Saturday, November 27, 2010

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Top Headlines - The Times of India


Obama elbowed during basketball game, gets 12 stitches on lip

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 10:58 PM PST

US President Barack Obama received 12 stitches on his upper lip after he was accidentally elbowed in the face by one of his fellow players during a basketball match with friends and family, the White House has said.

34,000 women paramedics go missing after Pakistan floods

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 09:58 PM PST

According to the UN, around 34,000 women paramedical workers have gone missing from the flood affected districts of Pakistan, a media report said on Saturday.

Russia made no missile defence offer to NATO: Ambassador

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 03:50 PM PST

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev made no firm proposal to NATO about uniting their missile defence systems, a Russian ambassador has said after a report that the suggestion was rebuffed.

Obama gets 12 stitches after errant elbow to mouth

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 02:53 PM PST

President Barack Obama needed 12 stitches in his upper lip after taking an errant elbow during a pickup basketball game Friday morning with family and friends visiting for the Thanksgiving holiday, the White House said.

New drug tunnel found at US-Mexico border

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 01:58 PM PST

US border agents said on Friday they had found a half-mile-long tunnel under the US-Mexico border and seized a significant amount of marijuana at the San Diego area warehouse where it ends.

US says joint South Korea war games 'not directed' at China

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:53 PM PST

The United States sought Friday to reassure China over joint US-South Korean military exercises, with the Pentagon insisting the war games were "not directed" at Beijing.

Outgoing US Speaker Pelosi to attend Nobel Peace ceremony

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 11:30 AM PST

Outgoing US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in honour of jailed Chinese dissent Liu Xiaobo on December 10 in Oslo, the Nobel Institute said today.

India extends $ 416.39 million as credit for Lankan projects

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 06:50 AM PST

India, which is assisting Sri Lanka in reconstruction of its war-ravaged northern region, today extended more than USD 416 million as Line of Credit for building three railway projects in this country.

China throws its hat in the ring on dispute over two Koreas

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 07:32 AM PST

China has thrown its hat in the ring after the two Koreas exchanged artillery fire last Tuesday, and the United States made it clear it was going to stick to its old allay, South Korea.

Sonia, Rahul not to take daily allowance in Parliament

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 05:41 AM PST

Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi are among 80 party MPs who have decided not to take their daily allowance for the days Parliament did not function, saying the principle of 'no work, no pay' should be followed.

Something rotten in Allahabad High Court: Supreme Court

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 02:35 AM PST

In a strong indictment of the Allahabad High Court, the Supreme Court on Friday observed that "there is something rotten" there and raised serious questions over integrity of several of its judges.

NATO rebuffs Russian missile defense offer: Report

Posted: 26 Nov 2010 01:28 AM PST

NATO leaders have rejected a proposal from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to unite the country's missile defenses with a shield being built by the West, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
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