Saturday, August 21, 2010

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Top Headlines - The Times of India


Buddhist monks in China receive training in firefighting: Report

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 12:49 AM PDT

Buddhist monks in China have undergone a month-long intensive training in firefighting skills to deal with incidents of blaze in their temples, which are mostly made of wood.

Australian polls: Early exit polls indicate PM Gillard's govt victory

Posted: 21 Aug 2010 12:46 AM PDT

Early exit polls taken before polling closed in Australia's cliffhanger general election on Saturday showed Prime Minister Julia Gillard's government retaining power with a slim majority.

Nine killed in Philippines rebel attacks: Police

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 11:55 PM PDT

Communist guerrillas killed eight policemen and a local official in coordinated attacks in the central Philippines on Saturday, the police commander for the region said.

5.8-magnitude quake strikes Indonesia's Aceh province

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 11:53 PM PDT

A moderate 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's Aceh province on Saturday, the meteorology and geophysics agency said, but no tsunami warning was issued.

Michael Moore praises suspected WikiLeaks source

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 06:08 PM PDT

Michael Moore, the Oscar-winning filmmaker, will contribute $5,000 to help defend the army private suspected of leaking classified documents to an internet whistle-blower from serving time in prison.

Israel, Palestine welcome US invitation to restart peace talks

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 04:53 PM PDT

Israel and the Palestinian Authority have welcomed US' invitation to renew direct peace talks between both the sides, but Islamist Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip since June 2007, has rejected the initiative calling it "a new attempt to deceive our people".

Facebook grabs Hot Potato mobile check-in startup

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 03:26 PM PDT

Facebook has grabbed Hot Potato, a young Internet firm that lets people use smartphones to let friends know what they are up to at any given moment.

Governments pledge over $200m in new funds for Pakistan: UN

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 11:12 AM PDT

Governments pledged more than $200 million during a debate in the UN General Assembly convened to show solidarity with flood-ravaged Pakistan, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday.

Phone tapping of anti-social elements justified: Delhi High Court

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 10:07 AM PDT

The Delhi High Court Friday held that investigating agencies can intercept phone calls of an individual if there is sufficient evidence to prove that he or she is involved in anti-social activities.

Israel, Palestinians to resume peace talks September 2

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 09:52 AM PDT

Israel and the Palestinians will resume long-stalled direct peace talks in Washington early next month with the aim of reaching a settlement in a year's time, Secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday.

US stocks: Wall Street extend losses, Dow falls 1%

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 08:58 AM PDT

The Dow industrials fell more than 1 percent on Friday, weighed by Hewlett-Packard Co after brokerages cut their price targets on the computer maker.

Terror drill in America's oldest subway to test odourless gas

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 08:01 AM PDT

Non-toxic and odourless gases will be released in Boston's subway tunnels beginning today in a move aimed at determining how chemical and biological agents would spread through the metro system in a terror attack.

Ad spent on Rajiv's birth anniversary could have gone to Leh: BJP MP

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 05:13 AM PDT

Expressing concern over the plight of Leh cloudburst victims, a BJP Rajya Sabha member on Friday said funds being spent on advertisements on Rajiv Gandhi's birth anniversary could have been used for the affected people.

Govt proposes to introduce DIN from July next year

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 04:42 AM PDT

The government proposes to allot an identification number, which would be quoted on every income-tax related communication, from July one next year, Parliament was informed on Friday.

Sikhs in Kashmir need not fear, says Chidambaram

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 03:12 AM PDT

Home minister P. Chidambaram on Friday said Sikhs need not have fear in the Kashmir Valley, where some Sikh families have reportedly received anonymous letters from extremists asking them to either embrace Islam or leave.
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