2011年6月17日星期五

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


India's economy skids as leaders sleep at the wheel (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 03:58 AM PDT

Chief of India's ruling Congress party Sonia Gandhi (R) gestures as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (C) and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee watch during the release of a book titled Reuters - If there was ever a sign of rudderless leadership and misplaced priorities over economic policy, it was Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's trip to Delhi airport this month to meet Swami Ramdev, who was protesting against the government's inaction on graft.


Maruti ends 13-day strike, output loss $93.5 mln (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 12:19 AM PDT

A private security guard is seen outside the main entrance to the Maruti Suzuki India Limited plant as striking employees walk inside the company premises in Manesar, in Haryana June 14, 2011. Maruti Suzuki ended a 13-day strike by employees that led to more than $90 mln in lost output for the car maker, a spokesman said. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - Maruti Suzuki ended a 13-day strike by employees that had crippled production and led to more than $90 million in lost output for India's largest car maker, a spokesman said on Friday.


Six Pakistani Rangers sent to jail for videotaped killing (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 07:48 AM PDT

Police escort men with covered faces who they said were paramilitary officials charged in the death of an unarmed man, an incident captured on video, after they were brought before a judge at a court in Karachi June 13, 2011. REUTERS/Akhtar SoomroReuters - Pakistan's police presented chargesheets against six members of a paramilitary force on Friday for the killing of an unarmed man last week, a government lawyer said, in a rare rebuke to the country's powerful military.


Indian Open to be richest golf event on Asian Tour (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 07:22 AM PDT

Asian Tour Executive Chairman Kyi Hla Han listens to questions during an interview with Reuters at a golf course in Singapore May 19, 2010. REUTERS/Tim Chong/FilesReuters - October's Indian Open will be the richest full-field event on the Asian Tour after a hike in prize money, the tour said on Friday.


Not against DRS, just want more consistency - Tendulkar (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 12:05 AM PDT

India's Sachin Tendulkar speaks to a gathering after receiving India's Best Cricketer of the year 2009-10 award during the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) awards ceremony in Mumbai May 31, 2011. REUTERS/Vivek PrakashReuters - Sachin Tendulkar is not against the controversial Decision Review System (DRS) but he wants it to be more consistent, the Indian batsman said.


BSE to remove Reliance Comm, Infra from Sensex (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 09:50 AM PDT

A man walks past a logo of Reliance Communication before the Annual General Meeting in Mumbai September 22, 2009.  REUTERS/Arko Datta/FilesReuters - The Bombay Stock Exchange said it had decided to exclude mobile operator Reliance Communications and power utility Reliance Infrastructure, both controlled by billionaire Anil Ambani, from the Sensex.


U.S. judge dismisses charges against bin Laden (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 10:03 AM PDT

Newspapers fronts are seen on a fence at the World Trade Center site in New York, May 3, 2011. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/FilesReuters - A U.S. judge on Friday dismissed all criminal charges against Osama bin Laden following the al Qaeda leader's death, closing a 13-year court case against the mastermind of the September 11 attacks.


F1 - Indian GP allays ticketing fears (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 07:22 AM PDT

Force India Formula One driver Adrian Sutil of Germany drives during qualifying at the Australian F1 Grand Prix in Melbourne March 27, 2010. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz/FilesReuters - The inaugural Indian Formula One Grand Prix on Oct. 30 will face none of the ticketing fiascos that have blighted recent major sporting events in the country, the head of ticketing for the race told Reuters on Friday.


Mukherjee: decision on IMF tob job candidate at appropriate time (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 01:10 AM PDT

India's Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee (R) speaks with Mexican central bank chief Agustin Carstens before their meeting in New Delhi June 10, 2011. REUTERS/B MathurReuters - India will announce its decision on its preferred candidate for the IMF top job at an appropriate time, the finance minister said on Friday.


Japan plant starts clean-up of radioactive water (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 07:22 AM PDT

Temporary storage tanks for low and middle level radioactive water from Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station's No.1, No.2, No.3 and No.4 reactors are seen at the grounds of the plant in Fukushima prefecture, June 5, 2011, in this handout photo released by TEPCO on June 17, 2011. REUTERS/Tokyo Electric Power Co/HandoutReuters - The operator of Japan's crisis-hit nuclear power plant said it started an operation to clean up radioactive water later on Friday, after several glitches that delayed the plan.


INTERVIEW - India eyes record road network expansion (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 03:58 AM PDT

Traffic moves along a busy road in Chennai February 1, 2011. REUTERS/Babu/FilesReuters - India will award a record 7,300 kms of road building contracts this year worth about $12 billion, as a huge privatisation drive makes developers more willing to take on projects and foreign funds eager to invest, a top official at the National Highways Authority of India said on Friday.


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