2011年7月12日星期二

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


PM keeps key ministers; fresh focus on rural vote (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:59 AM PDT

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during an election campaign rally ahead of the third phase of elections on the outskirts of Kolkata April 23, 2011. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh retained key allies in a cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday, shunning big changes in a bid to hold onto power amid charges of graft and policy paralysis.


Influential brother of Afghan president killed at home (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 02:18 PM PDT

Ahmad Wali Karzai speaks at a news conference in Quetta, Pakistan in this still image taken from a December 2001 video. REUTERS/Reuters TV/FilesReuters - The younger half-brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, one of the most powerful and controversial men in southern Afghanistan, was shot dead at his home on Tuesday by a senior and highly trusted family security guard.


British govt tries to halt Murdoch Sky bid (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 04:16 PM PDT

News Corporation CEO Rupert Murdoch leaves his flat with Rebekah Brooks, Chief Executive of News International,  in central London July 10, 2011. REUTERS/Olivia HarrisReuters - The British government endorsed a move in parliament to block Rupert Murdoch's bid for broadcaster BSkyB on Tuesday, casting more doubt on his hopes to expand in television despite a widening scandal over phone-hacking by one of his newspapers.


Key changes to PM Singh's cabinet (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 02:34 AM PDT

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh speaks in New Delhi December 21, 2010. REUTERS/B Mathur/ FilesReuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday announced marginal changes to his cabinet, retaining key ministers in core policy areas as the embattled government struggles with policy paralysis and major corruption scandals.


With Jairam Ramesh out, green policy seen softening (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 03:23 AM PDT

Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh gives a speech during a plenary session at the Moon Palace, where climate talks are taking place, in Cancun, December 8, 2010. REUTERS/Henry Romero/FilesReuters - New environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan is likely to be more flexible towards industry to help power Asia's third-largest economy, although a complete turnaround in tighter enforcement of green policies pursued by her maverick predecessor is ruled out.


Carbon credits for Reliance Power coal plant stoke criticism (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 04:37 AM PDT

A labourer works inside a coal yard on the outskirts of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad October 20, 2010.  REUTERS/Amit Dave/FilesReuters - Environmentalists criticised the United Nations on Tuesday after it ruled that a large Indian coal-fired power project is eligible to earn carbon credits worth $165 million at current prices.


Infosys cautious on outlook after Q1 disappoints (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 03:36 AM PDT

Staff walk in Infosys Technologies campus in Electronics City in Bangalore January 20, 2003. Reuters/FilesReuters - India's No.2 software services exporter Infosys warned on Tuesday it faces a volatile global economy that could slow client spending, sending its shares down the most in three months.


Industrial growth lags in latest sign of slowdown (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 11:46 PM PDT

A man lays asphalt at a road construction site as smoke rises from a steel factory at Ghaziabad, located in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh July 11, 2011. REUTERS/Parivartan SharmaReuters - India's industrial output in May rose at a much slower than expected pace, indicating taut monetary policy and high inflation were acting as brakes on the economy, although the RBI is still expected to raise rates later this month to contain stubbornly high inflation.


LeT-linked Jamaat-ud-Dawa says Pakistan needs peace, prosperity (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 06:48 PM PDT

Reuters - Over tea in Lahore with the man who some see -- wrongly he says -- as a spokesman for the Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group, one subject dominates the conversation. It's not jihad, not Kashmir, but the economy.

Mallya hits back over lack of Indian F1 driver (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 08:58 PM PDT

Kingfisher Airlines Chairman Vijay Mallya speaks during a news conference about the new Kingfisher Airlines service between London and Bangalore in southern India, in London September 4, 2008. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor/FilesReuters - Indian Formula One fans should be proud of their own team rather than bemoaning the lack of homegrown talent on the starting grid, Force India's flamboyant owner Vijay Mallya has told Reuters.


PM set for minor cabinet reshuffle; another missed opportunity? (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 08:22 PM PDT

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (C) speaks during an election campaign rally on the outskirts of Kolkata April 23, 2011. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to make only minor changes to his cabinet on Tuesday, counting on veteran finance and interior ministers to help battle policy paralysis and rampant corruption in Asia's third-largest economy.


Schwarzenegger back in Hollywood saddle, despite scandal (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 09:21 PM PDT

Former Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger shakes hands with fans at Ballhausplatz in Vienna, June 21, 2011. REUTERS/Lisi NiesnerReuters - Two months after putting his Hollywood return on hold following a damaging sex scandal, Arnold Schwarzenegger is ready to get back into the saddle.


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