Monday, November 8, 2010

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Top Headlines - The Times of India


Maoists blow up school in Orissa to protest Obama visit

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 10:50 PM PST

Maoist guerrillas on Monday blew up a newly constructed school building in Orissa's Malkangiri district to protest US President Barack Obama's India visit, police said.

Infiltration bid foiled, two militants killed in J&K

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 09:10 PM PST

An infiltration bid was foiled and two militants were killed by the Army near the Line of Control in Tangdhar sector of Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday.

Dead from Indonesia's volcano buried in mass grave

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 08:30 PM PST

One by one the bodies of dozens killed by Indonesia's most volatile volcano -- some too charred to ever be identified -- were placed into a mass grave today, as people terrified that another eruption was coming fled the city at the foot of Mount Merapi.

Maoists blow up railway track, goods train derailed in Bihar

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 07:49 PM PST

Ten wagons of a goods train got derailed when Maoists blew up a railway track near Kurhani railway station in Hajipur-Muzaffarpur section of East-Central Railway in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district early Monday, DGP Neelmani said.

Jackson's mother leaks track ahead of album release

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 07:44 PM PST

Michael Jackson's mother Katherine has authorized a free leak of a track ahead of the release of the pop icon's posthumous album.

US vows to defend Asian interests ahead of Australia talks

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 05:15 PM PST

The United States vowed Monday to defend its interests in Asia and beef up its regional military presence, reflecting worries over rising China, ahead of major talks with Australia.

Israel presses US on 'credible' military threat against Iran

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 04:36 PM PST

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Vice President Joe Biden Sunday that only a "credible" threat of military action will ensure Iran does not obtain nuclear weapons, a senior Israeli official said.

Myanmar misses democratic opportunity: Hillary Clinton

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 02:20 PM PST

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday that Myanmar missed an opportunity to begin a transition to democracy and national reconciliation by holding "severely flawed" weekend elections.

Gates, Obama urge repeal of military's gay ban

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 02:13 PM PST

Defense Secretary Robert Gates is encouraging Congress to act before year's end to repeal the ban on gays serving openly in the military. It's a position shared by his boss, the president.

Berlusconi resignation call ratchets up Italy tensions

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 12:42 PM PST

Italy's parliament speaker threatened Sunday to pull his supporters out of the government if Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi did not resign, piling pressure on the Italian leader.

Himalayas claim 2 more in Nepal

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 09:53 AM PST

On a day of double celebration in Nepal -- Bhai Tika or Brother's Day, and the start of the Newari new year 1131 – tragedy struck in the Himalayan ranges in the north as a helicopter rescue operation for two Japanese climbers ended in a crash at 6000m above sea level, killing both the pilot and his companion.

Want a UK welfare check? Sweep a street first

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 07:18 AM PST

Britain's jobless could be asked to sweep streets, help out in community centers or mow lawns at public parks in return for their welfare check under plans to toughen the country's benefits regime, government ministers said Sunday.

Toll from Indonesia volcanic eruptions rises to 135

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 07:06 AM PST

The death toll from the eruptions of Indonesia's Mount Merapi rose to 135 Sunday, as the burial of dozens of the victims was held.

Iraqi Christians hold Mass in assaulted church

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 06:35 AM PST

Iraqi Christians have gathered for Mass in the same church that just a week ago was the scene of a horrific bloodbath in which 58 of their bretheren died.

Bangladesh seeks retrial of 1975 killings of national leaders

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 05:42 AM PST

The government has stepped up efforts to reopen the trial of the controversial jail killings of four Bangladeshi independence leaders in 1975, amid outrage over the verdict that had acquitted six former military personnel.
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