Monday, November 22, 2010

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Four Indian-Americans among 32 US Rhodes Scholars for 2011

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 12:34 AM PST

Four Indian-American students have been selected for the Rhodes Scholarships for 2011 for studying at the University of Oxford, the award which is widely considered the "world's most prestigious scholarship".

15 million people apply for US green-card lottery: Report

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 11:47 PM PST

A record 15 million people around the world this year entered America's green-card lottery, an immigration scheme offering a quick path to legal and permanent US residency for 50,000 people annually, a media report said today.

Kabul 'safer for children' than London or NY: NATO envoy

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 10:56 PM PST

Children may be safer in the Afghan capital than in London or New York despite a deadly nine-year Taliban insurgency, NATO's top civilian representative in the country has said.

Govt convenes all-party meet to end impasse in Parliament

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 12:59 AM PST

The all party meeting, convened by the government to end Parliament impasse, has failed to break the deadlock. The logjam is continuing over the demand for a JPC probe into the 2G spectrum controversy.

Japan says North Korea's new uranium enrichment 'unacceptable'

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 08:26 PM PST

North Korea's latest claims to have a working uranium enrichment programme are "absolutely unacceptable," Japan's top government spokesman Yoshito Sengoku said Monday.

Mohammed Haneef to return to Australia for compensation talks: Report

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 06:31 PM PST

Indian doctor Mohammed Haneef, wrongly accused of terror links in Australia, is returning to the country next month for compensation talks, local media said today.

Don't lose hope, Australian mine survivor tells New Zealanders

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:23 PM PST

An Australian miner who survived two weeks trapped underground on Monday told the families of 29 New Zealand miners missing after an explosion they should "never give up hope".

Jet on fire to make emergency New York landing: Reports

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 03:00 PM PST

A passenger jet reported to have a wing on fire and to be dumping fuel was preparing to make an emergency landing in New York, local media said on Sunday.

Former Mexican governor latest to perish in bloodletting

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 01:34 PM PST

The former governor of the Pacific state of Colima was gunned down by a group of armed men, authorities said.

Irish cabinet draws up international bailout deal

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 11:33 AM PST

Ireland's cabinet drew up its demands for a multi-billion-euro bailout package Sunday as finance ministers from the world's richest nations were to hold emergency talks over the eurozone crisis.

2G scam: Congress core group mulls ways to break impasse

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 09:47 AM PST

The Congress core committee met on Sunday evening to discuss the stalemate in Parliament over vociferous demands from the opposition for a JPC probe into the 2G spectrum allocation scam.

Afghanistan election body disqualifies 19 poll winners

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 09:20 AM PST

Afghanistan's election commission has disqualified due to fraud 19 candidates who had been declared preliminary winners in recent parliamentary polls, an official said Sunday.
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