Sunday, September 26, 2010

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Bomb blast kills 2 troops in Afghanistan: NATO

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 10:05 PM PDT

Two NATO service members were killed in a bomb blast in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, the military alliance said.

Bihar poll exercise to be set in motion tomorrow

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 09:54 PM PDT

The month-long Bihar assembly poll exercise, which is expected to be a triangular affair among the Nitish Kumar-led JD(U)-BJP ruling alliance, RJD-LJP combine and the Congress, will be set in motion tomorrow.

AIIMS head summoned for not giving space for charitable trust

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 09:12 PM PDT

The Delhi High Court has summoned the director of AIIMS to explain why the institute failed to allot space to a charitable trust that would provide medicines to poor patients in the hospital at subsidised rates.

Pakistan flood donations nearing $616 million: UN

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 08:46 PM PDT

United Nations member states have pledged just under $616 million in aid for flood-devastated Pakistan, the organization's new emergency aid coordinator, Valerie Amos, said Saturday in New York.

Lehman Brothers art auctioned off in New York

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 04:24 PM PDT

Lehman Brothers may have blundered its way to disaster on Wall Street, but at least the bank's art curators knew what they were doing.

Deadly downpours drench Central America, Caribbean

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 01:35 PM PDT

At least 14 people were killed by flooding and landslides from heavy rain across the Caribbean basin, as Tropical Storm Matthew lashed water-logged Central America on Saturday.

Pakistan PM Gilani fires minister for criticising army, judiciary

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 11:37 AM PDT

A Pakistani minister was on Saturday forced to resign after Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani took serious notice of his comments criticising the army and the judiciary and calling for everyone to get a share of the benefits of corruption.

Israel must choose between peace and settlements: Abbas

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 10:01 AM PDT

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday that Israel must choose between "peace and the continuation of settlements" in the occupied territories if it wants international talks to succeed.

Taliban commander among 30 rebels killed in Afghanistan

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 08:54 AM PDT

At least 30 Taliban militants, including a rebel commander, were killed in clashes with security forces in Afghanistan, Xinhua reported Saturday.

Pakistani court acquits Danish embassy bombing suspects

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 07:55 AM PDT

A Pakistani court on Saturday acquitted three men charged over a deadly suicide car bomb attack near the Danish embassy in Islamabad in 2008, but prosecutors said they would appeal the verdict.

Japan rejects China's demand for apology in boat row

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 06:17 AM PDT

Japan strongly rejected a Chinese demand on Saturday that it apologize for detaining a Chinese fishing boat captain whose arrest after a collision near disputed islands plunged relations between the two Asian powers to their lowest level in years.

US drone strike kills four militants in Pakistan: Officials

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 04:48 AM PDT

A missile strike by a US drone Saturday killed four militants in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt, near the Afghan border, officials said.

UK's opposition Labour Party to announce new leader

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 04:32 AM PDT

Britain's Labour Party is announcing its new leader following a brother-versus-brother battle to replace the ousted ex-prime minister Gordon Brown.
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