Friday, October 22, 2010

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Top Headlines - The Times of India


Three LeT men arrested by Rajasthan ATS

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:29 AM PDT

Rajasthan's Anti-Terrorist squad has arrested three suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba men allegedly involved in luring youths in terror activities and sending them to Pakistan for training.

Australian teen pleads guilty to involvement in Nitin Garg's murder

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:04 AM PDT

A 16-year-old Australian boy today pleaded guilty in a children's court for his involvement in the stabbing of Indian student Nitin Garg, who died earlier this year, in a case that shocked Indians.

Bihar polls: 104 multi-millionaires, 219 criminals in next two rounds

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 11:38 PM PDT

Against only 36 multi-millionaires in the last assembly elections, there are over 100 multi-millionaires in the second and third phases of the ongoing Bihar polls, a report by two NGOs has said. It adds that 219 candidates have criminal records.

BJP slams Centre for letting separatists 'promote' sedition

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 11:26 PM PDT

Taking serious exception to the demand for secession of Kashmir made at a seminar in New Delhi, BJP today accused the Centre of looking the other way while "unacceptable" views were aired in the name of freedom of speech.

Obama meets Apple supremo Steve Jobs

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 09:47 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama met Apple chief executive Steve Jobs in the San Francisco area Thursday and discussed education and technology's role in the economy, the White House said.

China launches own version of Google Earth

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 09:48 PM PDT

China has launched an official online mapping service as US Internet giant Google continues to hold out on applying for a licence to provide a similar service in the country, state media said on Friday.

US wants Kashmir issue resolved bilaterally, rules out role

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 09:26 PM PDT

The United States has refused to intervene into the Kashmir issue as requested by Pakistan, saying this should be resolved bilaterally between New Delhi and Islamabad.

White House lost nuclear codes during Clinton's reign

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 06:18 PM PDT

A former top military officer says in a new book that former president Bill Clinton's White House lost the codes needed to launch nuclear missiles.

US Navy picks submarines to carry first women

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 03:23 PM PDT

The US Navy has chosen the first submarines that will carry women among the crew Bangor, Wash.

US warns Pakistan to fight Taliban or lose funding: Report

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 09:48 PM PDT

The US has warned Pak leaders that continued inaction against Taliban and al-Qaida havens bordering Afghanistan could jeopardise some large US cash payouts to Islamabad, the Wall Street Journal reported.

135 dead, 1,500 sick from cholera in Haiti: Official

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 01:56 PM PDT

A cholera epidemic in northern Haiti has claimed 135 lives and infected 1,500 people over the last few days, Claude Surena, president of the Haitian Medical Association, said Thursday.

Strong 6.9 earthquake shakes Mexico: US experts

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 12:39 PM PDT

A powerful 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Mexico's Baja California peninsula on Thursday, experts from the US Geological Survey said.

Andhra Pradesh chief minister K Rosaiah pledges his organs for donation

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 11:23 AM PDT

Andhra Pradesh chief minister K Rosaiah on Thursday pledged his organs for donation.

Kashmiri Hindu activists create ruckus at Syed Ali Geelani seminar

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 10:31 AM PDT

A group of Kashmiri Hindu activists Thursday heckled and tried to prevent hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani and author-activist Arundhati Roy from speaking at a seminar in Delhi.

Vladimir Putin's chief of staff named new mayor of Moscow

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 09:38 AM PDT

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's stony-faced chief of staff was named the new mayor of Moscow on Thursday, cementing the powerful Russian leader's control over the capital and its sizable chunk of the nation's wealth.
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