Sunday, October 3, 2010

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Top Headlines - The Times of India


Divide between the rich and the poor has increased: Brinda Karat

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 12:11 AM PDT

Criticizing the Congress led UPA government's economic policies, CPM politburo member Brinda Karat has said that poor people in the country have become poorer while the rich have become richer.

Three Indian-origin persons named in Vanity Fair's list

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 11:55 PM PDT

Three Indian-origin persons, including Foursquare's Naveen Selvadurai, have been named in Vanity Fair's 'Next Establishment 2010' list that features young "empire builders" poised to become the next top moguls.

Militant hideout busted in J&K, arms recovered

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 10:40 PM PDT

Security forces have busted a militant hideout in Kishtwar district in Jammu and Kashmir and recovered arms and ammunition from it, police said on Sunday.

8 killed, three injured in building collapse in China

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 10:21 PM PDT

Eight people were killed and three others injured when a four-story residential building collapsed in China's northwest Shaanxi Province.

Plan to make CBSE engineering, medical entrance tests online

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 09:14 PM PDT

CBSE-conducted engineering and medical entrance examinations could be redesigned and held online if the premier educational board has its way.

Gandhi common denominator for freedom in India, S Africa: Zuma

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 07:25 PM PDT

The struggle for freedom of the Indian and South African people is intertwined and has a common denominator as both countries were home to Mahatma Gandhi, President Jacob Zuma has said here.

Latvia PM Valdis Dombrovskis wins election, to hold coalition talks

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 06:07 PM PDT

Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis said he would talk to his coalition partners about forming a majority government on Sunday after a poll win that kept Latvia on the path of IMF-led austerity and eventual euro zone entry.

UN suppressed report on Afghan rights violations: Report

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 05:05 PM PDT

The United Nations buried a report into rights violations in Afghanistan between 1978 and 2001 that accused Soviets, Islamists and US forces of "atrocities", a Swiss newspaper said on Saturday.

US may tell US citizens to be vigilant in Europe: Officials

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 03:50 PM PDT

The Obama administration is considering telling US citizens to be vigilant as they travel in Europe, updated guidance prompted by fresh al-Qaida threats, American and European officials said.

Rwanda army carried out genocide in Congo: UN

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 02:29 PM PDT

Rwandan troops and Congolese rebels may have committed acts of genocide, the UN said on Friday, in a hotly contested report on massacres by foreign armies and rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

In 2nd tape in 24 hours, Osama bin Laden talks Pak floods

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 12:34 PM PDT

In a second audio recording in 24 hours, al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden said governments of Muslim nations have not done enough to help Pakistanis hit by floods that killed hundreds and displaced millions.

No peace talks with Israel if settlements continue: PLO

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 11:37 AM PDT

The PLO agreed Saturday in a meeting in Ramallah that the Palestinian government should stop direct peace talks with Israel if settlement activity continued in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Explosion rocks Afghan capital

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 10:02 AM PDT

An explosion late Saturday rattled Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, injuring at least two people, a media report said.

Nigeria bomb toll rises: govt admits it was warned

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 09:49 AM PDT

The death toll from car bombs that exploded near a parade marking Nigeria's 50th anniversary of independence rose to 12 on Saturday and authorities admitted they had been warned of the attack.

Egypt unearths 3,400-year-old granite statues

Posted: 02 Oct 2010 08:10 AM PDT

Egypt's antiquities chief says archaeologists have unearthed the upper half of a double limestone statue of a powerful pharaoh who ruled nearly 3,400 years ago.
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