2011年9月8日星期四

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Five detained in Kashmir linked to Delhi blast (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 08:13 AM PDT

A private security guard looks through a gate from across the road towards the bomb blast site of the High Court in New Delhi September 7, 2011.  REUTERS/Parivartan SharmaReuters - Police detained five people for questioning on Thursday, including the owner of an Internet cafe, over an email allegedly claiming responsibility for a bombing that killed 12 people in New Delhi, police sources in Kashmir and local media said.


High court blast another blow for "clueless" government (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 06:56 AM PDT

A Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) member of the Delhi police force stands guard outside the High Court after Wednesday's bomb blast in New Delhi September 8, 2011. REUTERS/Parivartan SharmaReuters - A spate of audacious and deadly terrorist attacks on high profile targets in India is unlikely to be stopped anytime soon because the response by the government, slammed by one tabloid as "clueless," has been half hearted and underfunded.


Sonia Gandhi returns home after surgery in U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 02:47 AM PDT

Sonia Gandhi speaks during the All India Congress Committee (AICC) meeting, which is dedicated to freedom fighters, martyrs and nation builders, in New Delhi November 2, 2010. REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - Sonia Gandhi, leader of Congress party, returned home on Thursday after more than a month of medical treatment in the United States which had left the government rudderless to deal with the biggest protests in decades.


Pakistan says soldier killed by Indian forces in Kashmir (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 02:03 AM PDT

Reuters - A Pakistani soldier was killed by shots fired by Indian forces across the disputed Himalayan border in Kashmir, the Pakistan army said on Thursday.

Twitter now 100 mln active users, mobile surging (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 10:25 AM PDT

Reuters PhotoReuters - More than 100 million users are "active" and log onto Twitter daily, or about half its registered members, and a growing number are doing so from a plethora of mobile devices, Chief Executive Dick Costolo told reporters on Thursday.


Pakistan Taliban demand prisoner swap deal (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 04:28 AM PDT

Reuters - The Pakistani Taliban who are holding more than 20 young tribesmen hostage in an area straddling the border with Afghanistan have demanded the release of scores of prisoners and an end to tribal elders' support of offensives against them.

CAG faults Reliance, government over gas blocks (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 05:58 AM PDT

Reuters - The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) criticised Reliance Industries and the government over development of the country's key natural gas field in the Krishna Godavari (KG) basin and called for revamping profit sharing arrangements from oil and gas blocks.

In Afghanistan's Panjshir, disquiet over Taliban reconciliation (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 04:28 AM PDT

Afghan National Army soldiers keep watch along a road during a security handover ceremony in Panjshir province July 24, 2011. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood/FilesReuters - At the entrance to Afghanistan's magnificent Panjshir Valley, an 84-year supporter of resistance hero Ahmad Shah Massoud said his village was fully armed to fight a resurgent Taliban to the end.


IBM, Vodafone extend outsourcing deal for up to $1 bln - paper (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 10:00 PM PDT

A worker replaces fluorescent lights on a Vodafone billboard in New Delhi June 20, 2011. REUTERS/Parivartan Sharma/FilesReuters - IBM has signed an extended deal estimated at up to $1 billion to manage the information technology systems of Vodafone's Indian unit until 2017, the Economic Times reported on Thursday.


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