Sunday, September 5, 2010

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Top Headlines - The Times of India


Five killed in suicide terror attack in Russia

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 11:31 PM PDT

At least five people were killed and 39 injured early on Sunday in a suicide terror attack on a military unit in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan, a law enforcement source said.

Lashker militant killed, jawan injured in encounter in Poonch

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 10:48 PM PDT

A suspected militant of the Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) was killed and a jawan injured in a gunbattle in Poonch border district on Sunday morning, police said in Jammu.

India, Russia to develop missiles having speed of 6,000 kmph

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 10:00 PM PDT

India will soon become the first country to have cruise missiles with hyper speed of over 6,000 km per hour, as an agreement for their joint development will be signed with Russia in December.

14 killed in Guatemala floods, President Alvaro Colom declares emergency

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 09:23 PM PDT

President Alvaro Colom declared a national emergency in Guatemala after weeks of driving rains triggered landslides that killed 10 people on a bus and four inside a home.

Gales, aftershocks shake quake-hit New Zealand city

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 08:47 PM PDT

Strong aftershocks and gale-force winds buffeted New Zealand's second biggest city of Christchurch on Sunday as a clean-up got underway after the country's worst earthquake in 80 years.

Four killed as security forces clash with Yemen militants

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 08:01 PM PDT

At least two soldiers and two separatists have been killed in clashes in the southern Yemeni provinces of Lahej and Abyan, security sources said Saturday.

At least 43 killed in violence in Sudan's Darfur

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 04:52 PM PDT

Clashes in a refugee camp in Sudan's restive Darfur region left six people dead, UN-African Union peacekeepers said Saturday, days after violence elsewhere in the area claimed the lives of at least 37 people dead.

Russia and India sign satellite navigation deal

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 12:54 PM PDT

Indian and Russian companies signed a deal that will see Indian buses guided by a Russian satellite navigation system, the news agency Interfax reported on Saturday.

Busted BP well no longer 'threat' to Gulf: US official

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 12:50 PM PDT

The Macondo well, which spilled an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, has been secured and no longer constitutes "a threat," a senior US official said on Saturday.

US drone strike kills 8 militants in Pakistan: Officials

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 12:46 PM PDT

A US drone strike today killed eight militants including three foreign fighters in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt near the Afghan border, security officials said.

Suicide bomber in Afghanistan kills 7, including 4 policemen

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 08:42 AM PDT

A suicide bomber perched on the back of a motorcycle killed seven people in an attack on Saturday in the increasingly violent northern province of Kunduz.

Prakash Karat meets PM on Kashmir, calls for new political framework

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 09:50 AM PDT

The CPM General Secretary on Saturday told PM Manmohan Singh that a solution to Kashmir problem could be arrived at only through a new political framework whose "bedrock is maximum autonomy".

Kapil Sibal links education to GDP, favours better pay for teachers

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 07:02 AM PDT

Linking school education to the country's economic growth, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal on Saturday pitched for good pay packages for teachers to attract the "best minds".

India to resolve visa row ahead of Barack Obama's visit in November

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 06:02 AM PDT

India on Saturday said it would not like the contentious issue to "stick out like a sloth arm" ahead of President Barack Obama's visit.

87 school children fall sick in China after eating yoghurt

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 04:59 AM PDT

A panel of experts ruled out the possibility of food poisoning, but they said the incident could be related to yoghurt provided at the kindergarten on Friday afternoon.
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