Thursday, October 28, 2010

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Top Headlines - The Times of India


Indian boy undergoes eye surgery after being hit on face in Australia

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 11:01 PM PDT

In another vicious attack against Indians in Australia, a 12-year-old student was bullied and brutally punched in the face and had to undergo a surgery to reconstruct his eye socket.

Myanmar says Aung San Suu Kyi may be released after polls: Source

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 10:01 PM PDT

Myanmar's foreign minister Nyan Win has told his regional counterparts that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi may be released after November 7 elections, a diplomatic source said Thursday.

Former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner dies

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 09:28 PM PDT

Former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner, the powerful husband of current leader Cristina Kirchner, died suddenly of a heart attack Wednesday, throwing the government into uncertainty.

Five killed in US drone attack in NW Pakistan: Officials

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 11:39 PM PDT

An unmanned US aircraft Thursday fired two missiles into a house in Pakistan's tribal region near the Afghan border, killing at least seven militants, security officials said.

US not encircling China, wants to engage Beijing: White House

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 06:52 PM PDT

With US President Barack Obama and secretary of state Hillary Clinton criss-crossing Asian countries - in particular those in Chinese neighbourhood - over the next two weeks, the White House has said that it wants to engage Beijing and has no intention to encircle it.

North Korea gets lowest grade on 'nuclear report card'

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 04:51 PM PDT

North Korea got a failing grade, with Iran and Syria not far behind, in the first nuclear arms control report card released by the independent, US-based Arms Control Association.

UN urges Iraq not to execute Hussein Saddam aide Aziz

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 02:53 PM PDT

The United Nations on Thursday urged Iraq to spare the life of Tareq Aziz, the former deputy premier and aid to Saddam Hussein who has been sentenced to die.

Some 300 dead as cholera-hit Haiti prepares for worst

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 11:57 AM PDT

A cholera outbreak which has killed nearly 300 people in Haiti has yet to run its course, according to officials here who on Wednesday said 500 more people had been hospitalised with the virulent illness.

Govt not to pursue Bhopal compensation case in US courts

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 09:52 AM PDT

Responding to the Attorney General's opinion that India should not become a party in Bhopal compensation-related cases in the US, law minister M Veerappa Moily said the Centre has decided against pursuing the case.

French parliament approves pension reform

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 08:49 AM PDT

France's parliament granted final approval Wednesday to a bill raising the retirement age from 60 to 62, a reform that has infuriated the country's powerful unions and touched off weeks of protests and strikes.

US stocks fall in stimulus rethink, materials weigh

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 08:36 AM PDT

US stocks fell on Wednesday as investors reined in expectations of how aggressively the US Federal Reserve may move to stimulate the economy.

Nestor Kirchner, former president of Argentina, dies of heart attack

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 08:10 AM PDT

Former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner -- the husband of current leader Cristina Fernandez -- died suddenly on Wednesday after suffering from severe heart trouble.

V K Shunglu gets Supreme Court judge status to probe CWG mess

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 06:55 AM PDT

Government has conferred the status of a Supreme Court judge on V K Shunglu, head of the two member high-level probe committee, to go into the alleged financial irregularities in the Commonwealth Games with greater authority.

Mother who flung baby out from hospital toilet charged with murder

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 05:11 AM PDT

A day after she threw her infant daughter to death from the window of a civic-run hospital here, the police have charged the mother with murder but not arrested her yet on "humanitarian grounds".

Pakistan violates ceasefire, opens fire on Indian posts in Poonch

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 05:01 AM PDT

Pakistan on Wednesday violated the ceasefire agreement and opened heavy fire on forward Indian positions in the Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch sector in J&K.
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