2011年9月6日星期二

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Amar Singh arrested in cash-for-votes case (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 03:20 PM PDT

Former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh, speaks during an interview with Reuters in New Delhi July 8, 2008. Amar Singh was arrested and sent into judicial custody for 14 days on Tuesday, charged with involvement in the cash-for-votes scandal. REUTERS/Vijay Mathur/FilesReuters - Former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh was arrested and sent into judicial custody for 14 days on Tuesday, charged with involvement in the cash-for-votes scandal, potentially causing more embarrassment for the ruling Congress party shaken by a series of graft scandals.


England compound India's misery by winning second ODI (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 04:04 PM PDT

England's captain Alastair Cook (R) starts to leave the field after England defeated India in the second one-day international cricket match at the Rose Bowl cricket ground in Southampton September 6, 2011. REUTERS/Philip BrownReuters - India's summer of discontent showed no signs of ending on Tuesday after a captain's knock by Alastair Cook ensured England romped to a seven-wicket win in the rain-shortened second one-dayer at Southampton.


Sonia Gandhi to return soon (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 03:15 AM PDT

Chief of India's ruling Congress Party Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi November 2, 2010. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - Sonia Gandhi, the head of India's ruling Congress party, is expected home soon after surgery in the United States, providing welcome news for a government accused of mishandling the biggest protests in decades and worsening ties with parliamentary allies.


IOC says needs to raise petrol prices (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 02:22 AM PDT

An employee fills a vehicle with petrol at a fuel station in Jammu January 12, 2011. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta/FilesReuters - State-run Indian Oil Corp said petrol prices need to be raised as revenue losses from selling the fuel at government controlled rates have widened more than seven-fold this month, head of finance P.K. Goyal said on Tuesday.


Hockey dispute costs India Champions Trophy (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 02:22 AM PDT

Leandro Negre, President of the International Hockey Federation (FIH), speaks in New Delhi February 27, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Ismail/FilesReuters - India has lost the right to host this year's Champions Trophy because of an administrative mess which may cost the country future events as well, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) said on Tuesday.


Manmohan Singh in Bangladesh but little progress (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 09:48 AM PDT

Manmohan Singh is being helped with the headphones during a news conference in Kabul May 12, 2011. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood/FilesReuters - The Prime Ministers of India and Bangladesh signed a series of agreements in Dhaka on Tuesday, but failed to resolve their main disputes, over transit rights for India and the sharing of river waters, officials said.


ANALYSIS - India, China navies square off in nearby seas and beyond (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:53 AM PDT

Indian naval ships take part in an exercise in the Bay of Bengal off Chennai in this January 24, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Babu/FilesReuters - A little over a fortnight before China conducted sea trials for its first aircraft carrier, an Indian naval ship slipped into the South China Sea.


Polls show Obama down ahead of economic speech (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 07:31 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama pauses during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, July 22, 2011. Obama's job approval ratings plunged to a new low ahead of his major economic speech on Thursday, according to a spate of polls released on Tuesday. REUTERS/Jason Reed/FilesReuters - President Barack Obama's job approval ratings plunged to a new low ahead of his major economic speech on Thursday, with widespread discontent among Americans over his handling of the economy and jobs, according to a spate of polls released on Tuesday.


Injured Eoin Morgan to miss rest of England series (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 11:24 AM PDT

England's Eoin Morgan leaves the field after being dismissed during their Twenty20 match against India at Old Trafford cricket ground in Manchester August 31, 2011. Morgan has been ruled out of the rest of the five-match one-day series against India after feeling Reuters - England batsman Eoin Morgan has been ruled out of the rest of the five-match one-day series against India after feeling "acute pain" in a recurring shoulder injury.


The world still thinks Americans are "coolest" - poll (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Sep 2011 06:07 AM PDT

Johnny Depp leaves the Festival Palace after the screening of the film Reuters - They may be witnessing their global superpower influence decline in the face of challenges from other emerging players on the world stage, but Americans have been voted the world's "coolest nationality" in an international poll.


Gold hits record high of 28,583 rupees/10 gms (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 10:42 PM PDT

A saleswoman displays a gold necklace at a jewellery showroom in Kolkata August 1, 2011.. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - India's benchmark gold futures extended the previous session's gains on Tuesday morning to hit a fresh record of 28,583 rupees, tailing gains in the world market and buoyed by a weak rupee at home.


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