2011年11月1日星期二

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Afghanistan urges Pakistan to act on militants (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 07:47 AM PDT

Turkey's President Abdullah Gul (R) meets with his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai in Istanbul November 1, 2011. REUTERS/Murad SezerReuters - Afghanistan urged Pakistan on Tuesday to "move beyond words" and take concrete steps to curb Islamist militants which it said were a threat to both countries.


Pakistan trio guilty of spot fixing (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 01:53 PM PDT

Former Pakistan cricket test captain, Salman Butt (C), arrives at City of Westminster Magistrates Court, central London March 17, 2011. Butt and former teammate Mohammad Asif were found guilty on Tuesday of fixing part of a test match against England last year. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth/FilesReuters - Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif were found guilty on Tuesday of taking bribes to fix part of a test match against England in a case that prosecutors said revealed rampant corruption at the heart of international cricket.


Sri Lanka to make post-war report public - foreign minister (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 05:43 AM PDT

Army soldiers patrol along Galle face green in Colombo August 25, 2011. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte/FilesReuters - Sri Lanka will make public its report into the end of the civil war with the Tamil Tigers, the foreign minister said on Tuesday, seeking to allay concerns in the West, which has in the past pushed for an international probe into war crimes allegations.


Furore over Ramayana essay points to India's cultural divide (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 07:05 AM PDT

Artists dressed as Hindu Gods Rama and Laxman take part in the Dussehra festival celebrations in Chandigarh September 28, 2009. REUTERS/Ajay Verma/FilesReuters - Under pressure from Hindu hardliners, Delhi University has dropped a scholarly text on the Ramayana epic from its history syllabus, in the latest sign of conservatives' deep influence over a globalising India's cultural battles.


Sensex falls over 200 pts on profit taking (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 05:57 AM PDT

People walk pass the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building displaying India's benchmark share index on its facade, in Mumbai September 30, 2009. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - MUMBAI (Reuters) The BSE Sensex dropped for the second straight session on Tuesday and closed down 1.27 percent, falling the most in ten days, led by losses in ICICI Bank, as investors continued to take profits after last month's rally.


HPCL mulls petrol price hike; in talks with retailers (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 04:31 AM PDT

An employee fills a vehicle with petrol at a fuel station in New Delhi June 25, 2010. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta/FilesReuters - State-run Hindustan Petroleum Corp (HPCL) is considering a further increase in petrol prices as it struggles to cut down on retailing losses, its finance director said on Tuesday.


F1 teams eye Indian sponsorship pie (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 03:04 AM PDT

Red Bull Formula One driver Mark Webber of Australia drives during the qualifying session for the Indian F1 Grand Prix at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi October 29, 2011. REUTERS/Vivek PrakashReuters - The indifference shown by the majority of India's deep-pocketed corporates towards Formula One has baffled team bosses who expect them to warm to the sport following the success of last weekend's inaugural Indian Grand Prix.


MF Global Sify says trading normal in India operations (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 12:39 AM PDT

A man exits the office complex where MF Global Holdings Ltd have an office on 52nd Street in midtown Manhattan New York, October 31, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - MF Global Sify Securities India Pvt Securities, an Indian firm that is 70 percent-held by collapsed U.S. futures broker MF Global, is functioning normally, its head told a local television channel on Tuesday.


October factory growth rebounds from 30-month low (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 11:43 PM PDT

A man polishes metal pipes inside a workshop in Mumbai May 23, 2011. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - Manufacturing rebounded for the first time in six months during October, having virtually stalled in September, boosted by rising domestic orders for new business, a survey showed on Tuesday.


Maruti October car sales down more than half (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 12:24 AM PDT

A worker walks at Maruti Suzuki stockyard on the outskirts of Ahmedabad August 1, 2011. REUTERS/Amit Dave/FilesReuters - Maruti Suzuki, India's top carmaker, sold less than half the cars in October as it did a year previously as labour unrest that cost around $500 million in lost production compounded a demand slowdown in Asia's third-largest economy.


Greek referendum ignites German anger, hammers markets (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 03:32 AM PDT

Greek Prime minister George Papandreou delivers a speech to Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) parliamentary group at the parliament in Athens October 31, 2011. REUTERS/John KolesidisReuters - Prime Minister George Papandreou's shock decision to call a referendum on Greece's bailout drew veiled threats from Germany on Tuesday and hammered markets edgy over the euro zone crisis.


China launches Shenzhou 8 ahead of space docking test (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 07:30 PM PDT

Employees transfer the Long March II-F rocket, loaded with Shenzhou-8 spacecraft, to the launchpad in the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Gansu province October 26, 2011.  REUTERS/China Daily/FilesReuters - China launched an unmanned spacecraft on Tuesday ahead of a docking exercise that will be a key test of the rising power's plans to secure a long-term manned foothold in space.


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