholders during an annual general meeting in Bombay August 3, 2005.  REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - Energy giant Reliance Industries posted its highest ever quarterly profit as refining margins surged and petrochemical margins improved.


Indian businessman buys La Liga club Racing Santander (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jan 2011 08:07 AM PST

Reuters - Indian businessman Ahsan Ali Syed has completed the purchase of La Liga club Racing Santander, his office said on Friday.

ONGC says resumes oil output from shut wells (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jan 2011 07:31 AM PST

Reuters - State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp has resumed oil and gas output it halted earlier on Friday after a pipeline leak caused a mile-long spill off Mumbai's coast, the company said in a statement.

Blackburn target Riquelme in latest plan to lure big name (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jan 2011 08:32 AM PST

Boca Juniors' striker Juan Roman Riquelme walks during a training session in Buenos Aires November 4, 2010.  REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci/FilesReuters - Blackburn Rovers have targeted Argentine Juan Roman Riquelme as their ambition to lure a big name showed no sign of waning on Friday after the failures to entice David Beckham and Ronaldinho.


Maruti raises prices of most car models - official (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jan 2011 08:20 AM PST

A worker cleans a parked car at the Maruti Suzuki's stockyard on the outskirts of Jammu October 30, 2010. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta/FilesReuters - Maruti Suzuki, India's largest carmaker, has increased prices by up to 2.4 percent across all but one model from Jan. 17, a company official said on Friday.


Webb, Schrotter to ride for Mahindra Racing (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jan 2011 04:22 AM PST

File photo of Danny Webb of Britain as he loses the control of his bike during the warm up session of the Australian Grand Prix in Phillip Island near Melbourne October 17, 2010. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz/FilesReuters - Briton Danny Webb and German Marcel Schrotter will ride for MotoGP debutants Mahindra Racing in the 125cc category this season, the team said on Friday.


France will pay for Afghan policy - bin Laden tape (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jan 2011 05:45 AM PST

A video grab from an undated footage from the Internet shows Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden making statements from an unknown location. Bin Laden said in an audio recording on Friday that the release of French hostages held in Niger depended on France's soldiers leaving Muslim lands. REUTERS/REUTERS TV/FilesReuters - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden said in an audio recording that the release of French hostages held in Niger depends on France's soldiers leaving Muslim lands, Al Jazeera television reported on Friday.


Jaipur literature carnival rubbishes "pretentious" tag (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jan 2011 10:25 AM PST

Reuters - World-famous authors lost themselves amidst thousands of fans as Asia's largest literary event sprang colourfully to life on Friday, debunking

POSCO steel mill in Orissa likely to win approval - sources (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jan 2011 07:19 AM PST

An employee of steelmaker POSCO walks at the company's headquarters in Seoul April 10, 2009. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won/FilesReuters - A $12 billion steel mill in Orissa planned by South Korea's POSCO is likely to be approved by the Indian government this month, sources said on Friday, after years of delays over environmental concerns.


Indian Bank moves into Sri Lanka's old war zone (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jan 2011 07:31 AM PST

Reuters - Indian Bank on Friday opened a branch in Sri Lanka's city of Jaffna, in the former northern war zone, aiming to get a piece of the growing post-war reconstruction lending pie.

Gunbattle erupts in Bangladesh hill region, 6 dead (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jan 2011 03:34 AM PST

Reuters - A gunbattle erupted in Bangladesh's restive Chittagong Hill Tract region between two tribal groups on Friday, killing six people, police said.

Sri Lanka's war-scarred minorities living 'in fear' - rights group (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 10:48 PM PST

A resettled Tamil IDP (Internally Displaced Person) bathes her son in Vavuniya, about 260 km from Colombo, August 14, 2010. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte/FilesReuters - Many of Sri Lanka's minority Tamils and Muslims displaced by the country's civil war have been poorly resettled and are living in harsh conditions as part of a deliberate policy to marginalise them, according to a report by a human rights group.


Power plants protest shows industry-farmer rift (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jan 2011 04:22 AM PST

Reuters - Hundreds of stone-hurling farmers protested against the takeover of their land for two proposed power plants on Friday, police said, spotlighting challenges the country faces in building infrastructure.

World Cup to be Murali's international swansong (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jan 2011 03:08 AM PST

Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan bowls during their second one-day international cricket match against Pakistan at the Rangiri Dambulla stadium in Dambulla August 1, 2009. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash/FilesReuters - Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan will retire from international cricket after the Feb. 19-April 2 World Cup in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.


Sundance debuts with Harry Belafonte documentary (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 10:05 PM PST

Fans wait outside the Egyptian Theater for a premiere during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah January 20, 2011. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonReuters - The Sundance Film Festival opened on Thursday night with a new look -- four feature films instead of only one, including a documentary about calypso singer Harry Belafonte and a teen lesbian drama.


RBI chief says discussed economy with finmin (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jan 2011 01:04 AM PST

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Duvvuri Subbarao attends the monetary policy review meeting in Mumbai November 2, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) chief Duvvuri Subbarao said on Friday he discussed the country's macroeconomic situation with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, as they met for a customary meeting ahead of a policy review.


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