2011年9月22日星期四

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Former India captain Pataudi dies aged 70 (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 08:46 AM PDT

Jagmohan Dalmiya (R), president of the International Cricket Council, waits with former Indian cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi prior to the start of the Board of Control for Cricket meeting in New Delhi April 27, 2000. REUTERS/Kamal Kishore/FilesReuters - Former India captain Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi has died aged 70 after losing his battle against a lung infection on Thursday.


Opposition wants CBI probe of Chidambaram in 2G case (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 02:15 AM PDT

Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram is seen at a news conference in Srinagar, in this October 14, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Danish Ismail/FilesReuters - Opposition leaders on Thursday called for Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram to face a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe after a government memo suggests he failed to rectify the underpriced sale of 2G telecoms licenses that lost the treasury up to $39 billion.


Pakistan's ISI supported Kabul embassy attack: U.S. (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 09:30 AM PDT

Mike Mullen in Washington January 25, 2010.   REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/FilesReuters - The Haqqani militant network is a "veritable arm" of Pakistan's powerful ISI intelligence service, which supported the group as it launched a startling attack last week on the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, the top U.S. military officer said on Thursday.


Facebook overhauls user profiles (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 11:48 AM PDT

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers his keynote address at the Facebook f8 Developers Conference in San Francisco, California September 22, 2011. REUTERS/Robert GalbraithReuters - Facebook unveiled a new feature that lets users overhaul their profile allowing people to create magazine-like photo-heavy Web pages and curate their own stories.


RBI isolated in inflation battle (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 02:43 AM PDT

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) logo is pictured outside its head office in Mumbai July 26, 2011. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - For months, the hawkish, inflation-fighting Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been in a shrinking minority of its emerging market peers. Now the recently re-appointed central bank governor is facing stiff opposition to his crusade at home.


Food inflation at 8.84 pct y/y on Sept 10 - govt (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 12:06 AM PDT

A farmer spreads fertiliser on his field in Satara district, about 285 km (177 miles) south of Mumbai, May 11, 2011.  REUTERS/Vivek Prakash/FilesReuters - India's food price index rose 8.84 percent and the fuel price index climbed 13.96 percent in the year to Sept. 10, government data on Thursday showed.


Q+A: How independent is the RBI? (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 05:06 AM PDT

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) logo is pictured outside its head office in Mumbai November 2, 2010. REUTERS/Danish SiddiquiReuters - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) last week raised interest rates for the 12th time in 18 months and signalled it is not yet done with rate tightening as it struggles to control inflation that has run up a 13-month high.


FACTBOX - Former India captain Pataudi (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 09:16 AM PDT

Reuters - Former India captain Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi died on Thursday following a lung infection.

FEATURE - Sri Lanka's survivors tormented by horrors of war (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 09:46 AM PDT

Sri Lankan schoolgirl attend their class in a primary school in Kollerpuliyanjulam village located in Vavuniya district, north of Colombo on September 9, 2011.    REUTERS/ALERTNET/Nita BhallaReuters - Ranjini wakes up screaming. Her mother's body is on fire, her teenage sister is covered in blood and the mutilated, charred corpses of her relatives lie scattered everywhere.


Rains picks up in past week, monsoon withdrawal eyed (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 04:52 AM PDT

Men ride on a bicycle through a flooded road after a heavy downpour on the outskirts of Jammu September 15, 2011. REUTERS/Mukesh GuptaReuters - India's monsoon rains were 29 percent above normal in the week to Sept. 21, strengthening from 1 percent above average in the previous week, the weather office said on Thursday, adding the rains may start their withdrawal after a couple of days.


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