Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Top Headlines - The Times of India


Goa NCP calls emergency meeting following legislators' spat

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 11:00 PM PDT

Nationalist Congress Party Goa Unit called for an emergency meeting after two of its legislators were involved in a public spat in Vasco town here, party sources said.

GlaxoSmithKline to pay $750 million in adulterated drugs case

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 11:07 PM PDT

GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to pay $750 million and plead guilty to manufacturing and distributing adulterated drugs from a now closed plant in Puerto Rico, the US justice department said on Tuesday.

Parliament to be barred to visitors when Obama addresses MPs

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 10:37 PM PDT

Barring special invitees and former MPs, no visitors would be allowed inside Parliament when US President Barack Obama addresses MPs on the evening of November eight.

Thai opposition urges world court to probe Bangkok violence

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 10:26 PM PDT

Thailand's "Red Shirt" anti-government movement has urged the International Criminal Court to investigate possible crimes against humanity by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's government.

Mixed trends as civic poll counting begins in Kerala

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 09:12 PM PDT

The ruling CPI(M)-led LDF and Congress-led UDF are in a neck-and-neck race as counting of votes for the local body elections began in Kerala this morning.

Three British units 'under scrutiny over Afghan deaths'

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 08:16 PM PDT

Three British military units in Afghanistan face questions about their conduct after details of their involvement in attacks on Afghan civilians emerged, a report said Wednesday.

Obama calls Zardari, says more needs to done to tackle terror

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 07:03 PM PDT

Days after the US-Pak Strategic Dialogue, the Presidents of both the nations, during a telephonic conversation, agreed to do more in combating threats posed by terrorists in Pakistan.

Israel's 1st superbug case reported from India-returned woman

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 04:44 PM PDT

The 'superbug', impervious to almost all known antibiotics and claimed have emerged from India, has been detected in Israel for the first time in a woman who was recently hospitalised in New Delhi.

Pentagon says WikiLeaks has more secret documents

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 06:57 PM PDT

The Pentagon says WikiLeaks may have more classified US material than previously thought. The website of the international anti-secrecy group has already posted half a million secret Iraq and Afghanistan war files since July.

Saddam Hussein aide Tariq Aziz sentenced to hang

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 11:25 AM PDT

The international face of Saddam Hussein's regime, Tariq Aziz, was sentenced to death by hanging on Tuesday for persecuting Shias just over three months after the Americans transferred him to Iraqi government custody.

Former Supreme Court judge banned from entering Ratnagiri

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 06:33 AM PDT

Retired supreme court judge P B Samant, former admiral L Ramdas, retd high court judge B G Kolse-Patil and Vaishali Patil, the Medha Patkar of Konkan, are among those who have been banned from entering Ratnagiri district.

Environment, aviation ministries' nod to Navi Mumbai airport

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 09:48 AM PDT

After considerable wrangles over environmental clearance to the Navi Mumbai airport project, the Ministries of Civil Aviation and Environment on Tuesday reached a compromise.

CWG scam: Probe chief Shuglu vows to look into every complaint

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 07:59 AM PDT

After being given a wide mandate, the chief of the Prime Minister-appointed panel probing the Commonwealth games scam on Tuesday vowed to look into every aspect of complaints.

University of Cambridge announces 'Dr Manmohan Singh Scholarships'

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 05:09 AM PDT

St John College on Tuesday announced three prestigious 'Dr Manmohan Singh Scholarships' for PhD students, each carrying 35,000 pounds for upto three years.

Omar Abdullah meets Chidambaram, discusses situation in Jammu & Kashmir

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 04:03 AM PDT

The Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister on Tuesday met the Union home minister discussed the progress of interlocutors and the present law and order situation in the state.
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